In March, exactly seven years ago, we started the FREEDOMtravel blog. In 2006 and 2007 we managed to go on two of our biggest dream trips ever: the Trans-Siberian Railway through Siberia and Mongolia to China and an adventure trip around New Zealand.
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ShareWe thought we were against camping, but in New Zealand we discovered the freedom of travelling by campervan. We weren't home in Sweden for long before we bought our motorhome. motorhome 2008. Peter wanted to rebuild everything in the motorhome and I wanted to document. That's when the idea for the travel blog we have today was born ...
7 exciting years with FREEDOMtravel
It has really been seven exciting years with this blog! When we bought the motorhome, we rebuilt the just everything. We reupholstered all the furniture, foiled the entire exterior, built new storage solutions, installed huge subwoofers, and put up LED lighting in every imaginable and unimaginable place.
And so we travelled! To Italy and Croatia, to Poland and the Czech Republic, to festivals in Norway and Denmark and all the way up to Pite Havsbad.
But we haven't only travelled with the camper van during these years. We've also managed to fly to destinations such as Ukraine, Morocco, Kenya, Canada, Iceland, Malaysia and the Philippines.
In 2013, we also 'happened' to buy a houseboat. We wanted to downsize to a smaller apartment to be able to travel more, but when the slightly shabby but super charming 1932 houseboat was for sale, we couldn't say no. There was a whole year of tough renovation work before we could finally rent out a newly renovated and comfortable houseboat and actually make our dream come true - travelling for a year around Europe with the motorhome.
Does the adventure end here? No, of course it doesn't. We've been home in Sweden for three months, we've already travelled to Latvia and Finland and we have lots of plans for the rest of the year. Follow us and the blog into the future!
The blog and the future
We are investing heavily in the blog now and hope to take you readers on lots of exciting adventures in the future. In fact, it's you as a reader that makes blogging so fun and rewarding! Your comments sometimes make us laugh and sometimes make us think, and we feel like we know many of you - even those we haven't met. The fact that you read and comment is the most important feedback for us. A big, big THANK YOU to all you wonderful readers!
In recent years, we've also been featured in 14 different magazines and four radio shows, which of course also feels like a sign that we're doing something good. In addition, we have recently been recognised as one of the best travel blogs in the country by both Expressen and Travelmarket, and we have just been nominated for Golden Pen Award in Croatia. Using statistics as a yardstick, we can say that things are getting better and better on the blog right now. In the last 30 days we have had over 12,000 unique visitors and over 46,000 page views. Again, many thanks to you, our readers. It's you that makes us want to keep blogging!
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Solan says:
Of course, so many readers can't be wrong 🙂 Freedom forever 🙂 .
01 March 2016 - 8:58
anita wag agrimanaki says:
You are active, write well and about interesting topics, great photos and travel to amazing places so it's no wonder you have lots of readers.
Greetings from a faithful reader 🙂
01 March 2016 - 9:26
Aila says:
Just for you to go ahead... Blog on....
Don't know if we said it but our motorhome is called Liberty as Freedom was already occupied by you...=)
I have also made contact with Åsa Bortugal.se via your blog.
She was her son's teacher before moving down to Portugal...She recognised us in the picture you took....
Take care!
01 March 2016 - 9:31
Marina says:
That's great! And how nice that you are appreciated for what you do - the proof that you do it well!
01 March 2016 - 9:53
AktivaDagar-Camilla says:
Congratulations!!! Looking forward to many more years! 🙂
01 March 2016 - 9:55
Åsa says:
But congratulations! I'm so glad I stumbled into this blog so I could get to know you! Hugs!
01 March 2016 - 9:56
admin says:
Solan, haha, it is wonderful with such support! 🙂
Anita, thank you for the wonderful praise! So much fun to hear! 🙂
Aila, haha, what fun to hear that with the motorhome name! 🙂 Liberty is indeed a very good name, we think! And we have friends who have a motorhome called Independence 😉 So much fun that Åsa recognised you in the picture too !!!!
Marina, it's fun, and the most fun is all the dedicated readers! 🙂
Active Days-Camilla, what fun! We do that too! 🙂
Åsa, can only say the same!!! Hugs
01 March 2016 - 10:30
OnTrip.dk says:
Congratulations on your birthday and we are very much looking forward to following you further 🙂 .
01 March 2016 - 10:31
Ama de casa says:
BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the blog, and even bigger CONGRATULATIONS to us who can be here to read and take part in your adventures.
