Batavierenrace: The largest relay race of the world

The Batavierenrace is a relay race of 170 kilometres from the centre of Nijmegen (Radboud University) to the campus of the University of Twente. On average, 8.500 athletes who are mostly students participate. It is organized by an organizing committee consisting of nine students from Radboud University in Nijmegen and the University of Twente in Enschede. The participating students are organized into around 350 teams, where they take part in 4 to 11 legs. At the end of the race, a big party is organized in Enschede which is joined by usually 13.000 students.