Gunnar Garfors
Om sauar og reiseposørar
Kvifor ikkje Ofoten når Lofoten er full? Eller uansett. Tilsvar til “Reiseposørene” på NRK Ytring: Det er interessant å få sin eigen...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 10, 20196 min read
Middle of Nowhere/Norway: Top Chefs Create Pop-up Kelp Restaurant
Very few people has ever visited Træna. It is simply too remote. Photo: Haakon Hoseth. Seaweed, or kelp, is the new food trend in...
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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 16, 20184 min read
Oops, I Did It Again
My second trip to Estonia, 15 years after the first. The last two years I have visited the 20 least-visited countries on the planet. And...
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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 10, 20181 min read
Visiting Every Country Twice
On the river bank in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. After two years of research I have finally finished my book about the world’s 20...
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Gunnar Garfors
Nov 21, 20183 min read
Apricale – The Address of Artists
Creative Commons photo by Villamania. Italy isn’t very exotic, I thought. Don’t get me wrong, I have visited many times and I love the...
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Gunnar Garfors
Nov 27, 20173 min read
Staying Overnight in the Country with no Hotels
I’ve had better sleeps, but rarely more challenging. The country is special in more ways than one. It is totally surrounded by a city, it...
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Gunnar Garfors
Mar 23, 20171 min read
Denmark Outhappied
Earlier this week five million Norwegians woke up to happy news. Norway now tops The World Happiness Report after having leapfrogged...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 22, 20173 min read
The Two Countries Without Capitals
South Africa is the only country in the world that has three capital cities, while 12 countries have two. But two countries have no...
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Gunnar Garfors
May 21, 20163 min read
Greenland – Country Number 199?
I recently visited Greenland, the world’s largest island, and had a smashing great time! It is quite hard not to. But it is not an...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 10, 20152 min read
Destroy This Pristine Tourist Attraction?
The Norwegian government has authorized the disposal of 300 million tons of mining waste in the pristine and virtually untouched Førde...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 5, 20152 min read
La oss ta Førdefjorden attende
Den norske regjeringa har sagt ja til at 300 millionar tonn med gruveavfall kan dumpast rett i Førdefjorden, tilsett diverse kjemikaliar....
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 12, 20152 min read
I moved 500K to save this fjord
The Norwegian government has authorized the dumping of 300 million tons of toxic waste in the fjord I grew up next to. This madness has...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 7, 20154 min read
Eg flyttar for Førdefjorden – gjer du?
Det er ikkje så lenge sidan Inger Fure Grøtting og co. oppretta ein underskriftskampanje for unge sunnfjordingar som ser heile Nordic...
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Gunnar Garfors
Sep 23, 20142 min read
19 countries in one day
Yay! We managed to visit 19 countries in 23 hours and 33 minutes, all in one day on September 21. That’s a world record. See how we did...
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Gunnar Garfors
Sep 14, 20141 min read
Vi var Noreg rundt, alle 19 fylka på éin dag
Boka mi “198” om mi reise til alle verdas land kjem ut på torsdag. Korleis kunne ho vel betre lanserast enn å reise til alle Noregs...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 1, 20141 min read
Ban Upheld; I Cannot Wear This in France
The European Court of Human Rights has today upheld France’s ban on wearing the burqa in public, according to France 24. The country...
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Gunnar Garfors
May 17, 20148 min read
Årets 17. mai-tale i Naustdal
Eg var så heldig å verte invitert til å halde hovudtalen i Naustdal på 17. mai, 2014. Talen følgjer under i skriftleg form for spesielt...
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Gunnar Garfors
May 8, 20141 min read
We got some world records, but not all
We did, in other words, equal it. But no one has visited as many countries as us in the same day. Our attempt started at 00.00.01 on May...
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Gunnar Garfors
May 4, 20142 min read
The bridges over Oslo’s river
What do I do when I not travel? I am, contrary to popular belief, actually quite fond of Oslo, the city in which I live. I have walked,...
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 16, 20142 min read
The World’s Shortest Scheduled Flight
Forget in-flight movies, magazines, on-board internet, meals or drinks to help pass time in the air. There simply isn’t time for any of...
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