PRESS ACCREDITATION FOR ROYAL RUN, May 21st 2018 HRH The Crown Prince turns 50 on May 26th 2018. The birthday will be marked with a weeklong celebration starting on May 21st with Royal Run, a big running event taking place in Denmark’s five largest cities. Royal Run will take place in Aalborg, Aarhus, Esbjerg, Odense and Copenhagen where Danes are invited to participate in a One mile (1,609 Km) or a 10k run. The Crown Prince will run the One mile distance in the first four cities and finish with a 10k run in Copenhagen. Royal Run is organised by The National Olympic Committee & Sports Confederation of Denmark, DGI and the Danish Athletic Federation as part of “Move for Life”, which is the shared vision to make Denmark the most active nation in the world. A vision, which is supported by Nordea-Fonden and TrygFonden. The Crown Prince is protector of “Move for Life”. In order for the press to cover the event, accreditation is needed. The accreditation provides access to the press and photo positions for accredited media only. Only journalists and photographers with a documented working relation to a specific media will be granted accreditation. Freelancers need to document their assignment of the covering of the Royal Run with an acknowledged media. The press is invited to cover the event in one or more Royal Run cities. AALBORG: Aalborg Press Center opens at 08:00. Address: Utzon Centret, Slotspladsen 4, 9000 Aalborg. 8.15: Briefing of accredited photographers and journalists, including access to media areas etc. Specific information on accreditation pick up etc. will be distributed to accredited media upon accreditation See programme for Royal Run Aalborg: https://www.royalrun.dk/byer/aalborg/eventprogram Danish only AARHUS: Aarhus Press Center opens at 10:00. Address: Europapladsen, in a tent near start/finish. 10.15: Briefing of accredited photographers and journalists, including access to media areas etc. Specific information on accreditation pick up etc. will be distributed to accredited media upon accreditation See programme for Royal Run Aarhus:. https://www.royalrun.dk/byer/aarhus/eventprogram(Danish only) ESBJERG: Esbjerg Press Center opens at 11:00. Address: Blue Water Dokken, Gl Vardevej 82, 6700 Esbjerg. 11.15: Briefing of accredited photographers and journalists, including access to media areas etc. Specific information on accreditation pick up etc. will be distributed to accredited media upon accreditation See program for Royal Run Esbjerg https://www.royalrun.dk/byer/esbjerg/eventprogram (Danish only) ODENSE: Odense Press Center opens at 11:00. Address: Odense Teater, Jernbanegade 21, 5000 Odense. 11:30 & 14.45: Briefing of accredited photographers and journalists, including access to media areas etc. Specific information on accreditation pick up etc. will be distributed to accredited media upon accreditation See programme for Royal Run Odense (https://www.royalrun.dk/byer/odense/eventprogram (Danish only) COPENHAGEN Copenhagen/Frederiksberg Press Center opens at 09.00. Address: Aveny T, Frederiksberg Allé 102, 1820 Frederiksberg. Side 2 af 3 9.15 & 17.15: Briefing of accredited photographers and journalists, including access to media areas etc. Specific information on accreditation pick up etc. will be distributed to accredited media upon accreditation See programme for Royal Run Copenhagen/Frederiksberg (https://www.royalrun.dk/byer/koebenhavnfrederiksberg/eventprogram) (Danish only) Application deadline: Monday 14 May 10 am. The Royal Run communication team will shortly here after accredit a limited number of journalists and photographers for each city and confirm the accredited media via e-mail. Detailed information on media opportunities and specific media information for the five cities will be available on royalrun.dk/presse Please send an e-mail to Eline Andersen, [email protected] with name, family name, media and cities you want to cover. Thursday May 17: Accreditation allocation distributed to media Best regards Royal Run Communication team Side 3 af 3 .