In May 2025, between the dates May 17th and May 25th, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Week event.

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WOW in a geological and historical area

2024-04-15

On the 22th of May, the orienteering club, Arctic Orienteering, will host a orienteering event. The event is a middle distance orienteering event on a 1:4000 scale map. It is one of our weekly orienteering offerings during the summer. It will be traditional orienteering courses from White (beginner) to Red (advanced). One of the organisers, … Continued

SPORTident continues to support the International Orienteering Federation in 2024

2024-03-25

“A great year of working together lies behind us and we are already looking forward to an exciting new year 2024 in which we continue our long-standing collaboration,” said Burkhard Ritter the CEO of SPORTident GmbH. The cooperation with the International Orienteering Federation means a lot to us. As the umbrella organisation for all orienteering … Continued

Celebration all year long

2024-03-25

South Ribble Orienteering Club, situated in the North West of England, are putting on a 2 part Sprint event in Happy Mount Park, Morecambe on Tuesday 21st May. Its particularly useful to encourage activity in schools and there are many in the area that have maps of their grounds and teach orienteering as part of … Continued

Show how interesting and exciting orienteering is

2024-03-25

A rather young orienteering club, Sakartvelo Orienteering Club, which was created in the beginning of May last year, 2023, located in Tbilisi, have preregistered a World Orienteering Week event. They was part of the last World Orienteering Day in 2023 and are now following up this year as well. The main organiser Ian Sundkvist, also … Continued

Invite a friend to orienteering

2024-03-25

The invite a friend to recreational orienteering -campaign is coming again. The Finnish Orienteering Federation invites the clubs to join the “Kutsu kaveri kuntorasteille” campaign between May 18 and 26, 2024. The purpose of the campaign is to increase the interest of recreational orienteering events and to increase the number of participants. The purpose of … Continued


Preparing for the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Karlskrona? In this webinar, Swedish elite orienteer Simon Hector will share his first-hand experience and winning tactics from the recent JWOC test race held on May 14th. He will dive into the specific characteristics of the Karlskrona forest terrain and discuss how to approach its unique technical and navigational challenges. Join us to learn what it takes to master the terrain ahead of JWOC 2026. 🗓 Tuesday, 9 June from 15:00 - 16:30 CEST (UTC+2) 👨‍🏫 Simon Hector ✍ Register: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1862e532-1b26-4723-acdf-275c9e1df31f@a9dcd984-57e3-45e0-aca0-9bbe4d0a2c8b

Team Norway 🇳🇴 took yet another Sprint Relay win in Skara in the final race of @owcskaralidkoping2026 ahead of Czechia 🇨🇿 and Finland 🇫🇮 Sunday afternoon. Thank you for hosting us, Skara and Lidköping🙏 Photo: @kl_grafi

A thrilling Sprint World Cup race in Skara, Sweden, saw the favourites deliver outstanding performances. Simona Aebersold 🇨🇭 dominated the women’s race with a flawless run and a convincing 22-second victory, while 🇳🇴 Kasper Fosser controlled the men’s race and went on to win by 12 seconds. See you for the Sprint Relay Sunday afternoon👋