I'm a dutch freelance graphic designer with a big passion for music. I can often be found at concerts or festivals. Or discovering new artists.

I travel quite a lot together with my boyfriend Michiel, he's a freelance creative as well, he works as a Motion Graphic Designer. If you ask him nicely, he might sing you a song, because he is a singer-songwriter.

This year we are testing out the ‘digital nomad’ lifestyle together, seeing if it is really as good as it sounds :-) We’re very excited to start our trip in Thailand, without anything planned upfront, and see where we’ll end up.

Overall I'm quite calm, relaxed, a listener, positive minded, in for a good laugh and a bit crazy if you really get to know me.
Would be nice to meet you, and find out more about you!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have hosted once, and have stayed over at two hosts during my road trip in California. All of it was a great experience!

Interests

Discovering new music, concerts, festivals, traveling, design, Photoshop, gaming, sketching, (arthouse) movies, friends, cats, growing vegetables and fruits, trying out new recipes.

You could say I'm quite a bit of a geek, but I'm proud of it :-) I like gaming, I literally forget to breathe when I'm photoshopping, coding, sketching or doing anything design-related. Guess I found a job that truly makes me happy.

• cats
• arts
• singing
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• concerts
• festivals
• recipes
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• gardening
• movies
• video games
• board games
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• live music
• guitar
• hiking
• art
• gaming
• games
• motion graphics
• creative
• arthouse
• graphic designer

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Alt-J, The Black Keys, Blur, Bombay Bicycle Club, Daft Punk, Electric Guest, Fink, Foo Fighters, Foster the People, Gorillaz, Half Moon Run, Hozier, Jack Johnson, James Blake, Jamiroquai, Kings of Convenience, Muse, Phoenix, Radiohead, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Royksopp, Tame Impala, The Shins, Telepopmusik, Two Door Cinema Club, Whitest Boy Alive, Young the Giant, Zero 7

Movies: Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Inception, Interstellar

Series: Lost, Flash Forward, Mad Men, Les Revenants, Breaking Bad, Mr Robot, Stranger Things, Better Call Saul, Black Mirror, Silicon Valley

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My road trip through California together with Michiel was the absolute number one until now. Not booking anything upfront, we just rented a car, drove to where ever whenever we wanted, and figured out where we slept along the way. We saw so many beautiful things.. Only the memories make me feel 'homesick' to California again.

Teach, Learn, Share

Life is too short to listen to bad music.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Someone who will listen to your stories. I can teach you dutch words, or anything Graphic Design related, we could visit a concert together!

We could do whatever you feel like. We could have a drink, cook together, sit on our sunny balcony, discuss live - whatever!
We are happy to show you around our town - which is called the 'media-city' of the Netherlands. We live right next to the forest, literally a few meters away. So we could walk there together or you can check it out by yourself, you're really free to do whatever you want.

We live next to an old industrial hangout for creatives where we could go for a nice restaurant, a party of just taking a look around.

If you should come by on the last thursday of the month, we could take you to this acoustic singer-songwriter evening called Music around the Fireplace. We organise it, at the same venue mentioned earlier, a two-street walk away from our house.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands