CURRENT MISSION

Traveling around the world and meeting great people on the way.

ABOUT ME

I am always into meeting new people, sometimes into trying new stuff, a lot into jokes yet serious when needed. I've got a lot of different interests from computers to photography to dancing to flying a paraglider. That connects me to many different people and I just love helping people from these different communities meet each other once in a while.

PHILOSOPHY

A human being should do what he or she wants to do. If that's somehow impossible.. think about working on your wishes.
Religion is OK, but no religion frees you from the need to think with your own head and you can also be a good person without any religion whatsoever.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Always up for a coffee or beer in Helsinki, can show local salsa dancing scene. My own couch is always open for friends, I host couchsurfers from couchsurfing.org too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Traveled around Croatia and Slovenia meeting locals for coffee, seeing the city and exploring the parties. Then hosted several guys and girls at my place in Helsinki. It worked very well so far, I guess staying at somebody's couch is the next step for me.

Interests

Latin dancing (salsa, bachata, kizomba), flying a paraglider and [sort of] photography take most of my free time. I can do that any time and love discussing these topics. You can see some of my better photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/artemfinland/sets/72157623314622890/ and some

On top of that I am a lot into all sorts of mobile technology (phones, applications, mobile websites) and startups - that's what I do for living and fun.

• photography
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• bachata
• beer
• coffee
• partying
• flying
• technology
• traveling
• knitting
• surfing
• paragliding
• religion
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Lot's of my favorite music can be found on spotify - http://open.spotify.com/user/artemfinland/starred
Mostly latin dancing tunes + whatever they play on the club music radio + some Russian songs from teenager times.

The best movie for me is something with a twist that makes you think and unwrap the plot in your head. It can be with zero special effects (Island with Di Caprio) or with lots of them (Inception with the same Di Caprio).

Some mindless movies for relaxation (007, even Spiderman) and *a little* of artistic ones (Viki, Christina, Barcelona) are also fine.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Flew from over 1KM mountain in Sweden. That was quite an achievement for my level.
Tried surfing at Waikiki beach.
Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain is probably the most beautiful and impressive palace I've ever seen. Beats even Beijing's Forbidden city by impressiveness.

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach Salsa, bachata, kizomba dancing.
Can share stories about flying a paraglider and lots of other stories from life.
Would love to learn anything you are passionate about. And I actually mean that even if you are into something as far from me as, say, knitting. It is always exciting to hear someone sharing about their passion.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Ukraine, United States