01 March 2016 - 10:58
Ama de casa says:
en: Yes, it is strange that there are so many rules on campsites in Spain. After all, only a few of the Spaniards care about the rules that actually exist... 😉.
01 March 2016 - 10:59
Ditte says:
I am so happy with you about the blog and that there are so many readers who get to take part in everything you convey.
Personally, I am a 'faithful reader' and will remain so.
What a journey you have made since the blog started! Or rather what journeys!
All the best to you in the future.
01 March 2016 - 13:52
Steve says:
Congratulations! What a fantastic blog you have created in these 7 years. For me, your blog has meant a lot as I have been able to continue "travelling" even though I can no longer travel. You are also a source of inspiration in many other things you do in life. I thought of you yesterday when I watched the programme "Husdrömmar" on SVT1. Almost everyone who has embarked on their dream projects has somehow "gone into the wall", but you seem to fix everything and get through your dream projects "unscathed".
You won't get rid of me anytime soon.
01 March 2016 - 12:55
Resfredag says:
Well, and here's to many more years!
01 March 2016 - 17:28
admin says:
Ontripdk, thank you and very happy that you want to follow us! 🙂
Ama de casa, wonderful with a lot of congratulations 🙂 Haha, so that's how you should do with the rules? You know, we are such obedient Swedes who believe that you have to do what it says 😉.
Steve, oh thank you for your lovely comment! It means so much to us to read things like that! Renovations can really be tough so I can understand how you can hit the wall. We have struggled madly many times, but by fighting hard and believing strongly in a happy ending, it has worked out 🙂.
Ditte, yes, it is probably both that the blog is a journey in itself and that we have done a lot of travelling at the same time. 🙂 Thanks for your nice comment!
Travel Friday, we'll drink to that! 🙂
01 March 2016 - 19:34
Matts Torebring says:
Congratulations!
01 March 2016 - 21:13
Frankie & Co says:
Good for you - congratulations to the teddy bear!!!!
01 March 2016 - 21:28
Rolle o Carina says:
Congratulations to you, your Blog is just so much fun to follow!
Well done on your 7 years 🙂
01 March 2016 - 21:43
Elisabeth says:
Congratulations to you and the 7 years! Looking forward to your new inspiring journeys!
Elisabeth and Lennart
01 March 2016 - 22:56
Karin på Pettas says:
Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations and congratulations.
Seven times Good luck with the continuation!
01 March 2016 - 23:44
admin says:
Matts, thank you! 🙂
Frankie & Co, thank you very much!
Rolle and Carina, nice to hear that you like to follow the blog! 🙂
Elisabeth and Lennart, we are also looking forward to a lot of exciting travelling! 😉
Karin at Pettas, thank you so much!
02 March 2016 - 8:34
Helga says:
You have a nice and exciting blog, so of course we look in and read and follow your adventures.
02 March 2016 - 10:01
Anna, Travel on a Cloud says:
Congratulations on having the blog for so long! What a journey you have made, both in the blog world and in reality. Or "trips" (plural) one should say ...
Thanks for all the inspiration and joy you spread - keep up the good work!
I rejoice with you in these successes.
03 March 2016 - 0:31
admin says:
Helga, thank you and good to hear! 🙂
Anna, Travel on a Cloud, thank you so much for your kind words! 🙂
03 March 2016 - 12:53
Ulla widing says:
Congratulations on your 7th birthday, looking forward to next year!
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03 March 2016 - 20:28
Maria says:
Congratulations! 🙂 And I belong to the small percentage of Finnish readers... 😉.
06 March 2016 - 19:47
Anna i Dubai says:
Wohooo congratulations! Glad that you are doing so well and you are really worth it with all the time you put into a high quality blog.
Is it just me who thinks that Helena should ALWAYS wear this porny, white outfit? Have seen your pictures from White before and always fall a little in love with Helena when I see them haha. If I had been you and had such a perfect body, I would have just always gone
around naked.
11 March 2016 - 15:10
Renates Reiser says:
I'm a bit behind, but a BIG congratulations to you! What a journey you have had through these seven years. I look forward to the continuation 😀.
17 March 2016 - 19:14
admin says:
Ulla Widing, thank you very much! 🙂
Maria, we are so happy for our Finnish readers!
Anna, haha you are so nice! Thank you for your wonderful comment! 🙂
Renate, thank you so much! 🙂
18 March 2016 - 0:12