Hey I'm Philipp from Vienna, Austria. I'm a student, I work at University and I volunteer for the students organisation of my university.
I'm very curious in new cultures and new languages as well as what people define for themselves as quality of life.I Love to analyse new surroundings through my urbanist and city planning lense and as well the social charateristics.

I'm vegetarian and love to debate about this way of life. Whats is sustainable for you? I try to life as sustainable as possible even if its hard to change some habits.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Simply because I want to experience the places I travel to in an "original" way. Local knowledge is the best to see the real "things" of a destiation. I want to get in touch and get to know people living in - for me - foreign areas and experience the life like they do.
I'm as well obsessed in sharing experiences and getting to know new environments ans how people live in other cities and countries =)

Interests

The city of tommorrow - i know I'm influenced through my studies of urban planning, but thats a thing I'm thinking all day long

Countries of the so called "global south" - challenges for the future and how we could implement a plattform to exchange experieces

language: i like to learn new languages and how words and expressions shape our thinking

• arts
• culture
• dining
• nightlife
• reading
• traveling
• music
• skiing
• sports
• soccer
• volleyball
• travelling
• organising

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I like a wide range of music, but last time I like to dance to Techno very much. But in general nearly everything which is fun

three of my favourite book:
Economy of the common good - Christian Felber
Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit - Yual Noah Harari
political framing - wehling (mind-opening!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In Mexico, I've visited the cascadas de agua azul. Together with my friend we didn't think about the heavy rainfalls and suddenly it started raining very heavily. We could not move becuase everything was wet and we in the middle of nowhere.
Fortunately we met suiss travellers and we managed to drive in the back of a pickup to the next town to dry =)

Every second in Mumbai was pretty amazing - everything was so different.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Urban Planning, german, Excel (I know it is a weird mix), how to dance Walzer
Share: My thoughts about the world of tomorrow

What I Can Share with Hosts

Austrian sweets called "manner schnitten", hours of talking with a glass of beer, thoughts about the world and cities of tomorrow

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Belize, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Belgium