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Overview

  • 18 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Danish, English, Portuguese; learning Arabic, French, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian (Farsi), Spanish, Swedish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • architect + urban planner + researcher
  • the royal danish academy of fine arts + universidade edua...
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

i'm an architect from copenhagen, denmark, but for the last couple of years, i've stayed quite some time in maputo, mozambique, where i've been involved with research, teaching, art, funiture design and construction of affordable housing. i stay in maxaquene a, when i'm in maputo, nørrebro when i'm in copenhagen. i like laughing, expanding my horizon and debating the state of the world. i enjoy substance and substances. i like reading about politics and philosophy. i like eating strange food. i'm a big fan of music and i love going to concerts.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i host people and surf couches. plus other stuff.

i have surfed couches in south africa, mozambique, argentina, egypt, israel, jordan and china, and hosted people in copenhagen, maputo and ramallah. so far I have only had extremely positve experiences!

Interests

art, architecture, music, movies, politics, comedy, philosophy, food, science, activism, social movements, libertarian socialism, power, freedom, equality, education, environment, history, etc.

  • arts
  • architecture
  • concerts
  • education
  • environment
  • dining
  • politics
  • movies
  • reading
  • music
  • teaching
  • history
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

music: 90's hiphop, 70's funk, soul, jazz. and alot of other stuff.

movies: modern times, duck soup, fight club, pulp fiction, the matrix, down by law, festen, idioterne, etc.

books: slavoj zizek - violence, rem koolhaas - delirious new york, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

staying 3 weeks in tibet was amazing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Mozambique, Palestine

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