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9 · Riverside

Ribeira das Naus

The old shipyard, now wide lawns and steps down into the Tagus.

About
Shipyard from the 1500s
On race night
The flat, fast kilometre by the water

For three centuries ships were built here; now there are lawns and wide steps down into the Tagus. It is the flattest, fastest kilometre of the 5K.

Races that pass here

Ribeira das Naus in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

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  • Praça do Comércio in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

    Squares · Rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake

    Praça do Comércio

    The great riverside square, open to the Tagus on one side: the start and the finish, under the arch.

  • Rua Augusta Arch in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

    Squares · Finished in 1875

    Rua Augusta Arch

    The triumphal arch between the square and the Baixa grid: the first hundred metres of every race run under it.

  • Cais do Sodré in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

    Riverside · Station from 1928

    Cais do Sodré

    The ferry station and the old waterfront, where the course turns back east along the river.

  • Chiado in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

    Cheer zones · Rebuilt by Siza after 1988

    Chiado

    Theatres, bookshops and cafés round Praça Luís de Camões: the loudest kilometre of the course.

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