On the 20th of June 2027, Randonneurs Laponia will host the sixth consecutive edition of the Midnight Sun Randonnée.

Join cyclists from around the world on an epic journey across the Scandinavian peninsula to the Arctic Circle, from the Gulf of Bothnia to the Norwegian Sea – and back again. The Midnight Sun Randonnée celebrates endurance, self-reliance and solitude; and not least the pure joy of cycling on empty roads, through timeless arctic landscapes in never-ending daylight; far, far away from the stress and hustle of everyday life.

Length of course 1 227 km. Elevation gain: 13 503 m. Controls on course: 13. See event information. See event information.

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Enter Midnight Sun Randonnée 2027

Book a starting place for 90 EUR, then make your final registration at a date of your choosing, but no later than the 30th of May. This initial entry fee is not refunded.

Make your final registration before the 1st of January for 260 EUR. 

Make your final registration after the 31st of December for 360 EUR.

From the date that you make your final registration, you have a 14-day right of withdrawal free of charge. After 14 days, your final registrion fee is refundable in part until the 30th of May.

If you make your final registration before the 1st of January and cancel your participation before the 1st of April then 90 per cent of your final registration fee is refunded. 

If you make your final registration before the 1st of January and cancel your participation after the 31st of March then 50 per cent of your final registration fee is refunded. 

If you make your final registration after the 31st of December and cancel your participation then 50 per cent of your final registration fee is refunded.

Refunds also include dinner buffet tickets which are purchased when registering.

Please note, after the 30th of May, final registration fees and dinner buffet tickets are not refunded.

Refunds take on average 10 business days to complete.

Booked starting places are not transferable.

If you have not made a final registration by the 30th of May your starting place is categorised as DNS in the results.

How to register

Please follow the link below and fill in the entry form with your name, postal address, date of birth, the mobile number and email address that you’ll be using throughout the event. 

It is important that you use an email address with security settings that allow you to receive group emails and attachments. Work email addresses are therefore not recommended. We send out monthly newsletters from March to July. If you have not recieved a newsletter by the end of March, please check you spam folder. Please use the same email address for all communication with the organiser.

For safety reasons, please register the mobile number – with country code – that you will be using during the ride.

If you finish the ride, your brevet card will be sent to the postal address that you provide when registering. Pre-ordered t-shirts are made to order, for pick up at the start location, and can therefore not be returned. If you cancel your participation, your t-shirt will be shipped to the same address and postage costs will be deducted from your refunded registration fee.

After you have booked a starting place you will receive a confirmation email from the eBrevet booking service (info@ebrevet.org) containing a link to a registration form where you make your final registration.

In the final registration form you add your selections concerning the event programme, the carpool to Umeå, pre-order t-shirts and book tickets to the pre-event dinner buffet. In the form you will also be asked to provide any special dietary requirements that you may have (gluten free, lactose free, allergies, vegan, vegetarian etc).

Requirements

This grande randonnée has a demanding course profile and the region’s subarctic climate can produce very testing weather conditions. If you are not an experienced randonneur it is important that you make a realistic assessment of your chances of finishing the ride before you register.

The event does not require qualification but the organiser recommends that inexperienced riders complete a BRM 400 during the spring leading up the event.

The organiser does not ask for signed medical certificates, however as with all organised randonneuring events, you are required to hold a third-party liability insurance in case you cause an accident or damage to property during the ride.

Travel visa

If you have questions concerning travel restrictions to Sweden please consult the website of the Swedish government. You will find information on how to apply for a travel visa here, if one is needed. Travel visas to Sweden are valid for the Schengen area which also includes Norway. Countries whose nationals require a visa to enter Sweden are listed here.

As an EU/EEA citizen, including Switzerland, you will need a valid passport or national ID card to enter Norway. A driving licence is not accepted as a valid ID. If you are not a citizen of a Nordic country or the EU/EEA you may need a travel visa in addition to a valid passport. For information concerning travel visas and Norway please consult the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration.

If needed, please contact the organsiser for an invitation letter to be provided together with your travel visa application.

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If you have not received a confirmation email from the eBrevet booking service (info@ebrevet.org) after booking your starting place, please check the spam folder in your email application. For further assistance, please contact the organiser at info@midnightsunrandonnee.se.

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Please note, emergency roadworks, extreme weather and other unforeseen circumstances may force the organiser to make last minute changes and adjustments to the event, the course, controls and services at controls. The organiser reserves the right to make these changes without compensation to participants. If for some unforseen reason the event cannot take place in June 2027 the event will not be cancelled but instead postponed until June 2028. By registering, you accept the above-mentioned terms and conditions.

Registration fee – what’s included?

Midnight Sun Randonnée is a non-commercial event. An overwhelming percentage of the budget covers food and sleeping arrangements for participants in the event. Included in the registration fee: a printed brevet card and a digital brevet card which allows for live tracking, a limited selection of hot and cold meals, snacks and beverages at all controls on route; also before and after the ride. Also included are basic sleeping arrangements at the start location and at eight controls on route which for the most part include showers, drying facilities and in some cases saunas. At some controls towels are rented. Some controls also have mechanical services and a pump.

