O-Ringen Magazine. Nr 2 - 2022
The worlds biggest orienteering adventure. The mountains awaits! O-Ringen Åre 2023. July 22-28.
The worlds biggest orienteering adventure. The mountains awaits!
O-Ringen Åre 2023. July 22-28.
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The mountains awaits!<br />
Yes, there you have our catchwords about O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Åre 2023. And you are<br />
welcome to the mountains next summer. We promise that you will make<br />
many wonderful memories and enjoy what you experience here.<br />
Photo: Peter Holgersson<br />
O<br />
rganizing a giant event like<br />
O-<strong>Ringen</strong> in a small village like<br />
Åre is not easy. But we have been<br />
planning this for many years and<br />
now we think we have a concept that all of<br />
you who love orienteering and O-<strong>Ringen</strong><br />
will like. I know it will not be like Uppsala or<br />
Norrköping. It will be different and different<br />
is often good. Those of you who visited<br />
O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Sälen in 2008 and 2016 know<br />
what I am talking about. I must admit that<br />
I was sceptical before I ran in Sälen 2016.<br />
What would the community be like when<br />
we all stayed in apartments and cottages?<br />
What would it be like to stay maybe 10–20<br />
kilometres from O-<strong>Ringen</strong> square? The answer<br />
to that question is that it went perfectly<br />
well. That is why we now dare to arrange a<br />
different O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Åre next summer.<br />
The accommodation part has been a<br />
difficult nut to crack but a lot of work has<br />
been put in and I think all clubs will have to<br />
put in a little more work than before to find<br />
accommodation. But there are plenty of accommodations<br />
for everyone. And there will<br />
be an O-<strong>Ringen</strong> camping! Maps, courses,<br />
and the terrain will truly be an experience.<br />
For the first time, a group of Norwegian<br />
organizing clubs have been involved in<br />
planning. All our course setters are from<br />
Norway and what a job they have put in.<br />
The pandemic, early snow, late spring, two<br />
cancelled stages and much else have made<br />
the work more challenging. But believe<br />
me, there will be fantastic courses and nice<br />
terrain for everyone next summer in Åre.<br />
Together with all the voulenteers, I welcome<br />
you to Jämtland and Åre next summer.<br />
NICLAS LIDSTRÖM<br />
Project manager O-<strong>Ringen</strong> Åre 2023<br />
niclas.lidstrom@oringen.se<br />
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