Keem around the World

Links in the column "Where" lead to photos from the trip.
Links in the column "Comments" lead to travel journals (in Finnish mostly).

# Year Start End Where Days Comments Expenses Per day
74. 2010 12 Jul 25 Jul North-West Russia, Norway 14 Kirkenes, Murmansk, Molochnyi, Kem, Solovetsk, Petrozavodsk, Kizhi, St. Petersburg
73. 2010 10 Mar 30 May Studying in Russia 78 Tver, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Klin, Rzhev, Staritsa, Verhovolzhsky, Torzhok, Nizhni Novgorod, Kazan, Vyborg
72. 2009-10 16 Dec 10 Jan Interrailing in Europe + Morocco 26 Germany, France, Euskadi, Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco 2700 € 100 €
71. 2009 17 Oct 25 Oct Netherlands 9 Amsterdam marathon, Groningen, Bourtange, Deventer
70. 2009 28 Aug 31 Aug Romania 4 Bucharest, Brasov 425 € 106 €
69. 2009 13 Aug 16 Aug Russia 3 Saint Petersburg
68. 2009 15 Jun 24 Jun Russia 10 White Karelia 350 € 35 €
67. 2009 05 Jun 10 Jun Sweden, Germany 5 Lund, Hamburg, Berlin 350 € 70 €
66. 2009 06 Mar 09 Mar Italy 3 Lago Maggiore, Milano 355 € 118 €
65. 2008-2009 26 Dec 05 Jan Turkey, Syria 10 Istanbul, Ankara, Adana, Antakya, Aleppo, Damascus 1160 € 116 €
64. 2008 17 Oct 20 Oct Russia 3 St. Petersburg by train 500 € 167 €
63. 2008 21 Jun 20 Jul InterRailing to Ireland 30 Germany, France, England, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden 3500 € 117 €
62. 2008 16 Jun 19 Jun Russia 4 Carelian Isthmus 400 € 100 €
61. 2008 16 May 18 May Latvia 2 Riga half-marathon 300 € 150 €
60. 2008 28 Mar 30 Mar Poland 3 Wedding in Lodz 300 € 100 €
59. 2008 10 Mar 23 Mar South Africa 13 Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town 1800 € 138 €
58. 2007 06 Dec 09 Dec Slovenia 4 Ljubljana 600 € 150 €
57. 2007 05 Oct 14 Oct Latvia, Georgia, Armenia 9 Riga, Tbilisi, Gori, Yerevan 1200 € 133 €
56. 2007 29 Jun 16 Jul Iceland, Greenland, Denmark, Sweden 17 Reykjavík, Nuuk, Ilulissat, Landmannalaugar, Skaftafell, Höfn, Seydisfjördur, Thisted, Malmö 3400 € 200 €
55. 2007 04 Apr 22 Apr Japan 18 One day in Tallinn, then Japan: Tokyo, Hakodate, Kakunodate, Niigata, Nagano, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Kooya-san, Nagoya 2250 € 125 €
54. 2007 08 Mar 11 Mar France 3 First time in Paris 600 € 200 €
53. 2006 25 Nov 02 Dec Cyprus 7 Half-marathon in Paphos, Troodhos, Nicosia, Turkish republic 950 € 136 €
52. 2006 22 Jul 31 Jul Switzerland 10 Alpine marathon relay in Davos, Bern, Zurich, St. Moritz, Liechtenstein 700 € 70 €
51. 2006 30 Apr 04 Jun Overland to Albania 36 Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Hungary, Poland 2300 € 64 €
50. 2006 25 Feb 05 Mar Spain 9 Seville marathon, Huelva, Lepe, overnight in Frankfurt 900 € 100 €
49. 2006 12 Jan 16 Jan England 4 London 500 € 125 €
48. 2005 02 Dec 05 Dec Denmark 4 Copenhagen 300 € 75 €
47. 2005 04 Jul 21 Jul Sweden, Malta, England, Scotland 18 Umeå, Sundsvall, Stockholm, Malta, Gozo, London, Edinburgh 1800 € 100 €
46. 2005 15 Mar 07 Apr Bulgaria 24 Plovdiv, Sofia, Bansko, Sandanski 1000 € 42 €
45. 2004-2005 30 Nov 24 Jan New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia 56 Everywhere in New Zealand, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Northern Sumatra 3500 € 63 €
44. 2004 30 Oct 31 Oct Aaland 2 Ĺland half marathon in Mariehamn 150 € 75 €
43. 2004 30 Jul 11 Aug Ukraine, Russia 13 Moscow, Simferopol, Yalta, Kiev, St. Petersburg 800 € 62 €
42. 2004 18 May 23 May Croatia 6 Zagreb, Samobor, Šibenik 650 € 108 €
41. 2004 08 Apr 11 Apr Norway 4 Easter in Oslo 450 € 113 €
