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 Webinar

2024-12-05

The first WOW Webinar for the autumn has been carried out. The topic of the webinar was How to make a successful and yet manageable WOW event in schools. During the webinar Henning Bratland Carlsen from the Norwegian Orienteering Federation and Vilius Aleliunas from the Lithuanian Orienteering Federation gave their experience on School events. Henning … Continued

WOW – a chance to entice newcomers to orienteering

2024-05-07

The club Southern Highlands Orienteering or SHOO as it is affectionately known was formed in 1986. Southern Highlands Orienteering promotes Orienteering in the Macarthur and Liverpool area of Sydney as well as the Southern Highlands. The club hosts both urban and bush events. One series that is held is the Highland Forest Series (HFS). This series … Continued

Progress of orienteering in India

2024-05-07

I would love to give you more information regarding our work to spread the game of Orienteering in India.  Gaurav Singh, the President of Dhyan Chand Foundation, a non-profit Foundation, works for children and sports and to devise ways and means to integrate the development of a child through sports. Mr Singh came across Orienteering whilst … Continued

Aims for most nationalities at a single WOW event

2024-05-07

Luxembourg Orienteering Club will be part of the World Orienteering Week 2024, but it will be very low key – a small event with two or three courses, with a focus on what we call “Family and Friends”, where people can walk round a simple course. Our target audience is club members with young families, … Continued

TRAINING-FLAGS – PERFECT FOR THE WORLD ORIENTEERING WEEK

2024-04-15

Buy 10, pay 8 and get our additional WOW gifts Just like you, we are looking forward to this year’s World Orienteering Week. In anticipation of the WOW and as an official “Event Sponsor – World Orienteering Week 2024”, we have a great offer for you. If you buy 10 training flags (size 15x15cm) you … Continued


Sweden’s women and Finland’s men dominated Saturday’s Middle race at European Ski Orienteering Championships in Posio, Finland. The final race of the international SkiO calendar is Sunday’s Long distance, where the SkiO World Cup will be decided.

New faces on top of today's podiums in Finland after the ESOC Middle race. Congratulations Ella Turesson 🇸🇪 and Aapo Vippola 🇫🇮 👏 📷: Timo Mikkola

Another beautiful day for Ski Orienteering at the European Championships Sprint on Friday in Posio, Finland 🌞🌞🌞 📸: Timo Mikkola