The second part of the O-Route Challenge 2011 takes us to a night-orienteering relay in snow-filled forests in Finland – the Kevätyönviesti Night-O relay in Turku. With 30-50 cm snow in the terrain, this was a tough relay with special considerations to be done when choosing your route. The chosen ...

The Route to Christmas series has been very popular here at World of O the last years, and there have been many requests to offer some of these “O-puzzles” throughout the year. I have therefore decided to launch a similar series of “O-puzzles” throughout the rest of the year – ...

RouteChoice Challenge is a new concept which is similar to Route to Christmas – but still very different. In RouteChoice Challenge you get to see a leg on the map – you submit the route you think you would have chosen, and can then take a look at others opinion ...

The routechoice comparison for the EOC 2008 Middle Final is again done in a way which gives you the possibility to think through each leg before seeing how the World Elite did it – similar to the popular Route to Christmas series here at World of O. This means that ...

The routechoice comparison for the EOC 2008 Middle Final is again done in a way which gives you the possibility to think through each leg before seeing how the World Elite did it – similar to the popular Route to Christmas series here at World of O. This means that ...

Would you do the same choices as the best orienteers in Europe? The routechoice comparison for the EOC 2008 Long Final is done in a way which gives you the possibility to think through each leg before seeing how the World Elite did it – similar to the popular Route ...

The “Orienteering Course of the Year 2025″ is a set of courses from the newest discipline in orienteering – the Knock-Out Sprint discipline, from the World Cup Final in Uster, Switzerland. And as you can read in the interview with the course setter below, a lot of work and passion was ...

We continue our countdown in Course of the Year 2025: In 4th place we find the European Championships Sprint and in 3rd place we find the third leg of the Jukola relay. Two high profile events that really challenged the athletes with great courses and intriguing orienteering!  See below the results for ...

We continue our countdown in Course of the Year 2025: In 7th place we find the Finnish Championships Long distance, in 6th place we find the JWOC Sprint and in 5th place we find the Maximus O Meeting Stage 1. Two challenging long distance courses in very different terrain – and one hilly ...

After 5 days of voting, courses from 10 countries are represented in the Top 15 of “Course of the Year 2025″. And what a collection of great courses! Take a look at the courses below, and make your vote if you have not voted yet. Note that the order of the courses listed ...