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Midnight Sun Randonnée

June 14 - June 18 2026

Brännland Inn, Umeå

Date Confirmed

Distances: 755 miles

Limited to: 200 Participants

Experience northern Scandinavia in 24-hour daylight conditions. Cross snow-capped mountains and the Arctic Circle under the Midnight Sun!

Midnight Sun Randonnée

Start Located At: Brännland 35, Umeå Sweden

The event program starts on saturday the day before the event with a coffee ride to Lake Tavelsjö and Tavelsjö Inn followed by a buffet dinner in the afternoon at the start location Brännland Inn. At Brännland Inn you can pick up your MSR-jersey after the buffet dinner. All participants staying in Umeå on Friday after the ride are invited to take part in a traditional Swedish Midsummer celebration held in a small village located on the coast called Norrmjöle.

Registration Fees

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

For final registrations made before New Year’s Eve on the 31st of December, the registration fee is 270 EUR. From the 1st of January until the 31st of March the registration fee is 320 EUR. For registrations made from the 1st of April until 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.

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 participate in a pre-event coffee ride on Saturday the day before start and later to picnic and celebrate Swedish Midsummer’s Eve in the village Norrmjöle on Friday the day after the event finishes.

Facilities

Parking

Changing Rooms

Toilets

Support for Participants

Route Card

First Aid

Emergency Contact No

Mechanical Support at Rest Stops

Community

Free Training Rides

Features