Gunnar Garfors
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I don’t envy Cristiano Ronaldo, I don’t envy Bill Gates, I don’t envy Barrack Obama I only do envy Gunnar Garfors. @garfors Cenk, August...
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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 9, 20153 min read
The Country Challenge is On – Are You In?
That I have travelled to every country in the world and written a book about it, was recently featured by Business Insider, Daily Mail,...
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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
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
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
Jul 26, 20151 min read
The World’s Poorest Countries
Have you ever been to a truly poor country? I am not going to try to define what is a “truly” poor one, but there are 26 countries with...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 26, 20151 min read
The World’s Richest Countries
The world’s richest countries are much more geographically spread out than the poorest, yet there are no African or South American...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 16, 20153 min read
My Dream to Travel
Are you a world traveler? Congratulations! That’s the only thing I can say… This is a guest post by Adrian Porras from Costa Rica. He...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 8, 20152 min read
“How I Ran Out of Countries” Now in Two Languages
The English version contains pretty much the same as the Norwegian one, but it is much more handy and travel friendly. And less than half...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 7, 201516 min read
The World’s 25 Least-Visited Countries
I first wrote about the world’s 25 least visited countries in 2013, and the post has has been read millions of times. It has also been...
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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
Apr 16, 20154 min read
Media: World’s first FM switch-off confirmed for 2017
And it is official. Norway will switch off FM in 2017, as the first country in the world. The government, represented by the Minister of...
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Gunnar Garfors
Mar 31, 20154 min read
Skiers paradise – in the Iranian desert
It is quite rare to see Bedouins come to Northern Europe looking for patches of sand to explore. Just about as rare as seeing Norwegians...
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Gunnar Garfors
Mar 29, 20154 min read
Is it safe to fly?
The question following any plane crash, especially in the so called industrialized or western world where flying “should be safe”, does...
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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
Jan 11, 20152 min read
Real Muslims Don’t Kill
I don’t write about religion, I write about travel and media. But here we go. I have met thousands of people from every country in the...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 5, 20154 min read
Fido and Facebook Filthier than Flying
Yes, so I fly. A lot. Does that make me a bad person? The reason why island nations around the world are “sinking“? One of the most...
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