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Cross-country skiing cabin vacation on Sjusjøen at the Birkebeinerrennet 🇳🇴

Follow Gunnar on another episode of Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures, this time from Lillehammer in Norway, the home the Birkebeinerrennet. For the final trip of his skiing season he brought his whole family to spend a skiing vacation on Sjusjøen after skiing the Birkebeinerrennet. He has skied the HalvBirken, in order to become a Worldloppet Silver […]

Vlog: Skiing at the End of the World! Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures at Ushuaialoppet

Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures at the End of the World! Gunnar “The Wordloppet Skier” has made the long journey to Ushuaia/Patagonia to ski the southern most Worldloppet member race, the Ushuaia Loppet. “Patagonia can be quite merciless. At 2024’s Ushuaialoppet we had to face a rough nature: Strong wind, rain and snow, slushy and icy tracks. […]

Vlog: My toughest race! 90 km cross-country skiing by night – NattVasan 2024

We all know, that Vasaloppet is tough. 90 km cross-country skiing! But doing this whole thing during the night is crazy. Welcome to NattVasan 2024! What a magical experience: Thousands of headlamps through the dark woods of the Swedish night between Sälen and Mora. Spectators with flares and drinks and great support and awesome tracks. […]

Video: Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures at the 50th American Birkebeiner

Follow me on another episode of Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures! This time we travel to Hayward/Wisconsin USA to witness the 50th Anniversary of the American Birkebeiner. Follow me, when we meet Jessie Diggins, who is skiing her first Birkie. We also will explore the local fishing scene, as Hayward is the capital of big fish. Later […]

Vlog: Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures from Gatineau Loppet

Welcome to another episode of Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures! This time from Gatineau Loppet 2024. Follow Gunnar – The Worldloppet Skier – to a journey over the big lake, to Canada. Past winter he skied the Gatineau Loppet and explored the astonishing region Quebec/Ontario: 🏒 Watching an NHL game of the Ottawa Senators🌆 Tourism day in […]

One night in a TV Tower – An adventurous stay at Jizerska 50

One night in a TV tower? Yes! On the mountain Jested, right next to Liberec you can see a TV tower. But this is not only a TV tower, it also is a hotel and a restaurant. The Hotel Jested is an adventurous place to stay one or two nights before or after skiing the […]

Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures from Lahti: Ski Jumping with Olli Muotka

Follow me to the second part of Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures from 🇫🇮 Lahti! This time, I won’t do what I am used to – cross-country skiing – I will try ski jumping for the first time. The Finlandia Hiihto Skimarathon starts and finishes in the ski stadium Lahti. Everyone knows the huge jumping hills there. […]

Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures from Finlandia Hiihto 2023

The latest Episode of Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures is taking us to our Finnish member race, the Finlandia Hiihto 2023. Beside skiing the race, Gunnar also checked out a Hockey game in Europe’s most modern arena, the Nokia Areena . A skiing session through Lahti’s woods together with his daughter in a multi sports trailer and […]

One night at the mountain chalet Dolomitenhütte

The Dolomitenhütte is a mountain chalet located in the Lienzer Dolomiten, East Tyrol, the venue of the Austrian Worldloppet race, the Dolomitenlauf. The glass rooms of Dolomitenhütte are built right on the edge of a hundreds of meters high mountain wall. Gunnar knew, this is the perfect location, to recover from the Dolomitenlauf 🇦🇹 and […]

Vlog Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures Down Under: Urban Surf Melbourne

On my journey to the Kangaroo Hoppet, the Australian Worldloppet race, I tried out surfing for the first time. Right next to Melbourne Airport, only 20 minutes walking distance, there is the artificial surfing wave Urban Surf Melbourne located. It was my first time, so I went for a beginner’s lesson. And what shall I […]

Travel Vlog Iceland – A skiing trip to the land of ice and fire

Welcome to another episode of Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures: A skiing trip to the land of ice and fire. Here comes the travel vlog Iceland, specially for cross-country skiers. Welcome to (N)Iceland! The home of Fossavatnsgangan – one of the most prestigious cross-country skiing races in the world. Together with my brothers I have spent 7 […]

Vlog: Travelling and skiing with kids and family

🇪🇪 🇫🇮 Follow me to my next skiing trip. This time to the Tartu Maraton 2023 in Estonia and a week later, to the Finlandia Hiihto. The special thing about this journey is, that this time, my family is joining me. Is travelling and skiing with kids working? 👨‍👩‍👧 👧 2,5 year old daughter is […]