Team Bachstad

Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad take part in a charity rally where they will drive a retired fire engine from Oslo to Mongolia. Engine trouble, language confusion and stomach problems are just some of the challenges the comedy duo face on their adventurous journey.

Norwegian humor travel series. Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad take part in a charity rally where they will drive a retired fire engine from Oslo to Mongolia. Engine trouble, language confusion and stomach problems are just some of the challenges the comedy duo face on their adventurous journey.

Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad take part in a charity rally where they will drive a retired fire engine from Oslo to Mongolia. Engine trouble, language confusion and stomach problems are just some of the challenges the comedy duo face on their adventurous journey.

Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad take part in a charity rally where they will drive a retired fire engine from Oslo to Mongolia. Engine trouble, language confusion and stomach problems are just some of the challenges the comedy duo face on their adventurous journey.

Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad take part in a charity rally where they will drive a retired fire engine from Oslo to Mongolia. Engine trouble, language confusion and stomach problems are just some of the challenges the comedy duo face on their adventurous journey.

Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad take part in a charity rally where they will drive a retired fire engine from Oslo to Mongolia. Engine trouble, language confusion and stomach problems are just some of the challenges the comedy duo face on their adventurous journey.

Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad have been on a trip, and this time they are driving across India in an autorickshaw. Bad roads and an alien driving culture are just two of the challenges they face at the start of the trip.

Team Bachstad drives India across. After crossing the state of Assam, the boys are on their way into West Bengal. The road standard is a constant challenge, and together with the heavy traffic, this means that it does not go away as quickly as they had hoped. And driving in the dark is no joke.

Team Bachstad continues its journey across India. In a tiny autorickshaw through one of the world's most densely populated areas. A stop in Varanasi gives them a slightly different view of death, while Agra fulfills a boyhood dream.

Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad continue their 3,000 km long trip across the Indian subcontinent. They cross the border into Rajasthan, India's largest and driest state. With fortresses and Maharajafort, this stage becomes a journey in ancient grandeur, towards the finish line in Jaisalmer.

Humor travel series with Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad. Team Bachstad is on tour again! This time they will cross the South American continent. The adventure starts in Peru's capital Lima, where the first challenge will be to buy a used car that is able to handle the 6,000 kilometer border across the Andes to Buenos Aires in Argentina. It turns out to be far more difficult than expected.

Humor travel series with Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad. During the ascent to the Andes, it turns out that the car they have bought is in far worse condition than they first thought. On the way to Machu Picchu, they get unexpected help.

Humor travel series with Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad. The expedition is stopped at the border with Bolivia. This begins a long and frustrating battle against the Peruvian bureaucracy. When everything looks bleakest, Rune suddenly falls ill.

Humor travel series with Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad. After much trouble, the expedition has arrived in Argentina. There they are stopped by the drug police and come into close contact with a crocodile.

Humor travel series with Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad. The expedition is approaching the Atlantic coast. But language problems make the road through Brazil's countryside tortuous.

Humor travel series with Øystein Bache and Rune Gokstad. The expedition sets up camp in a hippie village before finally setting course for Buenos Aires. There, Øystein will try to find the house where his mother lived as a child.

Team Bachstad is on the road again, and this time they will drive the length and breadth of Finland in search of Santa Claus in two tiny Italian cargo mopeds. The trip starts in Turku in the south, and extends over three weeks and as many episodes, before the boys are scheduled to cross the border into Norway at Kirkenes in the north.

Team Bachstad is on the road again, and this time they will drive the length of Finland in two tiny Italian goods mopeds. The trip starts in Turku in the south, and extends over three weeks and as many episodes, before the boys are scheduled to cross the border into Norway at Kirkenes in the north.

Team Bachstad is on the road again, and this time they will drive the length of Finland in two tiny Italian goods mopeds. The trip starts in Turku in the south, and extends over three weeks and as many episodes, before the boys are scheduled to cross the border into Norway at Kirkenes in the north.

Team Bachstad is on tour again, this time in Indochina. In a decommissioned Toyota Land Cruiser from the Norwegian Armed Forces, they will cover 8,000 km on very varying roads, before handing over the car to Norwegian People's Aid in Cambodia, as planned. It doesn't get any better than this...?

Team Bachstad is on tour again, this time in Indochina. In a decommissioned Toyota Land Cruiser from the Norwegian Armed Forces, they will cover 8,000 kilometers on very varying roads, before handing over the car to Norwegian People's Aid in Cambodia, as planned. It doesn't get any better than this...?

