Category:World Travels

World Travels

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I have traveled 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 traveled to or through 

any country I have stayed in for less than one week

Countries

Below is an alphabetical list of the 56 countries I have lived in or have traveled 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; October 1995—June 1996
2. Taiwan: Taipei, December 1995

Europe

1. Albania: 1987
2. Austria: Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Innsbruck, Villach, Linz, Feldkirch
3. Belarus: 1985, June 1994
4. Belgium: 1988, 2018
5. Bosnia i Herzegovina: 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: 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: Hamburg, Berlin, München, Köln, Stuttgart, Kassel; 1984, 1988, 1996, 1997, 2006
14. Greece: 1987
15. Hungary: Budapest, Esztergom, Győr, Miskolc, Szeged, Debrecen, Sopron, Szombathely, Székesfehérvár, Balaton, Nagykanizsa, Zalaegerszeg, Pécs
16. Iceland: 2017, 2018
17. Ireland: Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway, Sligo; December 1999—January 2000
18. Italy: Rome, Milano, Venice, 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; January 1994
23. Luxembourg: 1988
24. Moldova: 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
30. Poland: Warsaw, Katowice, Kraków, Łódź, Białystok; 1985, December 1993—May 1994, September 1994
31. Portugal: Lisbon, Porto; November 2016
32. Romania: November 1985
33. Russia: Moscow; September 1985—November 1985, July 1994—September 1994
34. Serbia (including Vojvodina, Kosovo, and Metohija):
35. Slovakia: 1984, 1993, 1994
36. Slovenia: Ljubljana, Postojna, Novo Mesto, Kranj; 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. United Kingdom: January 2000, June 2006
41. Ukraine: November 1985

North America

1. Canada: 2001, 2018
2. Mexico: 1999
3. United States of America

Central America

1. Costa Rica: April 2014

South America

1. Bolivia: 1991
2. Chile: 1991
3. Colombia: 1992
4. Ecuador: 1992
5. Peru: 1989—1992
6. Venezuela: 1992

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)
• 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