| Elise Nyyssönen has been vouched for |
| Couch available | Yes |
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| CouchSurf requests replied to | 100% |
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| member since | January 19th, 2006 |
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| profile views | 7,363 |
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| age | 29 |
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| birthday | 25 August
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| gender | Female |
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| membername | ELIISE |
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| occupation | teacher, ethnomusicologist (means I write about music in several publications) |
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| education | ethnomusicologist-cultural studies |
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| grew up in | Varkaus/Joroinen, Finland |
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| Direct Profile URL |
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Languages- FinnishExpert
- EnglishExpert
- SwedishIntermediate
- LatvianIntermediate
- RussianBeginner
- EstonianBeginner
- GermanBeginner
- LithuanianBeginner
Couch Information
Couch Available: Yes
Preferred Gender: Any
No smoking allowed
Has children: No
Can host children: Yes
Has pets: No
Can host pets: Yes
 Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Max Surfers Per Night: 4
Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: DependsGuests will be staying in living room.
I have couple of mattresses and blankets, but if you are a company more than 2 its good to bring at least one sleeping bag. I have moved a bit further from the centre. Its about 5km from the centre, but easily achievable by busses and trams.
I live with my boyfriend, who is not a couchsurfer, but is open to the idea of hosting couchsurfers.
I have 2 sofa + 1 mattress. So in special cases, I can host up to 5 people. Normally 2 is ok. I have blankets for 2.
I don't have pets or I don't smoke.
Friends (81)
 Kaisa Astikainen
29, Female
Helsinki, Uusimaa
Finland
Friends since June 2002
"We went to same school together, and to Denmark in 02, and have been friends ever since that trip!"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
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 Aura Vanhanen
25, Female
Helsinki, Uusimaa
Finland
Friends since August 2005
"We met about five years ago in internet, after that we have travelled together, shared a flat and so on. Definitely one of my best friends."
Friendship Type: Best Friend
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 RESFEBER
33, Male
Joensuu, North Karelia
Finland
Friends since March 2006
"Met several times around Finland and once in Riga."
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Elise Nyyssönen
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 Markus Torni
31, Male
Espoo, Uusimaa
Finland
Friends since 2004
"We met in autumn 2004 in Finland and have met in person many times. I would trust her with all my belongings. And some secrets too ;)"
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 Sami Santanen
32, Male
Helsinki, Uusimaa
Finland
Friends since February 2006
"We met online and in a meeting... and it seem I'm continue meeting her time to time."
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Elise Nyyssönen
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 Katja Bloigu
38, Female
Vantaa, Uusimaa
Finland
Friends since February 2007
"Music brought us together"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Teemu Markkanen
32, Male
Helsinki, Uusimaa
Finland
Friends since March 2006
"We met at her parties at early spring 2006 and have been friends since then..."
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Elise Nyyssönen
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 Kalle Heino
31, Male
Helsinki, Uusimaa
Finland
Friends since August 2006
"She was my flatmate in Riga"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Sébastien Gobert
27, Male
Kyiv, Kyiv Province
Ukraine
Friends since September 2006
"Exchange students life in Riga"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Kliment Yanev
27, Male
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Friends since June 2006
"Met numerous times in various situations"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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Personal Description If you wish to be hosted, read the profile through.
I am working in the school. During the week on the mornings I wake up around 6.45 and leave to work 7:45. I will be home again mostly around 13-15. The guests should live with this kind of schedule: If you accept this, you are welcome to stay at mine's. I dont like to have strangers in my flat, I would like to make new friends, so if you are just looking for bed, I might not be your host.
All?!
Well come here to meet me. You may find different person everyday. I like to be around, not necessarily with my mind, but mostly thats with me too. I am inclined easily to turn the world black, it doesn't mean that I think negative. I might be easily irritated by the action of the people - I have a really small sense of social interaction and also a small measure of stupid behaviour makes me angry. I might be surprisingly weird person: meet me once and next time I'm all different again.
CouchSurfing ExperienceLots of those. I've hosted and been hosted. My hosts cannot be counted in 2 hands, maybe 5 is not much either. And most best thing was hosting 2 swedish bands (+roadies) and 1 finnish band in my flat during 2005: we were up to 25 persons, all with mattress/bed and huge drinking party until 5am, when my neighbour downstairs called me "graduating parties are normally hold during early evening". But I've got 8 (!) years older and wiser now, so I prefer some just couple persons at the same time hosting. All in total, maybe 100+ guests and not all of them were nice. Lot's of problems with some people from Meriterranean area (please, prove me wrong with this) and fabulous moments with cool people from Canada (more with this, please!)
I hope still that the people could respect the way of living of their hosts. (It just makes world slightly much better). If youre asking me to host, please read the full profile and add a key word "hispida" on your mail. I will answer all the mails, which reach me, but most probably I will host, if you have that word on your mail. InterestsMUSIC! MOVIES! CULTURE! (and people, drinking redwine or skumppa, synchronized swimming for my own purposes... ;)
equality,
Never will be smart and grown up!.
latvian language,
music,
strange stories,
old hats,
old things from the old kitchens
sauna and lake and terrace and beer
Things I mostly speak about: music, books, people who are important to me.
