Hosting people feels like being on a journey with meeting new people in our surrounding although we're staying at home ;) We´d like to share our space with people that travel around so they can share their space with us when we're travelling :) We think that you have the big possibility on couchsurfing of getting a city known the best - by locals who actually live in it and to make friends for a lifetime. 📝 📢 📝 As we recently receive a lot of disillusioning requests feel free to use this request template (in case you re new to couchsurfing and need a kickstart 😊) Dear Carina and Hannes, I hope you're doing well! I’m planning a visit to Stockholm on [Dates] and would love the opportunity to stay with you if you have availability. Reason for Visit: [Briefly explain why you’re visiting the city – sightseeing, event, work, etc.] My Plans in the City: [Share a few places or activities you’re excited about during your stay.] How I Can Contribute: [I can cook my favorite dish…, sharing stories, etc.] I’m really looking forward to experiencing Stockholm from a local perspective and would be grateful for your hospitality. Please let me know if you need any further information.Looking forward to hearing from you! Best regards, [Your Name] 📝 📢 📝

Riding a motorbike from South to North Vietnam! COUCHSURFING DIARY - attending an Indonesian wedding after our host invited us to come - INDONESIA - hosting people in our place that fell in love with our city so one decided to actually move there and still lives there - GERMANY / USA - finding the worlds best tacos - MEXICO - singing Hava Nagila with lots of Jewish people in the capital of MEXICO - - joining a city feast with some man putting a wheelbarrow with an imense load of starting firework on his back, running around with it - GUATEMALA - seeing hundreds of glowworms in the night after a laid back evening on a mountain hill - COSTA RICA - introducing surfers to German 'Weißwurstfrühstück' 'Bierzeltfest' and 'Flunkyball' - GERMANY - carrying home my wasted host after a night of partying - USA - sleeping in a tent within a dog hotel with tons of wildrunning dogs - ITALY - having a Catalan family discussion about independence while squeezing old tomatos on bread - SPAIN - sleeping in a private tiny wooden hut beneath a Vulcano - PHILIPPINES - diving with our host as an instructor - PHILIPPINES - running through a monsoon in the streets of Manila - PHILIPPINES - doing advertisment for hosts company - PHILIPPINES - working in finnish Lapland as a snowmobile instructor & husky musher cause former surfer said whenever we got time, he would sign us up for it - GERMANY / FINLAND - finding an underground flipper bar in a random street - DENMARK - getting a traditional Indian masala cooking class with my brother - INDIA - brushing my whole body with salt in a Japanese onsen sauna while watching Sumo - JAPAN - meeting awesome people on Couchsurfing - AROUND THE WORLD