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On the 14th of June 2026, Randonneurs Laponia will host the fifth edition of Midnight Sun Randonnée, an epic round trip across the Scandinavian peninsula. Follow river valleys, lake shores and fjords. Cross snow-capped mountains and the Arctic Circle. Experience 24-hour daylight conditions during the summer solstice. Length of course 1 215 km. Elevation gain: 14 296 m. Controls on course: 13. See event information.

Enter Midnight Sun Randonnée 2026

Book a starting place, then make your final registration at a date of your choosing, but no later than 23:59:59 on the 31st of May. The initial entry fee of 30 EUR is non-refundable.

For final registrations made before New Year’s Eve, no later than 23:59:59 on the 31st of December, the registration fee is 270 EUR. From the 1st of January until 23:59:59 on the 31st of March the registration fee is 320 EUR. For registrations made from the 1st of April until 23:59:59 on the 31st of May, the fee is 370 EUR. Reserved starting places that are not converted into final registrations by the 31st of May will be categorised as DNS.

You have a 14-day right of withdrawal from the date of your final registration. If you make your final registration before the 1st of January your registration fee is fully refunded until the 31st of March, thereafter an administration fee of 100 EUR is deducted. If you make your final registration between the 1st of January and the 31st of May your registration fee is refunded minus an administration fee of 150 EUR. Registration fees are not refunded after the 31st of May.

Please follow the link below and fill in the entry form with your name, address, date of birth, the mobile number that you’ll be using throughout the event and also a permanent email address. Please note, this email address cannot be changed retrospectively.

After du have reserved a starting place you will recieve a confirmation email containing a link to the event registration form where you later make your final registration. In the event registration form you add your choices concerning the event program, the event jersey, the carpool to Umeå, the pre-event buffet dinner and also any special dietary requirements you may have (gluten free, lactose free, allergies, vegan, vegetarian etc).

If you have not received a confirmation email from the eBrevet booking service (info@ebrevet.org) after submitting your final registration, please check the spam filter in your email program. 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 2026 the event will not be cancelled but instead postponed until June 2027. 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, hot and cold meals and snacks and beverages at all controls on route and 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, a commemorative medal and priority pre-registration to Paris–Brest–Paris 2027 is included. 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.

Qualifying to the ride

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. That said, if you have completed a brevet series or a corresponding ultra-distance race during the past two years then chances are high you will also finish this ride. 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 organised events in general, participants are required to have a third-party liability insurance in case of an accident during the ride.

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 withdraw from the event, please inform the organiser no later than the 31st 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 2026 the time limit is 91:08, calculated on a course length of 1 215 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 91:08 hours are not classified as FIN in the results list, i.e. as finishers, but as OTL (Over the Time Limit).

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 17th of June at 10:00.

Images from the Midnight Sun Randonnée. (Full HD).

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 2026, 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]