Submitted by Alex from Germany
I’m from Germany and by 2024 I’ll have lived in eight nations in Europe.
Residing overseas is wonderful, 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 case you don’t wish to leap between Airbnb, and benefit from the familiarity of your individual issues, and personal pillow?!
Right here’s how I lived in 8 European cities with my very own objects.
The Plan: Dwell 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’d see as a lot of Europe as I may earlier than I hit 35 (another 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 various cultures, and seen so many lovely sights.
It helps that European nations are so tightly packed collectively and it’s straightforward to maneuver from one place to the subsequent.
It’s nonetheless my aim to have spent at the least a couple of months in every European nation, though I’ve seen the final couple of years it has been tougher to uproot every little 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 once one of many greatest points for digital nomads, as a result of vacationer visas had been capped at 30 days, which means your work routine was continuously disrupted.
However now an increasing number of nations are engaging distant staff to remain for an prolonged time frame, and Europe has many nations that provide digital nomads beneficiant long run visas.
I like the climate within the south of Europe, the meals and the way pleasant the persons are. However the cities of the Netherlands and Austria additionally had a variety of cultural and inventive sights and had been actually extra cycle pleasant.
Usually, I desire to discover cities on a motorbike, as you’ll be able to cowl a variety of floor, however nonetheless go at a pleasant sluggish tempo if you wish to, or take a couple of hours break at a pleasant restaurant or cafe.
How Can I Transfer So Typically?
Folks usually ask how I can simply pack up every little thing and transfer to a brand new place so usually? In fact, I’m fairly lucky that I’ve an honest wage, however I do attempt to reside very modestly.
More often than not I cook dinner for myself. I would not have a automotive.
I wish to exit, however not each evening, and to not costly touristy locations within the heart, however moderately to extra native bars and eating places.
I’m additionally aware of attempting to not accumulate too many objects, attempting to be fairly minimalistic.
My Stuff
After I was backpacking as a youngster, I may fortunately reside out of a backpack, with only a few garments and necessities, however now I’ve amassed some furnishings and numerous bits and items that make life a bit extra pleasing.
Issues like a BBQ, bicycle, snug workplace chair and an enormous desk, good couch and occasional desk for placing my toes up and watching movies or gaming within the night, and naturally, an enormous fridge for beers!
However these purchases are often one-off. My mantra is, purchase high quality, it is going to final, and perhaps you received’t have to purchase one other one within the subsequent 10 or 20 years. Up to now, that’s true.
So I don’t wish to go away all my stuff behind or purchase anew every time I transfer, however fortunately there are European shifting firms like Smoover. With only a few weeks’ discover, they relocate me every time to my new journey.
They often got here with a small truck. This was adequate as a result of as I transfer lots, 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 Giant display screen 27”
- 1 Macbook
- 1 small sofa
- 1 Espresso desk
- 1 TV (55”)
- BBQ grill
- 2 Bicycle (one for town and one for racing)
- 30 shifting bins with books, garments, and different miscellaneous objects
Digital Nomad: Deluxe
As a result of I keep at the least six months at each location and transfer with my very own objects from residence to residence, I think about this a new and upgraded model of a digital nomad way of life.
I benefit from the freedom of no everlasting residence with the posh of my very own important furnishings and objects. The traditional digital nomad would simply transfer round together 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 journey 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 usually the case within the Netherlands). They organized an out of doors elevator and lifted the furnishings over the balcony.
In France, my neighbor and I organized a wild goodbye social gathering in my residence. It was undoubtedly value it, however after I moved from Marseilles to Barcelona the residence proprietor wasn’t too amused and requested that I paint and clear the residence to get the safety deposit again.
Smoover truly had a cleansing and portray staff. The residence regarded like new (they despatched me footage whereas I used to be already on the seashore in Barcelona). I bought again the safety deposit shortly thereafter.
On my subsequent cease, I’m shifting 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.
Discuss to your employer to maneuver your work on-line, and embrace the sluggish journey way of life.
Use Smoover to care for the shifting, portray (or, simply don’t throw wild events), cleansing and storage.
Possibly we’ll be neighbors quickly!
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