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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 19, 20151 min read
My Top Travel Tips
The last two weeks have been rather manic. I have amazingly enough received literally hundreds of calls, emails, and messages from media...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 6, 20155 min read
How to Increase Your Country Collection Fast
I have been to all 198 countries in less than 10 years, while maintaining a full-time job throughout – and managing to write a book about...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 29, 20157 min read
Why you should visit the world’s poorest country
This country might be more known for hunger, floods, corruption and poverty than tourism. But go, and you will be rewarded by beautiful...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 21, 20155 min read
10 reasons why guide books are bad for you
Travel guide books. I hate them. I hate them like garden owners hate smelly little apple stealing brats. Guide books reduce your...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 12, 20155 min read
How to travel to Antarctica
Name a continent. All of them have a human history going back thousands and thousands of years. Except for the only uninhabited one....
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Gunnar Garfors
Oct 22, 20145 min read
Lonely Planet’s big travel hoax
Hurrah! The top travel list of Lonely Planet is out for next year, and my country is on the list! Oh, wait. There isn’t only one list....
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Gunnar Garfors
Oct 5, 20144 min read
How to track a travel world record
Having visited every country in the world makes me prone to receive a particular question. What next? I luckily have no problems coming...
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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 17, 20145 min read
Deliriousness Of Impulsive Travel (DOIT!)
What do you mean you are not impulsive, adventurous, restless or hyperactive? Well, bloody do something about it. Why? Because it is the...
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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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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 14, 20143 min read
THE-BES-TOF-AIR-POR-TCO-DES
Why do you pick just that particular travel destination? Sometimes there may only be one reason to go to a specific airport or to travel...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 4, 20143 min read
Abkhazia, a Must-Visit During/After Sochi Olympics
The Olympic winter games will soon come to Sochi in Russia and thousands and thousands of people will be visiting. But the trip doesn’t...
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Gunnar Garfors
Nov 26, 20133 min read
Smokers’ Paradise
Where should you go to find inspiration, to, say smoke? Presumably to the country where they finish more cigarettes than in any other....
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Gunnar Garfors
Nov 19, 20133 min read
So You Think You Can Drink?
How much alcohol do you drink? Not much compared to those who consume the most. Or can you match 18.22 liters of pure alcohol a year? I...
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Gunnar Garfors
Sep 24, 20134 min read
Travel Hard, Pack Light
I never travel with anything but hand luggage, as long as I can help it. And I most often can, even when going away for a week. Or...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 14, 201310 min read
Just Another 33 Travel Tips
There are some things you should never forget when travelling. I have discovered most of these the hard way. By screwing up myself....
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 14, 20132 min read
Turkey, a Low Cost Escape
Guest post by: Catherine Lavinia you’ve got cheap holidays on the agenda this summer, why not consider a holiday in Turkey? It’s got all...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 8, 20132 min read
The Two Double Landlocked Countries
There are some claims to fame that are more unusual than others. And we all know that something unusual or unique inevitably ends up on...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 1, 20134 min read
Hand Luggage Only
My suitcase is smaller than yours! Although it is quite often not even a suitcase but a backpack. In travel, size does matter. The...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 26, 20133 min read
So You Think You’ve Been to Norway?
– I love Norway, it is so beautiful here! I often overhear such comments in Oslo, Norway’s capital where I live. Visiting friends,...
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