Fabian Hertner and Helena Jansson won the first World Cup race of the season in very detailed and sandy terrain in New Zealand. Very intricate contour details made map reading and orienteering challenging. I am probably the one who did the least amount of mistakes, and that was rewarding It ...

We finished our journey in the neighbour country of where we started: Portugal. Although we travelled away from the mainland and out to Madeira. Thanks a lot for following on this exciting journey to 24 countries in the WoO Christmas O-Quiz! Who knows, I might even repeat this crazy adventure ...

The last day! Can you manage this tricky one as well? Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for ...

Todays Route to Christmas is one of the highlights in the 2012 series. Not only one leg, but two legs, are offered. The race in question was held in tricky sandstone terrain in Czech Republic – the Czech Championships long distance, course setter was Radek Novotny along with Vaclav Zakouril, ...

Edgars Bertuks and Simone Niggli have been awarded with “The Orienteering Achievement of 2012″ titles in the mens and womens class, respectively! Bertuks – the new star in international orienteering this year – got an impressive 34% of the votes – nearly double the amount of the Czech WOC Relay ...

With more than 4000 unique votes given – and still one day to go – the 2012-edition is the largest in the history of “The Orienteering Achievement of the Year” contest. If you have not voted for your favourite yet, post your vote and be part of the drawing for ...

Today is your lucky day! Not one, but two(!) very interesting legs from Croatia are on offer in Route to Christmas today. And the legs offer very different orienteering challenges: Although significant parts of the map are extreme karst, the other part is more typical continental terrain, and the course ...

After a very flat map yesterday, I found some contours for you today! Can you guess which country this map is from? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct ...

Read about the fantastic achievements of the 13 athletes and 3 teams who are nominated for The Orienteering Achievement of 2012. Then post your vote for your favourites, and be part of the drawing for prizes worth nearly 4000 Euros! Teams can now also win the achievement of the year ...

– I never felt that I really managed the challenges that day, so that is why I think it was the best course this year, Olav Lundanes says about the course he has chosen as the best course he ran this year. Three out of four top choices for the ...