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International

Asia

India

A friend in every port Business Standard March 10, 2007
Mumbai mirror Oct 8 2006

Europe

Austria

Print

Der Standard Februar 16th 2006 (German)
www.diepresse.at February 15th 2006 (German)

Internet

a really good article on geo.de (german)
www.vienna.at February 15th 2006 (German)
www.wienweb.at June 3rd 2006 (German)
www.vienna.at July 20th 2006 (German)
www.news.tele2internet.at July 21st 2006 (German)
Oberösterreichische Rundschau August 6th 2005 (German)
ORF Wien.orf.at August 18th 2008 (German)

ORF "Wien Heute" July 29th 2006 - 56MB (mostly German)
ORF "Gut Beraten Österreich" August 18th - 32.6MB better quality coming soon (German - actually it is about HC but all the members are also great CouchSurfers from Austria, Poland and Finland *g* - the TV just wanted to report about HC :( )
ORF ZIB24 October 31st 2007 - 20MB (only German)

Radio

Radio Arabella July 29th 2006 4.6MB (German)

Belgium

Print

Article in "Gazet Van Antwerpen" (Dutch)

Internet

20 minutes documentary on Antwerp Regional Television (ATV) (114Mb)

Radio

Interview in Dutch for radio in Brughes (Dutch)

Denmark

Rabatten, Episode 5, 2007, aired 1. February 2007 on DR1

France

Print / Newspaper

Web TV

Chtirama - Lille, 27 Novembre 2007

Finland

The hitchhiker’s guide to the(northern)galaxy Six Degrees 31.03.2006
"Maailmalle sohvalla surffaten" Kokkola lehti 2006
Sohvia yli rajojen Turun Sanomat 01.04.2007
Travelleri Sohvallesi Helsingin Sanomat - Nyt- liite 05.04.2007
Radio YLE-X, Finland 08.04.2007
"Channel One Morning TV" YLE TV-1, Finland 12.04.2007
"Good Morning Finland" MTV3, Finland 17.04.2007
YLE Radio Suomi, Finland 09.05.2007
"Kirppis (Flea Market) Program website" YLE TV-1, Finland 12.05.2007
"Kirppis (Flea Market) Segment at Google Video" YLE TV-1, Finland 12.05.2007
"YLE-X Tänään (Today)" Radio YLE-X , Finland 27.06.2007
"Sohvalla yöpyy ilmaiseksi" Helsingin Sanomat, Finland 19.04.2008

Germany

A really good article on geo.de [1] (german) [2008-01-11: direct link outdated]
www.rhein-berg-online.ksta.de
dnn-online.de 27.07.2005
www.wiesbadener-kurier.de 11.10.2005
Von Allah gesandte Gäste in Spiegel Online - 2006-10-24
Couchsurfing ist tot - es lebe Couchsurfing "Spiegel Online" - 2006-07-04
Kopfurlaub mit der Clubfamilie
WDR (Radio) - More mistakes than real infos ...
Wiesbadener Kurier - 25.07.2007
Deutsche Welle TV (date unknown)
www.stern.de 13.02.2008

Hungary

Italy

[<<In viaggio da un divano all'altro>>, pag1], Viversani & belli (August 17th 2007)
[<<In viaggio da un divano all'altro>>, pag2], Viversani & belli (August 17th 2007)
[<<Salta da un divano all'altro>>, la nuova frontiera del viaggio fa tappa a Moggio], La Provincia di Lecco (August 15th 2007)
[Il giro del mondo sul divano degli altri], La provincia di Como (August 14th 2007)
[I viaggi del divano], Corriere della Sera (13 Agosto 2007)
CouchSurfing, come ospitare il mondo a casa, www.corriere.it(August 13th 2007)
Couchsurfing, un sofà per viaggiare gratis Panorama (March 12th 2007)
"Il giro del mondo? Ora si fa in divano", La Repubblica (March 9th 2007)
"Divani e divani: racconto di un viaggio e di ospitalità 2.0, ovvero couchsurfing" (file RAM), Radio Radicale covering presentation of phauly and bru at BarCamp Turin about CouchSurfing ("Divani" is couches in Italian). Video released under

Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Italy Licence. (December 2nd 2006)

"Web, ko il sito dei surfisti del divano", www.corriere.it (July 4th 2006)
"I viaggi del futuro si fanno sui divani di tutto il mondo", www.repubblica.it (April 18th 2006)
"Libri e viaggi, auto e case la rivoluzione del vivere gratis", www.repubblica.it (April 18th 2006)

Netherlands

Gratis logeren voor een betere wereld, October 3rd 2006, Limburgs Dagblad

Norway

Poland

Dzień Dobry TVN! TVN 25 Feb 2007
"Wiadomości" TVP 1 29 April 2007

Radio

Radio BIS spring 2006

Print

PRZEKRÓJ. 13 July 2006, No. 28/3186, page 74, written by Iza Szymańska;
Życie Warszawy. Warszawa. 22-23 July 2006, No. 170/2006, page 5, written by Kasia Jaroszyńska;
Dziennik Łódzki. Magazyn. 15 September 2006, No. 216, page 13, written by Agnieszka Kubik;
WIK. wprost i kultura. English edition. 11 October - 14 November 2006, page 6, written by Paula Bialski;

