Meet at

1a rue des Romains, Helmsange. In the North-East corner of the second roundabout when driving through Walferdange. Look for the Luxembourg Orienteering flag outside the building.

Public transport – City busses 11 and 26, RGTR busses 110 and 111 to the stop Heisdorf, Millewee. For those of you who have been to events at the same place before: the bus stop has been moved around 100 meters so you now have to walk back along the road towards the roundabout. Walferdange train station is a 10 minute warm-up run away, 2-3 trains per hour from Luxembourg and Mersch.

Facilities

Bags and bikes can be left safely.

Start times

18:00 until 19:00 (at the latest). Controls will be removed starting at 20:00, please be back by then.

Entries

No fee – but please sign up via the Calendar on the LuxO website, saying which course you would like to do. Or let orienteer@orienteering.lu know at least a day in advance if you plan to come, and are not a LuxO member. Please sign up no later than 12.00 on the day, so we can print the right number of maps that afternoon, and have you already set up in the timing system.

Everyone is welcome, not just LuxO members. Help and explanations will gladly be provided for beginners.

Start point

Start and finish are both adjacent to the meeting point.

Format

Two courses

• Rabbit   ~ 3.0 km – medium, flat
• Deer      ~ 5.0km – longer, some steep parts

Distances are straight line – optimum routes are ±40% longer.

Planner – Staffan Vowles.

Controls must be visited in the order set. Flags are 15cm kites.

Timing

Timing at each control using SPORTident (SIAC enabled). Bring your own SI timing chip if you can, but if not, you can borrow a LuxO one. Results of all participants to the nearest second will be published.  

Map

Non-standard 1:5 000, drawn by Jonas Wolff 2026, 5 metre contours. Laser-printed, on Pretex semi-waterproof A3 paper.

Terrain

Mostly residential urban streets, but some route choices on unpaved paths that can be slippery if wet. Street running or training shoes optimal.

Safety

Everyone takes part entirely at their own risk. Please take great care, especially on or crossing the more main roads – you do not have priority! High visibility clothing strongly recommended.