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Overview

  • 10 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Danish, English, Spanish, Swedish; learning Norwegian Bokmål
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Landscape architect
  • Too much, too long, but languages, graphical design and l...
  • From Gothenburg
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Getting there, and enjoying the way.

ABOUT ME

Easy going and curious guy who's into the unexpected.
Likes being on the move. I'm usually quite open and friendly, and of course I really like meeting new people (or I wouldn't be on this site). I like surprises (nice ones, at least), and always have had a strange fascination for the somewhat unusual. I try my best to be a good host, but don't expect me to be a tour guide, cause I honestly don't know that much about the city I live in that might be interesting to tourists. Maybe you can show me around instead?

PHILOSOPHY

I guess it's about caring. Caring about yourself, caring about others, and caring about the environment (to the fullest extent of the word environment). The world of today is too much of an economy first kind of place, with no consideration paid to anything but price.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By letting people stay with me in what is perhaps the nicest part of Malmö, by cooking good food, and by being an all around nice guy :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed, hosted, like it both! One of the best way to meet people, I think!

Interests

Architecture, design, motorcycling, climbing, travelling, MUSIC!, people, cooking, etc etc

  • architecture
  • design
  • environment
  • dining
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • rock climbing
  • languages
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

This list could probably be an entire book in itself, but lately I've been listening to a lot to Soundtrack of our Lives, and Kate Bush.

Two really good books I've recently read are "What am I doing here?" by Bruce Chatwin, and "The Wasted Vigil" by Nadeem Aslam. I also loved the short stories in "The Last Animal" by Abby Geni.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing is, actually, being in love. Apart from that, travelling in the US was really, really intense, in a good way. Beirut, Lebanon was also a fantastic experience, but with an unfortunate glimpse into the hellish violence that is sometimes mankind. Want to go back!

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a little bit about everything, due to my insatiable curiosity. I guess languages and landscape architecture are my strong points if I were to actually TEACH something specific.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Peru, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Spain, Sweden

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