News

New forestry area

06.07.2022 16:07:51

In the red line area in the map appendix, there are now 2-5 meter long trees felled to the ground. See detailed information about the change in the map appendix of the announcement.

Open courses raffle prizes Tue 5.7.2022

05.07.2022 17:08:36

Among the participants in the open courses on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 are the winners of the drawn prizes.

Open sprint orienteering event 4.7.2022

04.07.2022 20:31:04

Today, Monday, July 4, 2022, we organized open sprint orienteering event. A total of 145 orienteers participated in the sprint.

At the event, the fastest on the tracks were rewarded and one prize was drawn among all participants. See the winners and results in the news.

Open courses raffle prizes Sun 3.7.2022

04.07.2022 14:48:09

Among the participants in the open courses on Sunday, July 3, 2022 are the winners of the drawn prizes.

Kainuu O-Week started in the elite categories with familiar names

03.07.2022 23:58:35

Kainuu O-Week started in the elite categories with familiar names leading the way

Joni Hirvikallio (Koovee) and Mira Kaskinen (Rastikarhut), who took the overall victory in the H/D21E series of last year's 2021 53rd Kainuu Orienteering Week, also dominated the events of the first race of this year's 54th Kainuu O-Week. Both of them took the top spot in their series with a gap of more than a minute to the next one.

See the atmosphere of the first stage here.

Arrival instructions to Kainuu Orienteering Week 2022

30.06.2022 13:17:45

Welcome to the 54th Kainuu Orienteering Week in Luhtakangas, Puolanka, Finland 3-8 July 2022.

Here are some of the most important arrival instructions to arrive at Kainuu O-Week.

The Kainuu Orienteering Week 2022 competition categories start time selection service will open today at 12.00am

16.06.2022 

The Kainuu Orienteering Week 2022 competition categories start time selection service will open today, Thursday 16th June 2022 at 12.00. Instructions and a link for choosing start times can be found on our website www.rastiviikko.fi -> Starting lists and results.

NOTE! There have been changes to the starting points. Please check the table of starts information for your categories.

The exact distances of the race series and the guide map of the starting area’s have been published

14.06.2022

The daily trips of the race series and the guide map of the starting area’s have been published. See the bulletin also for the time windows for the start times of the race series for the selection of the start times.

Sign up today 31st May until 11.59pm to the Kainuu O-Week with a cheaper participation fees

31.05.2022 00:09:20

Kainuu Orienteering Week''s participation fees are changing on 1st June 2022.

Sign up today 31st May until 11.59pm to the 54th Kainuu Orienteering Week with a cheaper participation fees.

Changes to registration information

20.05.2022

Check the registration information and report the necessary changes to the series and emit card number to the competition office now free of charge. See the latest release for more detailed instructions and schedules.

Accommodation in search for the duration of the Kainuu Orienteering Week?

21.04.2022

Check out next summer's accommodation offer in the latest news.

Parking and bus tickets on sale!

14.04.2022

You can arrive at the Kainuu Orienteering Week competition centre in Luhtakangas, Puolanka on July 3-8, 2022 by riding the bus or in your own car. Bus and parking tickets for the event added to the KOW-webshop for sale.

Kainuu O-Week's restaurant and café services offer varied food during the orienteering week

28.03.2022

About the versatile services of the Kainuu Orienteering Week Competition Centre, the quality and supply of restaurant and café services in particular have long been the subject of significant development. For many years, Finland's biggest orienteering week has offered home-cooked lunch food, delicious café products, tasty barbecue dishes, varied “soup of the day” dishes and mouth-watering waffles or pancakes - once again this year.

Start the next summer's Kainuu O-Week with some heavy riffs in LankaFest 1 - 2 July 2022

18.03.2022

Start the next summer's Kainuu O-Week with some heavy riffs in LankaFest 1 - 2 July 2022

Russian and Belarusian participants in events under Kainuu Orienteering Week association

18.03.2022

Kainuu Orienteering Week association (in Finnish the Kainuun Rastiviikko ry) strongly condemns the war started by Russia in Ukraine and follows the recommendation received from the Finnish Orienteering Federation (March 9, 2022) on how the member clubs of the Finnish Orienteering Federation should operate in their own proceedings:

Kainuu O-Week 2022 offers large services in Competition Centre and top quality event arrangements

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Kainuu Orienteering Week offers large services in Competition Centre and top quality of the event arrangements. Competition Centre will offer for orienteers almost everything what is needed for fluent participation. Event arrangements will be also done in high level with top quality maps and orienteering tracks.