Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was in Reykjavik in February and had a few beers with someone I met through CouchSurfing. We also went to a gig to check out some local bands. Good conversation and a very nice evening! I was going to meet an other person I had met through CS as well, but unfortunately I got sick, so it didn't work out...

Interests

When it's not work work work...: Discovering new (and old) music and making strange compilations; occasional DJ gigs; travelling when possible; watching movies & BBC's crime drama series; sometimes reading, sometimes writing; going to gigs and hanging around in bars; learning to lead a simple life at my "countryhouse" in an old dairy; work-related art-stuff... and of course my all-time favorite activity: sleeping!

• arts
• writing
• beer
• working out
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Love movies... just to mention some: Paris-Texas by Wim Wenders; Ladybird, Ladybird by Ken Loach; Dead Ringers by David Cronenberg; The Straight Story & Mulholland Drive by David Lynch; Idioterne by Lars Von Trier; La Double vie de Véronique by Kieslowski; Manhattan & other Woody Allen-movies from 70's and 80's; Happy Together by Wong Kar-Wai; Secrets & Lies by Mike Leigh; Rumble Fish by Francis Ford Coppola; The Pillow Book by Peter Greenaway; Fucking Åmål & Lilja 4-ever by Lukas Moodysson; 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick; Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau; Playtime by Tatí; One Flew Over a Cuckoo's Nest by Milos Forman; Heat by Michael Mann; Babel by Alejandro Gonzáles Inárritu; The Royal Tenenbaums by Wes Anderson; Amelié by Jean-Pierre Jeunet; The Wizard of Oz by Victor Fleming; Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind by Michel Gondry

I also love pop music and jazz. Some favourites: The National, Interpol, Kate Bush, Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths, The Cure, Stina Nordenstam, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, CSS, The Knife, The Concretes, Kent, Rickie Lee Jones, Nick Drake, The Killers, Miles Davis, Anouar Brahem, Susheela Raman, Manu Chao etc. And lots of Finnish stuff!

And books, love them too. Tove Jansson: Sent i November, F. Scott Fitzgerald: Tender is The Night, Donna Tartt: The Secret History, André Brink: A Dry White Season, J.M. Coetzee: Disgrace, etc.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you are interested in Finnish music (pop/electro), I can give you some great tips. The same goes with movies. And with life, maybe.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Finland