Checkpoints and check-in

All six rou­tes start from Par­til­le Home Guard hall, and you’ll pass seve­ral check­points along the way. At each check­point, you must check in. Chec­king in ser­ves both as proof that you have com­ple­ted the rou­te and as a safe­ty mea­su­re – this way we know that eve­ry­o­ne is accounted for and that no one has been left behind. Here’s how it works, from regi­stra­tion to the finish line.

Register when you arrive

When you arri­ve at the Home Guard hall, you regis­ter your par­ti­ci­pa­tion. You have alre­a­dy sig­ned up and paid onli­ne – or you can do a late regi­stra­tion and pay via Swish or in cash.

If you arri­ve on Fri­day to stay over­night, you can regis­ter then. If you arri­ve on Satur­day, you regis­ter in the mor­ning upon arri­val, and if you arri­ve on Sun­day, you do so on Sun­day mor­ning. You only need to regis­ter once – once you’ve done so on one day, you don’t need to do it again.

Safety briefing and start

Befo­re the start, the march director will hold a short safe­ty bri­e­fing. You then check in at the first check­point, which is loca­ted at the Home Guard hall. Only once this is done should you set off.

The 40 km on Saturday starts at Tuve Ice Rink

If you are wal­king the 40 km on Satur­day, you will attend the safe­ty bri­e­fing and check in at the Home Guard hall like eve­ry­o­ne else. You will then board a shutt­le bus that will take you to Tuve Ice Rink, whe­re your march begins.

Checkpoints along the route

The­re is a check­point eve­ry ten kilo­metres along the rou­te, and you must check in at each one. Here you’ll find cold water and juice, as well as hot water for a cup of cof­fee, tea or hot choco­la­te. The­re are pick­led cucum­bers and some­ti­mes a tasty tre­at. If you are wal­king 40 km, you can also get help with sore feet at one of the later checkpoints.

Finish

You cross the finish line at the Home Guard hall. To be counted as having finished, you must check in one last time at the final check­point the­re. Wit­hout this, the march is not regis­te­red as completed.

Toilets

Access to toi­lets vari­es between the routes:

• 40 km on Satur­day: the first two check­points are rela­ti­vely clo­se to pub­lic toi­lets, and the­re is a por­tab­le toi­let at the final checkpoint.
• 40 km on Sun­day: the­re is a por­tab­le toi­let at each checkpoint.
• 20 km on Satur­day and Sun­day: the only check­point along the rou­te does not have a por­tab­le toilet.