40. 2004 18 Mar 22 Mar Netherlands, Germany 4 The Hague, Delft, Utrecht, Cologne 300 € 75 €
39. 2004 23 Jan 26 Jan Latvia 4 Riga 350 € 88 €
38. 2003 29 Nov 08 Dec Spain, Portugal 10 Madrid, Extremadura, Marathon in Lisbon 1000 € 100 €
37. 2003 22 Sep 13 Oct Czech Rep., Slovakia, Kaliningrad 22 Work camp in Kostelecké Horky 700 € 32 €
36. 2003 30 Jun 11 Jul Cycling in Norway 12 Cycling in Finnish Lapland, Northern Norway, Sweden 550 € 46 €
35. 2003 19 Jun 22 Jun Luxembourg 4 Luxembourg City, Brussels, Thionville, Grevenmacher, Vianden, Clervaux 650 € 163 €
34. 2003 11 Apr 23 Apr Poland 13 Zywiec, Lodz, Warsaw, Wisla, Szczyrk 500 € 38 €
33. 2002 04 Dec 09 Dec Belarus, Lithuania and Estonia 6 Minsk, Vilnius and Tallinn 350 € 58 €
32. 2002 16 Aug 17 Aug Estonia 2 Pärnu 0 € o €
31. 2002 28 Jun 02 Jul Lapland 5 Sweden, Finland, Norway under the midnight sun 400 € 80 €
30. 2002 26 May 18 Jun Spain 24 Cycling from Málaga to Barcelona 800 € 33 €
29. 2002 23 Mar 01 Apr Poland 10 Easter trip to Warsaw, Wroclaw, Klodzko, Kudawa Zdroj, Miedzygorze, Nysa, Opole, Zakopane, Krakow and Auschwitz 550 € 55 €
28. 2001 09 Nov 15 Dec Central America 38 Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica 2050 € 54 €
27. 2001 09 Jul 15 Jul Åland 7 Cycling in Åland and making a travel video in Stockholm 150 € 21 €
26. 2001 21 Jun 24 Jun Netherlands 4 Mid-summer in Amsterdam and Utrecht 450 € 113 €
25. 2001 11 Apr 20 Apr Baltic States 10 Easter in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia 450 € 45 €
24. 2001 18 Mar 21 Mar Sweden 4 Stockholm 200 € 50 €
23. 2000 10 Jan 20 Dec Round the World 345 A whole year on the road: UK, Argentina, Chile, Antarctica, Bolivia, Ecuador, Galapagos, Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Guatemala, Canada, USA, Indonesia, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Macao, Russia 16600 € 48 €
22. 1999 11 Nov 14 Nov Belgium 4 Brussels and Antwerp 600 € 150 €
20. 1999 10 Sep 05 Oct Trans-Siberian 26 Moscow, Siberia, Mongolia, Beijing 2000 € 77 €
20. 1999 20 Aug 23 Aug Germany 4 Rostock by Finnjet 300 € 75 €
19. 1998 24 Sep 27 Sep Germany 4 Hamburg and Berlin 500 € 125 €
18. 1997 12 Dec 14 Dec Sweden 3 Stockholm 50 € 17 €
17. 1997 24 Oct 25 Oct Estonia 2 Tallinn 25 € 13 €
16. 1997 31 Jul 21 Aug Greece, Yugoslavia, Hungary 22 IAAF World Champs in Athens, Belgrad, Budapest, Balaton 1200 € 54 €
15. 1997 05 Jun 18 Jun Iceland, Faroe Islands, Norway 14 Back by Smyril Line ferry 1200 € 86 €
14. 1997 25 Apr 26 Apr Sweden 2 Stockholm 30 € 15 €
13. 1997 02 Jan 09 Jan Egypt 8 Luxor 600 € 75 €
12. 1995 06 Oct 07 Oct Estonia 2 Tallinn 50 € 25 €
11. 1995 12 Aug 04 Sep Interrail 24 Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic 1125 € 47 €
10. 1991 04 Jun 09 Jun Germany, Denmark, Sweden 6 By car to Hamburg 300 € 50 €
10. 1988 29 Apr 01 May Sweden 3 Stockholm 25 € 8 €
9. 1987 24 Apr 26 Apr Sweden 3 Stockholm 25 € 8 €
8. 1984 xx Jun xx Jun Sweden 4 Umeå 0 € 0 €
7. 1983 14 Jul 17 Jul Sweden 4 High Chaparral, Kolmården 0 € 0 €
6. 1983 13 Jun 19 Jun Greece 7 Crete 0 € 0 €
5. 1982 01 Jul 04 Jul Norway 4 Oslo 0 € 0 €
4. 1982 xx Feb xx Feb Austria 5 Zell am See 0 € 0 €
3. 1980 01 Aug 15 Aug Italy 15 Verone, Venice, Florence, Assisi, Siena, Pisa, Lago di Garda 0 € 0 €
2. 1980 xx Jun xx Jun Sweden 3 Kolmården 0 € 0 €
1. 1979 31 May 04 Jun Denmark, Sweden 5 Copenhagen, Stockholm, Kolmården 0 € 0 €
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How many days have I spent in each country (updated 2010-07-26):

