Unesco has designated eight new geoparks in 2021 in an unconventional manner. The pandemic has restricted international travel, making research trips to proposed new sites difficult or impossible. Unesco decided to select the 2021 geoparks from candidates that the organization had already explored … Read >
A campervan from Tesla, or a phone booth at the back of Cybertruck?
Many nature-loving campers are eagerly waiting for electric campervans that come with decent range. Tesla cars are renowned for their long range, but the company hasn’t produced a van at all. It has, however, created a futuristic pickup truck known as the Cybertruck. Another company, Stream It, has designed … Read >
Europe travel news: status of restrictions in EU countries, travel recovery for summer, Airbnb regulation
News for April 2021
EU countries officially agree to digital health pass, available by summer
To make travel in Europe easier, EU has decided to introduce a health pass that will include information about passholder’s Covid-19 status. A super fast schedule is planned: the … Read >
The longest bridges in Europe provide magnificent views on a road trip
The first time I saw and drove across the Öresund bridge that connects Copenhagen in Denmark to Malmö in Sweden, I was so impressed that I asked my partner to grab as many photos as possible on the way across. The biggest mystery for us … Read >
Europe leads the way to sustainable travel
A crisis like a worldwide pandemic inevitably causes many long-term changes. Governments, businesses, families and individuals re-think the policies and customs they have. Euromonitor, a market research consultancy, has conducted an extensive study on global tourism, and concluded that sustainable travel is … Read >
March in Hong Kong
A back street in HongKong.
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Van for daily work turns into a campervan for weekend road trips
A dedicated campervan or motorhome is a big investment that in many cases stands unused for months, just waiting for the next vacation. German enterprise Crosscamp is specialized in creating campervans from cargo vans. The enterprise has created a product called Crosscamp Lite that lets you use a van as … Read >
Europe travel news: Madeira for digital nomads, tour ideas, electric campervan, road trip Iceland
A village in Madeira Island has opened a center for digital nomads
Madeira is a pretty, mountainous, green island in the Atlantic Ocean off the North African coast. The small island belongs to Portugal, but since it is quite faraway from the continental Portugal, it has … Read >
Nissan has designed a visionary campervan concept for digital nomads
Nissan has designed a vision for a stylish campervan that traveling professionals, digital nomads, can drive to a scenic place even outside paved roads, stop, and work and stay awhile in the nature. The Nissan NV350 Caravan Office Pod Concept looks beautiful, and certainly invokes dreams of other kind of … Read >
Train promoted as travel method in Europe in 2021, investments to follow
Soon, railways are making a comeback in Europe if EU Commission’s new program The European Year of Rail succeeds in 2021. The program is an awareness campaign that aims at convincing people to travel by train and at convincing enterprises to ship their goods on freight trains. Although it maybe … Read >