Submitted by Alex from Germany
I’m from Germany and by 2024 I’ll have lived in eight nations in Europe.
Residing overseas is superb, and I like to recommend it to everybody who has an adventurous spirit.
However how do you proceed to maneuver throughout Europe with out having to purchase new furnishings in each new metropolis?
What in the event you don’t need to leap between Airbnb, and benefit from the familiarity of your personal issues, and personal pillow?!
Right here’s how I lived in 8 European cities with my very own gadgets.
The Plan: Reside in Completely different European International locations
I work as a contract developer, and this offers me the liberty to work from roughly wherever I would like. So long as I’ve my laptop computer and an web connection, I’m free to roam.
I like to discover new locations and made a promise to myself that I might see as a lot of Europe as I may earlier than I hit 35 (yet one more 12 months to go).
Up to now, I’ve been having the time of my life. I’ve met so many individuals, realized about so many alternative cultures, and seen so many stunning sights.
It helps that European nations are so tightly packed collectively and it’s simple to maneuver from one place to the following.
It’s nonetheless my aim to have spent at the least a number of months in every European nation, though I’ve observed the final couple of years it has been tougher to uproot every thing.
The Checklist of International locations
Up to now I’ve lived and moved to the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Belgium (Antwerpen), France (Marseilles), and Spain (Barcelona).
The remaining ones are Portugal (Porto), Italy (Catania), Greece (Athens), and Austria (Vienna).
Visas was one of many largest points for digital nomads, as a result of vacationer visas had been capped at 30 days, which means your work routine was always disrupted.
However now increasingly nations are attractive distant employees to remain for an prolonged time frame, and Europe has many nations that supply digital nomads beneficiant long run visas.
I like the climate within the south of Europe, the meals and the way pleasant the individuals are. However the cities of the Netherlands and Austria additionally had lots of cultural and creative sights and had been actually extra cycle pleasant.
Typically, I choose to discover cities on a motorbike, as you may cowl lots of floor, however nonetheless go at a pleasant gradual tempo if you wish to, or take a number of hours break at a pleasant restaurant or cafe.
How Can I Transfer So Typically?
Folks typically ask how I can simply pack up every thing and transfer to a brand new place so typically? After all, I’m fairly lucky that I’ve a good wage, however I do attempt to reside very modestly.
More often than not I prepare dinner for myself. I don’t have a automobile.
I wish to exit, however not each night time, and to not costly touristy locations within the heart, however fairly to extra native bars and eating places.
I’m additionally aware of attempting to not accumulate too many gadgets, attempting to be fairly minimalistic.
My Stuff
After I was backpacking as a teen, I may fortunately reside out of a backpack, with only a few garments and necessities, however now I’ve amassed some furnishings and varied bits and items that make life a bit extra gratifying.
Issues like a BBQ, bicycle, snug workplace chair and an enormous desk, good couch and occasional desk for placing my ft up and watching movies or gaming within the night, and naturally, an enormous fridge for beers!
However these purchases are normally one-off. My mantra is, purchase high quality, it’ll final, and possibly you gained’t have to purchase one other one within the subsequent 10 or 20 years. Up to now, that’s true.
So I don’t need to go away all my stuff behind or purchase anew every time I transfer, however fortunately there are European transferring corporations like Smoover. With only a few weeks’ discover, they relocate me every time to my new journey.
They normally got here with a small truck. This was adequate as a result of as I transfer so much, I attempt to have simply the naked necessities in relation to furnishings.
- 1 mattress (160*200)
- 1 wardrobe (IKEA Pax)
- 1 standing desk (essential!)
- 1 workplace chair
- 1 Massive display screen 27”
- 1 Macbook
- 1 small sofa
- 1 Espresso desk
- 1 TV (55”)
- BBQ grill
- 2 Bicycle (one for the town and one for racing)
- 30 transferring containers with books, garments, and different miscellaneous gadgets
Digital Nomad: Deluxe
As a result of I keep at the least six months at each location and transfer with my very own gadgets from house to house, I contemplate this a new and upgraded model of a digital nomad life-style.
I benefit from the freedom of no everlasting residence with the luxurious of my very own important furnishings and gadgets. The traditional digital nomad would simply transfer round along with his backpack and a Macbook.
Right here, I can sleep in my very own mattress, make espresso with my favourite Aeropress, get pleasure from a calming night trip on my Cannondale, and be tremendous environment friendly when working with my 27” 4k Samsung display screen.
Of Nice Help: Smoover
Smoover was tremendous useful when there have been challenges.
In my first cease in Amsterdam, the staircase was tremendous small and really steep (as it’s typically the case within the Netherlands). They organized an outdoor elevator and lifted the furnishings over the balcony.
In France, my neighbor and I organized a wild goodbye celebration in my condominium. It was undoubtedly price it, however once I moved from Marseilles to Barcelona the condominium proprietor wasn’t too amused and requested that I paint and clear the condominium to get the safety deposit again.
Smoover really had a cleansing and portray group. The condominium appeared like new (they despatched me footage whereas I used to be already on the seashore in Barcelona). I acquired again the safety deposit shortly thereafter.
On my subsequent cease, I’m transferring from Barcelona to Porto. I’m taking a two-week trip in Thailand in between, so my issues are being put into storage. They are going to be delivered two days after I land in Porto.
I Dare You to Transfer
I can actually advocate attempting this out. Europe is so tradition wealthy, there’s so many issues to see.
Speak to your employer to maneuver your work on-line, and embrace the gradual journey life-style.
Use Smoover to maintain the transferring, portray (or, simply don’t throw wild events), cleansing and storage.
Perhaps we’ll be neighbors quickly!
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