To become an officially accomplished pilgrim, you must walk at least 100 kilometers to Santiago. For this reason, a lot of people choose to start their walk in Tui, a Spanish right on the border to Portugal. It’s 115 kilometers from Santiago, almost the perfect distance. In this post I show…
After walking from Lisbon to Coimbra, I arrive in Porto. I am immediately struck by its beauty, and I grant myself a day of rest here. Well, rest … Walking around in this extremely hilly city may not fit everyone’s idea of relaxation. Do what you want, but I highly…
Back in 2010, I walked an 800 kilometer section of the French Way pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It’s a long, but easy hike, and it taught me that pretty much anywhere on Earth is within walking distance. The many implications of that fact is maybe the most useful thing…
There are so many different angles you can approach this city from. To have a great day in Bergen, you can do exactly the things I am going to tell you about, or you can do none of them. It’s a foodie’s wonderland, a hiker’s paradise, a historian’s heaven, and…
Some places on Svalbard you can just go and see, as long as you possess and know how to use a snowmobile and a rifle. Then there are other places, where no tourist can go without a guide or a permit that is unobtainable for most of us. Like the…
I love going to Tempelfjorden. I went four times in as many weeks, that’s how much I like it. Only basic snowmobile driving skills are required. If I had to choose one snowmobile trip on Svalbard that it’s not crazy to do on your own after having done it once…
Describing Longyearbyen without just listing all the usual stuff is a challenge. Everything amazing and spectacular has been covered elsewhere, so many times. Instead, I offer a few everyday sights from an ugly town surrounded by natural beauty. These are details I learned by spending a workation here in April…
The capital of Hungary is estimated to have operated as a city for two millennia now. The many old towers and spires certainly gives it a touch of old. However, most of what we see as visitors to Budapest is “merely” 250 years or so old. There’s still enough to…
