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Introducing our Ultimate Country Polls
We are known for often asking your opinion on travel issues – possibly our most famous polls were our 2022 detailed questions on ‘What is a visit’ which helped define our rules on what we consider a legitimate visit to a NomadMania region. Earlier this year, many of...
Inga Mahle and a Life Shaped by Overland Adventures: “The Journey Is Just as Important as the Destination”
Meet Inga, a German full-time traveller who has spent the past seven and a half years exploring the world on her own terms. Passionate about overland journeys, independent travel and discovering places beyond the usual tourist routes, she believes that getting from...
6th NomadMania Travel Awards Review – Bangkok, Thailand – October 25, 2026
The 6th NomadMania Travel Awards took place as the closing event of the 3rd Extraordinary Travel Festival in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the second time the awards were part of the ETF in Bangkok and the third time they were a live event, following also the...
NomadMania Travel Awards 2026
NomadMania Awards(Online event) Nov22nd - Nov23rdThe NomadMania Travel Awards is the annual event to celebrate achievements in travel organized since 2021. It meant to celebrate travelling efforts for the past year. Our aim is not to make people travel for the award,...
Interview with One of China’s Biggest Travelers: Guangming Chen, TCC Chairman for China
Guangming Chen is the Chairman of the Travelers’ Century Club (TCC) for China and one of the country’s most accomplished global travelers. In this inspiring interview, he opens up about his humble beginnings, witnessing China’s remarkable modern development, and the...
Awards 2026 Voting is STOPPED
NomadMania Awards Extraordinary Travel Festival Bangkok - October 25, 2026 VOTING is STOPPEDLog in hereNomadMania Awards Extraordinary Travel Festival Bangkok - October 25, 2026 VOTING is STOPPEDLog in hereNomadMania Awards Extraordinary...
Morning Mists and Midnight Lights: Slow-Travel Routes Through Europe’s Cultural Capitals
Slow travel is not about moving less - it's about noticing more. The difference between passing through a city and actually being somewhere in it comes down to time, and the European cultural capitals that reward it most are the ones with enough depth that the surface...
A Lifetime of travel: The Remarkable Travel Journey of Caroline and Lucien D’Sa
Caroline and Lucien D'Sa are extraordinary, lifelong globetrotter couple whose passion for exploration spans decades of immense change in the travel world, Lucien and Caroline are bound by an adventurous spirit, a deep love of history, and a shared curiosity for the...
NomadMania Conference #7 🇲🇩 Orhei, Moldova (July 18-22, 2027)
NOMADMANIA CONFERENCE #7 Orhei, Moldova 🇲🇩 July 18 – 22, 2027THEME: Ethnicities, Minorities and Local Peoples⬇️ Delegates ⬇️Chisinau, Moldova (RMO Airport) 23-28 degrees Celcius, quite hot Ukraine UNESCO...
Exploring the 3 DARE places of the Faroe islands
By Harry Mitsidis The Faroe Islands are one of our ATLAS (previously known as UN+) states – officially part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Autonomous in most fields of life, with their own distinct language, flag and ethnic identity, this archipelago is composed of 18...
The Art of Quick Travel: Catching Up With NomadMania Pioneer Patrick Maselis
Patrick Maselis is one of NomadMania’s founding members, joining our platform in August 2012, two months before our official launch. The first Belgian UN Master and among the first 50 UN Masters that we know of, Patrick continues to be fascinated by far-flung...
Introducing ATLAS List – Additional Territories, Lands, and States
During our last NomadMania Conference in Ouro Preto, Brazil, the community made an important decision: to transition from UN+ to ATLAS. The purpose of this move is to create an additional travel list developed by the NomadMania community — one that goes beyond...