Winter Olympics

What: The nat­ur­al part­ner to the Olympic games, the Win­ter Olympics show­cas­es the best of snow and ice com­peti­tors as every four years top win­ter ath­letes from across the globe gath­er to com­pete for medals and nation­al glo­ry.

Kick­ing off with a tra­di­tion­al Olympic open­ing cer­e­mo­ny, the win­ter Olympics has devel­oped from the five-core win­ter Olympic sports of; bob­sleigh, curl­ing, ice hock­ey, ski­ing and skat­ing to a nine day spec­ta­cle that includes a range of com­pet­i­tive ice and snow events. Despite nev­er being host­ed in the south­ern hemi­sphere, the Win­ter Olympics, per­haps more so than the Olympic Games, show­cas­es the unique abil­i­ty of sport to uni­fy and unite the Inter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty, with the 2018 win­ter games in PyeongChang in par­tic­u­lar lead­ing to a brief thaw in Inter­na­tion­al rela­tions.

When: The win­ter Olympic games take place in the Win­ter months, with the exact dates vary­ing on the cli­mate con­di­tions in the host coun­try. The games take place every four years, time to take place two years after the sum­mer Olympic games, with the most recent win­ter Olympic games tak­ing place in 2018.

Where: As with the sum­mer Olympics the win­ter Olympic games will rotate venue for each tour­na­ment every four years, with host coun­tries required to prove they have the infra­struc­ture and venue to host the games and go through a ten­der­ing process. For an update on the next sched­uled host of the Win­ter Olympic games vis­it: https://www.olympic.org/winter-games

Dura­tion: The win­ter Olympics last for 9 days, includ­ing an open­ing and clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny – with events tak­ing place dur­ing the day­light hours and each event fea­tur­ing qual­i­fy­ing and final com­pe­ti­tions.

Tick­ets: The tick­et­ing for the win­ter Olympics is divid­ed into two sec­tions, those in the host coun­try and those based inter­na­tion­al­ly, with each cat­e­go­ry requir­ing reg­is­tra­tion on https://www.olympic.org/ticketing.

For those based in the host nation a ded­i­cat­ed web­site will be set-up sell­ing tick­ets on a lot­tery based sys­tem, with the notion being that giv­en the large amount of mon­ey invest­ed by the host coun­try gov­ern­ment, the citisens of the host coun­try should have first passs on watch­ing the games.

For those not based in the host coun­try, the best option is to apply for autho­rised re-sell­ers (detailed in full at (https://www.olympic.org/ticketing.) or to sign up to one of the many tour provider offer­ing win­ter Olympic expe­ri­ences – but be warned for the tour pack­ages the cost can spi­ral well beyond the price of a tick­et which are typ­i­cal­ly $50 — $200 usd for the Win­ter Games based on the day of atten­dance and com­pe­ti­tions tak­ing place.

Need to Know: Unfor­tu­nate­ly the win­ter Olympic tick­et process can be chal­leng­ing – so its advised to sign up well in advance to the Olympic tick­et por­tal and keep a close eye on when tick­ets are released and to plan well in advance – with both hotels and accom­mo­da­tion guar­an­teed to increase in the host city in the build-up and dur­ing the host­ing of the Olympic games.

More Infor­ma­tion: For infor­ma­tion on the sched­ule, host coun­try and tick­et­ing infor­ma­tion for the Olympic Games vis­it (https://www.olympic.org.) and be sure to reg­is­ter on that plat­form in advance if seek­ing to obtain tick­ets for the Olympic games.