Gunnar Garfors
Beyond the Beaten Track
My third book features 81 spectacular places beyond the beaten track in Norway. It was published on April 15 2021 by Skald and is called...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 5, 20204 min read
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
May 14, 20201 min read
The Few Coronavirus Free Countries
Turkmenistan has not reported any cases of the coronavirus. There are now only 12 countries without any coronavirus cases, 10 of them in...
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Gunnar Garfors
Apr 12, 20204 min read
Finally Travel Stopped
The coronavirus pandemic has abruptly virtually closed down the travel industry. Globetrotters, backpackers, all-inclusive lovers, sun...
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Gunnar Garfors
Mar 28, 20207 min read
Travelling While Not
Leptis Magna in Libya. The coronavirus has affected most people’s lives and we would all like the pandemic to end sooner rather than...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 19, 20205 min read
Who Deserves Your Aid Money?
In a pygmy village in Central African Republic. Internationally there are thousands and thousands of organizations that provide aid to...
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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 23, 20192 min read
A Third Runway, Anyone?
OSL seen from the north. Creative Commons licensed photo by Avinor. Several airports want to add a third runway, including Oslo Airport...
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Gunnar Garfors
Oct 27, 20191 min read
The Travel Podcast to Everywhere
Musician, comedian and author Kristopher Schau (middle) was our first guest with a live audience in Grefsenkollen, a bar overlooking Oslo....
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Gunnar Garfors
Sep 22, 20197 min read
The World’s 13 Best Countries
The Solomon Islands aren’t too shabby. I love reading about far-flung places, unknown cultures and countries different to my own. But I...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 12, 20193 min read
Oceania in a Nutshell
Not many people have experienced a sunrise in Kiribati, the world’s 9th least visited country. More and more people aspire to visit every...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 12, 20193 min read
The World’s Best Travelled Backpack
The NIN Lifestyle x Gunnar Garfors in Northern Norway. Photo: Haakon Hoseth. So, this is totally crazy! There’s a backpack that has been...
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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
May 23, 20193 min read
No, Flying Doesn’t Have the Worst Carbon Footprint
War, what is it good for? Given my extensive travelling it may not surprise you that I am often accused of having the world’s biggest...
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Gunnar Garfors
Apr 29, 20195 min read
How Travel Can Be Part of the Green Change
Kiribati is one of the countries at risk if sea levels increase. And no, the title is not clickbait. I have travelled to every country in...
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Gunnar Garfors
Apr 3, 201916 min read
Comments from a Climate Culprit
I have travelled to every country in the world twice, most recently to write the book “Elsewhere” (“Ingenstad“) about the world’s 20...
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Gunnar Garfors
Mar 25, 20191 min read
“Elsewhere” – My book in your language?
Yemen is the world’s least visited country. This is from the coastal city of Aden. Photo: Lexie Alford. My book about the world’s 20...
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 8, 20191 min read
Garfors Goes on Tour
Gunnar Garfors unsuccessfully trying to negotiate with a camel outside Aden, Yemen. Photo by Lexie Alford. I often speak about travel at...
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 1, 20191 min read
Counting Countries
The last country I visited. Can you guess which one? In my first book, How I Ran Out of Countries, I provided a list where travellers can...
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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
Oct 14, 20184 min read
How to Visit Syria
The Damascus delivery dude. I met him several times around the old city. Last week I went on holiday. To Syria. It is the 31st...
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