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04.09.2025 - 04.09.2025 |Kaikki

City Orienteering in Joensuu

The City Orienteering (Kaupunkisuunnistus) is an event, where students will go around their campus city’s city centre in groups and complete different kinds of fun tasks given to them by different student associations and ISYY clubs. The starting point for the orienteering is at Joensuu Market Square at 5.00 pm, after the Student Blast - the Academic Year Opening. The event is free for new students and continuing students have an opportunity to participate in the event by paying a small fee. The event will culminate in the after party in Las Palmas Kimmel!

Information about the enrollment for different teams can be found below.

Registration - new students

A tutor (or a student from the freshman group if the tutor doesn’t participate in the Orienteering) will register the group of new students to the event via Kide.app. 

A tutor (or a student from the freshman group if the tutor doesn’t participate in the Orienteering) will register the group of new students to the event via Kide.app. The maximum size of a freshman team is 10 people, plus the tutor, making it 10 + 1-2 tutor(s). Registration for new student groups starts on Monday 1 September at 3:00 pm and ends on Wednesday 3 September at 3:00 pm. You can also register for the Orienteering by contacting the Community coordinator Eveliina Scharin (Eveliina Scharin, yk(at)isyy.fi) once the Kide.app sales have opened.

The person who registered the team will pick up the orienteering package for their team during week 36 (2.9.-4.9.) from the ISYY office (Suvantokatu 6) during office hours. The package includes an orienteering passport and an overall badge for each team member. The overall badge serves as an entrance ticket to the after party. The orienteering map is available in digital format and in paper format upon request.

Registration - continuing students

Continuing students are able to attend the orienteering with a 30 € registration fee for a group of 6 people. The price includes an orienteering passport and an overall badge for each team member. The overall badge serves as an entrance ticket to the after party. The orienteering map is available in digital format and in paper format upon request.

The registration begins on Kide.app on Tuesday 2 September at 3:00 pm and will end on Wednesday 3 September at 3:00 pm. It’s also possible to register a group at the ISYY office once Kide.app sales have opened. NB! Only one person has to register the whole group. There are a limited number of group tickets!

The person who registered the team will pick up the orienteering package for their group during week 36 (2.9.-4.9.) from the ISYY office (Suvantokatu 6) during office hours. 

Registration in Kide.app

Link to the CIty Orienteering registration will be updated here in August. 

Please note when registering an orienteering group that the number of tickets refers to the number of groups being registered. The group size will be specified on the additional information form in the Kide.app registration.

Instructions for orienteering groups

The team will receive a starting number which is the number of the orienteering point the group has to visit first. For example, if a group has got starting number 3, they must go to the orienteering point number 3 first and then start going around the orienteering points in a numerical order from the orienteering point 3 onwards. The group must visit 5 orienteering points in numerical order after which the group can decide what other orienteering points they want to visit.

Checkpoints are open until 9.30 pm. The people organising the tasks at the Orienteering will score the teams' performances with 1-5 points and record the points in the orienteering pass. At the end of the orienteering, the team totals their points and counts the final score in their pass. By collecting at least 45 points and returning the pass to Las Palmas Kimmel by 10.00 pm, the team enters a raffle. The raffle winner and prizes will be announced at the after party at Las Palmas Kimmel at 11.00 pm.

Photo Contest

We encourage all City Orienteering teams to dress according to a chosen theme and participate in the city orienteering photo contest! The winner of the photo contest will be chosen by a draw.

Photo contest participation instructions:

  1. Come to the ISYY stand at the Market Square during Student Blast - the Academic Year Opening (from 2 pm to 5 pm)
  2. Take a group photo with the City Orienteering frame
  3. Share your group photo on Instagram by 9.00 pm with the hashtag #kaupunkisuunnistus2025 and tag @isyyuef in the photo
  4. Join the afterparty at Las Palmas Kimmel, where the winner and prizes of the photo contest will be announced at 11.00 pm

After party 

The after party of the Joensuu event is in Las Palmas Kimmel (Itäranta 1, 80100 Joensuu), which is located on the other side of the river (from city centre).The after party is included in the orienteering fee and the City Orienteering overall badge serves as the entry ticket to the party. Be prepared for a cloakroom fee. The schedule and artist will be updated here in August. 

Entry to the Joensuu City Orienteering afterparty is only possible with the overall patch, and tickets will not be sold at the door.