Finland13032
Russia123
Sweden52
New Zealand43
Bolivia40
Spain39
Indonesia38
Ecuador36
Poland31
Germany28
10
USA26
Bulgaria24
Mexico23
Italy23
Norway23
Argentina22
Guatemala21
Hungary21
England19
Czech Rep.18
20
Chile17
Japan17
Iceland17
Honduras16
Thailand16
Netherlands16
China15
Canada15
Laos15
Cuba14
30
Greece14
Malaysia14
South Africa13
Morocco13
Vietnam12
Switzerland12
Estonia11
Denmark11
Latvia10
France10
40
Australia9
Antarctica9
Belize9
Portugal9
Mongolia8
Egypt8
Austria8
Lithuania7
Malta7
Nicaragua7
50
Ukraine7
Albania7
Slovakia6
Hong Kong6
Croatia6
Cyprus6
Scotland6
Ireland6
Aaland5
Greenland5
60
Turkey5
Syria5
Belgium4
Costa Rica4
Faroe Islands4
Galapagos4
Luxembourg4
Singapore4
Bosnia and Hercegovina4
Georgia4
70
Slovenia4
Romania4
Belarus3
Kaliningrad3
Armenia2
Northern Ireland2
Myanmar1
Macao1
Yugoslavia1
San Marino1
80
Montenegro1
Liechtenstein1
Holy See1
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus1
Wales1
Euskadi1
Gibraltar1

Altogether 1142 days abroad, which is 8.06 % of my life.

How many nights have I slept in some of the most visited cities: (updated 2010-07-26)

Tver, RUS58
Quito, ECU21
St. Petersburg, RUS16
Kostelecke Horky, CZE13
Budapest, HUN12
Plovdiv, BUL11
Cape Town, RSA10
London, GBR10
Hamburg, GER10
Sydney, AUS9
La Paz, BOL9
Reykjavik, ICE9
Riga, LTV9
Gili Meno, INA8
Auckland, NZL8
Davos, SUI8
Lodz, POL8
Ushuaia, ARG7
Beijing, CHN7
Luxor, EGY7
Athens, GRE7
Lago di Garda, ITA7
Stockholm, SWE7
Bansko, BUL6
Santiago de Chile, CHI6
Agios Nikolaos, GRE6
Lago Atitlan, GUA6
Hong Kong, HKG6
Balatonfured, HUN6
Mexico City, MEX6
Paphos, CYP6
Oslo, NOR6
Berlin, GER6
Lisbon, POR6
Moscow, RUS6
Caye Caulker, BLZ5
Cochabamba, BOL5
Rurrenabaque, BOL5
Jakarta, INA5
Kuala Lumpur, MAL5
Ulaanbaatar, MON5
Bangkok, THA5
San Mateo CA, USA5
Copenhagen, DEN5
Amsterdam, NED5
Buenos Aires, ARG4
Zell am See, AUT4
Sofia, BUL4
Antigua, GUA4
Vilnius, LIT4
Tanah Rata, MAL4
Warsaw, POL4
Singapore, SIN4
Bennett WI, USA4
Hanoi, VIE4
Edinburgh, GBR4
Sevilla, SPA4
Tirana, ALB4
Tokyo, JPN4
Tbilisi, GEO4
Paris, FRA4
Murmansk, RUS4

