The orienteering champ Bernt Bjørnsgaard is officially the WMOC 2022 International Ambassador Bernt is one of the stronger orienteers in Norway around years 2000: World Champion in relay 1999 4 times winner of Jukola and 4 times of Tiomila At the top of the PWT World Series ranking it’s also thanks to Bernt if orienteers with be able to run and enjoy Foresta Umbra In the early 2000 Bernt with Gabriele Viale and Jorgen Martensson found a real paradise for orienteering and decided to make an international orienteering map your Italian friends are happy to hear from you again and it’s great to see you WMOC 2022 ambassador What do you tell us about your post-sport career “Sadly I can’t say I’m running much orienteering right now but I might take up the sport again to this summer 2022 I do have a lot of contacts through the friendship of orienteering I have been the chairman of the board of Stolpejakten where you find “post” / controls with an app 250.000 Norwegians take part in this activity through the last year Now I’m working as a digital business developer for a building construction company in Lillehammer I’m looking forward to meet many old friends and competitors from old time in WMOC together with good relation and friendship” welcomed in 2001 by the Mayor of Vico del Gargano Matteo Cannarozzi De Grazia What do you remember of the 2001 exploration adventure in southern Italy “I never forget the days back in Italy 2001 This was a great opportunity for me to explore Italy and the huge potential of orienteering in Italy Let me tell the stories from my diary a bit later These days in 2001 was the start of lifelong friendship good relationships and good concepts with Follow the Sun” Scandinavian team training sessions in Foresta Umbra the welcoming of the Swedish National Team by the city board of MonteSant’Angelo in 2004 You’ve been training in the area in 2003 We also remember a training section on the athletics track in Sannicandro Garganico your coach at the time was Anders Gârderud Olympic champion of the 3.000 steeplechase in 1976 “Gargano and Foresta Umbra are very special places in Italy This green peninsula in east part of Italy invite the runners into a wild open terrain with a mix of good runnability Here you can run along sandy beaches or run into deep green forests over 1000 meters above sea level I have been in Gargano actually three times First time with orienteering exploring tours with Gabriele Viale together with a good friend JØrgen Mårtensson Then with the Norwegian national team and also together with my Swedish club Malung SK back in 2005 And we got a lot of new energy to train in these areas” how do you think one should prepare to better master the tricky terrains of Foresta Umbra so you definitely should be prepared for some hard exercises up in Foresta Umbra But you also have to stay focused at the map because the terrain will always challenge you through the competition” Do you recall some other special moments from your visit in Italy “I have a lot of special moments with the PWT crew in Italy competitions and all the spectacular moments at different places and areas but also the people related together with tasteful and healthy food and wine I do have some good memories of mapping Reggia di Caserta and there was lovely to get Italian visitors from Caserta back in Norway last summer was the moment when the concept “Follow the Sun” invented waiting for the sunrise early in the morning of course with the president of PWT Italy Gabriele Viale” for the wonderful people in the PWT Italy crew I am looking forward to meet you in Gargano and WMOC 2022!”  Copyright © 2022 WMOC Italy – P .IVA 05158960285 Six tourists from Luxembourg, who are staying in the province of Foggia for the summer holidays, have tested positive for coronavirus. Italian media report this The group is in good health and said to all be asymptomatic Their positive results will not be counted towards the regional statistics in Italy Termoli has a high level of seismic activity Based on data from the past 55 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900 there are about 701 quakes on average per year in or near Termoli Termoli has had at least 3 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900 which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently probably on average approximately every 40 to 45 years The quake had a very shallow depth of 14.3 km (9 mi) and was too small to be felt by people Termoli has had 12 quakes of magnitude 2.0 or above There have been also 48 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel 2025 at 12.45 am local time (Europe/Rome GMT +1) The quake had a very shallow depth of 6.4 km (4 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).