Category:World Travels

World Travels

World Travels

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I have travelled the world quite a lot in my life. I love to travel and usually go out of my way to visit a new country or place. I call this collective habit my "World Travels".

Definitions

First, let me define how I categorise the countries I have been to. This is necessary because I have stayed for variable lengths of time in many countries. It is a somewhat arbitrary distinction, however, it will help me categorise my World Travels.

Below is how I define my stay in countries:

Countries I have lived in 

any country I have stayed in for at least six months

Countries I have stayed in 

any country I have stayed in for at least one month but less than six months

Countries I have visited 

any country I have stayed in for at least one week but less than one month

Countries I have travelled to or through 

any country I have stayed in for less than one week

Countries

Below is an alphabetical list of the 58 countries I have lived in or have travelled to so far (a work in progress). Click on the individual countries (where link present) for more information on that particular country.

Asia

1. Japan: Tokyo and Chiba; September 1995—June 1996
2. Taiwan: Taipei, December 1995

Europe

1. Albania: 1987
2. Austria: Vienna (Wien), Salzburg, Graz, Innsbruck, Villach, Linz, Feldkirch; Home country
3. Belarus: Minsk, Brest; 1985, June 1994
4. Belgium: 1988, 2018
5. Bosnia i Herzegovina: Sarajevo, Mostar, Banja Luka; 1987, 1988, 2018
6. Bulgaria: Sofia; 1988
7. Croatia: Zagreb, Rijeka, Vukovar, Šibenik, Split, Dubrovnik; 1984, 1988, 1995, 1996, 2018
8. Czech Republic: 1985, 1994
9. Denmark: Copenhagen (København), Århus, Roskilde; August 1997, 2005-2006, 2019
10. Estonia: Tallinn; December 2019, January 2020
11. Finland: Helsinki; December 2019, January 2020
12. France: Paris, Strasbourg, Nice, Beausoleil, Antibes, Cannes, Toulon, Marseille, Nimes, Montpellier, Perpignan; 1988, 1993, 2006, 2016
13. Germany: (All 16 Bundesländer / federated states); Hamburg, Berlin, München, Köln, Stuttgart, Kassel, Frankfurt; 1984, 1988, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2021
    • Baden-Württemberg
    • Bavaria (Bayern)
    • Berlin
    • Brandenburg
    • Bremen
    • Hamburg
    • Hesse (Hessen)
    • Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
    • Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
    • North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
    • Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz)
    • Saarland
    • Saxony (Sachsen)
    • Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt)
    • Schleswig-Holstein
    • Thuringia (Thüringen)
14. Greece: 1987
15. Hungary: Budapest, Esztergom, Győr, Miskolc, Szeged, Debrecen, Sopron, Szombathely, Székesfehérvár, Balaton, Nagykanizsa, Zalaegerszeg, Pécs; Home country
16. Iceland: Reykjavik, Ólafsvík, Selfoss; 2017, 2018
17. Ireland: Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway, Sligo; December 1999—January 2000
18. Italy: Rome, Milano, Venice, Trieste, Padua, San Remo, Genova, Verona; 1988, 1997, 2005, 2006
19. Kosovo: Priština; 1987, 1988
20. Latvia: Riga; January 1994
21. Liechtenstein: Vaduz; August 1996
22. Lithuania: Vilnius, Kaunas; January 1994
23. Luxembourg: 1988
24. Moldova: Chișinău; November 1985
25. Monaco: Monaco-Ville, La Condamine, Monte Carlo, Fontvieille, Moneghetti, Larvotto - Tenao, and Saint Roman; February 2006-June 2006.
26. Montenegro (Crna Gora): 1987
27. North Macedonia: Skopje, Ohrid; 1987
28. Netherlands, The: Amsterdam, Rotterdam; 1984, 1988, December 1999, April 2006, March 2015, November 2016
29. Norway: Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim; August 1997
    • Oslo
    • Viken
    • Vestland
    • Innlandet
    • Trøndelag
30. Poland: Warsaw, Katowice, Kraków, Łódź, Białystok; 1985, December 1993—June 1994, September 1994
31. Portugal: Lisbon, Porto; November 2016
32. Romania: November 1985
33. Russia: Moscow; September 1985—November 1985, June 1994—September 1994
34. Serbia (including Vojvodina, Kosovo, and Metohija): 1987
35. Slovakia: Bratislava; 1984, 1993, 1994
36. Slovenia: Ljubljana, Domžale, Postojna, Novo Mesto, Kranj, Bled, Jesenice, Kranjska Gora, Trenta, Soča, Celje, Dravograd, Maribor, Murska Sobota, Koper, Izola, Piran, Portorož, Nova Gorica; 1984, 1988, 1995, 1996-1997, April 2006
37. Spain: Barcelona; April 2006
38. Sweden: Stockholm, Malmö, Göteborg, Uppsala, Östersund, Umeå, Luleå, Kiruna, Abisko; August 1997, January 2020
39. Switzerland: Zürich, Zug, Lugano, Lucerne, Winterthur, Interlaken, Bern, Basel; 1988, August 1996
40. Ukraine: Kyiv, Odessa; November 1985, December 2021
41. United Kingdom: England (London), Northern Ireland (Belfast); January 2000, June 2006
42. [Former] Czechoslovakia: 1984
43. [Former] USSR: Byelorussian SSR, Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR; 1984
44. [Former] Yugoslavia: Socialist Republic of Slovenia, Socialist Republic of Croatia, SSocialist Republic of Serbia (SAP Vojvodina and SAP Kosovo), Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Republic of Montenegro, Socialist Republic of Macedonia; 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988

