⚠️ I live in Eerbeek: a small town between Arnhem and Apeldoorn.

No need to send me personalized requests. Copy/pasting is just fine!

If I accept to host you, I kindly ask you to check out the folder 'Couch Photos' for some general info. 😊

🔝 NO to dating (I have a girlfriend 🤗).
🔝 YES to hanging out. 🥳

My job is singing, mainly backing vocals for Dutch artists. Back home I sing in English, Dutch and German. I sing both live and studio and am also a vocal arranger. 🎤

My girlfriend Noor is a sound engineer, so you could say that we work really well together. 😂🎚️

Noor and I are christians. ⛪

People who know me, know my big love for food. I wanna try everything and if anything makes me happy it's eating all day long! 🍔
I like to just chat with a drink, or go outside for a walk through nature. 🏞

I'm Dutch, so I'm gonna dip my tea bag in hot water twice and call it tea. Then reuse the same tea bag 10 times. 🐸😋

In my free time I like to watch birds with my binoculars 🤓 or be creative. I like to draw, paint, model (clay).

I looooove to travel and discover new places. 🌇 Roadtrips, hitchhiking, backpacking, as long as I'm exploring the world! Happy to go anywhere. 🌍

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's the best and most fun way to get to know other cultures and travelers! I prefer to discover/show the non-tourist part of a/my country. Some of my favorite experiences are made with couchsurfers. Things happen that otherwise would never. 🤗

Also I love to meet new people and share our stories and views on things. I think people are the best inventions and we can always learn from one another.

Interests

• birds
• acting
• modeling
• drawing
• music
• dance

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

To me the best things I've done are when I could travel freely. By myself or with friends. Hitchhiking, not having real plans or schedules, just exploring, meeting new people, new places, new cultures. Discovering we can learn so much from anyone.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm Dutch and love food, so here comes a list of Dutch food you should try.

Deep fried:
- bitterballen
- frietje oorlog
- kroketten
- frikandellen (try frikandel speciaal)
- kapsalon
- oliebollen (only for NYE)
TIP at the snackbar: fries typically come with a 'snack' of choice, such as frikandel, kroket, kaassoufflé and at least one type of sauce (typically mayonaise) but mostly more.

Sweet snacks (have them with tea/coffee):
- stroopwafels (put it on top of the hot mug so the syrup melts)
- speculaas (dip it in your drink)
- roze koeken
- tompouce
- soesjes
- vlaai (from Limburg! - many types)
- pepernoten (for Sinterklaas - only available September until December)
- beschuit met muisjes (when a baby is born)

Fish snacks:
- raw haring with onions
- kibbeling

Breakfast/Lunch:
- boterham with butter and Goudse kaas (buy it on the market in Gouda)
- boterham with butter and hagelslag/vlokken
- ontbijtkoek with butter

Dinner:
- stamppot (winter dish that comes in three versions:
1 boerenkool (with rookworst)
2 hutspot
3 andijvie (with spekjes)
- erwtensoep (snert) (winter soup)
- pannenkoeken

Dessert:
- poffertjes
- vanillevla
- chocoladevla

I assure you, you'll love it! And if you dare, try zoute drop!

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Towns to definitely visit:
- Amersfoort
- Nijmegen
- Leeuwarden
- Den Bosch ('s Hertogenbosch)
- Breda
- Haarlem
- Utrecht

Nature to visit:
- National Park De Veluwezoom

Things to do:
- Canoe the canals of Utrecht

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Some info about the Netherlands:

- Test Alarm: first Monday or the month at 12:00 (noon)
- Website for parking + costs: www.prettigparkeren.nl
- Gas prices: www.brandstof-zoeker.nl
- Tap water = drinking water

- Supermarkets that have anything: Albert Heijn, Jumbo (Jumbo: if the expiry date is today, you get the product for free. If it's expired, you get a new product for free. Just tell the cashier when you check out.)
- Supermarkets that are cheapest in general: Dirk van den Broek, Lidl, Boni (I have personally compared them)

- Budget store to buy decent stuff: Action, Op = Op Voordeelshop
- Budget stores where things are (almost) expired: Medikamente Die Grenze, Datumvoordeelshop

- Instant picture printing service: Hema, Kruidvat

What I Can Share with Hosts

A clean, polite and hopefully fun guest! Also - I write the longest references that I usually have to shorten because they don't fit haha!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands