VISIT UKRAINE BEHIND THE FRONT MEET THE PEOPLE

For 45 years, I ran a travel agency helping people explore places far beyond Europe. I’ve always loved discovering the world myself — in 2022  travelling overland from Stockholm to Hanoi.

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I first visited Ukraine just after the Maidan revolution in 2014. I wanted to experience history as it unfolded. When the full-scale invasion began in 2022, I returned again — this time to Kyiv, Butcha, Irpin — and saw the destruction and peoples determination. I met volunteers, local defenders, ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

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That experience moved me. I started raising money and collecting equipment to support Ukraine. In 2023, I organized a study tour for 14 people. We were welcomed warmly and told more than once: “You are the heroes.”. 

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We agree that Ukraine needs all possible support to withstand Russian terror. Military resistance would not be possible without the strength of civil society. During our tours, we visit volunteer organizations and walk through Ukraine’s beautiful historic towns — but also witness the destruction caused by Russian bombing. Most important, we travel to villages that were earlier under occupation. The devastation there is shocking. We meet people still living in these places, hear their stories, and share a day of their everyday life. That solidarity — simply showing up — means more than we can imagine.​

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Not only tours — they are acts of solidarity. That’s why I continue. I was nominated to the government's award for voluntary Swedish efforts in support of Ukraine. 

The tour in Oct 2025 will be the 6th tour.

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These are the only organized tours to Ukraine today.