Portugal

Ó AMIGO, DEIXA-ME DORMIR NO SEU SOFÁ? Sol/blogues - 2008-03-31
CouchSurfing featured on Portuguese TV news in RTP 1 - 2008-03-30
Radio show VISÃO GLOBAL (edited version) in Antena 1 Original file - 2008-03-30
Portuense acolhe surfistas do sofá in Jornal de Notícias - 2008-03-16
Viajantes em rede in Visão - 2007-12-27
Turismo mais barato in Metro - 2007-09-24
Sofasurfers Pag.1 Pag.2 in JN (Revista Viva) - 2007-08-31
Há um desconhecido a dormir no sofá da sala in Publico, Revista Pública - 2007-07-22
Acolher pessoas em casa in O Primeiro de Janeiro
Pela Europa com 500 euros in Expresso, Revista Unica - 2007-03-17
VÍDEO - PELA EUROPA COM 500 EUROS in Expresso - 2007-03-17
PELA EUROPA COM 500 EUROS - Acampamento no Aeroporto in Expresso - 2007-03-08
PELA EUROPA COM 500 EUROS - Frankfurt nas Alturas in Expresso - 2007-03-07
PELA EUROPA COM 500 EUROS - Descalça na capital económica da Europa in Expresso - 2007-03-06
PELA EUROPA COM 500 EUROS - Portugueses à beira de um ataque de nervos in Expresso - 2007-03-05
PELA EUROPA COM 500 EUROS - De molho em Budapeste in Expresso - 2007-03-03
PELA EUROPA COM 500 EUROS - Amesterdão em duas rodas in Expresso - 2007-03-01
PELA EUROPA COM 500 EUROS - Comer ou visitar museus in Expresso - 2007-02-27
PELA EUROPA COM 500 EUROS - Andar a pé faz bem á carteira in Expresso - 2007-02-25
PELA EUROPA COM 500 EUROS - Primeira paragem: Paris in Expresso - 2007-02-24
CouchSurfing Mania: modalidade inovadora conquista milhares de adeptos em todo o mundo in i-Nova - 2006 Dezembro (p. 10)

Aventuras pelo Mundo: Surfistas de sofá in Correio da Manhã - 2005-08-14

Surf no sofá é a nova forma de viajar sem compromisso in Diário de Notícias - 2005-06-16

De sofá em sofá se conhece o mundo in Mundo Universitário - 2005-05-23 (pp. 6-7)
Couchsurfing: A emergência de um turismo alternativo in Portugal Evangélico - 2005 Abril/Julho (pp. 8-9)
Viajar de sofá em sofá in Portugal Diário - 2004-08-25

Couchsurfing, sofás em rede: Dormindo em casas de desconhecidos in Lifecooler - 2004-10-05

Turismo de sofá in Expresso, Revista Única - 2004-09-04

Slovakia

Neplaťte za hotely! Bývajte zadarmo in Magazine Emma - 2008-01-16

Cestovať po svete sa dá aj bez peňazí na ubytovanie in Aktuality.sk - 2008-03-07

Slovenia

Od kavča do kavča in Dobro Jutro - 2007-04-08

Spain

http://www.elpais.es/articulo/ocio/redes/sociales/promueven/hospedaje/gratuito/cualquier/parte/mundo/elpciboci/20060727elpciboci_1/Tes/ Dos redes sociales promueven hospedaje gratuito en cualquier parte del mundo] in El País - 2006-06-27
No busques hotel, ¡encuentra sofá! (1) in Diario de Navarra - 2006-03-31 (PFD.P8)
No busques hotel, ¡encuentra sofá! (2) in Diario de Navarra - 2006-03-31 (PFD.P9)
Decálogo Low Cost. Viajar de sofá en sofá in Elle Magazine - ELLE nº 237
Cambia de sofá y de país in La Voz de Galicia - 2006-06-23

Sweden

Aftonbladet - Newspaper article, in Swedish, January 2007
Expressen - Newspaper article, in Swedish, January 2007
Sveriges Radio P4 Sjuhärad - Radio show, in Swedish, January 2007
Dagens Nyheter - Newspaper article, in Swedish, January 2007
Nya Wermlands Tidningen - Newspaper article, in Swedish, March 2007
Aftonbladet Travels - Newspaper article, in Swedish, March 2007
DN Travels - Newspaper article, in Swedish, July 2007
SVT Uutiset - TV news in Finnish (Swedish Subtitles), from around minute 6, July 2007
GT - Newspaper article, in Swedish, July 2007
Sveriges Radio P4 Örebro - Radio show, in Swedish, July 2007
Metro - Newspaper article (page 18), in Swedish, September 2007
Sveriges Radio P3 Planet - Radio show, in Swedish, 1 December 2007