Submitted by Alex from Germany
I’m from Germany and by 2024 I’ll have lived in eight nations in Europe.
Living overseas is wonderful, and I like to recommend it to everybody who has an adventurous spirit.
But how do you proceed to maneuver throughout Europe with out having to purchase new furnishings in each new metropolis?
What when you don’t wish to soar between Airbnb, and benefit from the familiarity of your personal issues, and personal pillow?!
Here’s how I lived in 8 European cities with my very own gadgets.
The Plan: Live in Different European Countries
I work as a contract developer, and this offers me the liberty to work from roughly wherever I would like. As lengthy 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 yr to go).
So far, 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 lovely 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 a minimum of just a few months in every European nation, though I’ve seen the final couple of years it has been tougher to uproot every little thing.
The List of Countries
So far 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 largest points for digital nomads, as a result of vacationer visas have been capped at 30 days, which means your work routine was continuously disrupted.
But now increasingly more nations are engaging distant employees to remain for an prolonged time period, 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 individuals are. But the cities of the Netherlands and Austria additionally had quite a lot of cultural and creative points of interest and have been definitely extra cycle pleasant.
Generally, I desire to discover cities on a motorbike, as you may cowl quite a lot of floor, however nonetheless go at a pleasant sluggish tempo if you wish to, or take just a few hours break at a pleasant restaurant or cafe.
How Can I Move So Often?
People typically ask how I can simply pack up every little thing and transfer to a brand new place so typically? Of course, I’m fairly lucky that I’ve a good wage, however I do attempt to stay very modestly.
Most of the time I cook dinner for myself. I would not have a automobile.
I wish to exit, however not each evening, and to not costly touristy locations within the middle, however fairly to extra native bars and eating places.
I’m additionally acutely aware of attempting to not accumulate too many gadgets, attempting to be fairly minimalistic.
My Stuff
When I used to be backpacking as a teen, I may fortunately stay 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.
Things 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!
But these purchases are often one-off. My mantra is, purchase high quality, it is going to final, and possibly you received’t have to purchase one other one within the subsequent 10 or 20 years. So far, that’s true.
So I don’t wish to depart 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 often got here with a small truck. This was ample as a result of as I transfer lots, I attempt to have simply the naked necessities relating to furnishings.
- 1 mattress (160*200)
- 1 wardrobe (IKEA Pax)
- 1 standing desk (essential!)
- 1 workplace chair
- 1 Large display 27”
- 1 Macbook
- 1 small sofa
- 1 Coffee desk
- 1 TV (55”)
- BBQ grill
- 2 Bicycle (one for the town and one for racing)
- 30 transferring packing containers with books, garments, and different miscellaneous gadgets
Digital Nomad: Deluxe
Because I keep a minimum of six months at each location and transfer with my very own gadgets from residence to residence, I take into account 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 gadgets. The traditional digital nomad would simply transfer round together with his backpack and a Macbook.
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.
Of Great Assistance: 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 social gathering in my condo. It was positively value it, however after I moved from Marseilles to Barcelona the condo proprietor wasn’t too amused and requested that I paint and clear the condo to get the safety deposit again.
Smoover truly had a cleansing and portray staff. The condo seemed like new (they despatched me photos whereas I used to be already on the seaside in Barcelona). I obtained 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 can be delivered two days after I land in Porto.
I Dare You to Move
I can actually advocate attempting this out. Europe is so tradition wealthy, there’s so many issues to see.
Talk to your employer to maneuver your work on-line, and embrace the sluggish journey way of life.
Use Smoover to deal with the transferring, portray (or, simply don’t throw wild events), cleansing and storage.
Maybe we’ll be neighbors quickly!
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