Being an orienteer in Seattle, I know how bad it feels that all you have around you is around 52 maps, most of them sprint like park maps. If you are in somewhat the same boat, a tour to Latvia will be awesome for you.
Here's why: there were 57 new maps in 2005 alone, there are weekday races on all weekdays except Fridays! Orienteering in Latvia was the most popular sport of the year in 2005, which was achieved by well co-ordinated voting, although it is not far from truth - every week more than 10 races happen and quite often the biggest gather more than 500 participants.
Time measurements mechanism - usually sport ident or emit are used. However, they can be rented on spot. Price - the races cost less than 10 USD per race, but the first time participating price can be added - usually it includes a number for use through the season.
Links
Orienteering federation page in English - it has not been updated for a while, but there is some truth in it, say, the links to the club pages.Weekday races
This is a short list of weekday races to make sure you can O' almost every day.
Magnēts is the biggest one with races happening near Riga, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Meridiāns provides some more challenging maps, but is farther - near Cēsis, happens on Tuesdays.
Zig-zag happens on Mondays in North Kurzeme, but I have never been there.
Upcoming big races
Race calendar for big races - pay attention to Kāpa 3 day, it is a WRE.
TODO
There are some static courses, they could be good for people who want to do more. Have to find them.
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