Team Bachstad is on tour again, this time in Indochina. In a decommissioned Toyota Land Cruiser from the Norwegian Armed Forces, they will cover 8,000 km on very varying roads, before handing over the car to Norwegian People's Aid in Cambodia, as planned. It doesn't get any better than this...?

Team Bachstad is on tour again, this time in Indochina. In a decommissioned Toyota Land Cruiser from the Norwegian Armed Forces, they will cover 8,000 km on very varying roads, before handing over the car to Norwegian People's Aid in Cambodia, as planned. It doesn't get any better than this...?

Team Bachstad is on tour again, this time in Indochina. In a decommissioned Toyota Land Cruiser from the Norwegian Armed Forces, they will cover 8,000 km on very varying roads, before handing over the car to Norwegian People's Aid in Cambodia, as planned. It doesn't get any better than this...?

Team Bachstad is on tour again, this time in Indochina. In a decommissioned Toyota Land Cruiser from the Norwegian Armed Forces, they will cover 8,000 km on very varying roads, before handing over the car to Norwegian People's Aid in Cambodia, as planned. It doesn't get any better than this...?

Team Bachstad is on tour again, this time in Indochina. In a decommissioned Toyota Land Cruiser from the Norwegian Armed Forces, they will cover 8,000 km on very varying roads, before handing over the car to Norwegian People's Aid in Cambodia, as planned. It doesn't get any better than this...?

Team Bachstad is on tour again. This time on board a 34-foot motorboat which, in the wake of the Vikings, will take them on the rivers of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, across the Black Sea, to Istanbul. The adventure begins in St. Petersburg, where Tore, the river lion, meets.

Team Bachstad is on tour in Österled. Sirius and its crew are transported overland to Smolensk and the Dnieper River. The journey towards the Belarusian border will prove to be anything but relaxing. The water level is one meter lower than it should be...

Team Bachstad is on tour in Österled. Belarus, called Europe's last dictatorship, shows its very best side when Sirius gets stuck across the Dnieper. All good forces are literally pulling in the right direction, which means that the boys not only end up at the rescue chief's dinner table, but also in the news on state television.

Norwegian humor travel series from 2018. Team Bachstad is on a trip to the east and is approaching the border with Ukraine. Elvelos Tore Mentyjærvi, has to go to hospital with an inflamed knee, while Øystein and Rune run aground and end up in a diplomatic predicament on the river between Belarus and Ukraine.

Norwegian humor travel series from 2018. Team Bachstad is on tour in Österled. The boat "Sirius" has received the necessary maintenance in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, before the trip continues down the Dnieper. The boys visit Gammelsvenskby and meet a family who, even after 236 years in the country, still speak Swedish. Tore sets off while Øystein and Rune meet the capricious Black Sea.

Norwegian humor travel series from 2018. Team Bachstad is on a trip to the east and is approaching its destination, which is Istanbul. But long distances, engine trouble and bad weather in Romania make them start to doubt whether they will be able to make it all the way.

Team Bachstad is on tour again. This time the trip goes to the Caribbean islands in search of Danish-Norwegian colonial history. The adventure starts in the south, on Grenada, the island where nutmeg cultivation and rum production have long traditions. While the neighboring island of Carriacou offers Caribbean beach life and disused Norwegian ferries.

Team Bachstad is in the Caribbean, in search of Danish-Norwegian colonial history. The trip goes to Union Island with a 20-foot boat, and on to St. Vincent. Here they meet both pro-marijuana demonstrators and Norwegian Stina, who runs a school and teaches organic farming. Then the trip goes to St. Lucia, the paradise island with widespread poverty and high crime.

Team Bachstad is in the Caribbean and almost halfway on the journey to St. Croix, the island that was (once) a Danish-Norwegian colony. They visit Dominica and try to understand the British ball game of cricket, before bathing in champagne and seeking out the island's original indigenous population. From there the trip goes to French Guadeloupe, which contributes with range anxiety and carnival.

Team Bachstad is in the Caribbean on its way to St. Croix, the island that was (once) a Danish-Norwegian colony. On the island of Marie Galant, there will be time for both a rum factory and a plantation visit, before Øystein gets to experience what it's like to be a Rune. When everything is back in place, the trip continues to Montserrat. The island that can offer an active volcano and a capital buried in ash.

Team Bachstad is in the Caribbean and approaching St. Croix, the island that was (once) a Danish-Norwegian colony. But before they get there, they stop by Antigua, the island that has a sandy beach for every day of the year. And Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten, which is the world's smallest land area divided between two countries. Ravaged by hurricanes, but with the joy of life intact.

