Organizing TOW has been paused due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the registration to TOW is cancelled. The final decision whether and when TOW 2020 will take place, will be made after the emergency situation in Estonia has ended.
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TOW programme |
TOW schedule |
EOC programme |
Wednesday, August 19th |
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Middle qualification, opening ceremony |
Thursday, August 20th |
Middle distance |
Midday |
Long distance |
Friday, August 21st |
Sprint |
Evening |
Rest day |
Saturday, August 22nd |
Long distance, 100CP Run |
Midday-evening |
Middle final |
Sunday, August 23rd | Middle distance | Midday | Relay, closing ceremony |
TOW 2020 and EOC 2020 will take place in Rakvere and it’s near surroundings. Rakvere is a town with 15 000 inhabitants, situated in northern Estonia, 100 kilometres from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
Event Centre will be situated and the opening ceremony will be held in Rakvere, all forest competitions will be held 25 kilometers south-east of Rakvere.
The closest airport is Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL), which has direct air links to numerous European cities. Located in Tallinn - 100 km from Rakvere, it takes ca 1h 20min by car to reach Rakvere by E20 highway. Riga Airport (RIX) in Latvia is 350 km from Rakvere and it is reachable by car (5h). From Stockholm and Helsinki, there are ferry connections to Tallinn and Paldiski, provided by Tallink, Viking Line and Eckerö Line.
Rakvere is easily reachable by trains and long-distance buses from all bigger towns in Estonia. From Tallinn it is 1h 20min by train and 1h 30min by bus. Rakvere train station is located 3,2km from the Event Centre and Rakvere bus station 1,4km from Event Centre.