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The Berlin Marathon is a major running and sporting event held annually in Berlin. The official marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 miles 385 yards) is set up as a citywide road race where professional athletes and amateur runners jointly participate. Initiated in 1974, the event traditionally takes place on the last weekend in September.

The Berlin marathon is one of the largest and most popular road races in the world. In 2016, the race had 46,950 entrants from 122 countries, and more than a million spectators. Along with seven other races, it forms the World Marathon Majors.

The most marathon world records for men and women have been set at the Berlin course, which is known for its flat profile, even surface and mild autumn temperatures. For a record six consecutive years 2011–2016 Berlin has been the site of the world leading men's time for the year (Boston 2011 with strong tailwind excluded).more...

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Events and highlights

Berlin Marathon - Berlin International Film Festival - Chaos Communication Congress - Christopher Street Day - German Football Cup Final - Internationales Stadionfest - JazzFest Berlin - Long Night of Museums - Berlin International Literature Festival


Geography and nature
Boroughs
Mitte (1) - Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (2) - Pankow (3) - Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (4) - Spandau (5) - Steglitz-Zehlendorf (6) - Tempelhof-Schöneberg (7) - Neukölln (8) - Treptow-Köpenick (9) - Marzahn-Hellersdorf (10) - Lichtenberg (11) - Reinickendorf (12)
Geological structures and hills
Berlin Glacial Valley - Glaziale Rinne - Grunewaldrinne - Teltow Good Articles - Barnim - Nauener Platte - Böttcherberg - Fichtenberg - Kreuzberg - Müggelberge - Teufelsberg - Humboldthöhe
Lakes, canals and rivers
List of lakes in Berlin - Bäke Excellent Articles - Dahme - Fennpfuhl - Griebnitz Canal - Großer Wannsee - Grunewaldseenkette - Havel - Kleiner Wannsee - Landwehr Canal - Luisenstadt Canal Good Articles - Tegeler See - Teltow Canal - Müggelsee - Neukölln Ship Canal - Spandau Ship Canal - Spree - Panke Good Articles - Weißer See - Wuhle
Landscapes and parks
Regional parks in Brandenburg and Berlin - Botanical Garden Excellent Articles -Erholungspark Marzahn - Fennpfuhlpark - Garten des wiedergewonnenen Mondes - Großer Tiergarten - Grunewald - Humboldthain - Köllnischer Park - Parforceheide Excellent Articles - Pfaueninsel Good Articles - Strandbad Wannsee - Rudolph Wilde Park Excellent Articles - Lichtenberg City Park - Volkspark Friedrichshain - Volkspark Prenzlauer Berg - Volkspark Wilmersdorf - Volkspark Wuhlheide
Nature reserves
List of nature reserves in Berlin - Grunewaldsee Good Articles - Hundekehlefenn - Karower Teiche - Langes Luch - Windmühlenberg - Riemeisterfenn - Teufelsfenn - Teufelssee (Grunewald)


