{"id":1796,"date":"2025-04-11T07:21:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2025-04-11T07:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T07:24:00","slug":"solo-reizen-naar-oekraine-tijdens-de-oorlog-waargebeurde-verhalen-van-dappere-backpackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/nl\/2025\/04\/11\/solo-travel-to-ukraine-during-war-real-stories-from-brave-backpackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Solo reizen naar Oekra\u00efne tijdens de oorlog: waargebeurde verhalen van dappere backpackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1796\" class=\"elementor elementor-1796\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true}}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61e2688 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61e2688\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2e1d25\" data-id=\"b2e1d25\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0efca81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0efca81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\" data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"730\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"488\">Waarom zou iemand in zijn eentje naar een door oorlog verscheurd land reizen?<\/strong><\/span><br data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"491\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sinds 2022 zijn honderden soloreizigers \u2013 uit Berlijn, Toronto, Tokio en andere steden \u2013 in stilte de grens met Oekra\u00efne overgestoken. Niet als journalisten. Niet als hulpverleners. Maar als nieuwsgierige, zelfstandige ontdekkingsreizigers. Backpackers van een ander soort.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"816\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We spraken met vijf van hen om te begrijpen wat hen hierheen bracht en wat ze aantroffen.<\/span><\/p><hr class=\"\" data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"821\" \/><h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"899\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ud83c\udf92 <strong data-start=\"830\" data-end=\"899\">Lucas (27, Duitsland): \u201cIk wilde de waarheid met eigen ogen zien.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p class=\"\" data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"1081\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lucas arriveerde in maart 2023 per trein vanuit Przemy\u015bl in Kiev.<\/span><br data-start=\"960\" data-end=\"963\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c&quot;Ik was het zat om steeds maar gefilterde krantenkoppen te lezen. Ik wilde zien hoe oorlog eruitziet en hoe mensen dan nog leven,&quot; zegt hij.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1311\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hij bezocht de Herdenkingsmuur bij het Mykhailivska-plein, maakte een rondreis door Irpin en bracht een nacht door in een hostel waar een avondklok gold. &quot;Het was geen doorsnee reis, maar ik heb me nog nooit zo verbonden gevoeld met een plek. De Oekra\u00efners waren ongelooflijk open.&quot;\u201c<\/span><\/p><hr class=\"\" data-start=\"1313\" data-end=\"1316\" \/><h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1318\" data-end=\"1395\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ud83c\udfa7 <strong data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1395\">Anika (31, Canada): \u201cIk kwam voor de muziek, maar bleef voor de mensen.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p class=\"\" data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1547\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anika, een geluidskunstenaar, kwam naar Oekra\u00efne op zoek naar veldopnames.<\/span><br data-start=\"1465\" data-end=\"1468\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ze bezocht Charkiv en Zaporizja en legde straatgeluiden, sirenes en stilte vast.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"1549\" data-end=\"1680\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c&quot;Op een avond zat ik in een schuilplaats te luisteren naar een man die bandura speelde. Het was ontroerend. Dat moment alleen al was de reis waard.&quot;\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"1682\" data-end=\"1757\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Later schonk ze een deel van de opbrengst van haar project aan lokale herstelprojecten.<\/span><\/p><hr class=\"\" data-start=\"1759\" data-end=\"1762\" \/><h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1764\" data-end=\"1815\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ud83d\udcf7 <strong data-start=\"1771\" data-end=\"1815\">Kenji (36, Japan): \u201cIk documenteer overleving\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p class=\"\" data-start=\"1817\" data-end=\"2026\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kenji is een straatfotograaf die in 2024 met een rugzak door Oekra\u00efne heeft gereisd.<\/span><br data-start=\"1887\" data-end=\"1890\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c&quot;Ik schiet geen soldaten neer. Ik schiet bakkers neer die zonder stroom werken. Kinderen die zonnebloemen tekenen op ru\u00efnes. Dit zijn portretten van stille heldenmoed.&quot;\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2028\" data-end=\"2124\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hij reisde in zijn eentje van Lviv naar Dnipro en publiceerde zijn werk in een online zine met de titel... <em data-start=\"2111\" data-end=\"2123\">Weerstand<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd86dc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd86dc1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c2c459\" data-id=\"8c2c459\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a50f1e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a50f1e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/odessa-war-culture.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1768\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/odessa-war-culture.webp 770w, https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/odessa-war-culture-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/odessa-war-culture-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/odessa-war-culture-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/odessa-war-culture-650x433.webp 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffc8f96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffc8f96\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d68824d\" data-id=\"d68824d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba56add elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba56add\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"2131\" data-end=\"2160\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ud83d\udcac <strong data-start=\"2138\" data-end=\"2160\">Waarom doen ze dat?