Kainuu Orienteering Week gathered over 21 000 visitors to Kainuu and Kuhmo

Published: 12.07.2023

Kainuu Orienteering Week gathered over 21 000 visitors to Kainuu and Kuhmo

55th Kainuu Orienteering Week 2.-7.7.2023 Jämäsvaara, Kuhmo - thanks to the participants, volunteers, landowners, partners and all stakeholders who were involved in making the 55th Kainuu O Week in Kainuu!

The event gathered more than 4,000 different people in Kainuu and Kuhmo for a week, and the total number of visitors for the entire week exceeded the threshold of 21,000 visitors. Over 10,000 orienteering performances were made during the Kainuu O Week.

Kainuu O Week 2.-7.7.2023:

• Participants:
  • Competition categories: 1546 different persons
    • In total 6 184 performances
  • Open orienteering (open courses): 829 different persons
    • In total 2 278 performances
  • Total: 2375 different persons
• Spectators: 750 different persons
• Total: 3125 different persons
• In addition
  
  • Adventure track (rastiralli)
    
    • 200 performances (during four stages)
  • Open sprint orienteering event 3rd July 2023
    • 130 performances
  • Open sprint tracks 4.-6.7.2023
    • 55 performances
• Cumulative visitors 2.-7.7.2023 (6 days): 19 135 visitors
• Read more about Kainuu O Week

  Kainuu MTBO Week 2.-7.7.2023:

• Competition categories: 170 different persons
  • in total 680 performances
• Open orienteering: 30 different persons
  • in total 120 performances
• Spectators: 50 different persons
• Total: 250 different persons
• Cumulative visitors 2.-7.7.2023 (6 days): 1 500 visitors
• Read more about Kainuu MTBO Week

  Kainuu Trail Hossa National Park (Finland) 1.7.2023 trail running event:

• Runners: 467 different persons (new participant record!)
• Spectators: 200 different persons
• Total: 667 different persons
• Read more about Kainuu Trail

The whole Kainuu Orienteering Week event in total:

• Participants: 3042
  • Orienteering performances: 10 347
• Spectators: 1000 different persons
• Total: 4042 different persons
• Cumulative visitors 1.-7.7.2023 (7 day): 21 307 visitors

Next year the 56th Kainuu Orienteering Week will be held in Kajaani and Joutenlampi 30th June - 5th July 2024. Welcome to enjoy orienteering and holiday in Kajaani and Joutenlampi's nice pine forest dominated moor terrain!