Orienteering News

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2022 is another leg from the Czech Championships Long distance – we again travel to exciting sandstone terrain. While we looked at a quite short leg last time, we now turn our eyes to the long leg to the 11th control. The leg is as usually first ...

Remember to vote by Wednesday – it is still tight in the top! With two days left to vote, we take a look at the 10 courses that are currently in the Top 10 of the “Course of the Year 2022″. The following courses are in the top 10 as of now: ...

In today’s edition of Route to Christmas 2022 we travel to Sweden to a night orienteering race organized just last week. The leg is from a night orienteering cup organized in the Göteborg area. Thanks a lot to Søren Ødum, one of the organizers, for the tip! Note that this was ...

In today’s edition of Route to Christmas 2022 we return to Norway for a long and interesting leg. This time we take a look at the second leg in the H19-20 category in the largest orienteering event in Norway – O-festivalen – organized this June. Thanks a lot to Ales Henja ...

In today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2022 we travel all the way to New Zealand to a long leg in an ultralong distance race on the Hogsback map. Thanks a lot to Felix Hunt for the tip! Felix writes the following about the leg: This map is called Hogsback and ...

After 3 days of voting, courses from 11 countries are represented in the Top 20 of “Course of the Year 2022″: Italy, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Norway, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Poland and Ukraine. Take a look at the courses below – and make your vote if you have not ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2022 is a 4600 meter long monsterleg! For the second time in this series we visit the Norwegian Championships Ultralong, always one of the highlights in Route to Christmas. There were some really long legs in this year’s edition, but the first leg we ...

In today’s edition of Route to Christmas 2022 we travel to Spain for a long leg at the 34th Costa Calida long distance race, organized in march. Thanks a lot to Luis Nogueira for the tip! The leg (control 14 to 15) is as usually first provided without routes – you may take ...

What was the best orienteering course of 2022? Set up your personal Top 5 List from the nominated maps – and win prizes from our sponsors! The nominated maps have been chosen based on submissions from the WorldofO.com readers and some of the world’s top orienteers. Now YOU can choose “The Course ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2022 is another sprint leg – this time from MOC Camp Sprint Final in Rotondella organized by PWT Italia. The chosen leg is the longest leg in the competition – leg 15 – and the tip comes from Riccardo Scalet (thanks a lot!). Riccardo ...