City Orienteering in Kuopio

The City Orienteering (Kaupunkisuunnistus) is an event, where students will go around their campus city’s city centre in groups and complete different kinds of fun tasks given to them by different student associations and ISYY clubs. The starting point for the orienteering is at Kuopio Market Square at 5.00 pm, after the LoveZone: Opening of the Academic Year. The event is free for new students and continuing students have an opportunity to participate in the event by paying a small fee. The event will culminate in the after party in Apteekkari!

Information about the enrollment for different teams can be found below.

Registration - new students

A tutor (or a student from the freshman group if the tutor doesn’t participate in the Orienteering) will register the group of new students to the event via Kide.app. 

A tutor (or a student from the freshman group if the tutor doesn’t participate in the Orienteering) will register the group of new students to the event via Kide.app. The maximum size of a freshman team is 10 people, plus the tutor, making it 10 + 1-2 tutor(s). Registration for new student groups starts on Monday 1 September at 3.00 pm and ends on Wednesday 3 September at 3.00 pm. You can also register for the Orienteering by contacting the Community coordinator Eveliina Scharin (Eveliina Scharin, yk(at)isyy.fi) once the Kide.app sales have opened.

The person who registered the team will pick up the orienteering package for their team during week 36 (2.9.-4.9.) from the ISYY office in Lukema (Studentia building, C-door) during office hours. The package includes an orienteering passport and an overall badge for each team member. The overall badge serves as an entrance ticket to the after party. The orienteering map is available in digital format and in paper format upon request.

Registration - continuing students

Continuing students are able to attend the orienteering with a 30 € registration fee for a group of 6 people. The price includes an orienteering passport and an overall badge for each team member. The overall badge serves as an entrance ticket to the after party. The orienteering map is available in digital format and in paper format upon request.

The registration begins on Kide.app on Tuesday 2 September at 3.00 pm and will end on Wednesday 3 September at 3.00 pm. It’s also possible to register a group at the ISYY office once Kide.app sales have opened. NB! Only one person has to register the whole group. There are a limited number of group tickets!

The person who registered the team will pick up the orienteering package for their team during week 36 (2.9.-4.9.) from the ISYY office in Lukema (Studentia building, C-door) during office hours. 

Registration in Kide.app

Link to the CIty Orienteering registration will be updated here in August. 

Please note when registering an orienteering group that the number of tickets refers to the number of groups being registered. The group size will be specified on the additional information form in the Kide.app registration.

Instructions for orienteering groups

The team will receive a starting number which is the number of the orienteering point the group has to visit first. For example, if a group has got starting number 3, they must go to the orienteering point number 3 first and then start going around the orienteering points in a numerical order from the orienteering point 3 onwards. The group must visit 3 orienteering points in numerical order after which the group can decide what other orienteering points they want to visit.

Checkpoints are open until 9.30 pm. The people organising the tasks at the Orienteering will score the teams' performances with 1-5 points and record the points in the orienteering pass. At the end of the orienteering, the team totals their points and counts the final score in their pass. By collecting at least 35 points and returning the pass to Apteekkari by 10.00 pm, the team enters a raffle. The raffle winner and prizes will be announced at the after party at Apteekkari at 11.00 pm.

Photo Contest

We encourage all City Orienteering teams to dress according to a chosen theme and participate in the city orienteering photo contest! The winner of the photo contest will be chosen by a draw.

Photo contest participation instructions:

  1. Take a group photo with your orienteering team during the City Orienteering, and share it on Instagram by 9.00 pm with the hashtag #kaupunkisuunnistus2025. Remember to tag @isyyuef in the photo
  2. Join the afterparty at Apteekkari, where the winner and prizes of the photo contest will be announced at 11.00 pm

After party 

The after party of the Kuopio event is in Apteekkari (Vuorikatu 24, 70100 Kuopio), which is located near the Market Square. The after party is included in the orienteering fee and the City Orienteering overall badge serves as the entry ticket to the party (entrance through the main door at the corner of Kirjastokatu and Vuorikatu). Be prepared for a cloakroom fee. 

Tickets for the afterparty will also be sold at the door of Apteekkari (ticket sales at the club/sky entrance on the Kirjastokatu side). The ticket costs 5 euros (the overall patch is not included). Be prepared to pay a cloakroom fee.

The schedule and artist will be updated here in August. 

Further information:

Eveliina Scharin, Community Coordinator, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), yk(at)isyy.fi, tel. +358 44 576 8408

Nox Herranen, Member of Executive Board, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), nox.herranen(at)isyy.fi

Piritta Pennanen, Member of Executive Board, Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY), piritta.pennanen(at)isyy.fi