The football season does not last all year, so one needs alternatives. The best one is Hattrick, an online football manager game where you can play your friends. Much recommendable.

• http://www.hattrick.org

Inline skating is another one of my hobbies.

• http://www.slowup.ch (if you like skating REALLY slow...)
• http://www.mondaynightskate.ch

Also, I work on a voluntary basis for Youth for Understanding, the youth exchange organisation which I spent a year in Sweden with. My work for that organisation is concentrated on certain projects, like the Young Europeans' Seminar 2003 or different training activities. I have been member of the board of the European YFU-organization, EEE-YFU.

Reading is another one of my hobbies. Right now, if I were to name my five favorite authors, I would hand back the following list:

• Michel Houellebecq (F)
• Olov Svedelid (S)
• Ian McEwan (UK)
• George Orwell (UK)
• Nick Hornby (UK, though not "How to be good")

And while we're at it, I might as well give you a list of my five favorite bands or musicians (following Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity":

• Sonata Arctica (FIN)
• Pink Floyd (UK)
• David Bowie (UK)
• Rammstein (D)
• Kent (S)