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 – new logo

2023-11-20

World Orienteering Week have a new logo. New, but at the same time with clear traces of the old. And that is precisely what we want to achieve. A little new but still the same. The last two years World Orienteering Day has been organised for a whole week, to give the chance for every … Continued

Offer from Lumonite

2023-11-20

IOF partner Lumonite now delivers its high-quality head lamps to most of Europe through Valostore. Use this link to get 15 % on Lumonite’s products right now. https://www.valostore.com/en/c/brands/lumonite?code=LUMONITE-IOF2023

Maze-O

2023-11-20

MAZE Orienteering (MAZE O) is a great tool for education, promotion, activities for children and youth, for training and competition. MAZE O can be used in many areas. MAZE O is both easy to arrange and easy for participants and audience to understand. MAZE O is a multi-tool for the development of the sport of … Continued

Plans for WOW 2024

2023-11-20

One of the person that already have preregistered a World Orienteering Week event for 2024 is Domonkos Győrffy, usually called Doma amongst orienteers. It is the first time that he will organise an event. He is from Hungary but lives today in Constance. He have been doing orienteering for some time and when he arrived … Continued

Preregistered for WOW 2024

2023-11-20

In Norway, in a small club, IL Leik, in Trøndelag, Ole Gunnar Sølberg has started the plans towards World Orienteering Week 2024. In IL Leik they are usually between 30 and 50 people at the orienteering trainings and orienteering competitions. They have been part in previous WOD events and will continue with WOW! In 2024, … 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