History, politics and religion
The Berlin Wall
History
Albert the Bear Excellent Articles - Jaxa von Köpenick Excellent Articles - Otto I - Otto III - The Great Elector - The Soldier King - Frederick the Great - Frederick William II of Prussia - Friedrich von Wrangel - Emperor William I - Emperor William II - Berliner Unwille - Mark Brandenburg - Prussia Good Articles - Province of Brandenburg - Hobrecht Plan - Spartacist Uprising - Berlin Blockade - Berlin Airlift - Berlin Wall Good Articles - Victims of the Berlin Wall Excellent Articles - Ich bin ein Berliner - Four Power Status - Berlin border crossings - West Berlin - East Berlin - GDR - Dauerwaldvertrag Excellent Articles
History of city quarters
Alt-Hohenschönhausen - Fennpfuhl - Friedenau Excellent Articles - Karlshorst - Lichtenberg - Prenzlauer Berg Excellent Articles - Steinstücken - Carstenn Figure - Cölln - Friedrichsfelder Kiez - Oberlandstraße - Paul-Hertz-Siedlung Good Articles - Rote Insel Excellent Articles - Scheunenviertel - SO36 - Teilestraße - Victoriastadt - Weitlingkiez
Politics and Government
State Parliament - Berlin Banking Scandal - City planning - Mayors - Senate - Constitution - Supreme Court - Elections - State Police
Politicians
Egon Bahr - Willy Brandt - Eberhard Diepgen - Joseph Goebbels - Erhard Krack - Walter Momper - Ernst Reuter Excellent Articles - Klaus Schütz - Dietrich Stobbe - Richard von Weizsäcker - Klaus Wowereit
Religion / cemeteries
Huguenots - Jewish life in Berlin - The Reformation - Evangelical Church in and around Berlin - Archdiocese of Berlin - Israelite Synagogue, Adass Jisroel - Friedhof der Märzgefallenen Excellent Articles - Weißensee Cemetery - Invalid's Cemetery Excellent Articles
Places of worship and churches
Old Nazareth Church - Old Parish Church - Berlin Cathedral - German Cathedral - Village churches in Berlin - St. Elizabeth's - Erlöser Church - Evangelical-Lutheran Church - Evangelical-Methodist Church of Christ - French Cathedral - French Friedrichstadt Church - Church of Peace - Friedrichswerder Church - Glaubenskirche - Holy Cross, Wilmersdorf - Holy Cross, Kreuzberg - Sacred Heart, Charlottenburg - Sacred Heart, Prenzlauer Berg - Christ's - Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church - Church am Südstern - Church of the Cross, Berlin - New Apostolic Church - New Synagogue - New Nazareth Church - St. Nicholas' Church - Church of the Passion - Reformed Parochial Church Good Articles - Pfingstkirche, Berlin - St. Augustine's - St. Hedwig's Cathedral - St. Mary's - St. Mary's, Karlshorst - St. Mary's, Wilmersdorf - St. Martin's - St. Mauritius' - St. Matthew's - St. Nicholas', Spandau - St. Anthony's - St. Bartholomew's - St. Joseph's, Köpenick - St. Michael's Excellent Articles - Tabor Church Good Articles - Church of Zion - Good Shepherd - Zur frohen Botschaft


