With about three weeks to go to the 3rd Tour de Ski China, there are skiers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Switzerland, China etc confirmed to take part. One of them is Maria Rydqvist who is new to the Tour in China. Maria is a well merited skier with two wins in the Swedish National Championships and 4 top 30 positions in Tour de Ski among other merits Her best World Cup finish was third i...[More]

2009-12-02  Students from 9 Changchun universities have now started their cross country ski training in Jingyuetan Park. The Vasa Education Project which is organized for the 5th year is a cooperation between Jilin Educational Bureau, Jingyuetan Park and Nordic Ways.  The students who can enjoy a longer track with more uphills and downhills this year train with instructors who ar...[More]

2009-11-24 Jilin is famous for having one of the four wonders of China; the Songhua River rime ice pine trees. The other three wonders being the landscape of Guilin, the Stone Forest in Yunnan Province, and the Three Gorges on the Changjiang (Yangtze) River.  The rime ice gets created when warm water rises up from the open Songhua River. When it meets with the cold air, the water vapou...[More]

2009-10-18 On Saturday December 26th, skiers set out from Europe for competitions in Tour de Ski China. They will be on a 9 days trip with 3 days of varied cross country races where they will not only compete with each other, but also with the ever improving skiers in Chinas National Ski Team.   All in all there will be some 100 athletes, coaches, waxing staff, leaders and referees on the to...[More]

Although not basically different, we hope you will enjoy the new, better looking Nordic Ways website. As you can see, the looks of our website has changed a bit, so let’s take some time to explain some of the new and old features of the site. To go to an event category, you can first click on one of the sub-categories horizontally on top of the page:”Ski Events”,”Cycling Events”,”Running Ev...[More]

2009-10-30   The official signing ceremony for Ridderrennet China 2010 took place Thursday 29th in Shangri-la Hotel. Ridderrennet China, which is a cross country ski competition for handicapped, will be restarted in 1st January, 2010 during the Vasa week in accordance with the agreement signed by Changchun Municipal Government, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and Jilin Handicapped Federation. Nor...[More]

2009-10-27   Last week, the annual meeting of the Vasa Education Project was held at Vasa Hotel in Jingyuetan Park, Present were Jilin Province Education Bureau, representatives from Jingyuetan Park and teachers from 17 universities, discussing the project where students get the chance to practice cross country skiing throughout the winter months in the Park.   Due to lack of ski equipme...[More]

Xiwuqi City in Inner Mongolia has hosted the first stages of Tour de Ski China ever since the start in 2008, apparently a good turnout for them since a new 5-year contract was signed by Xiwuqi Government and Nordic Ways on October 17th in the town hall. The contract runs 2010-2014 and lays a firm ground for the continuing development of the tour.  Last year, Xiwuqi hosted ...[More]

2009-10-20  　 When coming to Vasaloppet China, you should also take the chance of visiting some interesting places in Changchun. Here is some information on the capital of Chinas Jilin province - Changchun.   Changchun in its present form is a new city with only about 200 years of history. It expanded rapidly as the junction between the Japanese-owned South Manchurian Railwa...[More]