Being the son of an airline pilot and a stewardess, I was fortunate to travel a lot when I was young. After turning 21, the airline stopped sponsoring my tickets, but I did not stop travelling at every chance I got. Luckily, I infected my girlfriend Sanne with the travel bug too.
In 2008, Sanne (by then my wife) and I decided to quit our jobs to embark on a new mission in life: convincing people it is so much more fulfilling to experience destinations like a local, instead of going from one tourist highlight to another. We started travel blog network Spotted by Locals. One of the things we were certain of from the start: we wanted to meet all our bloggers in their own city, in their all-time favourite local spot. Of course we wanted to make sure they are really locals who are passionate about their city, but maybe an even more important reason was that it would be our perfect life to travel all around Europe, meet locals and experience real local tips all the time.
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