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Louna-Jukola was a great orienteering festival for the athletes, spectators and volunteers both at the arena as at home. With this compilation video we want to share the fascinating moments of Louna-Jukola and to say goodbye and thank you all. … Read more →

Even though it’s been more than a week from Louna-Jukola, it’s still worth waiting just a moment before turning eyes on next year’s Lappee-Jukola. Namely, a Jukola video compilation will be published during this week. There’s a reason why this … Read more →

The international, English web TV broadcast from Louna-Jukola is now visible without a fee. There are separate broadcasts from Venla and Jukola relay. The broadcast was implemented for the first time ever in Jukola. It was pretty successful, but the … Read more →

With Louna-Jukola behind us, it’s good to look back after getting rid of sleep debts. Where did we succeed, where did we possibly not succeed? Tell us through the feedback form. Most valuable lost and found items are taken to … Read more →

The 25 best teams of Jukola relay were awarded on the Festival Stage. In addition to the Jukola-medals, the best teams got headlamps, sets of sport underwear and video cameras. The winner of Louna-Jukola 2015 was Norvegian team Kristiansand OK. … Read more →

The victory of the Jukola-relay went this year to the Norwegian Kristiansand OK. There was no race for victory at the finish line, the team’s anchor Daniel Hubmann was allowed to cross the finish line at his own pace. The … Read more →

One way of measuring the level of development of a society is to observe how good care it takes of the disabled people living there. Finnish Sports Association for Persons with Disabilities (VAU) seeks to promote sports and physical activities … Read more →

After the orienteering leg, the leg time is checked at the Emit card check-up. At the same time it is seen, if the orienteer has punched at all control points. If there are problems in the punching, the orienteer is … Read more →

The competition map is usually the most valued memorabilia from a competition for an orienteer. Even for those, who’ll receive a medal or trophy for their success. Typically in orienteering competitions the maps are only returned after the competition is … Read more →

Contemporaneously with the start of the Jukola relay at 11 pm, started also the busiest time in the first aid. – From now on we have steadily a busy time until the end of the competition, doctor Jaakko Kivisaari tells. … Read more →

OK Kerma, a team that is heading into the Jukola night has a high-level team together. The team includes many current Finnish national team’s orienteers and among others a youth world champion. With such composition you’d be expected to compete … Read more →

The newsroom of Jukola works hard 24 hours a day during the competition weekend. One part of the team participated in the content production of the site of Louna-Jukola during winter and spring. Editor-in-chief Hanna Tähkävuori, who is in the … Read more →

The first orienteers of Jukola relay arrived to the changeover area in one hour and twenty minutes. About twenty minutes later a little bit more than two hundred orienteers have finished their leg. – Quite a nice course. A lot … Read more →

The liquorice made by the Kokkola-based Karkkipiste have been eaten in all Jukolas ever since 1985. There’s more sour strawberry and sour apple sold at Jukola than in other events. In other events the top sellers out of the sixteen … Read more →

A June-evening was only reaching dusk, as the rounds of a heavy machine gun of a tank sent the Jukola-relay’s teams on their way. The whole population of the Jukola village had gathered around the marked route, guiding the competitors … Read more →

  “… Ja nyt läksi joukko sekä nuoria että vanhoja, naisia niinkuin miehiäkin, jahtivoudin johtamana, pitkänä rivinä urkkimaan ympäri metsää…” Aleksis Kivi: Seven Brothers 83 years old Antero Pyökäri, his two daughters, his son-in-law and his daughter’s son Eetu participate … Read more →

The patron of Louna-Jukola is the general director of OP Group Reijo Karhinen. He is a first-timer in Jukola relay, and he does not hide his amazement and enthusiasm. – Especially in these days, when we can see so much … Read more →

The Jukola-ceremony was held in Saturday-evening’s cool air. The ceremony included the price ceremony of the Venla-relay. The ceremony was opened by the Jukola-patron, OP Group’s CEO Reijo Karhinen. In the price ceremony the 20 best of the Venla-relay were … Read more →

One of the over 1,700 volunteers in Louna-Jukola has her own special bond to the Jukola relay. This volunteer is Riitta Marsala, who is working in the cafe during the event and whose father was one of the founding members … Read more →

Planning the Venla relay course has been a nice challenge for the Venla relay course planner Jyrki Kajavalta. He has worked before as the course master for the FinnSpring event twice for example, but Jukola is quite the unique experience. … Read more →