I also have strange habit to urge myself into a strange meetings during work week. That makes life more valuable and extraordinary.Philosophy MY LIFE, not anybody elses. Music, Movies, BooksMovies: Send me an Angel, Before the Dawn, Battle Royale, Krtek, Buffalo'66, Before the Rain, Tideland, Control, Me, You and Everyone We Know, My Life without Me, Koroshiya
Music: A Perfect Circle, Ryan Adams, Tori Amos, Asa, Jeff Buckley, Borowa MC, Callisto, Johnny Cash, CMX, CocoRosie, Danko Jones, Damn Seagulls, Deftones, Earth Crisis, Egotrippi, Flaming Sideburns, The Gossip, The Hives, Interpol, Joy Division, Kent, Kris Kristofferson, Loostkoos, Madrugada, Manic Street Preachers, Nicole, Oasis, Pulp, The Pixies, Placebo, Prata Vetra, Pyhimys, QOTSA, Raised Fist, Suede, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Seigmen, SoundArcade, Tool, Tehis, Tesa, Tribes of the City, Underwater Sleeping Society, The Valkyrians, Hank Williams, Weezer, WILCO, WILCO, WILCO, WILCO and one more time WILCO, X-Rated, YeahYeahYeahs, Zemfira
Mostly slightly alternative... rock, punk, old groovy soul
And I read much: about time and being, metaphysic, Jansson: Summer book, donald duck, some magazines in latvian (Ir)Types of People I enjoyDifferent kinds of, alternatives,mostly people with brains - specially those who uses their brains... Or then those people who seems to be totally without brains, but when you follow them for some time you see, that they have more brain than average person.
And maybe these people:
 Teach, Learn, ShareI know a lot about music and music cultures, somethings about languages, more passionate about history... I know also how to play bagpipe, piano, guitar, violin, bass, drums, flutes, organs, didgeridoo, clarinet, trumpet, a bit of accordeon, a bit of kantele and a bit of rapapalli, lakutin, jouhikko, soropilli, suhistuspuu, willow flute. You may ask what is the group of last ones, but google them, and learn. One Amazing Thing I've Seen or DoneDrinking Georgian wine next to Bonfire in Latvia's Countryside with people from different corners of the world. Locations TraveledTRAVELED: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden
LIVED: Latvia
WANTS TO GO: Australia, New Zealand, Slovenia
IS GOING TO: Latvia
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 From Nicoletta Perri Vantaa, Finland
May 4, 2011  Positive I met Elise first time in a Milenka bar, then we went to her Halloween party.
From Kaisa Astikainen Helsinki, Finland
Jul 4, 2010  Positive Elise is a very close friend of mine, and a very unique person. She is a very brave and independent person who usually already does things when others are still just planning. But that doesn't mean that she wouldn't plan things well, she is just, well, very fast! :) Elise loves music, good company and good conversation - life's little pleasures. She is the one who you can ask an advice for anything and she will give you her straight forward and honest answer. She is also a very smart, energetic and FUNNY person (although she is also a "typical Finn" in the sense that she sometimes stays silent about her private thoughts, and might suddenly leave a gathering because she just "felt like being alone"). But she truly is the one who you can always turn to, whom to trust and whom to share the hightpoints of life with!
 From Sintija Rupja Elina Cire Riga, Latvia
Jul 4, 2010  Positive years ago she was exchange student in Riga, so i used to teach her latvian for a while. step by step - we've been together in different events both in Latvia and Finland, shared music experience, exchanged postcards, celebrations and hosted each other (Riga&Helsinki). truly nice person to spend time with.
 From Dina Kreslina Riga, Latvia
Jun 7, 2010 Positive Elise is my favourite finn, who lives in Riga. Music, sauna, beer – three things which come to my mind about Elise. And, of course, Finnish teaching. She is special that is still living in Riga and feels pretty well here – in society and cultural life. It’s easy with her – you can talk about anything, she is very open and friendly and I really like her!!
 From Līga E. Grante Riga, Latvia
Apr 14, 2010  Positive I like Elise a lot. She is very smart person, but it's so much fun with her! It's fascinating how she opens up for strangers (I was one of them) and becomes a good friend so easily and fast.
Hope to have more time together with Elise here in Riga!
 From Alana Hein Berlin, Germany
Mar 8, 2010 Positive Elise was a great host to me. I had only about 12 hours in Riga, and she showed me around the old city and took me to a traditional Latvian restaurant. I only wish I had been able to spend more time with her!
 From VEROUI Shanghai, China
Mar 4, 2010 Positive open minded, simple, very kind girl, we met in the 2day cs meeting and international food night, we had 2 nice times.
 From Steinar Falkflaug Bodo, Norway
Mar 1, 2010 Positive Elise is a wholeheartedly cheerful, engaged and knowledgeable person who really makes you feel welcome in her cozy apartment. She did share my cultural approach towards coffee and thus made me feel really at home at her place. I also got to meet a lot of her interesting friends, cake for breakfast, and even free leftovers food for the whole stay! ;) I definitely recommend anybody to surf with her!
 From Ima Riga, Latvia
Feb 19, 2010 Positive What can I say, Elise, i like you. That's it.
...hmm too few words ? I think you are great as a CSer and it's very good that you are here with us - life has became more interesting... mjaa... :))) so, till next beer somewhere around :D
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