Hi!
My name is Valkyrie, and I appreciate if you read my profile, especially the home section, before requesting to stay!

I find it very difficult to write about myself, but I'll try my best. I'm 25 years old, Norwegian, and live in Oslo, (Update July 2023: Currently living at Langhus, about 30 minutes with local train outside Oslo. Close to Ski.)I like to hitchhike, I love animals, and I'm rather chaotic. My life goal is to be kind and compassionate.

I love animals, and I volunteer in a cat shelter and a animal rescue organisation. I really like birds, and I've got a special place in my heart for wild birds. Especially seagulls. I also have a lease horse that I visit twice a week, and I've grown up with a plethora of pets.

I'm vegetarian, but not a huge foodie really. I like chocolate and sweets, but recently I've been trying to eat a bit more healthy and become a proper functioning adult. A lot of trial and error on that part. I'm not good at cooking, and usually go for easy solutions.

I like hiking, generally being outside, and nature. I really hate running, though. I believe true happiness in the sense of hiking can only be found in an Eulerian Circuit.

I am fairly introverted and sometimes shy, but also enjoy socializing and chatting. Often I become a bit annoying and never shut up when I feel safe around people. I'm also like, super weird.

I do care about animal rights, human rights, the environment, and I generally attempt to be generally kind and thoughtful to the world and people around me. I am not the perfect human I'd like to be, but guess I'll try and work on it.

I'm part of the LGBTQ+-community, and I generally try to be open and kind towards strangers of all kinds.

I generally prefer interacting with people I got something in common with, and share experiences with different cultures and growing up and living different places, learn about others interests and viewpoints of the world.

If I'm home I can usually always make space for a hitchhiker if there's emergency need for a place to bed.

I can show you some good climbing trees, my favourite graveyards, good hiking spots, some tourist attractions etc in Oslo and Follo, but if you're a party person I'm mostly not, aaaand drinking outside in Norway is hella expensive.

I don't accept random friend requests, and I only consider thoughtful requests that includes a unicorn emoji or a mention of it. 🦄

I will be moving to Cologne in Germany in August. For July I'm crashing rent free in my father's flat at Langhus (Nordre Follo), while he's on vacation.

Instagram @flyvendesjiraff

Feedback from people that know me, translated into english:

«You are certainly full of surprises...»
- Ex-girlfriend (2017)

«You are very clumsy; like it is no synchronization between your body and brain.»
- Another couchsurfer (2019)

«When I first met you, you were really shy and quiet, but after I got to know you.. You are not like that at all. You are really weird, actually.»
- A close friend, drunk in the moment. (2019)

«You're so quick, you remind me of a chameleon that's eating flies! »
- Guest from Trustroots (2022)

«*Nervous uncontrolled laughter* »
- Flatmate when asked to review me. (2022)

«Do you seriously want me to give you a review for a webside? »
-Mom (2018)

(And yeah I do smoke by the way, but not inside obviously.) Update: I'm attempting to quit smoking but it's not going that well really.
Update 2: I've quit smoking.
Update 3: Well.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people, share life experiences and get others viewpoints on everything. I want to contribute to hosting because I think it's a wonderful opportunity for people to be able to travel without necessarily having the funds to do so, and I generally like to see kindness and friendliness in the world, I guess.

I also like to learn about other countries and cultures far and near, and since I don't fly I won't realistically get fairly far away in my life.

I'm fairly introverted and sometimes quite shy, and doesn't necessary socialize if I'm travelling alone and staying at hostels, so CS tend to be a great way to meet people as well.

Keeping the hitchhiking spirit and tradition alive, the act of trusting strangers and be able to do so became the community is meant to be safe, and to experience that most people are kind, are also great contributors.

But yeah if you really just need some shelter for the night, I really get it. Can't offer much space unfortunately, but definitely a safe space to sleep. Totally been in that situation a number of times myself x)

Interests

• cats
• dogs
• horses
• birds
• arts
• architecture
• avant-garde art
• animal welfare
• vegetarian
• music
• hiking
• history
• food
• nature
• environmentalist
• #animals
• #politics
• #film
• #hitchhiking
• #streetart
• #metal

Music, Movies, and Books

My Heart is a Flower - King Missile

In no particular order:

The Residents, Hamradun, Týr, Radiohead, The
War on Drugs, Peste Noire, Audrey Sylvain, Pisskop, Tori Amos, Patti Smith, Hüsker Dü, The Velvet Underground, Placebo, Thränenkind, Snakefinger, Stöj Snak, Broder Daniel, Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson, Janis Joplin, Sjostakovitsj, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Psychonaut 4, Asta Kask, Kuuk, Die Antwoord, Santa Hates You, Interpol, Cage the Elephant, Beck, Acrassicuada, Burzum, Omnia, Myrkur, Nirvana, David Bowie, Mumford and sons, Son Lux, Pulp, Kent, Iggy Pop, Eels, Arkona, Neurosexxx, I'm in a coffin, Radiohead, Die For Peace, Lemon Kittens, Stromae, Gåte

Twin Peaks, Requiem for a dream, Dead Poets Society, Gitarrmongot, Watership Down, Christiane F, Billy Elliot, Trainspotting, Terkel i Knibe, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Foxfire, Lilja 4-ever, Zombielars, The Hunger Games, Gymnaslærer Pedersen, Kongen av Bastøy, V for Vendetta, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Where The Wild Things Are, Waltz with Bashir, What we do in the shadows, American History X, Coraline, The Nightmare before Christmas, Frankenweenie, Corpse Bride, Få meg på for faen, Fight Club, Winter's Bone, Pirates of the Carribean, Keeper'n til Liverpool, Sucker Punch, Bowling for Columbine, The Plague Dogs, The Wolf of Wall Street, How to train your Dragon, Crossing lines, Precious, Alice in Borderland, The Sandman,

The Sandman /Neil Gaiman
Exile/ Jakob Ejersbo
Mengele Zoo/Gert Nygårdshaug
Beatles/ Lars Saabye-Christensen
Kinderwhore /Maria Kjos Fonn
Jag är eld och luft/Fritz Thorén
Fordømte 94
Jag ligger här och blöder/Jenny Jägerfeld
Rasp/Mari M Holsve
The Heart of Darkness/Joseph Conrad
Men tankene mine får du aldri/Asmervik
Sangen om den røde rubin/A Mykle
Battle Royale
A Small Free Kiss in the Dark/Glenda Millard
Sleeping Dogs
Jonas/Bjørneboe
Darlah/Johan Harstad
Buzz Aldrin, hvor ble det av deg i alt mylderet
Pelle og Proffen

Amalie Skram, Henrik Ibsen, Arto Paasilinna, Sofi Oksanen

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I walked into a wall and apologised to it afterwards.

I once attempted to smuggle a disabled Canadian goose on a train and got caught doing that.

I also jumped out in a (small and not deep!) River in October to save a seagull.

I've probably done other amazing things too, but that was the first one that popped into my head.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a pretty decent chocolate cake baker.
I can ride a horse.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway