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Since 1996, 118 PWT races have taken place. To organize these races PWT has collaborated with several partners from different countries. Sometimes the map has been made and the course has been set by one of the PWT officials, whereas some other times, it has been local organizers taking care of the essentials.

The races have also taken place in areas with historical or architectural value. On 22.10.2013, the race, organized together with Nordic Ways, took place in Yuanming Yuan in Beijing, the Old Summer Palace.

Who organized the race, who made the map, who set the course? Details from all the PWT races can be found in Made for loving it.

Lumpini Park became the first stop for the Park World Tour in Bangkok, Thailand, 24.10.2000. Colonel Varoros Paribatra honoured Reeta Kolkkala, Kaisa Salminen, Jenny Johansson, Karolina Arewång and Hanne Staff with flowers and prizes.

What was the total climb of the course – and the temperature? Feel the heat and get the full story in Made for loving it.

On 13.3.2014 the spa town of Montecatini Terme, Italy welcomed the PWT and MOC athletes. The venue was set next to one the old spas.

After the race, the runners also got to enjoy some first-class gelato.

But who earned the biggest portions? Find the results in Made for loving it.

Maria Sandström and the Park World Tour orienteers in the old town of Fredrikstad, Norway 21.10.2000 got a good ride up and down the fortress walls. The tail running through the control flag brought split times also for the live TV broadcast.

Which two continents did the satellite channel documentary from the race reach? Go global with Made for loving it.

Race the Castles weekend 2014 saw PWT visit Scotland. The first race of the weekend took place on 11.10.2014 in Edinburgh, where also sprint WOC 2024 will take place. The venue was set right under the Edinburgh castle.

Edinburgh castle area and old town are now under embargo for WOC. But who mastered the challenges the best 10 years before? Will we see same faces on the medals 10 years after? Check out the 2014 map and results in Made for loving it.

Among orienteers from 40+ nations, future long distance winner Thomas Bührer was one of the finalists at the Park World Tour Champions’ Week in Leibnitz, Austria 5.8.2000.

Which addition to the World Championships programme did the International Orienteering Federation do one day earlier? Experience a week that changed the orienteering world in Made for loving it.

A dense fog around Stirling castle made the race on 12.10.2014 somewhat magical… or creepy, as on some legs the runners had to pass a foggy graveyard.

Race the Castles weekend saw the runners compete in two different locations. Stirling and Edinburgh. Made for loving it tells the rest.

Carlo Rigoni almost got hooked at control 7, when the Park World Tour delighted the day of the boys at the pond in Maribor, Slovenia 1.8.2000. The first PWT race in the land also offered several orienteers another premiere.

What did Hanne Staff experience for the first time earlier on the course? Explore Maribor in Made for loving it.

Many PWT runners were amazed to see a cardboard version of themselves in the opening ceremony of PWT China tour 2016. Here, Antonio Martinez Perez testing the scale of himself.

Who started off the tour the best on 24.10.2016 in the Beijing Botanical Gardens and gathered the most points? Made for loving it provides the answer as well as a table of all the points by all the runners throughout the PWT history.

The Philosopher, a sculpture at the Kvarntorpshögen Art Hill in Kumla, Sweden, got good company on 26.7.2000. Jonathan Mbatia and the other Park World Tour orienteers however seldom stopped to enjoy the view.

How much had they climbed before reaching control 3? Lay back and learn more with Made for loving it.