The Ultimate Team Challenge
The Nijmegen Marches is a Team Challenge like no other, from start to finish and all the miles in-between, we will be starting, walking and finishing together. It is an incredible journey and a wonderful experience to share together, the laughs, the games and trying to out-sing the big military teams.
You will make new and old Walk the Walk friends, supporting each other, marching and singing to our heart’s content. We are required to dress as a team in our ‘uniform’ which of course, is our famous bra t-shirts with dark bottoms.
Walk the Walk have entered a Walking Team into the Marches for over 10 years, and are famous for our t-shirts and are known as ‘the bra team’… they’ve come to know and recognise us!
How to Join
Simply register with us and we will do the rest! Places are limited and sell out fast, so do not delay and join our Team for 2025 today!
If you have taken part in the Nijmegen Marches before, be sure to have your Registration Number and Number of Years you have taken part to hand… and prepare to claim your second, third, fourth… iconic Nijmegen Marches Medal.
Nijmegen Marches Rules and Regulations
The Nijmegen Marches is a 3rd party event run by De 4Daagse.
The rules and regulations of how to enter this challenge will be released to the public in January 2025.
Only once these have been released will Walk the Walk be able to confirm your place on this challenge.
If upon the release of De 4Daagse’s Terms and Conditions your registration does not fall inline with the event restrictions and your ability to take part in this challenge with Walk the Walk is impacted, you will be offered a full refund.
Age Restrictions
- Females of 18+ years can join the team
- Men have to be over the age of 50 (born in 1975 or earlier).
Due to the very strict organisers Rules and Regulations, females of 18+ can join the Walk the Walk Civilian Marching Team, however, males have a strict birth date criteria to join the 40K Team; any male born in 1974 or before, can join the 40K Team.
If you are male and born from 1975 to 2007, unfortunately, because of your age, you are unable to join our 40K Civilian Marching Team. If this applies to you, please email us for more information on your options to join the Marches.
Minimum Numbers
There is a minimum number requirement of 11 Walkers for us to take part as a Civilian Marching Team.
Team Challenge Commitment
Conquering the Nijmegen Marches is not for the faint-hearted and will require a huge commitment, both to training and walking as part of a Team at the event itself. It is really important to understand that we start as a Team, walk as a Team, and finish as a Team! This is a Team challenge and this is stated in the Rules and Regulations of the Nijmegen Marches, of which they are very strict!
The Team as a whole will be ‘checked in’ at the Start Line, and at intervals throughout the Marches – planned and unplanned points – and at the Finish Line! The Team must walk together throughout.
Training is essential to complete The Nijmegen Marches and by signing up to our Walk the Walk team you are not just committing to taking part and raising money, but to the training, and to meeting our Team finishing time of 8 hours for 40km every day.
Read our blog here to find out what it’s like to take part as a Civilian Marching Team.
Any questions, call the Events Team on 01483 741430 or email unique@walkthewalk.org
Itinerary
Your Nijmegen Marches adventure starts here!
Day 1: Monday 14 July 2025
Make your way to the Netherlands and the hotel located at Center Parcs Het Hiejderbos – please arrive no later than midday.
Once checked in and settled, a Team meeting will be held, with a Tactics Talk. Your Walk the Walk Support Team will go through everything you can expect over the next 4 days.
You will then have some free time, whilst our Walk the Walk representative head to Nijmegen to register our team and collect your Nijmegen Passes.
You are free to enjoy your afternoon any way you would like, perhaps exploring all that the Center Parcs complex has to offer, including an indoor and open-air swimming pool!
The team will then meet for dinner this evening at a restaurant based in Centre Parcs for a Pre-Challenge meal, where we can relax and talk about the Challenge ahead!
Days 2, 3 and 4…
We are taking on the 40KM challenge each day and will depart the Hotel by coach early each morning. Please note:
- Our start time is between 04.30 – 05.00* – we aim to get the majority of the distance completed before it gets too hot!
- Our finishing time will be between 12 midday and 13.30 based on an approx. 7 – 8 hour team target time.
- The Team will be collected by coach each day, returning to our Hotel.
*Exact timings will be confirmed once the Nijmegen Marches Rules and Regulations are released in January 2025.
Day 5: Friday 18 July 2025- The Final Day of the Nijmegen Marches
Well, this is it, your final day, the Nijmegen Cross is nearly yours!
The arrangements for the day will be the same as for the previous days with just a few differences…
Today you will see lots of people taking part in the event with armfuls of Gladioli… spectators give them to people as they pass… thousands of people come out onto the street to cheer you on… it is quite an amazing spectacle.
As a Civilian Marching Team, we all then head to collect our Royally acclaimed Nijmegen Cross Medal, before heading to the Finish Line.
Enjoy every minute of these wonderful 4 days, it is glorious and has moments to be cherished! You have accomplished the Challenge of all Challenges!
Our coach will be picking us up slightly later today so we can all enjoy the finish area, music and atmosphere, and have a celebratory drink… YOU DID IT!!
Day 6: Saturday 19 July 2025- Home Time!
Today you will head home with some wonderful memories of your time in the city of Nijmegen and its people, the countryside and most importantly, your teammates! The experience and team camaraderie are out of this world, it is the ultimate team challenge!