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If you have followed Refuga for long, you know that we started as a Danish concept just doing trips for Danish entrepreneurs. After a bunch of succesful Danish trip to...

When most people think of Nike, Virgin, or Patagonia, they think about multi-million dollar companies that are recognized globally. Very few people are aware of the...

One thing we have noticed here at Refuga is that the whole movement around digital nomads is really gaining traction. At the time when Refuga started and one year...

We just got back from the very first Refuga trip to North Korea, a trip that was both interesting to plan as it was interesting to go on. The trip had been planned...

Besides obviously being a big fan of traveling, I’m also very interested in education. I’m probably a bit critical about traditional education, but I think there are so...

Adrienne is - with no understatement - a huge part of putting our events together. In recent months Adrienne has been responsible for planning the trips, which consist...

Ditte is a 3-times Refuga participant, who is always very liked by the other participants for her smiles and her (extreme) energy level. Ditte is a very young CEO in a...

Refuga trips are always a bit intense in the way, that it’s a small group together for a short period in a remote place. It’s a setup we’ve found works best because the...

At Refuga we don't have a fixed office or fixed team. Instead, everything is done remote and we work a lot with freelancers, some permanently and some more on a project...

We love to share stuff about what we're working on at Refuga and give some insights into what we're doing and why. Today I want to share a bit about something we've...

The last 3 years I've been traveling full-time and working remotely and our team here at Refuga is also working remotely. We have experienced a lot of the positive...

Some weeks ago we launched a new trip to North Korea. A project that we have been very excited about and worked hard on for quite a few months. It’s been one of our fastest selling trips so far and we’re very close to filling up the first event (we will have two trips in 2017), but at the same time we also received a fair share of critique and comments on social media for supportering the regime in North Korea.

After hanging out in Nepal for almost a month the Refuga office headed to Bangladesh. I must admit, I didn't really know much about Bangladesh and Dhaka, that would be...

A big part of the experience when joining a Refuga trip, is the other participants on the trips. That's why we want to showcase some of the participants who joined us....

He joined us for a crazy adventure in Russia and now he is signed up to do it all again, but this time in Tanzania

Question: What are the top 3 things that entered your mind when you think of entrepreneur or entrepreneurship? In my case, I’d say pitching ideas, meetings, and...

Working remotely is getting more and more common nowadays. It is a logical step for startups, because you only have a few employees, and you can save some money by not...

When following politics it's common to hear politicians talk about how important entrepreneurship is for the future. It's very difficult to question the importance of a...

The last couple of years I have been fortunate to travel a lot. I have spent approximately 10 months each year outside of Denmark in 15 different countries. I have...

In March I wrote this post on our blog "We're hiring a Content Marketing Manager". It was a time, where things were starting to take off slowly (at this point I had...

A small guide to getting started with living more simple and focus on the things that really matter.

For most of us, our eyes stay glued to screens from the second we wake up to the moment we fall asleep. Here are some easy steps to unplug during the day.

How tech is changing how startup teams are being build.

Once upon a time there were two girls. The first girl always aced her exams, including an important exam she sat at eleven to decide which high school she could attend....

"Do you want to go with me to the top of Europe?” ... That was the question my boyfriend Lars asked me in the beginning of 2015. He had climbed Kilimanjaro in Tanzania...

Whatever long walk you had before in your life, it would literally be considered a walk in the park compared to Karl Bushby’s super long, lengthy and continued walk....

I have a confession to make: a grappling addiction has been troubling me for the past year or so – subscribing to newsletters, future releases, LinkedIn groups,...

As people, we’re obsessed with setting ourselves goals. We’re obsessed with looking at what we do and finding out if there are better ways we can do things. Rightly so,...

This year we have had trips to Morocco, Italy and Spain and in under one week we're leaving for Russia and the highest mountain of Europe. In 2015 we will go to 6...