Soon after the Venla relay was finished for the top teams, an interview was held in the media centre of Louna-Jukola. In this interview the competitors of the winning team Domnarvets GoIF and those of the best Finnish team, SK … Read more →

Sweden won the first three places of the Venla relay. The winner was Domnarvets GoIF, Alfta-Ösa OK came in second and Järla made it to the third place. The best Finnish team was SK Pohjantähti at fourth place. Domnarvets GoIF … Read more →

In Jukola relay, there are 98 accredited photographers working for newspapers or other media. One of the professional photographers is Minna Määttänen from Salon Seudun Sanomat. Her task is to photograph the Venla relay from the start to the finish. … Read more →

Jukola has lots of fun activities to do for the little ones in between watching the exciting competition. Older ones are also welcome! The volunteers of the Guides and Scouts of Southwest Finland created an impressive action and adventure area … Read more →

In total 1386 Venlas shot out after the starting pistol has been fired at 2 pm. With the smallest competition numbers started to the terrain the first teams of Kalevan Rasti, IFK Lidingö SOK and Södertälje Nykvarn Orientering from the … Read more →

The mayor of Paimio Jari Jussimäki is grinning with satisfaction in the middle of the growing mass of people. The first truly warm day happened at the right moment, at the opening ceremony of Louna-Jukola. – The atmosphere could not … Read more →

(suomi) Tänään on palkkapäivä seitsemän vuoden tehdystä työstä Read more →

On Saturday at 10 a.m. 40 volunteers started putting up the Jukola relay maps on the map stands. The maps were brought to the competition area on Friday night. – After putting up the bags we will secure them with … Read more →

The Jukola Relay and orienteering in general have been forerunners in using online results services. Online results have been updated online for over a decade. Like the saying goes: don’t fix what’s not broken. That is why the only major … Read more →

Next to the starting area there is a 60m² outdoor screen, which is so far the largest screen in Jukola history. Indoors there have been screens of this size in use before. In addition to this one, there are two … Read more →

(suomi) Saunamaksu sisältää myös pefletin Read more →

One of the three last controls of Louna-Jukola is a so called “special feature”, a black X on the map. In this case, the special feature could be described as a “light house”. This light house is a three-meter tall … Read more →

Louna-Jukola course setters have been working for years for this one weekend. This background work and all the preparation are vital for a successful competition week. However, the course setters have been keeping themselves busy even during the last remaining … Read more →

One of the favourites in both Venla and Jukola relays, Halden SK, is has quite a success in the big relays. It has taken four Venla wins: three years ago in Vantaa and three times in the 1980’s and 1990’s. … Read more →

If you’re dropping passengers coming to Jukola but you’re not staying longer with your car: Follow the signposting to parking just like you were going to park normally. When you arrive at the parking area, let the officials know that … Read more →

Having claimed three Jukola relay victories in a row, Kalevan Rasti has a chance to become the lone number one in the statistics of consecutive wins on Sunday morning. At the moment, Tampereen Pyrintö shares the first place with its … Read more →

One unavoidable part of Jukola is the “dress rehearsal”, that took place in Louna-Jukola competition center on Wednesday evening. An estimated 500 volunteers from different functions familiarized themselves with their own tasks, mostly guided but also independently. The most visible … Read more →

June 14th, 1992, early morning, Ravijoki village in Virolahti. Johan Ivarsson has just anchored the Huskvarna-based IK Hakarpspojkarna to victory in Vehka-Jukola, after having left Reijo Mattinen of Rajamäen Rykmentti behind on the last controls. On Sunday morning, it’ll be … Read more →

The fight for the Jukola relay victory seems very exciting beforehand. At least the favorites are not as outstanding as in many previous years, partly due to “levelling” factors. But in whatever way one turns and analyzes the issue, Kalevan … Read more →

The fight for victory in the Venla relay on Saturday afternoon might become very tough, and no clear pre-race favorites are easy to name like in previous years. If one however were to bet on someone, it would be some … Read more →

In a way, the Jukola Relay culminates in its message. The message is a greeting related to a cause regarded important and dedicated to some current organization or society. The message, figuratively carried by the competitors of Jukola with them … Read more →

An e-mail letter containing important information and the coupon needed to collect the team-specific material has been sent on Friday evening to the contact persons of all clubs participating in Louna-Jukola. If you, as the contact person, have not received … Read more →

