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Overview

  • 15 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Norwegian; learning German, Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Engineer
  • Industrial economics
  • From Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

get and provide interesting (and free) accomodation

ABOUT ME

I am a generally positive, sometimes naive person, and open for new experiences. My mind is very logical, while I enjoy things being wierd (and cheap). I'm an engineer.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy life with a good balance of travel, work, sports, dancing and beer. Don't spend time on activities that gives you (me) nothing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Providing a couch and going to some local gatherings.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The first time I couchsurfed was in Tunis, and later in St. Petersburg, good experiences.

I also went to a CS meeting in Bogota, which evenutally forced me to learn cumbia and merenge (just temporarily, but very fun indeed).

Interests

Travelling, swing dancing, skiing, orienteering, boardgames.

  • dancing
  • swing dancing
  • cumbia
  • beer
  • traveling
  • skiing
  • sports
  • engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Old jazz, The Beatles, Kings of Leon, Hopalong Knut, Team Me.
Books: Knut Hamsun, Paolo Coelho, Erlend Loe.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Zhangjiajie - crazy nature
Iran - unbelievably friendly people

Teach, Learn, Share

I just started playing clarinet.
I teach swing dance (lindy hop and "Norwegian folk swing")

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, Russian Federation

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