Culture and science
Alexander von Humboldt, painting by Joseph Stieler, 1843
Alexander von Humboldt, painting by Joseph Stieler, 1843
Education and science
Universities, colleges, and research institutions in Berlin - Free University Good Articles - Humboldt University - Charité - Institute of Technology - College of Technology and Economics - School of Economics and Law - University of the Arts - Hanns Eisler College of Music - College of Technology - ESCP Europe - Wilhelm von Humboldt Good Articles - Alexander von Humboldt Good Articles - Wilhelm Fresenius - Jabbo Oltmanns - Friedrich Althoff - Adolf von Harnack - Hans Ertel
Cultural history
Akademie der Künste - Sportpalast - Vossische Zeitung - Berolina
Personalities in Berlin cultural history
Alfred Bengsch - Otto Dibelius - Samuel von Fischer - Heinz Galinski - Eiserner Gustav - John Heartfield - Wolfgang Huber - Martin Kruse - Peter Joseph Lenné Excellent Articles - Friedrich Luft - Joachim Meisner - Moses Mendelssohn - Rudolf Mosse - Benno Ohnesorg - Kurt Scharf - August Scherl - Sling - James Simon Good Articles - Axel Springer - Georg Sterzinsky - Leopold Ullstein
Languages
Berlinisch Dialect - Berlinisch Grammar - Berolinismus
Literature and poetry
Rahel Varnhagen - Theodor Fontane - Kurt Tucholsky Excellent Articles - Gottfried Benn - Hartmut Lange - Heiner Müller - Christa Wolf - Tanja Dückers - Friedrichshagener Dichterkreis - The Hauptmann von Köpenick - Berlin Alexanderplatz
Theatres
Berlin State Opera - Deutsche Oper - Komische Oper - Neuköllner Oper - Deutsches Theater - Berliner Ensemble - Schiller Theatre - Theater am Schiffbauerdamm - Theatre am Kurfürstendamm - Maxim-Gorki-Theatre - Schaubühne - Metropol-Theatre - Friedrichstadt Palast - Theater des Westens - Volksbühne - Castleparktheater - Grips-Theatre - Hebbel am Ufer - Renaissance Theatre - Sophiensaele - Konzerthaus - Ruth Berghaus - Bertolt Brecht - Otto Brahm - Walter Felsenstein - Götz Friedrich - Wolfgang Langhoff - Max Reinhardt - Helene Weigel
Fine arts
Daniel Chodowiecki - Eduard Gaertner Good Articles - Ludwig Isenbeck - Käthe Kollwitz - Franz Krüger - Hans Latt - Max Liebermann Excellent Articles - Adolph von Menzel - Otto Nagel - Hans Perathoner - Louis Rauwolf - Carl Steffeck - Katharina Szelinski-Singer Excellent Articles - Lesser Ury - Heinrich Zille Good Articles
Architecture
Old City Hall Excellent Articles - Brandenburg Gate - Berliner Philharmonie - Ceciliengärten - Head Office of the Royal Berlin Railway Excellent Articles - Garden city movement - Magnus Haus - Markthalle III Excellent Articles - Markthalle IV Excellent Articles - Müggelturm Good Articles - News Königliches Opernhaus Berlin Excellent Articles - Palais Strousberg Excellent Articles - Charlottenburg Town Hall - Lichtenberg Town Hall - Schmargendorf Town Hall Excellent Articles - Schöneberg Town Hall - Schicklerhaus - Schinkel school - Stadtbad Lichtenberg - Theatre on the Parkaue - Trias (Berlin) - Viktoriahaus (Berlin) - Windmills in Berlin Excellent Articles
Architects, builders and engineers
Peter Behrens - Le Corbusier - Alfred Gellhorn - Oscar Gregorovius - Martin Gropius - Walter Gropius - Peter Jürgensen - Josef Paul Kleihues - Friedrich Körte - Jean Krämer - Peter Joseph Lenné Excellent Articles - Konrad Reimer - Karl Friedrich Schinkel - Gerhard Siegmann - Max Taut - Hans Wolff-Grohmann - Ernst Ziesel
Music
Konzert für Berlin - Aggro Berlin - Comedian Harmonists - Paul Dessau - Hanns Eisler - Robert Gilbert - Walter Jenson - Paul Lincke - Werner Müller - Berlin Philharmonic - Berliner Symphoniker - German Symphony Orchestra - Staatskapelle Berlin - Konzerthausorchester Berlin - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra - Sing-Akademie zu Berlin - Berlin Singakademie - Drafi Deutscher - Roland Kaiser - Günter Kochan - Nina Hagen - JazzFest Berlin - MaerzMusik - Berliner Waldbühne - Berliner Domkantorei - Khebez Dawle
Film
List of films set in Berlin - Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear - Max Skladanowsky - Bioscop - German Expressionism - Marlene Dietrich - Hildegard Knef - Harald Juhnke - Deutsche Kinemathek - Filmmuseum Berlin - Boulevard of the Stars - Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin - Progress Film-Verleih
Castles
Stadtschloss - Bellevue Palace - Biesdorf House - Britz House - Charlottenburg Palace - Friedrichsfelde Palace - Glienicke Hunting Lodge - Glienicke Palace Excellent Articles - Grunewald Hunting Lodge Excellent Articles - Köpenick Palace - Monbijou Palace - Pfaueninsel Castle - Schönhausen Palace - Tegel House
Museums, art galleries and collections
Museum Island Good Articles - New Museum Excellent Articles - Bode Museum - Pergamon Museum - German Historical Museum - Jewish Museum - East Side Gallery - Gemäldegalerie Good Articles - New National Gallery - Hamburger Bahnhof - Bauhaus Archive - Kunsthaus Tacheles - Berggruen Museum - German Museum of Technology - Liebermann Villa - German-Russian Museum


