Blog from Stampie

Travel guides, journal ideas, and stories from the places worth remembering.

GuidesTravel

Berlin to Copenhagen by car: a (not so touristic) weekend road trip

A weekend drive from Berlin to Copenhagen with an overnight stop in Odense, a windy bridge crossing, far too many pastries, and a street food crawl around Refshaleøen. Where we ate, where we slept, and what we would do again.

11 min read
GiftsGuides

21 gifts for travel lovers that are not another passport cover

A gift guide for the traveler who already owns the luggage. Personalized map posters, keepsakes from the trips they actually took, and last-minute digital gifts that arrive instantly.

7 min read
ChecklistsGuides

The travel bucket list: 50 places to add to your passport

50 destinations worth the time, the cost, and the jet lag. Ancient wonders, natural marvels, great cities, and wild corners of the world, grouped so you can actually pick from them. Build your bucket list and start checking it off.

11 min read
GuidesStamps & Collections

What to do with your old passport stamps: 7 creative ideas

Your expired passport is a tiny museum of where you've been. Here are seven ways to preserve, display, or transform old passport stamps into something you'll actually keep.

6 min read
GuidesStamps & Collections

Why didn't my passport get stamped? A country-by-country guide (2026)

More than a dozen countries have stopped stamping tourist passports by default, and 29 European countries just joined them. Here's who stopped, when, and what to do if you collect stamps.

13 min read
Guides

How to track countries you've visited: 6 methods + a free checklist

From a notebook to a scratch map to a digital passport, here are six ways to keep a record of every country you've visited, what each one is good at, and where it quietly falls apart. Plus a free checklist to tick off every country you've been to.

10 min read