ABOUT ME

Hi there! I am Rianne van Dam, born and raised in Amsterdam, but elsewhere as much as I can, 'cause I love traveling, exploring new places and meeting inspiring people.
I studied Philosophy and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Amsterdam and I just started with a Master in Philosophy at the University of Ghent. In my spare time, I like listening to music, reading, cycling, playing football, chatting with friends and, of course, travelling.
I would describe myself as a positive minded, ambitious and caring person. If you have any more questions about me or anything else you think I might know, don't hesitate to just ask!

Interests

Studying philosophy, Scandinavia, cycling, reading, football, music, art and of course, travelling.

• arts
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

Kings of Convenience, Helios, Nick Drake, Fleet Foxes, Sigur Rós, Elbow, Damien Rice, Mads Langer & more.

Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, The Terminal, Il Conformista, Inception, La vita è bella, Les intouchables, Amélie, Melancholia, Festen, The Idiots, Oslo, 31st August & more.

Lolita (V. Nabokov), Magnus (A. Lubach), Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? (J. Harstad) and a lot of philosophical stuff, like Descartes, Hume, Kant and Nietzsche.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

• I'll never forget the way I felt when arriving in Sweden for the first time: it felt like coming home.
• Surviving a snowstorm when I was hiking in the Himalayas.
• Horseback riding through the lavafields in Iceland.
• Travelling by bus all the way through the Balkans: I didn't have a plan, which turned out to be the best plan to have there. It was a great experience to just go and not knowing where I'd end.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Nepal, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands