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Live a little wilder

From two decades of nomadic living with nature, by sail, foot and van.

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What would you like to explore?

Hiking

13,000+ km on foot, thousands of them with Wingo the trail dog. Trail guides, gear and the stories from out there.

Vanlife

My first car, my first house. Almost seven years of vanlife, compost toilet and all. Come along on the slow road.

Sailing

A way of travel to reach places you can't reach by any other means. Read stories and tips on boathitchhiking, crewing, and sailing the world.

Slow travel

15+ years of taking the long way. 60 countries, no hurry. This is how I travel slow.

Natural living

Foraging, filtering my own water and other ways to live closer to nature.

Ayurveda

How I stay grounded on the move. Simple daily routines from Ayurveda.

Get up with the sun and live the day to the full.

Ayurveda calls the hour before sunrise the healthiest time to wake up.

A woman on a sailboat taking a selfie.
@suzannevanderveeken

Hi! My name is Suzanne.

I've been a full-time nomad for 15+ years. I spent years on sailboats and six years with my campervan as base camp. 50,000+ nautical miles, five Atlantic crossings, 2,500+ km on eleven long-distance trails, most of them with my dog Wingo.

I share what this life is really like, the practical side and the healthy side, the freedom and the hard parts.

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Hello from the wild

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Course, books and guides

Zero to Ocean Nomad

Travel by sailboat without owning one. The biggest thing I've ever made.

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A woman in a teal jacket and beanie stands on a rocky cliff with hiking gear, next to a brown dog, overlooking a vast canyon landscape.

Your first long hike

Everything I wish I had known before my first long trail.

Start here
A nomadic woman holding an Ocean book in front of a marina.

My two books

Ocean Nomad, the Atlantic crew guide, and Salz auf der Haut, the German one. Both are in print.

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Vintage Mercedes camper with a surfboard on the roof parked on a rocky Fuerteventura shore, waves breaking behind.

Slow travel guides

Places I lived in for months. Roadtrip Morocco & Western Sahara is out now.

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Ocean Nomads crew together on deck during an Atlantic crossing
The community I started

Join Ocean Nomads

Ocean Nomads is a community for people who want to live a little wilder, explore a little further, and do it with good people. Now and then we sail trips together. The next ones are always on the trips page.

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Learn to travel by sailboat with Zero to Ocean Nomad

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The pursuit of a healthy ocean and a healthy life is one and the same