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Let´s go to Africa
The Weltreisebär's 11th year of life kicks off with a trip to the continent that, by far, still holds the most terra incognita. A whopping 38 out of 55 countries here have never …
Which countries are still missing?
„Which countries are still missing?“ …that's a question I get asked all the time. So today there's a blog post about all the countries still left to visit. Currently, 73 countries …
120 Months – 120 Countries
10 Years of Weltreisebär 30 June 2016 was the start of an idea I'd had for a while – a bear should travel the world. With me, family, friends. And he should visit every country in …
The Greatest Journey of All Time
I don't think I'm promising too much when I say that this is the greatest journey of all time, and probably always will be: Weltreisebär is at sea nonstop from the end of February …
The Weltreisebär goes on a mission
For the first trip of 2026, the Weltreisebär headed off to Chad. The way it came about was, once again, rather curious: since the Weltreisebär travels with Rainer from Solingen (a …
The Journeys in the 2nd Half of '25
On 30.6.2025, the Weltreisebär set off into his 10th year of life. In the first half of it, he'd already clocked up 4 whole new countries.
Postscript: Summer holiday with the Mosers in Kenya from 23 June to 6 July
Kenya, West Africa. Weltreisebär goes on safari with the Moser family from Augustusburg. Country no. 103 and already the 9th country with the Mosers!
Addendum to 30 June 2025: Weltreisebär turns 9
Weltreisebär is celebrating his 9th birthday in Kenya. 9 years ago, on 30.6.2016, he was with me (I was 15 at the time) in his first new country, Slovenia. Since then, an average …
Off to Iran with Shayan (27.2.-1.4.25)
Country 102 – Iran 27.2.25-1.4.25 The next country on the world tour is Iran. Weltreisebär got to travel there with Shayan from Isfahan, who was spending his semester break with …
Anniversary Entry for the 100th Country on 19.2.2025
8 years and 234 days. On 19 February 2025, the bear steps ashore in Dominica from a cruise ship with the Moser family from Augustusburg. The moment has finally arrived. You can …
With the Mosers on the 2nd Caribbean trip (16-24 February 2025)
This is the anniversary trip to countries 100 and 101. (Head over to the anniversary blog entry here (link included).
Bahrain with Florian
27.1.2025 (trip from 22.1.2025-1.2.2025) Quite spontaneously and at short notice, Florian told me at New Year's Eve that he'd be going on a cruise in the Persian Gulf at the end …
Uzbekistan & Tajikistan with Marc
5.1.2025 - 15.1.2025 I met Marc at the end of October on a train journey between Dresden and Freiberg. It was quite a coincidence that I ended up sitting in his group of four …
Christmas trip with Klaus to Taiwan
19.12.2024-2.1.2025 Along with Klaus from Lostau (near Magdeburg), it was off to Taiwan for Christmas and New Year. Many people say Taiwan isn't really its own country, but part …
Three new countries with Benedikt
In September, we headed to the autonomous region of Kurdistan in Iraq. Country No. 93 was the first with Benedikt (Instagram: @benedikt2705) from Karlsruhe, whom I particularly …
To Indonesia with Anna-Sophie
The last new country in the Weltreisebär's 8th year of life comes from Anna-Sophie from Thuringia. After a stopover in Singapore (though the bear had already been there in 2018 …
Happy 8th Birthday!
Weltreisebär has another birthday! He's sending greetings from the island of Bali and says thank you to Anna-Sophia:) For his 8th birthday (that's 96 months), he's visited 92*+2 …
Cruise through the Caribbean – the biggest trip so far!
For a whole 28 days, from 16 March to 11 April, Weltreisebär travelled with Klaus and Beate from Lostau and got thoroughly spoiled. A whopping 5 new countries came out of it – …
With the Mosers to the Seychelles
A stopover on the way there and back was Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The actual destination of the trip: the Seychelles! Pretty much paradise… By the way, there are various rare …
Trip to Costa Rica
With the Mosers, the bear has already been to Greenland, Chile, Argentina and Antarctica. This time, though, he headed off to Costa Rica for 2 weeks with the family's grandparents …
The Weltreisebär Summer
In the summer of 2023, the bear headed off on three big trips all at once, each time with new travel companions: Dominican Republic: With Anna-Sophia from Thuringia, Weltreisebär …
Weltreisebär turns 7
Weltreisebär is celebrating his 7th birthday! To mark the occasion, I've put together a list of all his fellow travellers. This is absolutely not meant to be some kind of …
Country No. 80 – Kazakhstan
At the end of May, Weltreisebär headed to Kazakhstan with my Geo colleague Ellen. She's herself a Russian-German (or at least half), and has relatives in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
Country No. 79 – off to Tunisia with Antonia!
