ABOUT ME

Antwerp is my hometown, the city I love and also a part of my job for I am journalist at a local newspaper, called Gazet van Antwerpen. Consequently, I can allow to say that I know my city a bit.
Where do I need to be for the most tastefull coffee? Where can I eat delicious sushi? Where are the nice parties? Which museum do I definitely have to visit?... I can give you advice to all these questions, though I can't guarantee that our tastes match ;)

PHILOSOPHY

Travelling ought to be obligatory for everyone. It's the best way to broaden your view on the world, others ànd yourself.
Consequently it's the best medicine against negativism.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

At my previous adress, with my previous co-tennant, we had visitors from Holland, Czech republic, Finland, the Unites States,...
Myself, I went couchsurfing when I was in de United States en Canada. I never had negative experciences.

Interests

For I am a journalist, I am a very curious kind of guy and I constantly want to be updated about what's going on in the world. Nearby, as well as farther away. I have wide interests, for instance (local and international) politics, music & movies, sport,...
I'm also an active sportsman. Regularly I go running and swimming, I play volleyball in a team and our table tennis room in our house is getting used daily :)

• coffee
• running
• walking
• partying
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• sports
• tennis
• volleyball
• swimming
• table tennis
• journalism
• medicine
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I did an extra education filmstudies and I frequently go to the movies. Some of my favourite filmmakers are the Coen Brothers, PT Anderson, Terence Mallick, Stanley Kubrick, Andrew Dominik,...
Wilco, Ryan Adams, Richard Hawley and Neil Young are some of my favourite artists. I frequently go to concerts ands festivals.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been to lots of places in my life. My favourite way of travelling is walking with the backpack in mountains and desolated places. For instance I went hiking in the French Pyrenees, Corsica, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia, The scottish highlands,...
There's little more fascinating than hiking for a week or so and afterwards recover in an intersting city.
I also had superior holidays in the States, Canada and Namibia.