Travel goals

There are many things that I want to achieve in my life, and most of them are travel-related! Some of these are long-term goals that will take lots of time, money and effort to achieve. Some goals I want to achieve soon, some will have to wait another 20 years, but whenever I do achieve a goal, it will be crossed off this list. New goals will be added when I discover them!

My goals are often inspired by what other people share with me, so feel free to be inspired and make my goal your goal.

General travel goals

Travel to every country and territory on Earth (85/254)
Visit all seven continents (6/7)
Visit all 18 islands in the Faroe Islands (17/18)
Visit all inhabited islands in Denmark (38/78)
Visit all Baltic islands (15/47)
Visit all islands in the Scottish Island Bagging book (26/154)
Visit all towns and villages on Greenland (18/72)
Visit all US states (11/50)
Visit all states and territories in Australia (5/8)
Try out vanlife
Adopt a pet (Minnie, september 2023 ♥️)
Live in another country for a year (Scotland, 2023-24)
Study for a semester in another country (Greenland, autumn/winter 2018-19 & autumn 2019)
Spend New Years Eve in another country (Ireland, 2015/16 & Greenland, 2018/19)
Spend Christmas in another country (Greenland, 2018)
Visit the geographic North Pole
Visit the geographic South Pole
Stand on the equator
Become fluent in Russian
Become fluent in German
Become fluent in Spanish

Outdoor activities

Trek from East to West through Iceland
Trek from South to North through Denmark
Trek the High Coast Trail in Sweden
Trek from Nuuk to Kapisillit in Greenland
Trek from Qaqortoq to Igaliku in Greenland
Trek from Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut in Greenland
Trek from Europe to Asia over the Ural Mountains in Russia
Trek the Scottish National Trail
Trek the Inka Trail in Peru (June 2018)
Trek the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada
Walk the entire length of the Chinese Wall
Walk Hadrian’s Wall in England
Hike on a glacier
Conquer all mountains in the Faroe Islands (66/340)
Climb Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia (March 2016)
Climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Climb Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa
Climb an active volcano (Mount Batur, Indonesia, March 2016)
Climb a mountain higher than 4000 meters (Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia, March 2016)
Climb a mountain higher than 5000 meters
Bike the length of a European river
Fly in a hot air balloon
Sleep in a tree house
Polarplunging (Nuuk, Greenland, December 2018)
Ride a snow mobile (Sweden, April 2015)
Snowshoeing (Svalbard, April 2015)
Horseback riding in Kyrgyzstan (May 2016)
Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef (November 2015)
Ride the Transsiberian Train through Russia
Sail through the fjords of the Musandam Peninsula in Oman
Three-month roadtrip through Scandinavia and the Baltics

Natural phenomenons

Aurora Borealis (Iceland in April 2015 & multiple times in Greenland and the Faroe Islands)
Aurora Australis
Midnight Sun (Svalbard, April 2015)
Polar Night
Total Solar Eclipse (Faroe Islands in March 2015, Indonesia in March 2016 & USA in August 2017)
Annular Solar Eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse (Denmark, September 2015)
Flowing lava (Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland, July 2021)
Meteor (Greenland, January 2019)
Meteor crater (Meteor Crater, USA, August 2017)
Cherry blossoms in Japan (April 2016)

Wildlife sightings

Polar Bear
Penguin (Australia, November 2015 & Peru, July 2018)
Kangaroo (Australia, November 2015)
Koala (Australia, November 2015)
Whale (Humpbacks in Ilulissat, Greenland, October 2018 & humpback and orcas in Alaska, August 2023)
Arctic reindeer (Svalbard, April 2015)
Wolf
Puffins (Multiple times on the Faroe Islands since 2015)
Orangutans (Malaysian Borneo, March 2016)
Komodo dragon in Indonesia
Siberian pit viper (Russia, June 2019)
The Big Five in Africa
Take a selfie with quokkas on Rottnest Island in Australia
The Galápagos tortoise

Special places

Antarctica and the Falkland Islands
Nordkapp and Cape Nordkinn, Norway
Svalbard (April 2015)
East Greenland (September-November 2019)
Siorapaluk, the northernmost village in Greenland
Transnistria
Bialowieza, the oldest forest in Europe (Belarus, October 2017)
Yakutsk, the coldest city on earth, Russia
Kola Peninsula, Russia
Kaliningrad, Russia
North Caucasus, Russia
Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia
Sakhalin Island, Russia
The Saatse Boot, Russia
Big Diomede Island, Russia & Little Diomede Island, Alaska, USA
Altai Mountains, Russia/Mongolia/China/Kazakhstan
Curonian Spit, Lithuania/Russia
Hopen, Bjørnøya, Jan Mayen and Franz Josefs Land
Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
Artsakh
South Ossetia
Abkhazia
Melilla and Ceuta, Spanish Morocco (July 2020)
Azores Islands, Portugal
Socotra Island, Yemen
Hans Island
Gobi Desert, Mongolia (April 2016)
Gates of Hell, Turkmenistan
North Korea
Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet
Galapagos Islands
Easter Island
Tristan da Cunha
Pitcairn Islands
New York, USA
Grand Canyon, USA (August 2017)
Alaska (July-August 2023)
Autumn in northeast USA
Nunavut, Canada
Uluru, Australia, at sunset and/or sunrise
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
Afghanistan (May 2016)
Shetland Islands, Scotland
Fair Isle, Scotland
St. Kilda, Scotland
Lesotho
Kihnu Island, Estonia
Madha and Nahwa, Oman/UAE
Tuvalu, the world’s least visited country
Spend a month on Raasay, Scotland
Spend a month on Hokkaido, Japan
Spend a month in Taiwan

History and culture

Urnes Stave Church, Norway
Petroglyphs in Alta, Norway
The abandoned settlement of Pyramiden, Svalbard
Visit a Sami family in Sápmi (Sweden, April 2015)
Chernobyl and Pripyat, Ukraine (March 2019)
Pompeii and Herculaneum, Italy (August 2024)
Meteora, Greece (May 2018)
Learn about the holocaust at a concentration camp (Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, September 2015)
Stonehenge, England (July 2009)
Persepolis, Iran (January 2017)
Bahá’í Gardens in Haifa, Israel (December 2019)
See all Bahá’í Houses of Worship in the world (1/10)
See all Seven Wonders of the Modern World + the Pyramids (2/8)
Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine (December 2019)
Old churches of Armenia
Stay with nomads in Mongolia (April 2016)
Taktsang Palphug Monastery, Bhutan
Drive the Route 66, USA (August 2017)
Meet the Amish in the USA (August 2017)
Stay with an Amish family for a week
Black Milk Clothing headquarters in Brisbane, Australia (December 2015)
Zelenogradsk, the cat village in Kaliningrad, Russia