Economy, media, transport, sport, leisure and other topics
Economy
AEG - Ahorn-Grieneisen - Applikationszentrum Elektronik Berlin - Borsig - Bewag - Elektrokohle - Fortschritt Herrenbekleidung - GASAG Berliner Gaswerke Good Articles - Konsumgenossenschaft Berlin - Osram - Schering AG - Siemens AG - Telefunken - W. Spindler Good Articles - Central Cattle Market
Transport
U-Bahn Excellent Articles - History of the Berlin U-Bahn Excellent Articles - S-Bahn Excellent Articles - Straßenbahn Good Articles - Berlin Transport - Berlin-Brandenburg Transport Association - List of Berlin stations Informative List - Tegel Airport Good Articles - Tempelhof Airport - Schönefeld Airport Good Articles - Eisenbahnaußenring - Gleisdreieck - Alfred Grenander
Roads and squares
Alboinplatz - Alexanderplatz Excellent Articles - Arnswalder Platz - AVUS - Bersarinplatz - Blumberger Damm - Berliner Ring - Berliner Stadtring - Chausseestraße - Dönhoffplatz - Freiaplatz - Friedrichstraße - Generalszug - Hermannstraße Excellent Articles - Herzbergstraße - Karl-Marx-Allee - Kurfürstendamm - Loeperplatz - Münsterlandplatz - Nöldnerplatz - Nollendorfplatz - Pekinger Platz - Potsdamer Platz Good Articles - Roedeliusplatz - Schönhauser Allee Excellent Articles - Sonnenallee - Spittelmarkt - Torstraße - Treskowallee - Unter den Linden - Viktoria-Luise-Platz - Warschauer Straße - Winterfeldtplatz - Wittenbergplatz
Bridges
Alsen Bridge - Böse Bridge - Brommy Bridge - Damm Bridge - Iron Bridge - Elsen Bridge - Fennpfuhl Bridge - Glienicke Bridge - Friedrichs Bridge - Lessing Bridge - Lichtenberg Bridge - Liebknecht Bridge - Oberbaum Bridge - Schleusen Bridge, Berlin - Castle Bridge, Mitte - Castle Bridge, Charlottenburg - Triglaw Bridge - Treskow Bridge - Stubenrauch Bridge - Warsaw Bridge
Media
RBB - SFB - RIAS - Berliner Rundfunk - AFN - DeutschlandRadio Berlin - Fritz - Der Tagesspiegel - Berliner Morgenpost - Berliner Zeitung - B.Z. - die tageszeitung - Siegessäule - Rudolf Mosse - August Scherl - Leopold Ullstein
Sport
ALBA Berlin - Berlin Marathon - Berliner Schlittschuhclub - BFC Dynamo - BFC Viktoria 1889 - BVG Stadium - Deutsches Sportforum - Eisbären Berlin Good Articles - 1. FC Union Berlin Good Articles - Hans Zoschke HOWOGE Arena - Hertha BSC - Internationales Stadionfest - Lichtenberg Stadium - Manfred von Richthofen - Olympic Stadium - OSC Berlin - 1936 Summer Olympics Excellent Articles - SC Berlin-Grünau - Stadtbad Lichtenberg - Tennis Borussia Berlin - TuS Lichterfelde - Wellblechpalast -
Berlin sportsmen and women
Franziska van Almsick - Erich Beer - Thomas Häßler - Ariane Hingst - Robert Huth - Sabine Lisicki - Pierre Littbarski - Claudia Pechstein - Jochen Schümann - Hagen Stamm - Ulf Timmermann - Andreas Thom - Oktay Urkal - Jenny Wolf - Erik Zabel - Christian Ziege
Clubs and discos
Berghain - Bunker - c-base - KitKatClub - Kulturbrauerei - SO36

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