Hi, I'm Benjamin and originally from Germany. I’m a professor in sociology and currently travelling around Japan to recover from that ;-)

In the past I lived in Paris for about 8 months travelled the States, Northern Africa, Brazil and Europe (mostly UK, France and Italy). I'm a very affable and sociable guy who likes to get to know people from other parts of the world. I'm an open minded individual who likes to discuss practically any matter in life (art, philosophy, politics, food ...).

My philosophy is nothing weirdly spiritual, rather a bit Kantian: Be nice if you want to be treated nice! Try out new stuff as long as you can!

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

If travelling is about meeting new people and diving into other people's lifeworlds, then sleeping on the couch of strangers seems like the best way to do this. :)

兴趣

Languages, sociology/philosophy, huge fan of chess & board games, reading, writing, poetry, football, music (from jazz via metal music to skandinavian electronica), movies and especially british comedy, eating & cooking. Lately, I got into bouldering and hiking.

• arts
• architecture
• photography
• concerts
• cooking
• thrifting
• politics
• board games
• hiking
• sociology
• antiques

音乐、电影和书籍

Philosophy / Sociology: Foucault, Luhmann, Latour, ...

Private reading: crime books by Duerrenmatt, McEwan, Kafka, Jules Vernes, Orwell, Camus, Sci-Fi

Movies: Sci-Fi (2001, Blade Runner, Moon, ...), Fritz Lang (M, Metropolis), Refn, Aronofsky and many more

TV Series: The Wire, GoT, Vikings, Fargo, True Detective, Sherlock, IT Crowd, Black Books, Sopranos etc.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Toured Europe, Chicago and played on some big festivals (Wacken, Summerbreeze, ...) with my melodic death metal band (which is not active anymore)

教，学，和分享

... teaching languages, chess and sociological theory. I also love to play board games with people. So if you're interested, let's play a match! Also I could teach you a bit about guttural singing if anyone is interested in starting a metal band :)

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I have lived in Copenhagen for 2 years. So I’m still discovering the city and it'll be my pleasure to take you on one of my adventures to explore this beautiful place.

我游览过的国家

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

我居住过的国家

Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Scotland, United States