In the competition center of Louna-Jukola there are busy preparations of dining areas for competitors and the guests. There will be built a 40-metre-long dining tent, which has 18 serving lines. The Restaurant Manager of Louna-Jukola, Mikko Mannonen, tells that … Read more →

Erection of sales and event tents in the competition center began on Thursday. On the first day there were more than a hundred avid volunteers to help. Luckily the weather was now on the organizer’s side, as there were heavy … Read more →

Some more pieces of information have been added to Louna-Jukola webpages. Teams selected for GPS tracking Even really good teams were unfortunately left out of tracking. However, teams are added to tracking according to the development of the competition, so … Read more →

As registering for Louna-Jukola at higher fee ended at midnight, we can now confirm the final number of participants: a whopping 18,104 competitors altogether in Venla and Jukola relays. The number of registered teams is 3,191, of which 1,411 in … Read more →

When tens of thousands of people gather on the same area, formation of waste cannot be avoided. Waste management, however, can be affected. Like in previous years, recycling is strongly present also in Louna-Jukola. – We have three large recycle … Read more →

Along with competition instructions published last week, other information about Louna-Jukola is now visible: Instructions for arrival and bus timetable How to operate in Louna-Jukola instructions Special instructions and map for start procedure Maps over competition center area List of … Read more →

When tens of thousands of people gather in the same area, the organizer needs to deal with not only functionality but also safety issues. That is why the organizers of Louna-Jukola have to go through a dense jungle of permits … Read more →

Louna-Jukola is already close enough for the competition instructions to be published. The instructions can be seen here. We picked a couple of things worthy of noting from the instructions: The running orders for both relays must be registered by … Read more →

It’s still pretty empty in the competition center area of Louna-Jukola, but gradually different structures are starting to rise, thus altering the area into a bit more “Jukola-like”. One of the central structures, the over-40-meter-long temporary bridge, was erected last … Read more →

In a month, the Jukola Relay is organized in Paimio for the third time in the competition’s history. The second one of these Jukolas was competed in 1993. Back in the day – 22 years ago – the competition was … Read more →

As a fulfilment for many requests, the Jukola Relay can now be followed live via an international web TV broadcast. This service will be implemented by Louna-Jukola organizers and the Finnish Orienteering Federation. Both relays will be covered in live … Read more →

(suomi) ”Ehkä ammattimaisimmat IT-osaajat Jukolassa ikinä.” Read more →

(suomi) Louna-Jukolasta tulossa selkeästi kaikkien aikojen suurin Jukola. Read more →

Today, you have exactly one week left to register to Louna-Jukola at normal fee. To be accurate, the deadline is next Wednesday, May 13th, at 11:59 p.m., i.e. practically at midnight. So if you’re planning to participate but still haven’t … Read more →

With International Workers’ Day (i.e. May Day) at hand, the last one and a half months to Louna-Jukola has begun. And indeed, diligent voluntary work is under way in different sections of the organization of Louna-Jukola. The most important task … Read more →

The competition maps that will be used for Louna-Jukola are well on their way to be encased. The arduous work has been ongoing in a warehouse in Turku. It was begun after Easter and ought to be completed by the … Read more →

Looming less than 50 days from now, Louna-Jukola will make it a kind of a triple, since it will be the third Jukola Relay in history held in Paimio. 1972, 1993 and now 2015 – it’s been just over two … Read more →

The info tent, shop, restaurant and saunas. These are examples of Jukola constructions that need a lot of wood and an innumerable amount of working hours by volunteers. At the moment, three semi-trailer loads of wood dwell in a warehouse … Read more →

Soon it’ll be only two months to Jukola – first competitions of the spring have been run and competitors are beginning their preparations for Louna-Jukola. Likewise, the organizers continue their active work towards the objective of organizing the best Jukola … Read more →

One of the partners of Louna-Jukola is Multiprint Ltd., a printing and archiving services company originating from Turku. Its HQ still located in Turku, Multiprint has already 30 offices in 15 Finnish cities. Sales and Marketing Director Marita Björkbom-Ristimäki laughs … Read more →

The competition maps of Louna-Jukola have now passed the first phase of the printing process, test print. Printing on the whole plays an important role in producing a high-class map product for orienteers. Test print required a whole lot of … Read more →

