Partners
Partners
The official IVV Olympiad 2025 Tampere partners
Pirkanmaan Matkailu / Visit Pirkanmaa is the Finnish member in IVV – the International Volkssport Association. Visit Pirkanmaa acts as the organizer of the Tampere IVV Olympiads.
Visit Pirkanmaa’s official partners in the IVV Olympiads are the sport associations: Hämeen Liikunta ja Urheilu, Tampereen Taivaltajat, Uinti Tampere, Tampereen Pyrintö, Tampereen Vihuri ja Hiking Travel, Hit Ky, Vaasa Walking Club and Tampere City Event Office and Visit Tampere.
Tourist information and infrastructure
Visit Tampere Tampere and City Event Office
The IVV Olympiads will be held in Tampere. Tampere is Finland’s largest inland water city and a favorite destination for domestic and international tourists. The Tampere City Event Office is responsible for the Olympic infrastructure. Visit Tampere at Tampere region tourism generalist – from whom you can get travel advice, try things out and much more.
Walking and cycling
Tampereen Taivaltajat
Tampereen Taivaltajat ry is a member association of Suomen Latu, founded in 1958, focused on sport activities and hiking.
The association’s mission is to make physical activity in nature a common practice among citizens. It organizes a wide range of sport events, excursions, hikes, and related lectures.
The main activities include X-country skiing, walking, volleyball, cycling, and canoeing. In addition, the association offers family-oriented activities and various training courses, such as first aid and orienteering skills training.
Swimming
Uinti Tampere
Uinti Tampere is a competitive swimming club aiming at top swimming, whose vision is to be the best in Finland.
The foundation of the club is swimming skills and the joy of exercise.
Every club member, swimmer, parent, employee and coach is part of the common, green UiTa family.
Orienteering
Tampereen Pyrintö
Pyrintö, founded in 1896, is Tampere’s leading general sports club. The club’s mission is to promote physical activity within its operating area, encouraging as many members as possible to engage in fitness, competitive, or elite sports according to their abilities and needs, and to participate in the club’s administration, coaching, or other activities. Throughout its history, the club has achieved 27 Olympic medals.
Canoeing
Tampereen Vihuri
Tampereen Vihuri is the largest and one of the most versatile kayaking and canoeing clubs in the whole of Finland, founded in 1947.
The club includes tour, racing and whitewater kayaking and canoeing enthusiasts as well as kayak polo players.
In 2024, Vihuri received the Starclub certificates as proof of high-quality hobby and sports activities for adults, children and young people.
Canoeing and group accommodation
Hiking Travel, Hit ky
Hiking Travel is in 1992 founded family enterprise concentrated in nature activities. Together with Tampereen Vihuri Hit will organize the canoeing in the olympiads.
Kaupinoja is also the base for the company.
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HLU – Hämeen Liikunta ja Urheilu
Hämeen Liikunta ja Urheilu ry (HLU) is a regional, sports-independent promoter of physical activity. Through our activities, we aim to enhance people’s well-being through physical exercise.
Vaasa March
Vaasan kävelyklubi ry
Our partner Vaasan Kävelyklubi organizes a three-day Vaasan March walking event on the weekend before the IVV Olympiads on 8.-10.8.2025.
By participating in the 20 km walks of the Vaasa March and Tampere IVV Olympiads on two consecutive days in both events, you participate in the IML-CUP event and receive your own certificate.
Nos iungat ambulare! Kävely meitä yhdistäköön!
