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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 9, 20141 min read
Korleis slakte ein slaktar
Det er enkelte bokmeldarar som har fått med seg at eg har skrive mi første bok, “198 – Mi reise om alle verdas land”. Dei fleste av dei...
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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 1, 20141 min read
Øystein Garfors
Øystein is my brother. Or one of them, at least. I have three brothers and three sisters. Øystein Garfors (born in Hammerfest, Norway in...
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Gunnar Garfors
Nov 5, 20141 min read
Media: All requirements for FM switch-off fulfilled
The radio listening figures for the last three months made Ole Jørgen Torvmark a happy man. Over 50% of Norwegians now listen to digital...
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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 20, 20143 min read
Vil du ha ei bok heilt gratis?
Det høyrest ut som rein desperasjon. Og det er det. Men nauda lærer naken kall å selje tjall. Boka mi “198” kom ut 18. september. Det er...
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Gunnar Garfors
Oct 6, 20142 min read
So you think you wanna write for garfors.com?
This site had one million hits in 2013, most of them for travel related posts. I regularly receive offers from guest writers, promising...
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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
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 19, 20141 min read
18 countries in 24 hours?
We tried before, and managed 17 countries in 24 hours. But sharing world records isn’t quite our cup of tea, so we will try again. You...
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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
Aug 28, 20143 min read
Reviews of “198: How I Ran Out of Countries*”
I have a new hobby; Collecting reviews and readers’ feedback of “198: How I Ran Out of Countries*”. REVIEWS /// BOKMELDINGAR I loved this...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 24, 20142 min read
I don’t like sharing world records
Two friends and I equalled a world record in May. We visited 17 countries in 24 hours, the same as four friends managed in 2012. But I...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 18, 20141 min read
Boklansering 18. september i Naustdal, Bergen og Oslo
I boka si ånd vert det feil å ha lansering berre éin stad. Torsdag 18. september startar lanseringsturnéen med morgonkaffi i Naustdal før...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 17, 20141 min read
My first book review
So, I have written a book. It will come to Norwegian book shops on September 18. And yet, I am working on the English translation too. I...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 10, 20142 min read
Collecting Airports, The New Craze
Or is it? I recently heard about a newspackage on TV 2 and read an NRK article about guys collecting airports. Yes, both of them were...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 3, 20142 min read
Media: LTE Uses 40 Times the Electricity of DAB+
No, you didn’t misread. And that is for poorer coverage too, according to Teknisk vekeblad. We are not looking at a minor difference, we...
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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
Jun 2, 20142 min read
100,000 Flights a Day
Fly, fly away. There’s always a train. Or so a Norwegian saying goes. These days, planes seem to be catching up though. There has never...
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Gunnar Garfors
May 29, 20141 min read
No More Pre-Orders of The English Version of “198”
My book “198” was published in Norwegian on September 18, 2014. I get a lot of questions about the English version, and it is finally...
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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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