The number of traveled days in different continents (updated 2010-07-26)

Europe62955 %
Americas25923 %
Asia15914 %
Oceania524.6 %
Africa343.0 %
Antarctica90.80 %













Travel days and expenses per year (updated 2009-07-06)

YearDays€/d
200922152069
2008617500123
2007518050158
200666535081
200570440063
200465370057
200359340058
200247210045
200163330052
20003451660048
199934290085
19984500125
199751310561
1996000
199526117545
ALL9646360066





























Number of new countries per year (updated 2010-02-11):

YearCountries
20094
20086
20075
20066
20053
20043
20033
20023
20017
200023
19994
19975
19956
19911
19831
19822
19802
19792
19711
TOTAL86


































Hours spent in an aeroplane (updated 2010-02-11):

YearHours
20105.5
200917
200844
200759
200630
200549
200446
200323
200215
200134
200082
199915
19985
199724
19838
19806

How many days have I spent abroads in different months (updated 2010-07-26):

January76
February38
March114
April115
May108
June127
July138
August111
September68
October76
November65
December114
How many days have I spent abroads on different weeks of the day (updated 2010-07-26):

Monday153
Tuesday147
Wednesday149
Thursday155
Friday173
Saturday184
Sunday174

How many days have I spent in different language regions (updated 2010-07-26):

Finnish12271
Spanish243
English159
Russian133
Swedish59
German45
Indonesian38
Polish31
Arabic26
Bulgarian24
Italian24
Norwegian23
Hungarian21
Greek20
Czech18
Mandarin17
Japanese17
Icelandic17
Thai16
Dutch16
Lao15
Melayu14
French15
Vietnamese12
Estonian11
Danish11
Latvian10
Cantonese9
Portuguese9
Mongolian8
Lithuanian7
Maltese7
Albanian7
Croatian6
Slovakian6
Turkish6
Greenlandic5
Faroese4
Luxembourgish4
Bosnian4
Georgian4
Slovenian4
Romanian4
Belarusian3
Ukrainian3
Serbian2
Armenian2
Burmese1
Flamish1
Euskera1

Largest cities I've been to:

CityPeopleWorld #
Buenos Aires12,2 M5.
Istanbul11,8 M6.
Moscow10,5 M8.
Tokyo8,7 M14.
Mexico City8,6 M15.
Jakarta8,6 M16.
Beijing7,8 M21.
London7,7 M22.
Bangkok5,8 M26.
Santiago5,1 M30.

Largest metropolitan areas I've been to:

CityPeopleWorld #
Tokyo-Yokohama37,5 M1.
Mexico City23,3 M2.
Jakarta18,9 M8.
Los Angeles17,9 M10.
Moscow14,8 M15.
Buenos Aires14,4 M16.
Istanbul13,8 M17.
London13,2 M19.
Beijing12,2 M23.
Paris11,9 M25.
Rhein-Ruhr11,8 M26.
Bangkok10,0 M29.
Chicago9,6 M31.
San Francisco7,7 M41.
Kuala Lumpur7,6 M42.

http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&srt=npan&col=aohdq
http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&srt=npan&col=aohdq&va=&pt=a

