Confirmed: The Ride, Swim, Walk & Run for the Roses – 20th edition – January 25, 2026
Registration opens in Q4 2025.
2026 details:
Regular Participation fee (2026): XCG 30,- for participation in 1 event or XCG 40,- in total, for participation in multiple events. Participation Run for the Roses = XCG 35,-
Kids up to (and including) 11 years old, pay XCG 20,- / XCG 30,-.
Participation of Fighters: Are you battling cancer and want to take part in this event? As a fighter, you can receive a free yellow ‘Fighter’ t-shirt in the week before the event at Prinses Wilhelmina Fonds or in the garden in front of Orco Bank. Participation is free, and no registration is required.
Participation of Survivors: To receive a free red ‘Survivor’ t-shirt, please register here. You can pick up your t-shirt inside Orco Bank during the week before the event (not at the white & yellow t-shirt pickup points outside).
Program 2025:
05:30 Start shuttle busses between Mambo Beach Blvd & Brionplein. Busses back to Brionplein (Julianaplein, Punda) will continue till 11.00AM
06:45 Warming up at Brionplein
07:00 Start Run for the Roses at Brionplein, Otrobanda (5km and 8,1km)
07:02 Start Walk for the Roses at Brionplein, Otrobanda (5km and 8,1km)
07:05 Start Run for the Roses at Chaya Willems (2km)
08:00 Start all routes Ride for the Roses from parking area Mambo Beach BLVD
09:00 Departure shuttle busses from parking place Mambo Beach BLVD to Jan Thiel beach, for participants of the Swim for the Roses. Latest bus leaves at 10.45.
11:30 Start Kids Swim: Lions Dive beach area – Wet & Wild beach
12:00 Start Swim: Zanzibar – Wet & Wild beach
Registration for 2026 is open.
To participate in the Ride for the Roses (individually or as a group) in a traditional white Ride for the Roses t-shirt:
