With only one day left to suggest a course for the “Course of the Year 2021″, it is time to introduce a few of the great courses the world orienteering elite enjoyed in Czech Republic while preparing for WOC 2021. This time we asked Tim Robertson of New Zealand about ...

[See all nominations here] Saturday December 18th is the last chance to add suggestions to “Course of the Year 2021″. We already got more than 40 nominations in the comments to the intro article  – most of these are high quality courses which will be part of the voting in “Course of the Year 2021″. Based on ...

– The course had it all – challenging route choices where no-one was sure about his choice. Even we “locals” didn’t always find the  right ones. This is how Milos Nykodym describes his favourite long distance course of the year – and also his big goal of the year – the ...

–   It was pure orienteering, from the first to the last meter. A brutal long distance in special terrain. The course offered many challenges. This is how Swiss top orienteer Florian Howald describes his choice for the Long distance course of 2021. Read on for more about this course, and ...

What was the best orienteering course of 2021? The Norwegian World Champs selection race long distance won in 2019, the World Cup Final Middle in Czech Republic won in 2018, the World Champs middle distance in Estonia won in 2017 and the last stage of France 5 won in 2016. Other winners are a spectacular sprint between ...

With the orienteering season slowly starting up everywhere these days, it is finally time to conclude the Route to O-Season 2020 series after 100(!) days. Today’s leg is a special one with some history and culture in it. Early in “Route to O-Season” Finnish mapmaker Jussi Silvennoinen, a mapmaker for several Jukola ...

[To be updated] Creative orienteers all around the world find alternative orienteering activities in these difficult times when most orienteering races are cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis. The activities range from different types of online orienteering competitions to mapping your own home. And those who are lucky enough to be able ...

Late Christmas present: Check here if you won any of the prizes worth more than 6000 Euros in total in your voting or nomination for “The Orienteering Course of 2019″!  For each sponsor, the winner of event prizes are written in red below. All winners will receive an e-mail with information about how ...

A traditional long distance course with many long route choice legs interspersed with technical orienteering is the “Orienteering Course of the Year 2019″!  The course was run by many of the world’s best orienteers, as the event was a selection race for the World Orienteering Championships for several countries. The ...

Did you check out all the great courses nominated for “Course of the Year 2019″? Tomorrow is the last chance to vote – below are the courses which are in the Top 15 so far, arbitrary sorted.  Still not devlivered your vote? Do so here: Vote for Course of the Year ...