Lasse Stolley He could have chosen to live a traditional life. Finish your studies at school, continue with your training at the university and perhaps choose directly to look for a job to earn a living and, as time goes by and once you have earned some money, consider the option of buy a home to make it your home. But, far from it, this intrepid 17 year old boy has taken another train.
A train that is not metaphorical and of which has made his house. This German teenager has lived in this house on rails for almost two years, and through his social networks has made known his particular story. Perhaps the most complicated thing, before embarking on the trip, was to convince her parents that what he was about to do was going to be beneficial.
I’m Lasse, I’m 17 years old and I love to travel! I have been living on the train since summer 2022 and I have changed my permanent residence for a 1 class BahnCard 100, is the message that can be read among his most recent Instagram posts. This is a type of German train ticket that allows you to carry out unlimited travel on board any train of the country’s railway service.
As the young man explains, the fact of living on board the train allows you to have freedom to decide where to go at any time. And in all this time, it has traveled more than 635,000 kilometers throughout any corner of the German country and abroad. Have breakfast next to the Baltic Sea in the morning and enjoy the sunset in the Alps at night“The possibilities are endless!” he adds about his way of life.
A 5,900 euro bill
The subscription with which this young German travels to all corners of the country is one of the most exclusive, with a price that is around 5,900 euros per year. Thanks to this you can enjoy every centimeter of the German railway network, on board trains regional, metropolitan and high speed. According to Business Insider, estimates that every day he travels about 960 kilometers a day. In addition to the price of the subscription, the derived expenses, such as clothing, food or museum ticketsamong others, raise the bill to 10,000 euros per day.
And how can he afford it? Your 17 years are not a problem to have a job, which he develops inside the train: he is a programmer for a mobile application start-up. Simply turn on your computer, grab a seat with a table (if possible) and start working. And, in his free time, he enjoys tourist places throughout the world, such as the Aurora borealis.
Go out (almost) with what you’re wearing
In the summer of 2022, he decided to leave his home in Fockbek behind to join a new adventure. And he did it with hardly any luggage: four shirts, two pants and not much more underwear inside a 36 liter capacity backpack. I exchanged the abundance of possessions for minimalismhe assures in his blogin which he narrates his adventures.
In addition to this, you have at your disposal a travel blanket for the coldest days and a neck pillow. He plans his day to day through an application, with which he manages his routes. And to make the most of your time, try to sleep on overnight trips, sometimes in private cabins and, when this is not possible, in shared rooms or in the seat itself. Headphones, yes, are your inseparable companions for avoid any noise that could keep you awake.
In his daily life, he also takes the opportunity to eat breakfast in the dining car and wash clothes in public sinks and swimming pools that is found along your path. Perhaps your approach for the future is born from this lifestyle. My wish will be provide advice to transport companies. For example, Deutsche Bahn or the train manufacturers, and get paid for it.
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