My name is Steffan and I live with my wife in the small town of Stadskanaal.
It's up north in the Netherlands which is a nice quiet place and (mostly) unexplored region of my country

Please feel welcome in our small country
"🇳🇱🌷🧀The Netherlands🧀🌷🇳🇱"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We love visiting every place on earth, and on our trips we meet the most hospitable people. And we would like to return the favor of hosting people ourselves.

When we are not traveling by ourselves we would love to bring the world to us 🌍

Interests

🏋️‍♂️CROSSFIT🏋️‍♀️
We are both fanatic cross fitters, if you would like to join us for a session, a drop-in at our awesome local box can be arranged for just €10 a class, or you can buy a T-shirt for €20 (both give you the right to a 60 min WOD)

We usually go from 18.30 until 19.30. We can take you. But you can also go by bike, they have classes on every day (except Sunday). You can find their opening times on Google.

The box is called "CrossFit SoWieSo". It is a very cool and raw place that is located in an old abandoned Industrial complex. They are very welcoming and happy to have someone over from another box.

🧘YOGA🧘
If you are into yoga there is a great yoga studio which I visit every Wednesday for Hatha Yoga
And sometimes on Friday when they have a very chilled out Yin/Restorative class.

The timings are 19:15 – 20:45. And the price is €15 a class. Its not easily reachable by bus, but I always attend every class so I can give you lift to that place. There is no need to take a yoga mat, they have mats available

• cooking
• yoga
• crossfit
• psychedelics
• agressive inline skating

Music, Movies, and Books

Hard to say, but here are a few....

◻️Fear and loating in Las Vegas
◻️Shutters Island
◻️The Wolf of Wallstreet

◻️Animal farm (George Orwell)
◻️The power of now (Eckhart Tolle)
◻️The 7 habits of highly effective people (Steven Covey)

📚 Feel free to go through my book collection in my souvenir closet, you will find all sorts of books written in English. And there are a lot of 'Lonely Planet' guide books as well for inspiration for your next trip

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

✔️Marrying to the love of my life from India
✔️Bungeejumping (83m) in the Himalaya
✔️Doing a few Ayahuasca ceremonies
✔️ Getting my 200-Hour Yoga TTC
✔️ Visiting the top of Changu lake

Teach, Learn, Share

🚲GETTING AROUND🚲
We have a bicycle for you that you can use during your entire stay, to visit the city centre. Or ride to the nearest busstand to do a day trip to another city.

🚌Public transport is very punctual in the Netherlands and easy to use by using the planner on www.9292.nl.
To pay in the bus we use an OV-chipcard, this can be purchased for €7,50 and loaded with a minimum of €10. Kritika and I can help you set up.

🚏The city of Groningen is a 1 hour bus ride and cost €8,50 (one-way)
🚏The city of Zwolle is a 1,5 hour bus and train ride and cost €23 (one-way)
🚏The city of Utrecht is a 2,5 hour bus and train ride and cost €33 (one-way)
🚏The city of Amsterdam is a 3 hour bus and train ride and cost €35 (one-way)

🚉 Sometimes there are special discounts for cheap round trips by train, please send me a message before you come so I can do some research for you to see if there is a nice discount at the moment.

What I Can Share with Hosts

◼️ What to do in Stadskanaal ◼️

▪️Bars
🍺Café De Twee
https://cafedetwee.nl/
📍Hoofdstraat 14, 9501 CL Stadskanaal

🍺Café 't Mingelmous
http://www.mingelmous.nl/
📍Menistenplein 10, 9501 XN Stadskanaal

▪️Nightlife (disco)
🍸FOX Nightlife & Events
https://fox-nightlife.nl/
📍Hoofdstraat 94, 9501 CP Stadskanaal

▪️Coffeeshops (weed)
🌿WIZ- Art Rooksalon
📍Handelsstraat 59, 9501 EW Stadskanaal
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◼️Nice places around Stadskanaal ◼️
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🏖️'t Nije Hemelriek, Gasselte
Nice place to chill out and swim. If you are going to have a beer please note that officially it is not legal to drink in public in the Netherlands, but no one really cares at that place. Check my pictures to see this beautiful blue water lake.

🚲 You can reach this place by bike in 50 minutes
📍 52° 58′ NB, 6° 45′ OL
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🌲Buitencentrum Boomkroonpad
There are a couple of nice hikes starting from this place, ranging from 1 to 6 hours. The tracks are conveniently marked with colored signs, so you don’t get lost. At the start there are free folders available in German, English & Dutch to have some nice background info on the local flora and fauna.

🚲 You can reach this place by bike in 1 hour.
📍 Steenhopenweg 4, 9533 PN Drouwen

These two places are part of the Hondsrug (a UNESCO Heritage site), you can check their website for more info https://www.dehondsrug.nl/
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✨Fontana Bad Nieuweschans

The best and most luxurious sauna complex you will ever visit. Beware if you are a bit prude, because every day (except Wednesday) you visit the sauna completely nude, and there is no gender segregation. So, if you want to avoid this nudity go on Wednesday, and take your bathing suit.

💶 Prices are:
Whole day € 37,50 10.00 – 23.00
Morning (until 10.00 - 14.00 uur) € 26,50
Evening (from 16.00 - 23.00) € 29,50

If you want, we can give you a large towel so you don’t have to rent one, but beware that you have to have a bathrobe and slippers, otherwise you need to rent those.

🚌 You can reach this place by bus and train in 1 hour and 15 minutes
The price for the round trip is €20

📍Weg naar de Bron 3-9, 9693 GA Bad Nieuweschans
Their website is : https://www.thermenbadnieuweschans.nl/

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◼️ What to do in Groningen ◼️

🎡 Vist JumpXL
https://jump-xl.com/nl/groningen/

It is actually a typical kids activity, but that doesn't mean it is also for adults.
It a large trampoline hall where you can work yourself into sweat.
Be sure to bring a towel! 😅

Outside of the centre of Groningen, so travel time is 1 hour and 10 minutes

💶 Prices for 1 hour of Jumping = € 12
(You'll be exhausted after this, so 1 hour is enough 😁)

📍 Antillenstraat 9A
9714 JT Groningen

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands