Eva Zu Beck

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Eva zu Beck
Born (1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 (age 31)
EducationGerman and French languages
Alma mater University of Oxford [1]
Occupation
  • Travel blogger
  • vlogger
  • television host
YouTube information
Channels Eva Zu Beck
Years active2018-present
GenreTravel Vlogs
Subscribers1.50 million
(30 December 2021)
Total views103.46 million
(30 December 2021)

Updated: 04 Jul 2022
Website evazubeck.com

Eva zu Beck (born Ewa Zubek; 26 April 1991) is a Polish travel blogger and vlogger. [2] She hosted TRT World's show, A Place Called Pakistan, [3] and presented a Euronews YouTube miniseries called Rerouted: The Balkans. [4] She has travelled to 60 countries including Pakistan, where she lived for over a year, [5] [6] [7] Afghanistan, Yemen [8] [9] and Iraq. [10] [11] She went viral after a controversial dance video in 2018 that was believed to have "disgraced the national flag". [12] [13] [14] [15] She is currently on a road trip of the Americas, living in a converted Land Rover Defender [16] named Odyssey, which she transported from Germany to Mexico on a cargo ship.

In 2022, she joined the BBC News' programme The Travel Show as a presenter, reporting on the clean-up of the Mexican wetlands from the canals of Xochimilco. [17]

Personal life

Eva Zu Beck was born on 26 April 1991 in Poland. In early childhood, she moved to England. [18] She studied German and French languages at University of Oxford.

According to her Instagram account, Zu Beck fell in love with a man in Pakistan and remained there for a year. During that time, she also came to love Pakistan and returned for a short trip in 2022.[ citation needed ]

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