News - 23rd May 2023
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Welcome to the Nordic photo roundup from 18 & 20 May 2023

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Welcome to a bumper edition of the Nordic parkrun’s photo round-up, including photos from the Finnish ‘special day’ on Thursday May 18th. We start in Helsinki, where a turnout of 166 parkrunners meant that Tokoinranta parkrun had the biggest turnout in Finnish parkrun history!
 

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And of course they were very well looked after by the amazing local volunteer team
 

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Saturday’s weather was a bit warmer, and there was again a great attendance down by the water
 

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Great also to see so many people making their way to Espoo to enjoy the beautiful forest course of Puolarmaari parkrun
 

Lahti

 
A blustery morning for the special day event in Lahti!
 

Vääksy 1

 
Visitors enjoying their parkrun at Vääksyn kanava parkrun
 

Tampere

 
Thanks to the volunteers looking after everyone at Tampere parkrun on Thursday and Saturday
 

Nansen 1

 
Big air at Nansenparken parkrun
 

Nansen 2

 
New Run Director Suzette doing a great job on her first time in the role, also at Nansenparken parkrun
 

Vejen

 
A strong turnout for this week’s Vejen parkrun, and well done to Thomas on reaching his 10 junior milestone
 

Billdals

 
Hanging out together after this week’s Billdalsparken parkrun
 

Ekebergsletta

 
No special sports clothes required for parkrun, just wear what you want, like here at Ekebergsletta parkrun
 

Haga

 
More excellent volunteer teams to give a shout out too, like here at Haga parkrun…..
 

Örerbro

 
….and also at Örebro parkrun
 

Faelledparken

 
Heading off from the start at this week’s Fælledparken parkrun
 

Vallaskogen

 
Having a great time at Vallaskogen parkrun!
 

Växjö

 
And likewise here on a lovely morning at Växjösjön parkrun
 

Broparken

 

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Broparken parkrun in Umeå is getting some great turnouts lately now we have reached spring – great to see!
 

Damhusengen

 
A selfie frame photo to capture the scene at this Saturday’s Damhusengen parkrun
 

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And finally, greetings from Skien Fritidsparkrun in Norway

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Welcome to the special day events in Denmark & Sweden!

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…

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