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So You Think You Can Drink?
How much alcohol do you drink? Not much compared to those who consume the most. Or can you match 18.22 liters of pure alcohol a year? I...
Gunnar Garfors
Nov 19, 20133 min read


Where to Write My Book?
I am currently writing the book about my travels to every country in the world. To write such a book in my flat in Oslo would totally...
Gunnar Garfors
Nov 18, 20131 min read


Media: “LTE Broadcast” – The Next Hyped Broadcasting Challenger
What is seemingly the best reason to delay a decisions? By refering to something better, often a technology, that is in the process of...
Gunnar Garfors
Oct 10, 20136 min read


Would You Pay 115 Euro Per Year for Radio?
Sweden is one of the countries that is now planning for an FM switch-off. Because FM is way passed its due date. But also because the...
Gunnar Garfors
Oct 3, 20131 min read


Travel Hard, Pack Light
I never travel with anything but hand luggage, as long as I can help it. And I most often can, even when going away for a week. Or...
Gunnar Garfors
Sep 24, 20134 min read


Why Travellers Kiss Better
I was recently interviewed by There She Goes, a magazine targets young women. It is on travel and fashion. I clearly was not interviewed...
Gunnar Garfors
Sep 10, 20134 min read


‘By Train, by Plane or on Horse; Travel the World With Gunnar Garfors’
Well, the radio jingle isn’t quite like that, it is in Norwegian with a similar Shakesperean level of rhyme (of which I can neither take...
Gunnar Garfors
Sep 9, 20131 min read


Broadcasting 7 Times Greener Than Streaming
Sometimes even a non-scientist like me feel like doing some experimentation. To find out how long a mobile phone battery will last if I...
Gunnar Garfors
Aug 23, 20134 min read


The Longest Borders to Patrol in the World
There are 198 countries in the world. 40 of them have no land borders to other countries, although both Singapore and Bahrain are...
Gunnar Garfors
Aug 22, 20131 min read


Just Another 33 Travel Tips
There are some things you should never forget when travelling. I have discovered most of these the hard way. By screwing up myself....
Gunnar Garfors
Aug 14, 201310 min read


Turkey, a Low Cost Escape
Guest post by: Catherine Lavinia you’ve got cheap holidays on the agenda this summer, why not consider a holiday in Turkey? It’s got all...
Gunnar Garfors
Aug 14, 20132 min read


Truly International Airports Sprawling More Than One Country
How to make people even more confused about international air travel? And to create additional nightmares for border control guards,...
Gunnar Garfors
Aug 13, 20133 min read


The World’s 10 Busiest Air Routes
What are the ten busiest air routes in the world? Place your bets. Which cities did you guess? London-Paris? Wrong, they have too much...
Gunnar Garfors
Aug 8, 20132 min read


The Two Double Landlocked Countries
There are some claims to fame that are more unusual than others. And we all know that something unusual or unique inevitably ends up on...
Gunnar Garfors
Aug 8, 20132 min read


A Refined Afternoon: High Tea in Bristol
Guest post by: Catherine Lavinia. It seems to a real phase at the moment – afternoon tea is no longer just for the middle class ladies of...
Gunnar Garfors
Aug 7, 20132 min read


Hand Luggage Only
My suitcase is smaller than yours! Although it is quite often not even a suitcase but a backpack. In travel, size does matter. The...
Gunnar Garfors
Aug 1, 20134 min read


So You Think You’ve Been to Norway?
– I love Norway, it is so beautiful here! I often overhear such comments in Oslo, Norway’s capital where I live. Visiting friends,...
Gunnar Garfors
Jul 26, 20133 min read
DAB vs. FM Coverage Comparisons
DAB is cheap enough to be used even by a small local radio station using only one transmitter, as shown before. That still doesn’t mean...
Gunnar Garfors
Jul 15, 20132 min read


The Real Cost of Digital Radio
Digital radio is very expensive. Or at least so we are usually told by wannabe experts. I have previously shown that is not the case. To...
Gunnar Garfors
Jul 12, 20133 min read
The FM Bets Are On
Which country will be the first to switch off FM? Norway has long been in the lead. Apparantly. It’s been a little over two years since...
Gunnar Garfors
Jul 11, 20132 min read
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