As every year, Forum Nordicum, the international group of Nordic winter sports journalists, has given away its awards for the media friendliest venues on the World Cup tours.

For the first time, the survey had been conducted online, so that every member of the Forum Nordicum had the chance to vote and pass on their experiences of the last winter. The answers of the survey were calculated in German school grades: 1 being the best possible score, 6 the worst.

On the whole, it could be said that the working conditions in almost all of the Nordic Combined venues were good: 9 of 11 organisers ranked within the grades 1 and 2. Ramsau, Austria once again took the crown of media friendliest venue with a total mark of 1,18.

The total score

Ramsau: 1,18

Klingenthal: 1,36

Schonach: 1,41

Oslo: 1,46

Seefeld: 1,60

Lahti: 1,96

Sotschi: 2,25

Kuusamo: 2,30

Lillehammer: 2,34

Almaty: 2,61

Chaux Neuve: 3,47