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]

2009-10-13   Since eight is an important lucky number in Chinese culture, Vasaloppet China celebrates a special anniversary on Jan 2, 2010 with its 8th time in Jingyuetan Park outside Changchun. Except for the professional ski athletes taking part in the race as one of the stages in Tour de Ski China and the ski enthusiast from home and abroad, there are also some special athletes in this yea...[More]

Local and National media covered Vatternrundan China 2009, here are some reports from CCTV International and a travel story by some Swedish people who took part in the race. Further down you will find some great pictures! Travel story about Vatternrundan China 2009 (in Swedish. With really nice pictures): http://www.physiochraft.se/china-brev.html CCTV9 – Sportsscene: http://english.cctv.com...[More]

2009-9-5With welcoming words from Yuxi City Mayor and representatives from Vatternrundan Sweden, about 300 bikers set out for the first Vatternrundan China to go around Fuxian Lake. On the start line were names such as Bernt Johansson, Olympic gold medalist in road bike, Sven-Åke Nilsson, Magnus Lönnqvist, European triathlon champion, Terje Amundsen and Darren Benson.   At 9 am, th...[More]

2009-8-25Notice: Due to the unexpected reason of strict control of H1N1 flu in Changchun area, the Vasa Bike & Swim Competition can not get the approval from the National Authorities; Due to this reason the Organization Committee has no other option but to cancel the event. The Organization Committee feels very sorry for the situation and the inconvenience caused and hope for your understandi...[More]

2009-8-24 Sven-Åke Nilsson, born 13th Sept, 1951 , here seen with his former national team mate Bernt Johansson, was an active professional cyclist between 1977 and 1984. He came 7 in Tour de France in 1980. Sven-Åke comes to China with a group of Swedish tourists to visit Yuxi and take part in Vatternrundan China. The Swedish group from Svensk-Kinesiska Travel Agency will apart from t...[More]

2009-8-12  Journalists, media, Yuxi government officials and Nordic Ways representatives gathered on the 50th floor at the Capital Club in Beijing for the Vatternrundan China Press Conference on Tuesday.   The first speaker was Mr. Niclas Hellqvist, General Manager of Nordic Ways. He presented some interesting facts about the classic Vatternrundan race in Sweden which is the model for V...[More]