Welcome to the Benelux Speedrunner Gathering 🔥

BSG, also known as the Benelux Speedrunner Gathering, is an on-site marathon in the Netherlands. Naturally, the event is open for people from all nationalities. The doors will be open starting Saturday the 10th of May until Sunday the 11th of May. The stream is scheduled to run on the same dates

Venue

Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant Nieuwegein-Utrecht
Buizerdlaan 10
3435 SB Nieuwegein
The Netherlands

Transportation

Car
The venue is situated directly next to the A2, one of the bigger highways in the Netherlands. Set your navigation to "Buizerdlaan 10, Nieuwegein" and you're good to go.

Parking
If you're a hotel guest, parking is free. Otherwise parking is free for 1.5 hours, afterwards €1 per hour, to a max of €5 per day.

Public Transit

To Utrecht Centraal
If you're coming from any NS station or airport schiphol, use the routeplanner of NS and go to station Utrecht Centraal. Plan your route here. There generally is a direct connection between Utrecht and Schiphol.

If you need to use different carriers to get to Utrecht centraal, like having to traveling with a bus/tram from different airports, plan your route with 9292.

To the hotel:
From Utrecht Centraal, go to the bus platform C5, situated which is next to track 21. See the platform map here. From here take bus 74 to "Vianen" to and take the stop "Poort van Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein". This trip takes about 30 minutes. You'll be standing straight in front of the venue! Generally there's a bus going every 30 minutes, but this stops around midnight.

Alternatively take Sneltram 21 (IJsselstein) or 20 (Nieuwegein-Zuid) to Nieuwegein City, which brings you to the city center. These depart from platform H, left of the image in the brochure above. Afterwards you could either take a 10 minute walk to the hotel, or take bus 74 (vianen) or 31 (IJsselstein) 1 stop further to the hotel.

Submissions & Schedule dates

Submissions open: 4-4-2025 until 19-4-2025
Cuts & Schedule: 26th of April

Submit incentives for your run here!: https://forms.gle/GxqUfQxmREayTqEe8

Runner Guidelines

https://bsgmarathon.com/runnerguidelines

Food & Drinks

The restaurant in the venue can supply with drinks and breakfast/lunch/dinner meals. Outside food is not allowed in the venue. However, small bottles of water and small food like sandwiches are deemed okay.
We do not allow alcohol in the event spaces.

Entry fee

We are using a ticket system for the event. Tickets will be 12 euro for a day, 20 for the full weekend
Buy your tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bsgmarathon

Housing

Getting a room at the hotel is the easiest place for housing for BSG Plus 2025. You can book your room directly at https://www.fletcherhotelnieuwegein.nl/en/. Be sure to mention in your reservation that you are part of the event.

Volunteering

The volunteering form will open on the 4th of April until the 28th of April. You can find the link here, for signing up and more information!:
https://forms.gle/rak9b9U1fYpouTx48

Contact info

Please join the public Discord: https://discord.gg/0rIl58dN5J4w7gBn
Discord is our official means of communication and is the easiest way to get in touch with any of the organizing members.

Charity

Our marathon is proud supporter of MIND. Stichting MIND wants to prevent mental health issues by providing the right information and care to stay mentally healthy. We also support people that have dealt with mental issues themselves or within their family. We create awareness and understanding for people with mental problems and promote to be open in order to get the right support.

Terms of Agreement

https://bsgmarathon.com/ToA

Code of Conduct

https://bsgmarathon.com/codeconduct