A teenager abandoned his apartment at 16 to live on a train for two years.
THE Lasse18 years old, from Fokbeck, Germany, did what for many teenagers seems unthinkable: At 16 he quit his apartment and began living exclusively in trains, crossing the country with a Bahncard of 100,000 euros, which allows him unlimited first -class trips.
This decision came when the apprenticeship he had planned after school was canceled. Instead of finding a new path … chose the rails.
The art of sleeping on the go
Lasse has no permanent address. Instead of a bed, she sleeps in tetleswith foot on the opposite seat and knees in the air. “I also tried mattress in the luggage compartment, and sleep under the seats, but that suits me the most“, He says.
Wakes up in her lounges Deutsche bahnswims in public swimming pools and wash clothes on sinks. All fit into a 32 -liter backpack.
The challenges of a mobile programmer
Living on the train is not just romance. The strikes Railway has forced him to sleep in airports or friends sofas. However, he states understanding about the strikers: ‘I know the problems of the network, I don’t blame them“
During the day, he works as self -employed programmerwriting code on tables next to unsuspecting passengers. In the evening, she sets the improvised ‘bed’ of.
His daily life is now a online diary, the ‘Life on the Train“, Which made him popular on Instagram, though his latest post was made in October by an interrail trip to Budapest.
In spite of the difficulties, Lasse does not intend to return to a “normal‘ life: “I did this because I wanted freedom. I didn’t want to live in an apartment, I wanted to wake up and be able to choose on my own in which city I would be every day“
