So I'm Viljar. I'm FTM and have changed my name twice, so that's why some of my older references show a different name. I currently go back and forward between two locations: A flat in Oslo and my home farm in Ålesund. I prefer hosting when I'm at the farm due to more space and time to be a good host.

Hobbies: Horseback riding, bouldering and climbing, mountain hiking and trekking

Topics of interest to me: queer and trans issues, anti-imperialism, anti-rasism, environmental issues, organic and sustainable farming. But I am happy to chat about other topics if this is outside of your interest fields!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've hosted 101 people from 35 different countries since I joined couchsurfing in september 2007. Because CS updated it's system at some point, many of they are from the old system and therefore not counted by CS's statistics further down the page. I've also hosted a lot outside of CS, mostly activists, queers and friends of friends that just needed a place to stay in Oslo. I've been hosted 23 times in 17 different countries via CS. I have been hosted while travelling a lot more than that, though. Most of my experiences of being hosted have not been organized via CS.

Interests

I have two icelandinc horses and a cat.

• animals
• horses
• traveling
• bouldering
• equestrian
• hiking
• scuba diving
• skiing
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

"So many books, so little time." Frank Zappa

Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Waters, Henri Charriere, J.R.R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, Leslie Feinberg, Arundhati Roy, Gerd Brantenberg, Sofi Oksanen, Gabriel García Márquez, Lars Saabye Christensen, Mo Yan, Isabel Allende, Jakob Ejersbo, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Marjane Satrapi, Niviaq Korneliussen, Audre Lorde,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* I've been celebrating 8th of March in a liberian refugee camp in Ghana.
* I've been in demonstrations in Palestine against the apartheid wall.
* I've been trekking in Nepal.
* I've hitchhiked around Iceland
* I've ridden a camel from Pushkar to Jodhpur in Rajasthan (186 km)

Teach, Learn, Share

I would always like to speak Spanish with people, where I'm at an intermediate level and can hold a conversation ok. If people have patience for practicing (or teaching me) German, Icelandic or North Sámi, I'm always up for learning language. I'm happy to teach people some Norwegian if you are keen.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I live in an area with a lot of hiking possibilities. If I have time, I could take you for a hike in the area.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Iceland, Nicaragua, Norway

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