  • Largest island I've been to: Sumatra (world #6)
  • Largest ocean I've swam in: Pacific (#1)
  • Southernmost ocean I've swam in: Southern (#1)
  • Biggest sea I've swam in: Caribbean (#2)
  • Longest river I've seen: Nile (#1)
  • Biggest lake I've seen: Michigan (#5)
  • Deepest lake I've seen: Baikal (#1)
  • Largest country I've been to: Russia (#1)
  • Smallest country I've been to: Vatican (#1)
  • Oldest country I've been to: San Marino (#1)
  • Youngest country I've been to: Montenegro (#1)
  • Richest country I've been to: Luxembourg (#1)
  • Poorest country I've been to: ??
  • Tallest mountain I've seen: Aconcagua
  • Most densely populated country I've been to: Singapore (#2)
  • Least densely populated country I've been to: Mongolia (#2)
  • Least populated country I've been to: Vatican (#1)
  • Most populated country I've been to: China (#1)
  • Largest city I've been to: Buenos Aires (#4)
  • Largest metropolitan area I've been to: Tokyo-Yokohama (#1)
  • Driest place I've been to: Luxor (#2)
  • Largest desert I've seen: Gobi (#3)
  • Farthest north I've been to: Mehamn-Kjöllefjord, Norway (70.56,47 N / 27.45,14 E)
  • Farthest south I've been to: Peterman Island, Antarctica (65.09,57 S / 64.09,12 W)
http://worldatlas.com/geoquiz/thelist.htm
http://www.world-gazetteer.com/

UNESCO World Heritage sites I've been to or seen:

  • Australia
    • Sydney Opera House
  • Austria
    • Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
    • Historic Centre of Vienna
  • Belgium
    • La Grand-Place, Brussels
  • Belize
    • Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
  • Bolivia
    • City of Potosí
    • Historic City of Sucre
    • Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
  • Bulgaria
    • Pirin National Park
  • Chile
    • Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso
  • China
    • Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
    • The Great Wall
    • Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
    • Historic Centre of Macao
  • Croatia
    • Old City of Dubrovnik
    • The Cathedral of St James in ¦ibenik
  • Cuba
    • Old Havana and its Fortifications
    • Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
    • Vińales Valley
    • Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos
  • Cyprus
    • Paphos
  • Czech Republic
    • Historic Centre of Prague
    • Tugendhat Villa in Brno
  • Ecuador
    • City of Quito
    • Galápagos Islands
  • Egypt
    • Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
  • Estonia
    • Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
  • Finland
    • Fortress of Suomenlinna
    • Old Rauma
  • France
    • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    • Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
  • Germany
    • Cologne Cathedral
    • Hanseatic City of Lübeck
  • Greece
    • Acropolis, Athens
  • Greenland
    • Ilulissat Icefjord
  • Guatemala
    • Antigua Guatemala
    • Tikal National Park
  • Holy See
    • Vatican City
  • Honduras
    • Maya Site of Copan
  • Hungary
    • Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
  • Iceland
    • Ţingvellir National Park
  • Indonesia
    • Borobudur Temple Compounds
    • Prambanan Temple Compounds
    • Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
  • Italy
    • Historic Centre of Rome
    • Historic Centre of Florence
    • Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
    • Venice and its Lagoon
    • Historic Centre of Siena
    • Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
  • Japan
    • Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
    • Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
  • Laos
    • Town of Luang Prabang
  • Latvia
    • Historic Centre of Riga
  • Lithuania
    • Vilnius Historic Centre
  • Luxembourg
    • City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
  • Malta
    • City of Valletta
    • Megalithic Temples of Malta
  • Mexico
    • Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
    • Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
    • Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
    • Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
    • Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
  • Mongolia
    • Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
  • Montenegro
    • Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
  • Morocco
    • Medina of Fez
    • Medina of Marrakesh
    • Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
    • Medina of Essaouira
  • New Zealand
    • Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand
    • Tongariro National Park
  • Poland
    • Cracow's Historic Centre
    • Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp
    • Historic Centre of Warsaw
  • Russia
    • Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
    • Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
    • Lake Baikal
    • Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
    • Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
    • Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands
    • Kizhi pogost
  • South Africa
    • Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
  • Spain
    • Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
    • Works of Antoni Gaudí
    • Historic City of Toledo
    • Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
    • Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
    • Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
  • Sweden
    • Laponian Area
    • Kvarken Archipelago / High Coast
  • Switzerland
    • Old City of Berne
  • Syria
    • Ancient City of Damascus
    • Ancient City of Aleppo
  • Thailand
    • Historic City of Ayutthaya
  • Turkey
    • Historic Areas of Istanbul
  • Ukraine
    • Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
  • United Kingdom
    • Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church
    • Tower of London
    • Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
  • Vietnam
    • Complex of Hué Monuments
    • Ha Long Bay