I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train

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I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train

« on: March 04, 2024, 07:09:51 »

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I spend £8,500 a year to live on a train

Uch. TRAINS. They’re a necessary evil in many of our lives. Horrible big tin cans full of smelly people that never turn up on time and make you late for everything. The less time spent on them the better. At least for most of us in the UK^▸ (United Kingdom), anyway.

Not so for digital nomad Lasse Stolley. This German teenager can’t get enough of them. He’s not a trainspotter, though. He’s more of a trainsquatter.

Okay, ‘squatter’ isn’t really accurate. While the 17-year-old does indeed live on trains, he does so entirely legally. And with a surprising amount of comfort.

Lasse travels 600 miles a day throughout Germany aboard Deutsche Bahn trains. He travels first class, sleeps on night trains, has breakfast in DB^» lounges and takes showers in public swimming pools and leisure centres, all using his unlimited annual railcard.


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