Welcome once again to the weekly round-up of our Nordic parkruns. Whilst we were luckier with the cancellations this week – only the events on a winter pause were not running this week – it’s hard to conclude that it’s quite springtime yet for much of the Nordics! Have a look below:
Hands up if you’re running parkrun for the first-time – welcome to the family! – here at Festningen parkrun in Trondheim
Congratulations to Martin on reaching his 100th volunteering milestone, also at Festningen parkrun
Some great photos here from Nansenparken parkrun, back on again this Saturday
With a smile at the turnaround point for Billdalsparken parkrun this Saturday
It was crazy conditions in Örebro this Saturday, with a blizzard arriving halfway through parkrun. Very well done to all parkrunners and volunteers, it was a morning to remember!
Berte, Anna and Marianne enjoying Tøyen parkrun this week
Beautiful blue skies in the north for the volunteer team at Pokkinen parkrun in Oulu
And likewise, picture perfect conditions for Broparken parkrun in Umeå
A cup of coffee to keep the volunteers warm at Vääksyn kanava parkrun on Saturday
parkwalking and parkrunning at Løvstien parkrun in Bergen this week
A bumper turnout, swelled by some parkrun tourists at Skatås parkrun in Göteborg on Saturday
parkrunning under grey skies at the beautiful Amager Strandpark parkrun
And finally, parkrunning with friends, here at Växjösjön parkrun
This weekend will be a celebration of parkrun with our ‘special day’ events taking place in Denmark on 5th June and Sweden on 6th June, in addition to our regular parkrun events on Saturday 3rd June. In Denmark 6 of our 9 events will be hosting a special event on Monday 5th June, including…
All around the world, we’ve seen over 28,000 unique volunteers in the parkwalker role and they’ve parkwalked over 52,000 times! We speak to one of the parkwalkers, Cathy Hannon, about why she chooses to volunteer in her favourite role every Saturday morning. Cathy’s chronic condition means that parkwalking is the best option for her, she relishes the…