Dane back home after 'visiting every nation in the world'

Pedersen visited 203 countries in total, travelling by train, bus, boat and even on foot after he set off on Oct 10, 2013. Photos: James Brooks/AFP

A Danish man, who claimed to be the first to visit every country in the world in a single trip without flying, landed home on July 26 after 10 years away.

Torbjorn Pedersen stepped off a Maersk container ship in the Danish port city of Aarhus after visiting his 203rd and final country – the Maldives – in late May.