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Overview

  • 7 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Finnish; learning French, Japanese, Swedish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Circusartist/teacher
  • Highschool > 3 year circus artist program in Finland
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Doing all i can for circus and people around me!

ABOUT ME

Quite open minded circus person from Finland. Speaking Finnish, English, little Swedish and would love to learn French. Used to travel with my flyer and fellow rootless traveler since 2010, now mostly by my self. Not the most common traveller compared to all the people I know =). Not had keys to a apartment since end of June 2015. So all I own (1 rucksacks and few small boxes stashed away in Finland.)

Done a lot of different sports, just to mention few; climbing, skateboarding, snowboardning, parkour. Also been photographing since 1999. Keeping a photo story blog if you'r interested or just want to take a glimpse: http://zeecophoto.1g.fi/blog/

Love experiencing the world bare feet!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Living close to the Helsinki - Vantaa Airport, but staying there on an on-off basis. So feel free to ask me about hosting, but due to not being around I can not host all the time :/

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Stayed at lovely places in France from small towns to countryside during our biking trip from Toulouse to Paris via the west coast 2014 with my girlfriend. Took us 4 weeks in total since we wanted to take our time and enjoy the places and sights. Stayed a few couch surfers places, some randomly met locals and outdoors.

Interests

Circus, wondering around, Parkour, Photographing, Living and being usefull. "Be strong, to be usefull"

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Spring, summer, fall, winter and spring again
In to the Wild
Samsara
Twilight Samurai
My neighbor Totoro
Music: (very wide range)
Gotye
Jose Gonzales
Woodkid
Knife
Asa

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One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Since 2009 we have been doing this walking trip trough Finland and slept under the sky with minimal belongings with some of my friends! Every year we walked for about 1 week during the summer time for 140-220 km. Since the beginning we have been walking the route Helsinki - Tampere - Seinäjoki - Vaasa - Kaitsor. Those trips are always amazing!

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One amazing thing during 2015

I / We don't have a one place we that we call "home" and we have everything we own traveling with us by foot.

Teach, Learn, Share

By profession Circus artist/teacher
Can also teach Parkour
Discuss and share ideas about photography / video work

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories (with a strong coffee or a wine bottle)
Knowledge about circus, parkour, photography

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland

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