Hi, I’m Saku :) that’s Finnish for something biblical, Japanese for ”to bloom” 🌸

I’m originally from Finland, but been living in the Hague since 2023. I’m happy to host every now and then so feel free to send me a request :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have traveled alot and my amazing experiences are largely thanks to the amazing people I’ve met along the way. I hope to give back to the community by hosting people at my place when I can.

Interests

languages/linguistics, traveling, hitchhiking, meditation, running, yoga, bouldering, veganism, food, religion…

I’m a very curious person with a lot of interests, I love to learn new things so I’m happy to hear about your interests, whatever they might be!

Music, Movies, and Books

mostly rap: earl sweatshirt, mavi, billy woods etc

my favorite book is probably siddhartha by hermann hesse although i mostly read nonfiction

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

10-day Vipassana meditation retreat, the iron ore train in Mauritania, hitchhiking Turkey-Iran-Pakistan-India, serving in the Finnish military, walking 100km in one day, running a marathon, seeing the northern lights, working at an English-speaking kids’ summer camp in Ukraine, climbing the base camps of Rakaposhi and Nanga Parbat, experiencing the life as a shepherd in Pakistan, Via Degli Dei, and so many more!

Teach, Learn, Share

languages! I can speak a few and I’d always be down to teach basics of any of them or just practice speaking. Would love to learn basically any language you can teach me!

What I Can Share with Hosts

A smile

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Estonia, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City State, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Morocco, Netherlands, Ukraine