In May 2025, between the dates May 17th and May 25th, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Week event.

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WOW at high altitude

2025-05-13

During World Orienteering Week this year an exhilarating 3 km orienteering adventure in the breathtaking Sacred Valley of Cusco, nestled in the charming village of Arin will be organised. Set at an altitude of 3,000 meters, this event promises not only a physical challenge but also a feast for the eyes with its stunning scenic … Continued

Invite your friend

2025-05-13

The WOW ambassador in Finland, Eero-Antti Lonka try to promote WOW as much as possible. Last year the Finnish Orienteering Federation had a national campaign during World Orienteering Week and this will continue during World Orienteering Week 2025 as well. Every one will have a great opportunity to invite your friend to join you for … Continued

Show the world that Austria is an active and important part of the orienteering community!

2025-04-11

WOW Ambassador Thomas Radon, within the Austria Orienteering Federation, is is the driving force behind the efforts in school sport and mass sport orienteering within Austria. He has been an orienteer since he was a little boy, and it’s a pleasure for him to contribute to our sport! Austria Orienteering Federation started a new school … Continued

Get ready for Moonlight Madness

2025-04-11

Garingal Orienteers, founded 51 years ago, is based in Sydney Australia and has conducted the full range of events from local Come-and-Try-It’s to Australian Long Distance Championships. One of its landmark ventures started nearly 35 years ago when Garingal organised a daylight savings Sydney Summer Series after work on Wednesdays. The score series was really … Continued

This year we would like to make our activities bigger and better!

2025-04-11

The club POLES, in the south of France was part in World Orienteering Week last year and organised an event, but this year they would like to make their activities bigger and better! Last year they created activities for children from local schools. It was quite simple – they had a 5 x 5 grid … Continued


Post season blues? Here's chance to relive the 2025 international orienteering season with overall World Cup Winner Max Peter Bejmer, European KO Sprint Champion Cécile Calandry and IOF TV Expert Commentator Jonas Merz.

The final stages in the 2025 European Cup in Trail Orienteering took place in Norway this weekend. And Pinja Mäkinen 🇫🇮 just held on to the lead in the decisive round and was celebrated as the winner ahead of Alessio Tenani 🇮🇹 and Krystian Petersburski 🇵🇱

On 9 November, 2025 you have the opportunity to learn about and discuss the use of technology in Orienteering, as IOF's IT Commission invites to an open meeting. Find the covered topics in the article.