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This image is from a beach in Norway, but it could have been almost anywhere in the world.
My backlog is growing. How do I feel about that?
These should have been days of happiness. Instead I have for months been sorry for what is happening. I have been growing a huge backlog of...
2020 is out, here is 2021
This article is a look back at Sandalsand's travels and articles in 2020, and a hopeful glance into the new year. Every year is different, but I...
What’s with a name, for example Sandalsand?
The name Sandalsand came a bit by chance. In the summer of 2011, I gradually felt I wanted to start sharing my travels on the Internet. I looked...
Norwegian Scenic Routes – what and where?
The 18 national scenic routes spread out from north to south, and invite us into a magnificent scenery with rich cultural experiences along the way....
World Heritage #0352 – Rock Art of Alta
More than 6,000 rock carvings and paintings have been discovered in the north of Norway. They date back 2,000-7,000 years and show how the...
World Heritage #1187 – Struve Geodetic Arc
How big is the Earth and what shape does it have? These were the questions the Russian astronomer Struve asked in the first half of the 19th...
PICS – Finland
This album has of yet almost only images from the capital of Helsinki. I will have to make it back to other parts of Finland sometime. Consult the...
World Heritage #1239 – Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
The end of World War I called for drastic improvements in the living conditions of ordinary and poor people. The Weimar Republic responded to this...
PICS – Germany
This is a collection of picture galleries from Germany, the result of trips to different parts of the country. Discover all Germany entries on this...
Bucket list for 2020 and beyond
No, I am not into cross stitching, so the featured image is a fake. The bucket list of places I want to go is not a fake, and many of my dreams have...
2019 is out, here is 2020
When the fireworks are over and a new year has dawned, I publish an account of what happened in the previous year. This article is about 2019 in...
The New World Heritage Sites of 2019
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee held its 2019 annual meeting in Baku, and promoted 29 sites to the rank of World Heritage. The List now includes...
Postcards from North Korea
In a small red booklet I bought in North Korea, "Kim Jong Un Aphorisms 1", the young leader states that "art not related with the revolution, art...
The train to China from North Korea
Visitors to North Korea are often left with the choice between flying in and out of Pyongyang from Beijing, or take the train back to China. I...
The world’s most bizarre museum
For my North Korean hosts there was one purpose of this trip, namely to show a Western visitor how tremendously popular the ruling dynasty of the...
The road south from Pyongyang to the DMZ
We are in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. This is the story about the drive from Pyongyang south to the border with the Republic of...
A huge dam and a model cooperative farm in North Korea
Read about a visit to a huge construction bordering the Yellow Sea and a model cooperative farm. This kind of trip is rarely taken in other...
Welcome to a new layout on Sandalsand
Eight years have passed since the travel chronicles of Sandalsand emerged on the Web. It is six years since Sandalsand saw light as an own domain....
The Korean DMZ – There are always two sides of a border
The 248 km border between North Korea and South Korea has been labelled the world's most heavily guarded border. There is a Demilitarised Zone...
PICS – South Korea
Have a look into my pictures from South Korea, mostly from Seoul and the northern part of the country. Check out all South Korea articles on...
World Heritage #1319 – Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
Royal burial tombs have a five thousand years history in Korea. 40 tombs are designated as world heritage, and I had the fortune of visiting three...
World Heritage #0738 – Jongmyo Shrine
There is an atmosphere of calmness and eternity spreading out beneath the tall trees in this large complex in central Seoul. The UNESCO World...
World Heritage #0816 – Changdeokgung Palace Complex
This is one of the five "grand palaces" in Seoul. It was originally constructed more than 600 years ago and served as the primary royal residence...
World Heritage #1443 – The Grand Canal
The longest and oldest canal in the world is certainly worth a place on the World Heritage List. It stretches from Beijing in the north to Hangzhou...
I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. (David Rockefeller)
We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. (Australian Aboriginal Proverb)
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