The 74th Jukola relay The 45th Venla relay.
Jukola-teams 1695 ( x 7 = 11 865 competitors)
Venla-teams 1549 (x 4 = 6 196 competitors)
Altogether 18 061 orienteerers Teams from 18 countries.
Jukola relay route is 81,5 km with acclivity 2120 m. Roadmaster’s predetermined regularity time for brothers 7h 58 min.
Venla relay route is 26,1 km with acclivity 660. Roadmaster’s predetermined regularity time for the Venlas 2h 55 min.
The Venlas run a total of 40 429 km and brothers 146 700 km. Altogether 187 129 km. That’s as the crow flies! It corresponds to Finland from south to north 144 times.
In the area of 15 km² about 550 control points have been built. The number of stamps goes up to 450 000!
One step at a time, in this case 151 500 000 steps. Volunteerers 1533 and they eat 5000 portions
There are 64 free electric bus services (75 pers.) during Jukola with seats for 4 800. The capacity corresponds to 960 cars (5 pers.).
100 showers
350 toilets
300 half-platoon tents
12 000 toilet rolls
20 000 – 25 000 spend their night in the Jukola village tent area 23 070
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12 888 Instagram-followers (13.6.2023)
30 000 food portions
12 000 cups of coffee
7 500 parking lots
75 000 maps packed in bags
Text and photo: Micki Kulju