Team Bachstad is in the Caribbean and approaching the US Virgin Islands, the archipelago that was once a Danish-Norwegian colony. But first they visit the virgin islands of Tortola and Virgin Gorda, former British colonies. A crooked fridge, photographic equipment that disappears and a Danish cemetery are just three of the many experiences that await them.

Team Bachstad is in Kariba. The trip started on Grenada and ends on St. Croix, one of three islands that were once a Danish-Norwegian colony. The Scandinavian traces from the colonial era are many and clear. This time produced greater suffering and fortunes than one can imagine.

In an electric postal van, Team Bachstad drives across corona-locked Norway, with a fryer-powered generator in the luggage, in search of free fuel.

There will be a May 17 atmosphere in Lærdal, closed road over the mountain and facts about the holiday before Bjarne Brøndbo pulls the bell in Namsos. Øystein needs to practice more.

There will be no harry trade across the Swedish border, but a stop at customs nonetheless. Old travel friends are corona resistant in Lofoten and a frying expert gives good advice.

Rune gets his first byline and Øystein remembers his military service in the north. Rally Nordkapp is going the same way, but there is a long way between the charging stations on the E69.

In a converted van, Øystein and Rune plan to drive from Portugal to the Russian-North Korean border. So the question is whether they will make it that far...

On the way north in Spain, Øystein gets an idea of how to fill the streets of Pamplona when there is no running of the bulls, while Rune models poo gnomes.

France offers a cookbook author, a dessert chef, toothache, and a forgotten bucket. While the Italians offer ferry trips and closed campsites.

In Switzerland, Øystein tries to make up for Rune's dentist by playing the accordion. And just over the border to Liechtenstein, they meet Ukrainians on the run.

Øystein tries to fulfill a youthful dream when he arrives in the Salzkammergut in Austria. And on their way north, they really get lost in Slovakia.

A toy museum, a salt mine and brakes that shake more than ever are just some of what meets the boys when they cross the border into Poland.

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia offer a KGB museum, a summer castle, Norwegian soldiers and a city inhabited by rabbits, as the journey draws to a close.

Øystein and Rune start their journey in Tokyo, meet a Norwegian comedian who is "big in Japan", visit an owl cafe and make a big purchase at a thrift shop.

Hokkaido offers an eloquent 82-year-old, the island's original population and a Norwegian Viking ship! And Øystein tests out Japan's cheapest tent.

In Hachinohe, Øystein sleeps in the emperor's bed, Rune meets Jesus, before the Norwegian Snorri and his boss invite for a proper tour of the town.

The boys are looking for the first shogun and Øystein gets to challenge his enthusiasm for plastic. In Fukushima, they get to see the consequences of the tsunami in 2011.

It's time for the Japanese tea ceremony! Øystein takes over the hotel booking, celebrates his birthday and gets food on the table - thanks to fishing birds.

The trip goes to Kyoto, where Rune forgets to turn on the camera, and 83-year-old Yoneda-san turns everything upside down. Afterwards, the trip goes to earthquake-stricken Kobe.

A Japanese toy museum, a "Norwegian" mission station, hot springs and the nuclear city of Hiroshima are the goals. But first the boys have to start the car.

Øystein tastes sake in accordion form, before Okinawa, Japan's southernmost archipelago, offers war history and Bill Clinton's childhood home.

The last stretch offers starting difficulties and a fear of heights, while Rune becomes a star at Shikoku's big drum festival.

Team Bachstad starts the journey in Namibia's capital Windhoek, meets the president, raids a pharmacy and takes a morning bath with 250 seals.

"German" Swakopmund has Namibia's smallest museum and offers the strongest history of the trip. Øystein finds a 1,000-year-old, and maybe a rhinoceros?

No elephants, but Rune gets to pet the world's fastest animal. A lady with five wigs appears, and Øystein encounters something otherworldly.

Øystein and Rune get a guided tour with Haaland and the San people and dark driving in a thunderstorm before paddling with hippos and doing poorly in a safari quiz.

Team Bachstad checks out if diamonds are also their best friend. They face challenges in a swamp area and Hotel Livingstone's own giraffe.

With a flat battery and poor sense of place, Team Bachstad meets local enthusiasts who show that aid actually works, in one of the world's most troubled countries.

Everything goes smoothly – until African rhythms lead the guys to a scary man. Then they head to a kingdom built stone upon stone.

Rune and Øystein get up close to wild animals, and we get an introduction to the leadership that became Botswana's happiness.

Rune and Øystein travel into Soweto with Mandela's personal photographer, and drive an open car among the Big Five in Kruger National Park.

There will be dancing and colorful encounters in the countryside of the Kingdom of Eswatini, before the finish line and strong Indian history in South Africa's largest port city.

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