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Ugnė Lazauskaitė

“On The Right Track”: Teenager Lives As 24/7 Train Passenger For Just $10k A Year

Teen nomad Lasse Stolley has gone viral for spending €10,000 annually to live as a 24/7 train passenger, embracing the freedom and flexibility of his unique lifestyle, dubbed a “trainsquatter” across Germany.

17-year-old Lasse Stolley has traveled to countless cities in his home country of Germany in the span of a year, using an annual season ticket worth €10,000 to hop from one service to another.

The trainsquatter has been commuting hundreds of miles a day since 2022 throughout the central European country aboard Deutsche Bahn (DB) trains using the Bahncard 100 — an unlimited rail pass that even allows him to ride first-class.

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