North America

1. Canada: 2001, 2018
   • Quebec
   • Ontario
   • Manitoba
   • Saskatchewan
   • Alberta
   • British Columbia
2. Mexico: 1999
3. United States of America (all 50 US states)

Central America

1. Costa Rica: San Jose, Tamarindo; April 2014

South America

1. Bolivia: La Paz, Cochabamba; 1991
2. Chile: Arica, Iquique; 1991
3. Colombia: Ipiales; 1992
4. Ecuador: Quito, Guayaquil, Salinas, Cuenca, Ambato, Riobamba, Ibarra, Machala; 1992
5. Peru: Lima, Arequipa, Tumbes, Piura, Trujillo, Tacna, Nazca, Juliaca; 1989—1992
6. Venezuela: Caracas; 1992

Traveler's Century Club

See here for details.

1. Alaska
2. Albania
3. Austria
4. Belarus
5. Belgium
6. Bolivia
7. Bosnia & Herzegovina
8. Bulgaria
9. Canada
10. Chile
11. Colombia
12. Costa Rica
13. Croatia
14. Czech Republic
15. Denmark
16. Ecuador
17. England
18. Estonia
19. Finland
20. France
21. Germany
22. Greece
23. Hungary
24. Iceland
25. Ireland (Eire)
26. Ireland, Northern
27. Italy
28. Japan
29. Kaliningrad
30. Kosovo
31. Latvia
32. Liechtenstein
33. Lithuania
34. Luxembourg
35. Mexico
36. Moldova
37. Monaco
38. Montenegro
39. Netherlands
40. North Macedonia
41. Norway
42. Peru
43. Poland
44. Portugal
45. Romania
46. Russia
47. Serbia
48. Slovakia
49. Slovenia
50. Spain
51. Srpska
52. Sweden
53. Switzerland
54. Taiwan
55. Transnistria (Pridnestrovie)
56. Ukraine
57. United States (Contiguous)
58. Venezuela

Global cities

Below is a list of the Global cities I have been to (and I have lived in some of these):

Alpha world cities (full service world cities)

12 points:

• London
• New York City
• Paris
• Tokyo

10 points:

Beta world cities (major world cities)

9 points:

• Toronto
• Zürich

8 points:

• Brussels
• Mexico City

7 points:

• Moscow

Gamma world cities (minor world cities)

6 points

• Amsterdam
• Boston
• Caracas
• Dallas
• Düsseldorf
• Houston
• Prague
• Taipei
• Washington, D.C.

5 points:

• Montreal
• Rome
• Stockholm
• Warsaw

4 points:

• Atlanta, Georgia
• Barcelona
• Berlin
• Budapest
• Copenhagen
• Hamburg
• Miami
• Minneapolis
• Munich

Evidence of world city formation

Strong evidence

3 points

• Dublin
• Luxembourg
• Philadelphia
• Vienna

Some evidence

2 points:

• Bratislava
• Bucharest
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Cologne
• Kiev
• Lima
• Oslo
• Rotterdam
• Seattle
• Stuttgart
• The Hague
• Vancouver

Minimal evidence

1 point:

• Antwerp
• Aarhus
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Calgary
• Columbus, Ohio
• Dresden
• Genoa
• Gothenburg
• Kansas City, Missouri
• Marseille
• Richmond, Virginia
• Tijuana
• Utrecht

External links

• A Google Map of my travels (incomplete)
• Generate "Visited Countries" Map
• FlightDiary
• TrekEarth
• Geotagging files with libferris and Google Earth
• TripTracker - Christoph
• TripTracker — Monaco - Slovenia - Rotterdam - Berlin - Copenhagen
• visited countries - map gen
• Printable world map
• Farecast — find cheap flights
• Rough Guides — travel information
• The Travelers' Century Club