Top O-Travel Picks: June 2010

Jukola, Trondheim Open, 6 Days of North and South Tyrol, the Norwegian O-Festival, Idre O-week (see map sample above) and Thermenland Open. These are some of the interesting events of June 2010. Read on to get an overview of the top O-Travel picks for June 2010 based on entries in World of O Calendar.

In the Top O-Travel Picks-series of articles we will take a look at the most interesting events of 2010 for travelers – month by month – to guide you through the fixture list. Focus is on multiday-events and World Ranking events, as these are events which typically attract traveling orienteers.

Map samples

A few of the event organizers have added map samples in World of O Calendar – take a look below to see map samples for some of the Top Picks of June 2010. Many organizers did not bother to upload maps (e.g. the Norwegian O-Festival and Idre O-week from the picks of this month) – thanks to the organizers who did take some time to give that service to the users of World of O Calendar!

Saiani-71 Belarus – 2010-06-05	Trondheim Open Norway – 2010-06-11	Trondheim Open Norway – 2010-06-11
TAKAS 2010 Lithuania – 2010-06-24	6 Days of North and South Tyrol Italy – 2010-06-27	6 Days of North and South Tyrol Italy – 2010-06-27

Personal Picks

The most important focus of the top orienteering elite in June is to finish the European Champs in Bulgaria – and then get a training period or some national events ahead of the Jukola relay and the Nordic Orienteering Tour. Some might even make it to Trondheim Open as part of their preparation for the World Orienteering Championships or to Suunto Games the weekend ahead of the Jukola relay. There are – however – also other enjoyable events in June:

• If you want to combine great nature with orienteering in June, the two best options in my opinion are the 6 Days of North and South Tyrol and the Idre O-week. Both start at the 27th of June, so you’ll have to choose one of them. Both events give you fantastic mountain areas and very interesting and tricky orienteering.
• Another interesting orienteering event is TAKAS 2010 – a 4 day event which is the biggest international orienteering event in Lithuania.
• The Norwegian O-Festival is Norway’s biggest orienteering event, and actually also the last part of the Nordic Orienteering Tour. The O-Festival is further north than it has been for some years – not far from Lillehammer, in interesting and technically challenging terrain. Possible to combine with Idre O-week if you skip either the relay at the O-Festival or the Fjäll-OL at Idre O-week, and are willing to drive about 250 kilometers.

Here are some more events in table form – for all events see the World of O Calendar.

05.06	–	06.06		Suvejooks	Estonia
11.06	–	13.06		Trondheim Open	Norway
12.06	–	13.06		Suunto Games	Finland
18.06	–	26.06		Nordic Orienteering Tour	Fin/Swe/Nor
19.06	–	20.06		Jukolan viesti – Jukola relays	Finland
24.06	–	27.06		TAKAS 2010	Lithuania
25.06	–	27.06		Norwegian O-Festival	Norway
25.06	–	27.06		Thermenland Open	Hungary
27.06	–	04.07		6 Days of North and South Tyrol	Italy
27.06	–	01.07		IDRE O-WEEK	Sweden

Your favorite?

Are there important events missing in this overview? What is your personal favorite orienteering event in June 2010? Please use the comments to give additional information to the readers.

Note! Are you an event organizer for an event in July or August? Do your event a favor and update the event page in World of O Calendar with more information and map samples in order to get the possibility to be featured in the Top O-Travel Picks series.