Kainuu O-Week´s 2nd entry step will be closed on 28th of February!

We are expecting totally 4000-5000 participants to Kainuu O-Week 2019.

Combine Kainuu O-Week 2019 and World Masters Orienteering Championships for the same trip - read more from this newsletter!

52nd Kainuu Orienteering Week 30.6.-5.7.2019 will be held in Sotkamo (municipality) and Tipasoja-Huhtikangas (orienteering terrain) in Finland

Orienteering and Holiday Week in the middle of the best summertime in Finland

KOW 2019 shortly:
- 4 competition days (sun, tue, thur and fri) + 2 rest days (mon and wed).
- Perfect and good grounded pine forrest moor terrain in Sotkamo and Tipasoja (partly same area as in WOC2013).
- In open courses we have 10 different courses and in two of them we have map scale 1:7500.
- Parking areas are max. 200 m from competition centre.

Competition centre is located only 15 km (10-15 minutes driving) from Sotkamo to east.

Nearest airport is Kajaani airport - only 60 minutes driving to Competition centre

Some short updates from KOW 2019

- Only one competition centre, easy to arrive, parking areas are in the competition centre

- H/D21E money prizes for overall winners are as follows: 1. 2500 €, 2. 1250 € ja 3. 750 €

- Competition categories H/D8 - H/D95

- In open courses we have totally 10 different course options including two courses A 1:7500 and B 1:7500​ in 1:7500 map scale

- Additionally we have for little ones of the family the adventure orienteering route (under school age children)

- In the competition centre we have restaurant, café, grill, delicacy, soup of the day, icecream/softis, children´s day care, adventure orienteering route, dog´s day care, showers, shops and much more...

- Plenty of accommodation only 10-30 min driving distance to competition centre

- Awesome possibilities for other things to do in Vuokatti and Sotkamo! We have ski tunnel, snowboarding tunnel, Superpark, Vuokatti Adventure Park and lots of more....check out this newsletter :)