01 / EVENT OVERVIEW
What defines this edition.
The organiser’s preliminary 2026 programme schedules classic 10 km interval races on Friday, classic sprints on Saturday and free-technique 20 km mass starts on Sunday. Men’s Nordic combined runs across all three days, with men’s individual large-hill ski jumping on Saturday and Sunday. All times below are local to Ruka, Finland; weather and jury decisions can change them.
Qualified international competition; not open public race entry.
02 / PUBLISHED PROGRAMME
The published timetable.
Friday, November 27, 2026
Women’s cross-country: 10 km interval start, classic
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Friday, November 27, 2026
Men’s Nordic combined: large-hill jumping
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Friday, November 27, 2026
Men’s cross-country: 10 km interval start, classic
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Friday, November 27, 2026
Men’s Nordic combined: 7.5 km cross-country (IC)
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Friday, November 27, 2026
Men’s ski jumping: large-hill qualification
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Saturday, November 28, 2026
Women’s and men’s cross-country: classic sprint qualification
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Saturday, November 28, 2026
Men’s Nordic combined: large-hill jumping
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Saturday, November 28, 2026
Women’s and men’s cross-country: classic sprint finals
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Saturday, November 28, 2026
Men’s Nordic combined: 10 km cross-country (IG)
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Saturday, November 28, 2026
Men’s ski jumping: individual large hill
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Sunday, November 29, 2026
Men’s Nordic combined: mass start
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Sunday, November 29, 2026
Men’s cross-country: 20 km mass start, free technique
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Sunday, November 29, 2026
Men’s Nordic combined: large-hill jumping
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Sunday, November 29, 2026
Women’s cross-country: 20 km mass start, free technique
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Sunday, November 29, 2026
Men’s ski jumping: large-hill qualification
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.Sunday, November 29, 2026
Men’s ski jumping: individual large hill
Preliminary organiser programme; Europe/Helsinki local time, subject to change.03 / TICKETS & BROADCAST
Attend with the live instructions.
Advance tickets advertised by the organiser
Area, Savotta and A-stand categories, separate Impilinna tickets and VIP packages. A-stand is restricted to ages 18 and over.. The organiser advertises three-day access from €69 and lists area €69, Savotta €79 and A-stand €99, including 14% VAT. Impilinna is listed separately at €20 Friday and €15 Sunday. The destination listing still says from €79; use the organiser and current seller for the selected product, fees and availability. General-area admission excludes the named stands and VIP areas.
Ticket checkoutTerritory matters
Country-specific rights and television schedules are not verified here.
Not verified.
Official broadcast hub04 / SPECTATOR ACCESS
The pin is not the gate.
Stadium reference from the organiser’s embedded location map, not a verified spectator gate. Destination address: Hiihtostadionintie 3, 93820 Rukatunturi. Use the dated organiser area map for viewing areas.
Check the organiser’s 2026 area map and ticket-category boundaries; the archive hill photograph does not establish current entrances or viewing positions.
Arrival transport, parking, accessible viewing arrangements and permitted items are not verified for this edition. Check the organiser before travel.
The programme is preliminary. A published start time is not a guarantee that competition will proceed at that time.
05 / PUBLIC CONTACTS
Ask the right organisation.
06 / PROFILE BASIS & SOURCES
What this profile is based on.
This profile is based on the organiser’s current programme, registration or result information, and the dated official sources cited below.
The hero image is an authentic photograph by Nelinjo, reused under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
27–29 November 2026; cross-country and Nordic combined season opening, 25th edition and three-day tickets from €69.
02Official preliminary 2026 programmeDated discipline, distance and start-time entries; subject to change.
03Official ticket categories and 2026 price listCategory prices, VAT, A-stand age restriction and admission boundaries.
04Official spectator information and 2026 area mapPreliminary programme and current 2026 map link. Older hidden 2025 map links are not used.
05Official 2026 viewing-area mapDownloaded and visually inspected; dated 27–29 November 2026, category zones around the stadium.
06Official organiser contacts and stadium locationRuka Nordic Oy, public information contact and stadium-map planning reference.
07Ruka-Kuusamo destination event listingExact dates and Hiihtostadionintie 3 address. Its from-€79 headline differs from the organiser’s €69 general-area offer.