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...

Kvifor ikkje Ofoten når Lofoten er full? Eller uansett. Tilsvar til “Reiseposørene” på NRK Ytring: Det er interessant å få sin eigen...

Turkmenistan has not reported any cases of the coronavirus. There are now only 12 countries without any coronavirus cases, 10 of them in...

The coronavirus pandemic has abruptly virtually closed down the travel industry. Globetrotters, backpackers, all-inclusive lovers, sun...

Leptis Magna in Libya. The coronavirus has affected most people’s lives and we would all like the pandemic to end sooner rather than...

In a pygmy village in Central African Republic. Internationally there are thousands and thousands of organizations that provide aid to...

OSL seen from the north. Creative Commons licensed photo by Avinor. Several airports want to add a third runway, including Oslo Airport...

Musician, comedian and author Kristopher Schau (middle) was our first guest with a live audience in Grefsenkollen, a bar overlooking Oslo....

The Solomon Islands aren’t too shabby. I love reading about far-flung places, unknown cultures and countries different to my own. But I...

Not many people have experienced a sunrise in Kiribati, the world’s 9th least visited country. More and more people aspire to visit every...

The NIN Lifestyle x Gunnar Garfors in Northern Norway. Photo: Haakon Hoseth. So, this is totally crazy! There’s a backpack that has been...

Very few people has ever visited Træna. It is simply too remote. Photo: Haakon Hoseth. Seaweed, or kelp, is the new food trend in...

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...

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...

I have travelled to every country in the world twice, most recently to write the book “Elsewhere” (“Ingenstad“) about the world’s 20...

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...

Gunnar Garfors unsuccessfully trying to negotiate with a camel outside Aden, Yemen. Photo by Lexie Alford. I often speak about travel at...

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...

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...

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...