Latvijas Orientēšanās nakts 2026

On 18 September, Daugavpils will be one of 22 Latvian cities to host the tenth Latvian Orienteering Night – a free three-hour rogaining competition for teams. The competition centre will be located in Raiņa centrs, Komunālā iela 2.

Over ten years, the Latvian Orienteering Night has become one of the most anticipated autumn mass sports events in Latvia. Last year, the competition in 21 cities gathered a record number of participants – 6107 people in 1982 teams. This year, the anniversary event will take place in 22 Latvian cities, including Daugavpils.

The competition will take place in a three-hour rogaining format. Teams of 2-5 people will receive a map with checkpoints and will plan their own route in order to collect as many points as possible within the set time. The Orienteering Night is suitable for both experienced orienteers and beginners, families with children, and teams of friends and colleagues. Participants will be able to start in OPEN, women's, family and veterans groups.

Check-in at checkpoints will take place with the QREvented app, by scanning QR codes, therefore each team needs a charged mobile phone with the ability to install the app. Since the competition will take place during the dark hours of the day, participants must also take care of reflectors and pocket torches.

Participation is free of charge. Registration for the competition – until 14 September at 23.59 on the website rogaining.lv/onakts/.

The winners of each participant group will be awarded medals, and after the award ceremony participants will have the opportunity to take part in a prize draw organised by sponsors.

We invite the people of Daugavpils and city guests to form teams together with family, friends or colleagues and spend the evening of 18 September in an active orienteering adventure in Daugavpils!

The Latvian Orienteering Night in Daugavpils is organised by the Latvian Orienteering Federation in cooperation with partners, the Daugavpils state city municipality institution "Daugavpils pilsētas Izglītības, jaunatnes un sporta pārvalde" and the orienteering club "Stiga". The event is co-financed by the Daugavpils state city municipality.