POM 2026 will have a single Arena for all forest stages, located at the centre of the forest area where the competitions will take place.

At the time of this publication, the organisation faces the challenge of coordinating parking for more than 2,500 people, including athletes, officials, staff and event support teams.

To ensure that everything runs smoothly, organisation personnel will be present at the access points to facilitate arrival at the competitions and to direct vehicles to the different parking areas according to vehicle type, ensuring that access for emergency, priority and public transport vehicles is not compromised.

The organisation kindly asks all participants to read the information below carefully, as this will help to ensure a smooth traffic flow throughout POM 2026.

Mira Norte Arena

• Arena location: 40.4846, -8.7587

Traffic Flow and Parking

• Parking at the Arena Mira Norte will be arranged along a paved road and an unpaved dirt road.
  To ensure that the process runs safely and efficiently, strict rules will be implemented and are mandatory for all POM 2026 participants.

• Access Rules for Mira Norte Arena

  1. Access to Arena Mira Norte must be made exclusively via the village of Barra de Mira (west of the Arena):: 40.4888, -8.7833.

  2. Once in Barra de Mira, drivers must follow the event signs, entering the Arena access road in the West → East direction.

  3. Traffic on the Arena access road is strictly one-way (West → East). As shown in the diagram below, it is not possible to access Arena Mira Norte from the East, South, or North.

  4. Upon arrival at the parking area, drivers must strictly follow the organisers’ instructions. Vehicles will be directed to one of three parking areas:
     a. Paved road before the Arena (west of the Arena);
     b. Unpaved dirt road (north of the Arena);
     c. Paved road after the Arena (east of the Arena).

  5. At the end of the stages:
     a. Drivers parked on the paved road must continue eastwards;
     b. Drivers parked on the dirt road must continue northwards;
     c. U-turns are strictly forbidden. All drivers must comply with the mandatory traffic flow directions.

• Motorhome and Caravan Parking

  • All motorhomes and caravans will be directed to the unpaved dirt road north of the Arena.

  • The first 400 metres of this road are reserved exclusively for motorhome and caravan parking.

  • All other passenger vehicles may only park beyond the area reserved for motorhomes and caravans, as indicated by the on-site signage.

• Bus Parking

  Bus parking will be provided at the junction located near the Arena (approximately 150 metres from the Arena):

  40.4858, -8.7606.

To view the previous Mira Norte map (covering only 5.5 km² of the current 25 km²), as well as the updated Dunas de Vagos map — now partly integrated into the Mira Norte map — please refer to the page Mira Norte map – Forest stages