The Zevenheuvelenloop is an annual road race of 15 kilometres held in and around Nijmegen, Netherlands. It was first organised in 1984 and has grown to be one of the largest road races in the Netherlands; it attracted over 30,000 runners in 2008.
An advertisement for the 2007 race
Haile Gebrselassie first won in 1994 and won for a third time in 2011.
Kenya's Tegla Loroupe won the race three times in the 1990s.
Nijmegen is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands and the first to be recognized as such in Roman times. In 2005, it celebrated 2,000 years of existence.
Nijmegen city view from the north-west
Market square
Weighhouse (1613)
Concert hall Opera Concertgebouw de Vereeniging