During previous years there have been many requests for an English TV broadcast that would be available outside Finland. Now these wishes will be fulfilled, as Louna-Jukola organizers and the Finnish Orienteering Federation have decided to implement a web TV … Read more →

The first registration period to Louna-Jukola ended yesterday at midnight. At the moment, it looks like Louna-Jukola will break all previous records in terms of the number of teams. Instead of cautiously achievable, the organizers’ goal of at least 17,000 … Read more →

Notwithstanding all associated program and services, the most essential thing in Jukola relay is the map. It’s an undisputed requisite for any action to be called orienteering. At Louna-Jukola, this issue could not be in better hands, as the person … Read more →

Today, you have exactly one week left to participate in Louna-Jukola with the lowest fee, as the first registration period ends on Wednesday, February 4th. The same login name and PIN code are used to log in to the electronic … Read more →

Louna-Jukola is coming closer – mere 150 days to go! That is also just an appropriate time for a self-challenging fitness orienteer to tune her or his physical and orienteering-technical capacity to the optimum. Now we shall get acquainted with … Read more →

– The task of being the course planner in the Jukola Relay is something you just cannot refuse. It’s a task of honor, offered only once and only to few. So says Jukka Oksa, the course planner of the Jukola … Read more →

Many have certainly read through very carefully the event invitation published in the beginning of December. To summarize and refresh your memory, we decided to list some points worth noticing – both new and familiar. The event centre is located … Read more →

The course setter of Venla Relay, Jyrki Kajavalta, remembers exactly where and when he received the request to be in charge of Venla courses at Louna-Jukola. – It was on January 27th, 2013, at approximately 6:17 p.m., in vice event … Read more →

The opening of the enrolment system is a significant moment for Louna-Jukola, as our ambitious goal is to organize the biggest Jukola of all time. We firmly believe in crossing the threshold of 17,000 orienteers for the first time. The … Read more →

Louna-Jukola takes a concrete step closer on Friday the 5th, as the enrolment system for Jukola and Venla Relays will be opened at noon. Likewise, the invitation will also be published on Friday. In a traditional way, the invitation includes … Read more →

As the new training season has already begun, also Louna-Jukola is getting more and more attention in the minds of the many. After finishing second at Kuopio-Jukola, IFK Lidingö is going for the win next summer. As a kick-off for … Read more →

The Finnish Army and Louna-Jukola 2015 signed a cooperation agreement on October 29, 2014 concerning the Jukola Relay to be organized in Paimio next summer. The agreement was signed by Lieutenant General Seppo Toivonen, the Commander of the Finnish Army, … Read more →

If one asks a competitive orienteer to describe the terrains in Paimio region, the most likely answer will contain at least two terms: ”detailed” and ”bare rock”. But what do we find if we scratch the rocks of Louna-Jukola terrain … Read more →

83 participants altogether, with different starting levels, delved into the sport of orienteering in the four groups of Intersport Jukola schools. The final goal of these schools organized during autumn was next summer’s Louna-Jukola, even though aiming particularly at Jukola … Read more →

Trimtex Finland Ltd. and the organization of Louna-Jukola have made a year-long cooperation contract. Trimtex delivers clothing for Louna-Jukola volunteers and a part of Jukola products sold in Jukola store. The outfit is produced out of the same high-quality materials … Read more →

Old maps of Louna-Jukola competition area are now on view. Behind the link you can find the newest maps covering the whole competition area and, as a “bonus”, the first leg map and course from Jukola Relay 1972 that took … Read more →

Kuopio-Jukola is now behind us and the Jukola flag has been handed over to Louna-Jukola. Next event on the path to Louna-Jukola will be Kick-Off Weekend in Turku region in the beginning of August. On Saturday, August 2nd, Turku Sprint … Read more →

Traditionally, hosts of the following year’s Jukola are in attendance at previous year’s event to present themselves and to get experience for their own turn of organizing. This also applies to this year: the organizers of Louna-Jukola have an extensive … Read more →

As the Kuopio-Jukola event is only a few days away, it’s a good time to update on how preparations are going with the Louna-Jukola arrangements. Soon it will be exactly one year to the summer night adventure of Louna-Jukola, and … Read more →

Jukola Relay 2015, organized by Turun Suunnistajien and Paimion Rasti, is called Louna-Jukola.  13th and 14th of June in 2015 thousands of orienteers come to Paimio, a small city close to Turku. Competition area will be near Paimio city center, … Read more →