You are warmly welcome to the most traditional Finnish orienteering and holiday week - Kainuu Orienteering Week. This year the event will be held in Suomussalmi, in the Säynäjä terrain.
COME AND EXPERIENCE THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE WEEK OF SUMMER 2026 IN THE RUGGEDLY BEAUTIFUL WILDERNESS OF KAINUU – WHERE THE FOREST CHALLENGES AND THE SCENERY REWARDS!
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We wish you all a peaceful holiday season and a successful orienteering year 2026!
The people of Kainuu Orienteering Week are on holiday at the turn of the year. Read the announcement for instructions on how to make sport benefit payments during the rest of the year.
Read moreKainuu Orienteering Week (KOW) heads to the rugged hill landscapes of Puolanka and Paljakka in summer 2027. The event website is now live – read more and get ready for the Super Summer of Orienteering in Kainuu 2027!
Read moreKainuun Rastiviikko (Kainuu Orienteering Week) is coming to Suomussalmi in the summer of 2026, bringing thousands of orienteers and their families from all over Finland and abroad! The event is a great opportunity for residents and businesses in the Suomussalmi area to earn extra income.
We are now looking for eager locals – residents, small businesses, and even larger companies – to place their cottage, detached house, terraced or block apartment, or even just a single room/suite in our intermediation service. We accept all types of well-maintained accommodation properties for intermediation.
Read moreThe Kainuu Orienteering Week (KOW) and the Kainuu Trail trail run, to be held next summer in Suomussalmi, anticipate one of Finland's largest sports tourism events. The event complex is estimated to bring over 5,000 customers counted as unique individuals to the locality.
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Itsellisenkuja 2 , Suomussalmi kk
Private house (single-family house)
Beds for 7-8
Distance to the location 21 km
931,50 € / week
Laavukuja 8, Suomussalmi
Private house (single-family house)
Beds for 6
Distance to the location 17 km km
724,50 € / week
Lenkkitie 2, Suomussalmi
Private house (single-family house)
Beds for 6-8
Distance to the location 23 km
1 380,00 € / week
Valkeisenkatu 6, Suomussalmi
Private house (single-family house)
Beds for 4+3
Distance to the location 19 km
1 092,50 € / week
+358 44 512 3517 (on weekdays at 9-16)
info@rastiviikko.fi
Urho Kekkosen katu 4 B, 1.krs, 87100 Kajaani
+358 44 512 3517 (on weekdays at 9-16)
accommodation@rastiviikko.fi
Urho Kekkosen katu 4 B, 1.krs, 87100 Kajaani, Finland
Jari Anttonen
+358 44 761 3886
kilpailunjohtaja@rastiviikko.fi
Jukka Liuha
+358 44 767 9533
jukka.liuha@rastiviikko.fi
