I’m a 26 year old girl from Sweden who has, like so many others, a serious case of wanderlust.
Travelled all my life
I have been lucky enough to have parents who likes to travel, so I had been to 4 different continents and around 15 countries before I turned 16.
I was 15 the first time I went abroad without my parents, when I was chosen as a representative in my class to go to Poland and Germany to learn more about WWII. In the summer that same year, I went on a language course to California, USA, for a month.
First solo trip
In September 2013 when I, for the first time, travelled completely alone to a place where I knew no one, I realized that this is my passion. That is when the travel bug bit me for real. I started to learn more about how I could travel as much as possible, and a whole new world opened up.
Since then, I have travelled about once a month an average.
Traveling while working a 9-5 job
I travelled once a month for 3,5 years while still having a normal Mon-Fri job and you can read my old posts about how I could travel so often here and you can read about how I could travel the world without quitting my job here.
Digital nomad
Nowadays I travel full time and I make my income from working as a freelance travel writer and as a social media influencer. You can read about how I manage to make money while traveling here and here you can read about how I got my job as a travel writer.
Featured in:
Newspapers
Expressen (Newspaper, in August 2018)
Expressen (Newspaper, in January 2018)
SVT Väst (Swedish Television West)
Metro (Sweden’s biggest newspaper)
Mölndals-Posten (Local newspaper, in July 2018)
Aftonbladet (Newspaper, on web and paper)
Destinavo (online travel magazine)
Globelle Travels (online travel magazine)
Veg Travel Buddies (online vegan travel community site)
Göteborgs-Posten (Gothenburg Post, a written person portrait about me)
Blogs
Resfredag (Named inspiration of the month)
Resfredag (About traveling alone as a girl)
Resa Medvetet (About quitting flying)
Podcasts
Att resa podden (Swedish travel podcast)
Leadership and the Environment (coming)
Green Dreamer podcast (coming)
Worked with:
Freelance writer
Skyscanner Sweden (collection of all articles written by Evelina Utterdahl 2016-2017)
Speaker
Rotary International (Mölndal, Sweden August 2018)
Globelle Travels(London September 2018)
Video
KEEN Footwear(active footwear with a sustainability focus, worked 3 seasons together)
Matter Prints(Sustainable and ethical clothing brand)
Instagram & Blog
KEEN Footwear(3 seasons, 2017-2018)
Hamburg Tourism(December 2016)
Switzerland Tourism(July 2017)
Wowanders(Travel guide app, August 2018)
Czech Tourism(July 2018)
Katie
Hello! Just found your site browsing on Instagram. Love all of your pictures!! I’m moving to the Virgin Islands next week for 6 months, with more destinations to follow. Since you’re an experienced traveler I wanted to ask what is the most affordable way to travel? I am very frugle with my spending and get email updates for flights that have dropped in price but I was wondering if you had any other tricks up your sleeves?
earthwanderess
Hello Katie, and thank you!
Wow, I’m getting jealous now. You’re moving to a paradise island!
I search for the cheapest tickets on skyscanner.com(there are lots of sites like this one, just choose the one that suits you the best), and usually I just choose my departure city to “everywhere”, at any departure time, and it finds the cheapest tickets for me to loads of destinations. I’d say flexibility is the key to fly cheap. Good luck on your new adventure! 🙂
Ellen
Hey Evelina!
I am not sure how to contact you so I am just writing here in this comment, haha. I am a soon 21-year old girl from Denmark who can relate soon much to how you are feeling about the meningsless-nes of the way that the majority of people live their everyday life(not that it isn’t meaningful for some people, but I just don’t see myself in that way of life) I just started at University but after a month I can say, that I don’t see the point in it, and that it is not for me. However, I feel an enormous pressure from society and my social circle that I should worry about the future and get a great and “socially-acceptable”, higher education. I would love to get a job to earn money to plan trips. I would love just to do that right now because who knows for how long I’ll be here?! However, my question to you is: do you ever worry about not studying like most other young people? do you worry about the future a lot? and if yes, how do you deal with these feelings? 🙂
Many greetings from a very inspired danish girl! (who btw also suffers from depression etc. soon that’s great haha)
earthwanderess
Hi Ellen! To answer your question – no. I don’t worry about not studying cause I know it’s not what I want. And I never worry about the future. There’s no point I feel. I have just really come to terms with the fact that this is what I want out of life and not care about the social rules.. Ever since I stopped worrying about those things, I have become a lot happier and my heart lighter 🙂 If you want to ask me more questions you can email me at evelina (@) utterdahl.se
Joakim
Wow! Det Du skriver känner jag verkligen igen mig i , när jag såg i slutet av texten att du är svensk och dessutom från GBG sä är ju igenkänningsfaktorn total 😉
earthwanderess
Åh vad roligt! GBG-represent haha
Oscar
Kul att hitta en trevlig bloggare från Göteborg att följa.
Alexandra
Hej Evelina.
Såg din artikel i dagens tidning (VLT, 6/4) Har du några planer på att åka till Sydkorea? Jag åker dit i sommar och det är första gången jag flyger själv. Ska bli riktigt roligt. Men det skulle också vara kul att ha någon att resa med.
Mvh
Alexandra (instagram AlexandraEberhardsson)
Agneta Stefansson
Hej! Vi var ju i kontakt med dig från programmet Plus i SVT och då passade inte datumen för dig. Nu undrar jag hur hösten ser ut? Vi bandar alltid på tisdagar och börjar i början av oktober och håller på fram t o m v 51.
När är det aktuellt med resor? Kanske alltid? Eller är det nån särskild tid som människor bokar?
Hoppas vi har möjlighet att hitta ett datum i höst!
Hör gärna av dig!
Med vänlig hälsning/Agneta Stefansson 0705542008
Claes Enning
Hej Evelina!
Förstår att du rest en del med tåg mellan Sverige och London. Vore intressant att höra på vilket sätt du gör det, om/var du övernattar, vad det kostar osv. Vi är många som flyger till London och behöver inspiration om hur ta sig dit lite mer klimatvänligt.
earthwanderess
Absolut, Claes! I’m on it!