Australian-born Rick Mereki did more than just walk around town, eat delicious foods and shoot some pictures here and there. He went beyond himself to shoot an unforgettable travel video that has become an instant classic. “MOVE – 3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and […]

Iceland is known for its beautiful waterfalls and they have a lot of them! From extremely large waterfalls to many little ones. If you see a sign somewhere with a name ending with ´Foss´ (= Icelandic for waterfall), then you are almost certain that there is a beautiful waterfall. Iceland has some famous waterfalls and […]

It was in the year 2009 that ‘The Longest Way’ was uploaded to Vimeo. The travel video by Christoph Rahage immediately was a big viral hit! It gathered a total of 9.3 million views in 11 years’ time. Christoph did the unimaginable; we walked for a whole year through China. You read that right, he […]

The safest countries in the world, do you already live in one, or should you move quickly to one? It might be in the best of your interest to make the bold move! Every year, the Institute for Economics and Peace releases its Global Peace Index (GPI) report, which ranks 163 independent states and territories according […]

A Land of Light and Shadow There are few places on Earth where daylight transforms the landscape quite like Iceland. In winter, the country glows under just a few hours of sun, while in summer, the light never fully fades. Whether you dream of chasing the Northern Lights, exploring black sand beaches, or basking under […]

Have you gotten a very high bill because you had to call internationally? Did you flip out and vowed to never call again? Keep your cool freebirds, because we got the solution! Just calling your family a couple of minutes from a faraway country to some other faraway country, like your hometown, seemed like it […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! Our plans got canceled by corona, but we still had a great time in Japan while the world got crazy. We got home on the 30th of march. We have had two amazing weeks in Tokyo, and especially in Shibuya and Harajuku, in which we made […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! Our plans got canceled by corona, but we still had a great time in Japan while the world got crazy. We got home on the 30th of march. We have had two amazing weeks in Tokyo, in which we made dozens of great pictures. We will […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! Our plans got canceled by corona, but we still had a great time in Japan while the world got crazy. We got home on the 30th of march. We have had two amazing weeks in Tokyo, in which we made dozens of great pictures. We will […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! Our plans got canceled by corona, but we still had a great time in Japan while the world got crazy. We got home on the 30th of march. We have had two amazing weeks in Tokyo, in which we made dozens of great pictures. We will […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! Our plans got canceled by corona, but we still had a great time in Japan while the world got crazy. We got home on the 30th of march. We have had two amazing weeks in Tokyo, in which we made dozens of great pictures (especially from […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! We have just visited Tel Aviv and have made many hundreds of great photos. But, we want to enjoy our trip to the fullest, so we only share our favorite pictures! When we get back (1st of May), we will engulf you in many great […]

At this very moment, we are traveling around the world! We have just visited Jeruzalem and have made many hundreds of great photos. But, we want to enjoy our trip at the fullest, so we only share our favorite pictures! When we get back (1st of May), we will engulf you in many great pictures, […]

A huge dream has come true: the founders of Free Birds Magazine (Guus and Suus) are going on an unbelievable trip around the world. We have named this epic trip The Big One! We will be traveling two full months to 8 countries and 18 cities. The list of amazing things we are going to […]

When traveling to a foreign country with a very different culture and a very different language like Portugal or Brazil, it’s best to know some common basic words in Portuguese! The upsides of knowing how to say hello, thank you,  goodbye, yes, no and many more basic words, is that it makes you not look […]

MapFight shows you the sizes of a country compared to another country. Because haven’t you ever wonder how much bigger or smaller your country is in comparison with countries like France, China, Russia, The United States, Columbia, and The Netherlands? Join the club! It’s funny how bad people are at guessing how big/small countries really […]

Here are some basics Hindi words. Because when traveling to a foreign country with a very different culture and a very different language, it’s best to know some common basic words! The upsides of knowing how to say hello, thank you,  goodbye, yes, no and many more basic words, is that it makes you not look […]

CountCalculate. Can’t wait for your next big trip? But you don’t know how many days exactly until the big date? We from Free Birds have a thing for that! With the helpful service from CountCalculate, you can exactly know how many days you’ll have to wait until you can be free again. I use this […]