Kainuu O-Week´s 2nd entry step will be closed on 28th of February!

We are expecting totally 4000-5000 participants to Kainuu O-Week 2019.

Combine Kainuu O-Week 2019 and World Masters Orienteering Championships for the same trip - read more from this newsletter!

52nd Kainuu Orienteering Week 30.6.-5.7.2019 will be held in Sotkamo (municipality) and Tipasoja-Huhtikangas (orienteering terrain) in Finland

Orienteering and Holiday Week in the middle of the best summertime in Finland

KOW 2019 shortly:
- 4 competition days (sun, tue, thur and fri) + 2 rest days (mon and wed).
- Perfect and good grounded pine forrest moor terrain in Sotkamo and Tipasoja (partly same area as in WOC2013).
- In open courses we have 10 different courses and in two of them we have map scale 1:7500.
- Parking areas are max. 200 m from competition centre.

Competition centre is located only 15 km (10-15 minutes driving) from Sotkamo to east.

Nearest airport is Kajaani airport - only 60 minutes driving to Competition centre

Some short updates from KOW 2019

- Only one competition centre, easy to arrive, parking areas are in the competition centre

- H/D21E money prizes for overall winners are as follows: 1. 2500 €, 2. 1250 € ja 3. 750 €

- Competition categories H/D8 - H/D95

- In open courses we have totally 10 different course options including two courses A 1:7500 and B 1:7500​ in 1:7500 map scale

- Additionally we have for little ones of the family the adventure orienteering route (under school age children)

- In the competition centre we have restaurant, café, grill, delicacy, soup of the day, icecream/softis, children´s day care, adventure orienteering route, dog´s day care, showers, shops and much more...

- Plenty of accommodation only 10-30 min driving distance to competition centre

- Awesome possibilities for other things to do in Vuokatti and Sotkamo! We have ski tunnel, snowboarding tunnel, Superpark, Vuokatti Adventure Park and lots of more....check out this newsletter :)

Watch the Kainuu O-Week´s teaser video

Teaser can been seen from our facebook-pages.

KOW 2019 terrains are perfect for beginners and to top orienteers

We offer very good grounded pine forrest moor terrain with lots of contour markings :)

From our facebook-pages you can watch the first terrain pre-video from the competition area.

During the winter 2018-2019 we will update more videos and photos from the competition area.

Watch map samples and photo samples from the terrain here.

Combine Kainuu O-Week in Finland 30.6.-5.7.2019 and World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) in Latvia 5.7.-12.7.2019.

KAINUU O-WEEK PROGRAMME
30.06. 1ST STAGE at 13-19
01.07. Rest day
02.07. 2ND STAGE at 11-17
03.07. Rest day
04.07. 3RD STAGE at 11-17
05.07. 4TH STAGE at 10-16

Flights from Kajaani-Helsinki
04.07. 17.40-19.35 (local time)

05.07. 05.25-06.40 (local time)
05.07. 17.40-19.35 (local time)

06.07. 05.25-06.40 (local time)

Flights from Helsinki-Riga (ex., not all flights in the list)
04.07. 20.50-21.55 (local time)

05.07. 05.35-06.40 (local time)
05.07. 08.05-09.15 (local time)
05.07. 10.15-11.20 (local time)
05.07. 12.45-13.55 (local time)
05.07. 16.10-17.20 (local time)
05.07. 16.30-17.35 (local time)
05.07. 19.15-21.00 (local time)
05.07. 20.50-21.50 (local time)

06.07. 08.05-09.15 (local time)
06.07. 10.15-11.20 (local time)

WMOC PROGRAMME
05.07. Sprint model and opening
06.07. Sprint qualification
07.07. Sprint final
08.07. Rest day
09.07. Qualification for middle and long
10.07. Middle final
11.07. Rest day
12.07. Long final, closing

Totally 10 different open courses tracks available and two of those with scale 1:7500

KOW open courses are one of the most popular and diverse open orienteering possibility in Finland!

