XTERRA O-See Challenge

By Plane

International Airports:

• Dresden International Airport (120 km from Zittau)

• Vaclav Havel Airport Prague (130 km from Zittau)

• Nicolaus Copernicus Wroclaw Airport (200 km from Zittau)

By Train from:

• Berlin/Cottbus: Regional-Express (RE), regional train (RB) to Cottbus,
  continue with the ODEG to Zittau (Cottbus-Görlitz-Zittau)

• Dresden Hbf: Regional Express (RE), Regionalbahn (RB) to Zittau

• Prague: Eurocity (EC) to Dresden Hbf., Regional-Express (RE), Regionalbahn (RB) to Zittau

• Breslau: Regional Express to Görlitz, continue with the OEDG to Zittau

It is approx. 5 km from the Zittau train station to the competition area at Lake Olbersdorf. You can take the A city bus to get there. Stop: leisure oasis

By Car

• Coming from Dresden A4
  /E40 in the direction of Görlitz, exit 91 Weißenberg in the direction of Zittau
  Continue on the B178 in the direction of Zittau

• Coming from Prague (CZ)
  E65/R10 direction Turnov
  exit 44 on E442 to Bílý Kostel nad Nisou, then on route 35 direction Zittau

• Coming from Breslau (PL)
  E40/A4 towards Jelenia Góra / Görlitz
  Exit 94 Görlitz/Zittau/Reichenbach
  Drive through Görlitz on the B115/99 towards Bautzen/Zittau

Continue to the competition area at Olbersdorfer See

In Zittau you drive on the “Stadtring” and leave it in the direction of “Oppach” following the B 96.
After approx. 1 km, drive straight ahead at the next crossroads in the direction of Großschönau to the roundabout and take the exit for "Freizeitoase Olbersdorfer See". You will reach the car park after approx. 1 km. From there it is about a 200 m walk to the north beach of the O-See.

No special license is required to race.

Here are the rules that will apply for wetsuits according to water temperature:

Under 20°: wetsuit is allowed - but not mandatory - for everybody
20°+ and under 22°: wetsuit is forbidden for Elite but allowed for age-groupers
22°+ and under 24.5°: wetsuit is forbidden for both Elite ans age-groupers except 60+
24.5° and up: wetsuit is forbidden for everybody

Due to limited capacity, the slot allocations for this event will be done as follows: Direct qualifiers will have the choice to take a slot for either 2026 or 2027, while slots awarded by roll-downs and bonus slots will only be for 2027.

Those who receive slots which are only valid for 2027 may request to be put on a waiting list for the 2026 event by contacting [email protected].

Numerous volunteers are needed for the preparation and implementation of the event. Interested parties are therefore very welcome. If you are interested in supporting us as a volunteer, please contact us by email at [email protected].