Lasse Stolley, a German teenager, lives and works on trains, and he has no plans to stop. He travels comfortably over 600 miles a day on Deutsche Bahn (DB) trains across Germany, spending his time in first class, and enjoying breakfast in DB lounges. To freshen up, he showers in public swimming pools and leisure centres. Stolley works as a self-employed coder and is able to do this using an unlimited annual railcard. He spends 8,500 Pounds(approximately. Rs 890,000) annually while living on trains, reported The Mirror.

He tells The Mirror, "I've been living on the train as a digital nomad for a year and a half now. At night I sleep on the moving Intercity Express (ICE) train and during the day I sit in a seat, at a table, and work as a programmer, surrounded by many other commuters and passengers. I travel from one end of the country to the other. I am exploring the whole of Germany."

"I decided to live on a train when I was 16 years old. My school days were behind me and the whole world was open to me. So in the summer of 2022, I decided to give in to my wanderlust, leave my parents' house in Schleswig-Holstein behind and embark on a huge adventure. If I feel like travelling to the sea, I take the train north in the morning. If I long for the hustle and bustle of the big city, then I look for a connection to Berlin or Munich. Or I take the express train to the Alps for a hiking trip.

"I use the app to organise the next connection in the evening and sleep while I race along the tracks towards my destination. I don't have a place to retreat to. My home is the train. The early months were tough and I had to learn a lot about how it all worked. Everything was different than how I'd imagined."

"I have a lot of freedom and can decide every day where I want to go, whether it's to the Alps, to a big city or to the sea. I'm completely flexible."

As per Business Insider, Stolley moved out of his parents' house in Fockbek, Schleswig-Holstein, when he was 16. His parents initially had reacted with skepticism over his idea of living on trains. "I had to do a lot of convincing," Stolley says. After his parents had clarified legal issues, he cleared out his room, had sold his belongings, and had set off on his first trip to Munich on August 8, 2022.

Luggage is, obviously, something of an issue. Lasse has to travel light. "The most important thing is my laptop and my noise-cancelling headphones, which at least give me a little privacy on the train. An important aspect of minimalism on the train is the reduction of material possessions," Lasse says. "Since the available space is very limited, you have to choose carefully what you really need. It means getting rid of unnecessary items and limiting yourself to the bare essentials."

Occassionally, Stolley worries about the safety of the trains. "On the night trains, you have to be very careful with your luggage because a lot of stuff gets stolen from them," he tells Business Insider. According to Stolley, there aren't enough security guards on duty to deter theft, assault, or unruly passengers.

"The challenge of not accumulating more and more things is a central component of minimalist living. Especially with a backpack, you quickly reach a space limit. This life means a pretty restless existence. To switch off, I just look out the window and watching the scenery. That calms me down a lot. Then I just let my thoughts wander."

"I've travelled a total of over 500,000 kilometres (310,000 miles) since I started living on the train. I don't know how much longer I want to travel through Germany and wake up somewhere different every day, though. My Bahncard 100 is still valid for six months. I haven't seen enough yet."

For his future, he wants to work for Deutsche Bahn trains as an advisor. He says, "My wish would be to give feedback to the transport companies, for example Deutsche Bahn or the train manufacturers, and to get paid for it."