Open courses at Kainuu Orienteering Week have increased their popularity summer by summer. For open courses you can register on-site at event arenas. In case you plan to participate for entire week, you can also pre-register via IRMA service portal.

• 10 different skill levels for kids to professional orienteers. Additionally for the little kids we have adventure like activity route.
• Maps are made by mapping professionals (for ex. mappers of WOC2013)
• Result service is as good as in competition categories

Courses and skill levels are diverse

Activity route: Adventure route for little kids. Route is marked to forest so children can safely go to the forest. Usually parents are with the children during the route. Best for kids 7-years old or under.

FAMILY-RR: marked orienteering route; usually for kids 10-years or under and with the family (parents)

C-categories: Courses are mainly very basic orienteering, easy skill level, best for beginners

B-categories: Courses are mainly normal orienteering, medium skill level, best for orienteers who are already experienced

A-categories: Courses are mainly very demanding orienteering, hard skill level, best for competition or professional orienteers

Open courses in KOW 2019

Track, skill level, distance, map scale
A-long, hard, 7,5 km, 1:10 000
A-short, hard, 4,5 km, 1:10 000
A 1:7500, hard, 4,3 km, 1:7500
B-long, medium, 6,0 km, 1:10 000
B-short, medium, 4,0 km, 1:10 000
B 1:7500, medium, 3,8 km, 1:7500
C-ultra, easy, 10,0 km, 1:10 000
C-long, easy, 4,5 km, 1:10 000
C-short, easy, 2,5 km, 1:10 000
Family-RR*, marked route, 1,7 km, 1:10 000
Activity route**, marked route (adventureous orienteering), 0,5-1km
* Participation fee includes maps for the whole participating family and one emit-card. The track is the same as the H/D8RR series.
** There is a little prize for kids in the finish on every competition day

Plenty of accommodation available!

Private houses, cottages and holiday apartments - see here.

Vuokatti Sport Institute offers diverse (Hotel, holiday apartments, chalets) accommodation possibilities (KOW special price) - see here.

Other accommodation
- Accommodation in Sotkamo/Vuokatti area
- Accommodation in Kainuu and near the Sotkamo/Vuokatti area

Accommodation office:
+358 44 512 3517
majoitus@rastiviikko.fi

Arriving to Finland, Kainuu and Sotkamo

Arriving to Finland, Kainuu and Sotkamo is quite easy and flexible.

We recommend the following:

1. Book flights from the departure country to Helsinki (Helsinki airport)

2. Book flights from Helsinki airport to Kajaani airport or Kuopio airport or Oulu airport
or
2. Rent car from the Helsinki-Vantaa and drive from Helsinki to Kajaani and Sotkamo. It about 590 km and 6-7 hours driving from Helsinki to Sotkamo.

3. From Kajaani airport to Sotkamo
- only 40 min driving to the Event Centre (Vuokatti Sport Institute)
- only 50 min driving to the Sotkamo city centre
- only 60 min driving to Competition Centre (Kuhmontie 124, Sotkamo)

- By car (rent a car from the airport)
- By bus (airport bus) - with this you can go easily directly to the Event Centre (Vuokatti Sport Institute)
- By taxi

4. Competition bus
- From the Event Centre you can have competition bus transportation on every competition day to Competition Centre and back to Event centre

Read more from our webpage or contact us directly:
www.rastiviikko.fi
info(at)rastiviikko.fi

53rd Kainuu Orienteering Week 28.6.-3.7.2020

In Suomussalmi

Orienteers will be running in the fast and beautiful moor terrain of
Haverinen Ski and Biathlon Centre near the city centre of Suomussalmi

Upcoming KOW events:

53rd Kainuu Orienteering Week 28.6.-3.7.2020 Suomussalmi, Haverinen

54th Kainuu Orienteering Week 04.-09.07.2021 Puolanka, Luhtakangas-Äikänvaara

55th Kainuu Orienteering Week 03.-08.07.2022 Kuhmo

56th Kainuu Orienteering Week 02.-07.07.2023 Kajaani