The registration fee also includes long term parking, a bagdrop service before start between the start location Brännland Inn and the hotel Scandic Plaza. For participants who finish the ride also validation by Les Randonneurs Mondiaux and a unique commemorative medal. For riders who abandon the ride in Mo i Rana, Norway, the registration fee includes a taxi service from Mo i Rana to the bus station in Hemavan, Sweden, for unassisted onward travel to Umeå.

Also included in the registration fee is the events own adaptation of the famous pastry Paris-Brest, a Soleil de minuit with coffee. All riders are also welcome to join a guided coffee ride on Saturday the day before start, which is a recon of the final 30 km of the course; and also to picnic and celebrate Swedish Midsummer’s Eve on Friday the day after the event finishes.

In case of DNS

Please note, food for the whole event will be ordered on Monday the 1st of June. Excluding emergencies and unforseen circumstances, if you make the decision to cancel your participation, please inform the organiser no later than the 30th of May! By doing so you will help reduce food waste as food for the whole event will otherwise be ordered for you.

Time cut-offs

As of 2024 cut-off times at intermediate controls no longer apply. The time frames stated in the brevet card are now described as guidelines to help a rider keep a sufficient pace between controls in order to complete the ride within the designated time limit. For MSR 2027 the time limit is 92:02, calculated on a course length of 1 227 km. Whereas the time frames for controls are guidelines the time limit for the whole ride is strict. Riders who arrive at the finish line after 92:02 hours are not classified as FIN in the results list, i.e. as finishers, but as OTL (Over the Time Limit). 

If you find that your projected finishing time will be over the time limit (OTL) but you still want to finish the ride, it’s particularly important that you keep the organiser informed of your location by continuing to use the eBrevet web app to check in and out at controls and to check out at the finish. We need to know that you haven’t crashed, departed from the route or taken the bus to Umeå.

If you abandon the ride

As in all randonnées, if you abandon the event, you are responsible for your own transportation back to the start location. If you abandon the ride on the Swedish side of the border there are bus connections from all controls. From Kittelfjäll: bus nr 417 to Vilhelmina, then change to bus nr 14 to Umeå. From Vuoggatjålme: (Camp Polcirkeln) take bus 104 to Arjeplog, then bus nr 26 to Skellefteå and from there bus nr 20 to Umeå.

Public transportation between Norway and Sweden is limited. For riders who abandon the brevet at the control in Mo i Rana the organiser has arranged a taxi service to Hemavan in Sweden free of charge. From Hemavan riders can then take a regional bus service (bus nr 31) back to Umeå. The taxi in Mo i Rana departs on Wednesday the 23th of June at 10:00.

Bag drop

This ultra-distance event is an exploration of the subarctic wilderness. It aims to capture the spirit of past expeditions and the solitude of nature. As with exploratory expeditions, riders are therefore expected to carry all requisite equipment themselves, from start to finish. In other words, this ride has no bag drop service.

Rules & Regulations

A brevet that is longer than 1 000 km is not sanctioned by Audax Club Parisien (ACP) but instead by the world organisation Les Randonneurs Mondiaux (RM) which promotes randonnée cycling globally. These ultra-distance brevets over 1 000 km therefore have the designation LRM (Les Randonneurs Mondiaux). They are organised in the same way as ACP-sanctioned brevets, so-called Brevets des Randonneurs Mondiaux (BRM), but these ultra-distance brevets may have higher registration fees which include food and sleeping accommodation. Medals are also issued for brevets sanctioned by Randonneurs Mondiaux.

Audax Club Parisien’s standard rules and regulations apply to MSR 2027, with additional requirements local to Sweden. The most important rules are the following:

• Wear a helmet (local rule).
• Use bike lights in dark conditions. A lit tail light is recommended on roads with high speed limits, also during daytime.
• Motorised assistance, for instance an e-bike, is not allowed.
• During the event, each rider is considered to be on a personal ride. You are allowed to ride in groups, but not with non-participants in the event.
• You are responsible for your own safety on the road. All traffic laws must be followed and traffic signals obeyed.
• Follow the course. Do not take shortcuts/detours. Exceptions can be made if the official route is closed due to unplanned road work, a traffic accident etc. If you for any reason leave the course, you must reconnect to the course at the point where you left it.
• For proof of passage at all controls, brevet cards must be inscribed by event volonteers. You are responsible for seeing that a proof of passage is obtained at each control.
• Organised personal assistance, for exempel follow cars or food depots, is not permitted in-between controls. Personal assistance at controls is however permitted if announced to the event organiser in advance.
• To participate in the event, you must be able to present a personal liability insurance.
• By registering to the event, you accept that your name, finishing time and photographs from the event in which you may appear can be published and used freely (albeit non-commercially) by the organiser.
  
  Complete rules and regulations [English]