In May, I headed off to sunny Tunisia for a week with Antonia from my old history A-level class. As the crow flies, it's actually the closest country that was still missing from …
The 6th Continent – Antarctica
If someone had told me that the Weltreisebär would make it to Antarctica before Australia, I wouldn't have believed them. The "Mosis" bagged the second icy territory of this earth …
Third South America trip
The last three trips of the Weltreisebär all led to South America! This time with Lena from Plauen (Instagram: @lena.zbr02 ).
Triple pack in October: Part 1/3 – Chile
In October, three new countries came along at once! That hadn't happened since 2019! It all started with Chile – also the very first visit to South America.
Triple pack in October: Part 2/3 – Bolivia
Next up was Bolivia. Here, the Weltreisebär got to see the famous salt lake „solar de uyuni“, with a smaller, unnamed lake nearby in the background.
Trio in October: Part 3/3 – Brazil
Most recently, we benefited from a stopover in Sao Paolo. That makes Brazil country number 76. A great moment to introduce the traveller once again: I met Klaus in the summer on a …
New remakes: off to Greece and Turkey with Yannik
in July 2022 by car from Dresden to the Turkish Aegean coast. Back by bus via Sofia and Zagreb.
Summer 2022: Greenland
In August, the Moser family from Augustusburg headed off to Greenland. Not quite a proper "country", but a breathtaking trip all the same! A flight to Iceland, then by ship along …
USA Remake: National Park Road Trip Out West
In September, Weltreisebär flew to America's West Coast for the second time. Together with Tobi's uni friend Ellen, he spent three weeks touring the national parks of the western …
72 Months, 73 Countries: Weltreisebär Turns 6
Weltreisebär is celebrating a birthday! 6 years, 72 months, 73 countries! By now, 22 fellow travellers have joined in. Thank you all so much! Here's the statistics so far: Year 1: …
Addendum: Country No. 73 – Canada
The longest continuous stay abroad so far: April – June with Sabrina in Canada. Photo: Niagara Falls
Postscript: Malaysia & Cambodia in a Double Pack
In March, Robin and I headed off to Southeast Asia. Photos from Kuala Lumpur Airport and Angkor Wat, Malaysia
No. 70 – South Africa
New country – in February we headed off to South Africa! By the way, that makes 20 travellers now – huge thanks to Lilli Neugebauer! It's also the southernmost trip so far, here …
Iceland Adventure
Country no. 68 - Iceland (13-23 August 2021) 📸Photo taken on 16 August 2021 Red for fire, white for ice – that's Iceland, the land of ice in the northwest of Europe. Our country …
Addendum: 30/06/2021 – Weltreisebär turns five
Weltreisebär is celebrating his birthday! (posted on Instagram on 30.6.2021) The birthday photo is available in the Photoshop edition, as the bear is still enjoying his stay in …
Addendum: the second visit to Greece
This summer brings yet another new remake from Greece. The Weltreisebär is still on his Corona stay in Zurich, and with Laura as his flight companion, he recently got to enjoy …
Visiting Vienna, Austria
Now www.weltreisebär.de is fully up-to-date again: last week Tobi's brother @flrn.llrch went on a school trip to Vienna. Of course, the bear had already been to Austria. It became …
Cyprus: Mission Europe accomplished!
(English below) 📍Cyprus, Ayia Napa, Love Bridge 16-23.9.2021 A dream comes true! The Weltreisebär completes Europe. With 47 states, the first big milestone „Mission Europe“ has …
Relaxing in the Maldives
Country No. 67 – Maldives With @laura_weidmann as flight attendant at Edelweiss Air, we flew from Zurich to Malé. The Maldives are a very Muslim country, which isn't obvious at …
Mexico: a new country at last!
Date: 1.3.2021 Location: Cancun, Mexico. View of Grand Fiesta Americana Coral Beach, Cancún Weltreisebär is alive! And he's finally on the road again. This time with …
Remake: Switzerland
I had exactly 1 hour and 33 minutes for my city walk through Zurich. The city was once called Turicum by the Romans and, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is the largest city in …
New Remake: Czech Republic
on 1 February 2021, the Weltreisebär, still stuck in his Corona-enforced holiday, popped just briefly across the border into the Czech Republic. Moldau (Erzgebirge) station, or in …
Weltreisebär and Corona: The “Remake” Series
Sadly, no new country has been added since the beginning of March 2020 — by far the longest dry spell so far. To keep Weltreisebär a bit occupied anyway, I came up with the …
Pictures added!
The site keeps growing and growing. Under „Pictures“ in the menu, you can now find all the country photos so far!
Travel reports on rail.cc
As you might already know, when Weltreisebär travels with me, he mostly travels by train. That's how I've ended up taking the train in every country where that's possible, except …
How it all began
How it all started – back in autumn 2009, when I was ill for three weeks, there were no smartphones yet, at least not for us. So I pored over a book called "Countries and …