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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2017
  • Allround freelancer in Fashion and entertainment industry
  • Fashion Design
  • From Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
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About Me

Adventurous / Allergic to sun / Animal Lover / Art / Calm / Crisps > Chocolate > Candy / Churches / Cocktails / Curious / Design and fashion / Dreams / Ecological Mindset / Food all over the world / History lover / Medieval History / MUSICLOVER / Spirit of the Night / Vikings

JOB : All round freelancer in Fashion and entertainment buissness.
Kind off makes me all over the place with an unpredictable schedule. So I won't be certain if I can host all the time.

DREAM of having my own fashion brand one day. One that picks up on global issues and supports a non-profit cause. Altruism is a thing more people should posses.

trivia:
-I posses great skills in fashion design.
I can make high-end finished garments from paper sketches.

-[Rembihnutur]- by Sigur Ros + [wet sand]- by the Red Hot Chile Peppers are my favorite songs.

-I walk dogs from the shelter.

-Sea Lions are my favorite animals, I even got a tattoo on my chest of one by Otto D'ambra. (crazy amazing tattoo artist)

-Youtube taught me you can clean your iron with painkillers

-I hold the world record for cutting my fingers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm a young adventurous guy who likes to see the world.
I strongly believe you get to see more of the world when you dare to "travel"
aka not sleeping at a pool in a hotel.
I love to come in contact with local people and get to meet them. I like culture and I like to explore it as much as possible!

Interests

  • arts
  • fashion
  • south america
  • asia
  • iceland
  • reykjavik

Music, Movies, and Books

Music

Alabama Shakes / Anohni / Boy and Bear / Blockhead / Explosions in the Sky / Fleet Foxes / Foals / Foo Fighters / Gorillaz / Green Day / Jazz (in general) / Jonsi / Lana Del Rey / Keaton Henson / MGMT / MO / Mumford and Sons / The National / Nina Simone / Pink Floyd / Red Hot Chili Peppers / RY X / Sigur Ros / Velvet Underground / Woodkid

Movies
1984 / 9 / Amelie Poulain / Amour / Antichrist / Battle Royale / Brokeback Mountain / A Clockwork Orange / Children of Men / Cloud Atlas / Deadpool / The Divide / Dogville / Dogtooth / The Grand Budapest Hotel / Edward Scissorhands / Equilibrium / Freier Fall / Forrest Gump / Ghost in the shell / The Help / Harry Potter (duh!) / Hasta la vista / Holy Motors / The Holy Mountain / Kill Bill / La cinquième saison / Le fils Le huitième jour / Logan's Run / The Machinist / Mary and Max / Melancholia / Metropolis (1927) / Metropolis (anime) / Memoires of a Geisha / Monsters Inc. / Mixed Kebab / Nightmare before Christmas / Pan's Labyrinth / paprika / Pauline & Paulette / Perfume / Precious / Princess Mononoke / Requim for a dream / The Matrix trilogy / THX-1138 / Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma / Spirited Away / Whiplash

Series
ANIMÉ addict / American Dad! / Archer / Avatar / Black Mirror / Carnivale / Death Note / Dexter / Family Guy / Game of Thrones / House of Cards / Mr. Robot / One Piece/ Psycho Pass / Shinsekai Yori / South Park / Vikings

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bring joy to those I love dear.

Teach, Learn, Share

Fashion design
Pattern Design
Cooking (even Sushi)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Knowledge

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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