Skip to content

TRAVEL SLOWLY

SLOW, CONSCIOUS AND SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL – A SLOW TRAVEL BLOG

Menu
  • Home
  • SLOW TRAVEL
    • Definition
    • Origin
    • Implementation
    • Benefits
    • Criticism
    • FAQ
    • Book and movie recommendations
    • Links
  • Articles
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
  • Book
  • Lifestyle Test
  • Lectures
  • Contact
    • About the author
    • Contact form
    • Newsletter
  • §
    • Imprint
    • Data Privacy Statement
  • Deutsch
  • English
Menu

2021

Here you can find all articles published 2021.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Antarctica-11391-pixahive-768x493-2-2.jpg
Category: Slow Travel Basics

28 November 2021

The consequences of climate change

Climate change has much more disastrous and complex consequences than the rise of sea level. U.S. journalist David Wallace-Wells described the predictions for the upcoming years in his article „The unhabitable Earth“ in detail. 

Continue reading

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Titelbild_02-1-1024x768.jpg
Category: Travel Reports

31 October 2021

Seven days Transalp. From Stuttgart to Lake Como by bicycle

“Not the pace but your personal focus directs your life.” This is the travel guiding credo of Sandy Steven Weckemann, nickname Sandweck. For him, who was born in Stuttgart, Germany, it is not interesting to …

Continue reading

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Bike1-1-1024x683.jpg
Category: Inspiration and Tips

31 October 2021

Warm Showers. Staying with locals during bicycle tours

A brief description of the “Courchsurfing for bicycle tourists”. A Slow Travel insider tip.

Continue reading

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is 20210827_113620_selected-1-1024x768.jpg
Category: Inspiration and Tips

27 August 2021

Slow Travel Blogs – A brief overview

Inspiring Slow Travel blogs from Germany and around the world.

Continue reading

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is 20210827_103242-2-1024x768.jpg
Category: Inspirations and Tips

27 August 2021

Slow Travel documentaries – The top three movies about alternative travel

Three Slow Travel movie tipps.

Continue reading

Category: Slow Travel Basics

Picture: Mstyslav Chernov. Source. License

23 July 2021

Overtourism – The Tourists Go Home and Fuck AirBnB movement

Synchronized with the origin of the Slow Travel trend, a protest movement against mass tourism started. It’s also referred to as “Overtourism”, which marks a harmful excess.

Continue reading

Category: Travel Report / Guest Articles

24 June 2021

Alpaca hiking in the Bergisches Land region

A hike with the curious but shy alpacas is a very special experience for the whole family. While learning about their characteristics, you hike in small groups with the animals through woods and meadows.

My blogger colleague Christiane wrote about her experience.

Continue reading

Category: Travel Report

28 May 2021

The Green Belt – Experience German history by foot

The Green Belt is the 1,393 km long, former border strip between the FRG and GDR. Two long-distance runner from Villingen-Schwenningen ran it. These travel really changed their perspective on nature and history.

Continue reading

Category: Slow Travel Basics

23 April 2021

Pro-Con: Is flying Slow Travel?

Flying to reach a holiday destination feels like a no-brainer for many Germans. But are flights as a means of travel an option for much longer? While facing climate change and destruction through mass tourism?

Continue reading

Category: Travel Report

02 April 2021

Mongolia on Horseback

The landscape alone makes traveling to Mongolia worth it. The most authentic travel is to explore the country on horseback like the inhabitants themselves have for centuries. And this is precisely what a friend of mine from Kassel did for the incredible duration of two months.

Continue reading

Category: Slow Travel Basics

07 March 2021

Change the inner alignment

Slow Travel is about changing the routine of travel behavior. (…) In the following you will find a questionnaire, which helps to think about travel and to create ideas for your own Slow Travel concept.

Continue reading

Category: Slow Travel Basics

18 February 2021

Pro-Con: Is Van Life Slow Travel?

In recent years, the campervan of the 1970’s had a revival. Traveling with ones own mini RV is popular and, with the term Van Life, has also received a hip image. It’s both a lifestyle and way of travel at once. The campers live in their van and work from the road.

Continue reading

Category: Travel Report

27 January 2021

Cave expeditions. Only for adventurers?

Jakub Kaleta has an unusual hobby. Since about five years, he is exploring caves on his own. These are short day trips, which take him out of his daily life into an alien world. It is a thrill and nature experience at once – a real adventure. 

Continue reading

Category: Slow Travel Basics

17 January 2021

10 Basic Principles of Slow Travel

Tips on how to travel slowly.

Continue reading

Category: Inspiration and tips

01 January 2021

Julian and his book “Europe by Train: Backpacking for Beginners”

Usually, backpackers have less money but therefor lots of energy and passion for adventures. They are seeking unique places, where not many other travelers have been to yet. Julian wants to inspire adventurer and individual travelers to look for this special experiences in Europe.

Continue reading

Go to Articles 2020
Go to the latest articles

Follow Anika on social media

  • Facebook DE
  • Instagram DE + EN

Articles in categories

  • Guest Articles (1)
  • Inspiration and Tips (6)
  • Slow Travel Basics (8)
  • Travel Reports (11)

Mentioned travel topics

accommodations Africa airplane alpaca Asia Bicycle campervan car Caribbean children China climate climbing diving donkeys Europe France future Germany Great Britain hiking horse how to individual travel Italy jogging Kenya long-term travel mass tourism meals Mongolia Netherlands North America organized travel Russia safari Sailing short-term travel South America South Korea Spain trains Van Life volunteering

About TRAVEL SLOWLY

In September 2020, the blog TRAVEL SLOWLY was founded by Anika Neugart to promote Slow Travel as a way of travel. It’s not a private travel blog but an offer of information.

Facing climate change and Overtourism in many regions of the world, we should change our travel behavior. Slow Travel is sustainable and therefore a future-oriented way of travel.

TRAVEL SLOWLY offers information about the topic “Slow Travel” as well as blog posts in a monthly rhythm (see articles).

Invite Anika for a cup of coffee

This blog runs on a non-profit basis to promote sustainable travel. Help Anika to keep up the work with a donation. Here's the link to Paypal:

Donate to support this blog:

©2023 TRAVEL SLOWLY | Built using WordPress and Responsive Blogily theme by Superb