Traffic Restrictions during the Debrecen Marathon

Organizers expect more than two thousand five hundred runners and spectators for the city's largest running festival. The designated course touches iconic points of the city center: the area around the Great Church, the Great Forest (Nagyerdő), and the university campus. During the event, motorists should expect traffic restrictions and parking closures along the race route.

Traffic restrictions will begin on Saturday, the day before the event.

• In the start-finish area, the section of Nagyerdei körút between Pallagi út and Ady Endre út will be closed across its full width from 0:00 on March 28 until 24:00 on March 29.

On the day of the race, Sunday, March 29, from 6:00 AM until the end of the event:

• Nagyerdei körút will be closed in its full width from Pallagi út through Egyetem tér to Simonyi út, including the roundabout at the intersection of Pallagi út and Nagyerdei körút.
• Dóczy József utca will be narrowed to 1x1 lanes from the University's West Gate, ensuring two-way vehicle traffic remains possible up to Bólyai utca.
• The Egyetem tér roundabout will be closed, as well as the full width of the Egyetem sugárút – Bethlen – Hatvan utca route up to Kossuth tér.
• Sestakert utca, Komlóssy utca, and Poroszlai út will become dead-end streets during the event.
• Exiting from Thomas Mann utca onto Egyetem sugárút will not be permitted.
• The intersection of Füredi út and Egyetem sugárút will be closed in its full width under police traffic control and security. Vehicles from the underground garages at Egyetem sugárút 32 and Füredi út 25 can leave the parking area via the right-turn lane.
• During the event, the Abigél-Őszirózsa-Serház utca area can be accessed from the direction of Péterfia utca via Honvéd utca. One traffic lane will be provided for vehicles up to Abigél utca. The area can be exited via Serház utca, with vehicles being diverted toward Füredi utca.
• The sections of Ibolya, Honvéd, and Thaly Kálmán streets close to Egyetem sugárút or Bethlen utca will become dead-end streets during the event.
• The Mester-Hunyadi-Bethlen utca intersection will be closed in its full width under police traffic control and security.
• Exiting onto Bethlen utca from Déri tér and Múzeum utca will not be possible. Déri tér, Füvészkert utca, and Perényi utca will remain accessible and can be exited via Füvészkert utca.
• Jókai utca will be a dead-end street during the event.
• The parking area behind the OTP on Hatvan utca can be exited toward Bajcsy-Zsilinszky utca during the event.
• Csanak József and Bessenyei utca will be dead-end streets during the event.
• At the Simonyi – Nagyerdei körút intersection, those arriving from Simonyi út will be diverted right toward Nagyerdei körút, while those from the direction of Hotel Divinus will be diverted toward Simonyi út. Pallagi út will be closed in its full width between Simonyi út and II. János Pál pápa tér.
• Those parked in the Nagyerdei underground garage can leave the area toward Oláh Gábor utca under police traffic control and security during the event.
• On the section of Nagyerdei körút between Oláh Gábor utca and Hadházi utca, runners will use the half-width on the stadium side, while one-way traffic may proceed on the other lane.
• On the section of Hadházi út between the two sections of Nagyerdei körút, runners will use the half-width on the stadium side, but one-way traffic may proceed on the other lane.
• Turning left from Hadházi út onto Nagyerdei körút will not be permitted.
• Ady Endre utca will be closed in its full width from II. János Pál pápa tér to the cemetery. The roundabout at the Debrecen Public Cemetery (Köztemető) is not affected by the restriction.

Temporary Suspension of Parking

Designated parking spaces will be temporarily closed for the duration of the race on the affected sections of Nagyerdei körút, Pallagi út, Ady Endre utca, Oláh Gábor utca, Egyetem sugárút, and Hatvan utca.
Parked vehicles will be towed.

Public Transport

Traffic restrictions will also affect DKV (local public transport) services. Detailed information regarding these changes will soon be available on the Debrecen Marathon website.