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2162\" data-end=\"2309\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Voor sommigen is het een persoonlijke band \u2014 familiegeschiedenis, culturele nieuwsgierigheid of zelfs schuldgevoel. Voor anderen is het een daad van solidariteit of het afleggen van een getuigenis.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2311\" data-end=\"2429\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">En velen zijn het erover eens: alleen reizen zorgde voor directere gesprekken, minder afleiding en diepere emotionele ervaringen.<\/span><\/p><hr class=\"\" data-start=\"2431\" data-end=\"2434\" \/><h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"2436\" data-end=\"2481\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u26a0\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"2443\" data-end=\"2481\">Is het veilig om te backpacken in Oekra\u00efne?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2483\" data-end=\"2549\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong data-start=\"2483\" data-end=\"2502\">Niet overal.<\/strong><\/span><br data-start=\"2502\" data-end=\"2505\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deze reizigers volgden basisprincipes:<\/span><\/p><ul data-start=\"2550\" data-end=\"2796\"><li class=\"\" data-start=\"2550\" data-end=\"2620\"><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2552\" data-end=\"2620\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Verblijf in centrale\/westelijke gebieden of bij vertrouwde gidsen in het oosten.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"\" data-start=\"2621\" data-end=\"2656\"><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2623\" data-end=\"2656\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Geregistreerd bij hun ambassades<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"\" data-start=\"2657\" data-end=\"2694\"><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2659\" data-end=\"2694\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Houd je aan de lokale regels en avondklok.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"\" data-start=\"2695\" data-end=\"2743\"><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2697\" data-end=\"2743\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beperkte zones en frontlinies werden vermeden.<\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"\" data-start=\"2744\" data-end=\"2796\"><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2746\" data-end=\"2796\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reisde flexibel (en met reserve-powerbanks).<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2798\" data-end=\"2892\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Oekra\u00efne is niet voor sensatiezoekers, maar voor mensen die bereid zijn te luisteren, te voelen en na te denken.<\/span><\/p><hr class=\"\" data-start=\"2894\" data-end=\"2897\" \/><h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"2899\" data-end=\"2932\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ud83c\udf0d <strong data-start=\"2906\" data-end=\"2932\">Het nieuwe gezicht van reizen<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2934\" data-end=\"3145\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dit is geen &#039;duister toerisme&#039;. Het is doelgericht, vaak emotioneel geladen reizen, geworteld in menselijke verbondenheid. Deze backpackers keren veranderd terug.<\/span><br data-start=\"3077\" data-end=\"3080\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">En velen zeggen dat ze terug zullen komen \u2013 niet voor foto&#039;s, maar voor vrienden.<\/span><\/p><hr class=\"\" data-start=\"3147\" data-end=\"3150\" \/><h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"3152\" data-end=\"3199\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ud83d\udccc <strong data-start=\"3159\" data-end=\"3197\">Wil je in hun voetsporen treden?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3><p class=\"\" data-start=\"3200\" data-end=\"3339\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wij kunnen je helpen bij het vinden van veilige routes voor soloreizen, lokale gastheren en gidsen die zowel de risico&#039;s als de reden van je reis begrijpen.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2561d62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2561d62\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5908424\" data-id=\"5908424\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfb2d32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dfb2d32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/military-tourism.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1526\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/military-tourism.jpg 639w, https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/military-tourism-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wartours.in.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/military-tourism-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why would anyone travel alone to a war-torn country?Since 2022, hundreds of solo travelers \u2014 from Berlin, Toronto, Tokyo and beyond \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[829,814,835,831,836,825,820,832,834,823,841,822,828,830,818,837,482,819,826,816,732,817,827,833,824,838,840,815,821,839],"class_list":["post-1796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visitukraine","tag-backpacker-safety-ukraine","tag-backpacking-ukraine-war","tag-cultural-connection-ukraine","tag-ethical-war-tourism","tag-europe-war-zone-travel","tag-field-recording-ukraine","tag-foreign-tourists-ukraine","tag-humanitarian-tourism-ukraine","tag-irpin-travel","tag-kyiv-during-war","tag-meaningful-tourism","tag-meet-ukrainians","tag-resilience-ukraine","tag-solo-adventure-war","tag-solo-female-traveler-ukraine","tag-solo-travel-motivation","tag-solo-travel-ukraine","tag-solo-trip-to-warzone","tag-travel-photography-war","tag-travel-to-kyiv-solo","tag-travel-with-purpose","tag-ukraine-2025-safety","tag-ukraine-photography-trip","tag-ukraine-street-life","tag-ukraine-tourism-real-stories","tag-ukraine-train-travel","tag-underground-travel-ukraine","tag-war-tourism-stories","tag-war-travel-experience","tag-wartime-hostel-experience"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Solo Travel to Ukraine During War: Real Stories from Brave Backpackers - WarTours Ukraine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet solo travelers who visited Ukraine during the war. 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