The Macedonian Traverse is a hiking trail through the mountains of Western Macedonia. It runs from mountain hut Ljuboten to Crvena Voda or Ohrid if …
Route Reflections
Via Dinarica Green Trail in Serbia
The Via Dinarica Green Trail in Serbia goes through the lower mountains north of the White Trail. Those lower mountains often look like hills, peaks …
Crossborder hike from Višegrad to Tara National Park
Nobody said it would be easy, but I’m not looking for easy. I wanted to hike from Višegrad to Tara National Park, to the Serbian …
Hiking the Jahorina Trail Run Track from Sarajevo to Višegrad
In an optimistic summer-holiday-mood I got off the bus in Sarajevo. Okay, there were some thunderstorms on the road and okay, the weather forecast showed …
ORANGE trail it is, searching for a route in Bosnia and Herzegovina
“Up and down, hiking in BiH, it’s a rollercoaster of impressions and emotions, I can hardly keep up with them. But when the ride is …
Hiking in Una National Park
Visit When I was hiking in Una National Park (September 2017), the Via Dinarica Green Trail in Bosnia and Herzegovina did not really exist yet. I …
GREEN trail it is, crossing Croatia
Super super green hiking trail through Croatia. From the Slovenian border to the Bosnian border. Most well known National Park on the trail is Plitvice, …
Via Alpina meets Via Dinarica: a new begin in Slovenia
This hike across Slovenia is a combination of the Via Alpina Red Trail, Slovenska Planinska Pot, Via Dinarica White Trail, E7, Great Kočevje Alpine trail …
RED trail it is, hiking the Via Alpina in Italy
In August 2017 I hiked the Via Alpina in Italy as part of my thru hike from Amsterdam to Sarajevo. On the Via Alpina I …
Traversing the Austrian Alps on the Via Alpina
For some reason I had the idea to pick up the Via Alpina in Feldkirch. Probably because I thought I would be hiking on the …
Puzzeling my way through Germany
My way through Germany: 820 Kilometres, 3 rest days, 32 hiking days, 1 homestay, 7 garden camps, 4 nights on a campsite and 1 on …
Walking through Wallonia
After finishing the Pilgrim’s route through the Netherlands, I switched to the GR57, a long distance hiking trail through the Ardennes in Belgium. The Wallonian …
A pilgrimage through the Netherlands
My pilgrimage through The Netherlands: 500 kilometres, 4 non-hiking- and 23 hiking-days of which 3 were rainy. I crossed 4 provinces (5 if I the …
Slovenia’s Secrets
After I hiked more than 1200K through 4 different countries and added another 300K in Slovenia. The original Via Dinarica White Trail follows the Javorniki …
Incredible Croatian Karst
The Via Dinarica is a trail that is still in progress, only in Bosnia and Herzegovina the White Trail is officially open. In the other …
Beautifully WILD Bosnia and Herzegovina
Although nature does not know borders, borders are often formed by nature. Mountains, rivers and seas are natural borders between different regions, countries or continents. …
Magnificent Mountains of Montenegro
Montenegro or Crna Gora in Serbian. I have to confess that I didn’t know where the name comes from, I only know that it means …
Amazing Albanian Alps
The Via Dinarica White Trail officially ends in Albania, in the highest part of the Dinaric mountains, but I decided to start there. Surrounded by …