Happened to be born and raised in the Netherlands. Always eager to hang out with couchsurfers, to have a good time together, and to broaden each other’s perspectives.

I travel around whenever there's the possibility, because I believe staying in one place in a big world like this is utter nonsense.

Currently finishing a MA War Studies in Dublin, driven by the perhaps naive hope that together with others I might help bring an end to war.

Sometimes back in Amsterdam.

There’s an old podcast episode about me. Look up “Hidde Zwirs - The Student Backpacker” on Spotify if you’re interested!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I liked the idea of free communal living before the platform became a for-profit

Interests

• writing
• literature
• photography
• documentaries
• human rights
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• skiing
• anthropology
• history
• international relations
• journalism
• philosophy
• religion
• sociology
• hitchhiking
• nature
• techno
• peacebuilding

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveled solo across continents since age 17

Teach, Learn, Share

The further one travels, the less one knows

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ireland, Netherlands