I chose to live on TRAINS rather than pay rent after a fight with my landlord – it’s like permanently being on holiday
A WOMAN who ditched being a tenant to live on the railways told how she feels like she’s always on holiday.
After a fight with her landlord, Leonie Müller decided to move out of her apartment and bought a £300 pass that would allow her to board all trains in Germany for free.
German Leonie, who was a student at the time of her move in 2015, adopted a nomadic lifestyle and was free to live on any train she wanted – spending her days studying at 190mph.
She would wash her hair in train bathrooms and said she enjoyed the liberty the train offered her.
She told the Washington Post at the time: “I really feel at home on trains and can visit so many more friends and cities.
“It’s like being on vacation all the time.”
Leonie explained how It all started after she had an argument with her landlord.
“I instantly decided I didn’t want to live there anymore – and then I realised: Actually, I didn’t want to live anywhere anymore,” she said.
Leonie travelled light, only carrying a small backpack with essentials – clothes, her tablet computer and a sanitary bag.
Speaking to the German TV station SWR, she said: “I read, I write, I look out of the window and I meet nice people all the time.
“There’s always something to do on trains.”
Leonie said that not everyone around her was on board with the idea but she enjoyed spending her studies on a train.
She continued: “I want to inspire people to question their habits and the things they consider to be normal.
“There are always more opportunities than one thinks there are.
“The next adventure is waiting just around the corner – provided that you want to find it.
“Most of my friends really like the idea, although some consider it to be quite adventurous.
“Others, however, have reacted more negatively: They feel offended by the fact that I question the ordinary way of life and living.”
Leonie finished her studies and started working in 2020 – and switched life on the railway for a home on wheels.
The influencer bought a 2015 VW Crafter and with the help of one of her parents’ neighbours she turned it into a tiny home.
She told Spiegel: “I do this for as long as I enjoy and have no plan as to what I might do sometime later.
“I don’t wake up a single morning and think: the night would have been more comfortable in a real apartment.”
