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Anna Karsten (born August 30, 1988, in Warsaw) is a travel blogger, traveler, and social media personality. She and her writing and photography have been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, CNN, National Geographic and Travel Channel.[1][2][3][4]
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| Born | Anna Lysakowska (1988-08-30)30 August 1988 Warsaw, Poland |
| Alma mater | Leiden University, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Travel blogger |
| Website | www |
Karsten was born as Anna Lysakowska and raised in Warsaw, Poland. She began her career in media as a child TV presenter. When she was 7 she co-hosted a few episodes of popular kids programs on TVP2 and Polsat.
In 2009 she graduated with distinction and received a Bachelor of Arts from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. After college, Karsten left to London where she studied at University College London and worked in order to begin her travel and media career.
During her postgraduate studies at Leiden University in 2014, she published her research on the politics of abortion in Mexico (978-3659527661).[4]
Since 2007 Karsten has traveled to over 100 countries and lived on 4 continents. In 2013 she launched her travel blog Anna Everywhere in order to document her journeys around the world. She is also known for self-photography on Instagram.
Anna Karsten has appeared on television and radio in various countries (also as Anna Lysakowska), including TVN24,[5] Azteca, Polskie Radio Program IV and starred in a commercial.
As a speaker, Anna has appeared at Travel Industry Exchange,[6] Traverse and Travelcon.[7]
She has been featured, quoted or written about in dozens of publications including New York Times,[1] The Huffington Post,[8] The Telegraph,[9] Forbes,[10] Matador Network,[11] News.com.au,[12] EasyJet In-flight Magazine, Brussels Airlines In-flight Magazine, Grazia Magazine, Orbitz,[13] TripAdvisor,[14] Gazeta Wyborcza[15] and BuzzFeed.
Anna has also been named the most popular travel blogger from Poland on Instagram by the National Geographic Traveler.[16]
In 2015, he met her now husband Matthew Karsten at a travel blogging conference in Florida. They got married in Las Vegas in 2017.
- Sablich, Justin (18 October 2016). "5 ways social media can help you travel". New York Times.
- Smith, Andrea (10 February 2017). "Polish blogger Anna Everywhere". Lonely Planet.
- "Top 40 polskich wpisów podróżniczych 2015 roku". National Geographic. 13 April 2016.[permanent dead link]
- "Amazon Page". Amazon.com.
- "Pokaż nam świat – Interview with Anna Lysakowska". "TVN24 Biznes i Świat". 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- "Leading Speakers Announced for Travel Industry Exchange in Orlando | Travel Industry Exchange". www.travelindustryexchange.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- "TravelCon 2018 Schedule". TravelCon. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- Ramos, Alyssa (5 April 2016). "These Travel SnapChat Accounts Literally Put the World in Your Hands". "Huffington Post".
- Lysakowska, Anna (17 April 2016). "The Photo Anna Wants Your To See". The Daily Telegraph.
- Bishop, Jordan (28 January 2017). "Best Female Travel Photographers". Forbes.
- Newenham, Janet (4 April 2016). "25 Travel Bloggers Killing It on Instagram". Matador Network.[permanent dead link]
- Lysakowska, Anna (27 August 2015). "Woman with chronic diseases on how she copes while travelling". news.com.au.
- "Tips For Stepping Up Your Instagram Game". "Orbitz". 26 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
- "15 Instagrammers We Urge You To Follow". "TripAdvisor". 11 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
- "Najpopularniejsi Polscy Blogerzy Turystyczni". "Gazeta Wyborcza". 17 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- "Najpopularniejsi polscy blogerzy podróżniczy na Instagramie". National Geographic. 9 October 2016.[permanent dead link]