hiii everyone!
after finishing my gap year, i just started university in utrecht where i’m studying language and culture studies. the courses i follow are religion, creative cities, and the chinese language. i'm half dutch and half thai and we go on vacation to thailand every summer to visit my family. it's my biggest dream to visit every country in the world :)

my hobbies are cooking, postcrossing, scrapbooking, reading books, baking, listening to music, sending postcards, going to concerts, thrifting, being in nature, traveling and meeting new people!!
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the ultimate local guide to the beautiful city of utrecht !!!!!
made by nisha

my favvv food spots
- little world kitchen: freshly cooked food made with love, best place for brunch and such a lovely vibe
- za’atar: taste everything with the mezze!
- gys: organic food and nice place to study
- life’s a peach: the best pastel de nata!
- kluts: bakery with amazing cakes and a view on the dom church
- copper branch
- krishna villas: authentic indian food for decent price
- takumi tonkatsu: ramen spot immersing you right to japan
- loaf: the best pistachio cruffin!
- van planten

take away
- sla: in the mall, delicious bowls and 20% student discount
- have a roll: amazing cinnamon rolls
- stach: try their oatly soft serve!
- roberto gelato: the best ice cream place in the city

fun cheap and alternative
- acu: on saturday and sunday you can get a vegan meal based on donation, which is different every week and cooked by volunteers
- cafe averechts: also cooked by volunteers, on sunday evenings you can get a 3 course menu for 15€, which all is donated to charity and has a different unique cuisine every week
- cafca: hippie alternative spot for coffee, also a vintage store and sometimes cultural events

weekly activities
- student meditation weekly on thursdays: led by other student volunteers, this is open for everyone no matter your experience 5:15pm in marinus ruppert building
- free meditation at de werfeling; a crystal store in the city centre hosting weekly om meditation on saturdays 3-3:30pm

tips
- stadsschouwburg offers cheap last minute tickets for students when you buy them 24 hours before the show
- toogoodtogo (app)
- local market at vredenburg on wednesday/friday/sundays
- vegan student association: for only 15€ a year you can become a member and have discount at over 20 places for delicious food, they also organise lots of fun and lowkey activities and they’re very welcoming!

my fav places
- local cinema (louis hartlooper, slachtstraat, springhaver)
- the butterfly and tropical area in the botanical gardens
- spoorwegmuseum: really fun museum and even has a rollercoaster inside!
- duke of tokyo: take your friends here for a karaoke night
- walk along the catharijne singel between the pretty plants
- swim in voorveldse polder
- going for a walk in amelisweerd
- concert in tivoli

stores
- blackfish
- it all starts with a postcard
second hand store
- for cheap clothing or any other thrifting gems you can search on google maps “kringloop”. my faves are:
- rataplan (busstop nieuwegein, de liesbosch)
- de arm hoograven (this one is sooo big! but also has a branch at oudegracht)
- de waarde (10 min walking distance from central station)
- foundation books 4 life utrecht

cultural events in other cities worth travelling for
- nijntje/miffy meet & greet in keukenhof, yearly in april
- carnaval parade in maastricht (feb)
- glow festival eindhoven (feb)
- diwali festival in amstelveen (nov)

seasonal events
- sinterklaas intocht (nov)
- ice skating inside the spoorweg museum
- pride in june with the boat parade in the canals
- gluren bij de buren: super fun and free festival where performances take place in people’s homes/garden, yearly in feb

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i've always been a huge traveller, i love exploring new countries and meeting new people! i'm so excited to create new big memories!

Interests

• animals
• books
• photography
• concerts
• cooking
• picnic
• baking
• vegan
• thrifting
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• hitchhiking
• art
• nature
• spirituality
• film
• queer
• museums
• postcrossing
• broadway
• penpals
• disney
• lgbtq

Music, Movies, and Books

music: taylor swift, noah kahan, gracie abrams, wild rivers, the 1975, lizzy mcalpine, lorde, conan gray, olivia rodrigo, ben platt, kacey musgraves, indie, disney, broadway

movies: it, ferris bueller's day off, tangled, before sunrise, 10 things i hate about you, jojo rabbit, captain fantastic, challengers, when marnie was there, moonrise kingdom

books: the secret history, aristotle & dante discover the secrets of the universe, heartstopper

musicals: wicked, hamilton, dear evan hansen, aladdin, back to the future, matilda, the prom

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

taking a gap year
paragliding
hiking acatenango volcano
dyeing my hair pink and later shaving it all
going on my first solotrip to paris when i was 17
being vegan
visiting my family in thailand every summer
eating sushi in tokyo
spent my whole london trip without a phone
visiting an elephant sanctuary in chiang mai
eating durian
being front row at a festival with more than 60.000 people
snorkeling and looking at coral
meeting finn wolfhard
made many internet friends and meeting them
jet skiing and kneeboarding
traveling and sleeping on a night train
playing on car tire swings with the local kids in myanmar
riding the tractor with my grandpa on his farm
watched a thai kickbox competition
swimming in the river of le pont d'arc
hitchhiking in iceland
experiencing the eras tour 3 days in a row

What I Can Share with Hosts

vegan cooking, nice conversations, a great time, funny stories, a new friend! and hosting in return for when you visit the netherlands!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands