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 22th of February until Saturday the 1st of March. The stream is scheduled to run starting Sunday the 23th of February until Saturday the 1st of March.
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 youd’be 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: 17-11-2024 until 22-12-2024
Cuts & Schedule: 19th of January
Names on your badges: Jan 20th 2025
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 85 euros per person for the full week. Day tickets will be 25 euros. Tickets will be for sale from Dec 14th onwards!
Buy your tickets here: https://register.bsgmarathon.com/
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 17th of November until the 26th of January. You can find the link here, for signing up and more information!:
https://forms.gle/DCR5nBJkru8LkjLA9
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.
