Would you sell your house to travel the world?

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Credit: SWNS / Nat Alstrom

A family sold their house to have the freedom to travel the world in a 6ft van - and say it saves them £13k-a-year.

Nat Alstrom, 30 and her husband, Nico, 31, had previously loved travelling before settling back in their home country, Denmark, to have their son - Nohr, five.

But after two years of living "pay check to pay check" they decided to sell their house to travel full time as a family in a 6ft van - and with their German Shepard, Zoey.

The family have now spent two years on the road visiting 25 countries - such as Portugal, Greece and Turkey.

Nat says when they were paying a mortgage they were often only able to save £10-a-month and they are able to put away up to £1,140-a-month.

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00:00Meet Nat and Nico a Danish couple who sold their home to travel the world with their son
00:05Noah and their German Shepherd Zoe all in a six-feet van
00:10After struggling to make ends meet while living paycheck to paycheck
00:13They decided to trade their mortgage for a life of freedom on the road now
00:17They visit new countries every month saving up to one thousand one hundred and forty pounds a month compared to just ten pounds back home
00:25From Turkey to Portugal
00:26They've explored 25 countries homeschooling Noah along the way and embracing the freedom and flexibility of van life for them
00:34It's all about living on their own terms with no end date in sight just a journey until it no longer feels right
00:39Would you sell your home to travel the world?

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