Digital nomad families from 11 countries gather in Hualien
Digital nomad families from 11 countries gather in Hualien
2026-03-27
Many people are fed up with the nine-to-five grind, and are looking for a way to travel while working—even with children in tow. A couple from Denmark developed a platform where digital nomads with families from around the world can travel together for extended periods, helping each other to form a kind of mobile global village. Now the group of 20 families has come to Hualien to experience the laid-back east coast life.
Parents lead their kids in doing hands-on activities on long wooden tables. But these aren’t your ordinary tourists. They’re professionals working remotely who decided to bring their families with them to Taiwan.
There are 20 families hailing from 11 countries in this group. They range in age from four months to 58 years old, totaling nearly 80 people in all. Most are digital nomads, who are traveling while working.
Angi
Writer
Actually, life in the US before was very, very lonely until we discovered Traveling Village. It’s a tourism concept where everyone pools their resources, the big kids look after the small kids, and there’s educational resources. It made us realize that the road less traveled isn’t just for single people. Families can do it, too.
This new living concept is the brainchild of a couple from Denmark. They wanted to keep traveling while also raising a family, so they created an online platform where they invited other families from around the world to bring their kids along with on long-term stays, where everyone would look after each other like their own small village.
Nikolaj Astrup
Traveling Village founder
So we have Traveling Village, which is kind of the main idea. So we created a website with the idea of being a big group of families that help each other. So most people in our group, they work, but it’s very different how they work.
The parents’ careers are diverse, from engineers, to scientists, to writers. Most are able to work remotely or take long periods of time off. Every year, they choose a place to travel for three months. This time they chose Taiwan, which has special meaning to cofounder Michelle.
Michelle Rødgaard-Jessen
Traveling Village founder
My mom is from Taiwan, but she grew up in Brazil. I wanted to reconnect with my Taiwanese roots and come back and visit this country. Also because Taiwan has so much to offer, like nature, and the people, and culture.
Chen An-chi
Cafe owner
This kind of immersive travel involves staying for a long time, so it should be helpful for us restaurant and hotel owners.
Local businesses are also happy to welcome these traveling families to stay for a while in Hualien, giving their kids a unique life experience.
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邊旅遊邊工作! 11國數位遊牧家庭齊聚花蓮體驗
2026-03-27
許多人厭倦了朝九晚五的工作，嚮往可以邊旅遊、邊上班的生活，如今帶著孩子也能實現，來自丹麥的夫妻，打造網路平台，邀請各國的數位遊牧家庭，一起到世界長時間旅行，大家互相幫忙，形成另類的跨國移動村落，這回一群人來到花蓮，一共20個家庭，體驗東部的自然風光。
爸媽帶著孩子，在木桌上體驗手作樂趣，他們不只是遊客，還是異地工作的上班族，攜家帶眷飄洋過海來到台灣。
總計來自11個國家，共20個家庭，年齡從4個月大到58歲都有，總計近80人，過起邊工作、邊旅遊的數位游牧生活。
[[台灣作家 Angi]]
“其實過去在美國生活，我們是非常非常寂寞的，直到我們發現了旅遊村，這樣一個大家可以把資源聚在一起，然後有大朋友可以照顧小朋友，有教育資源，可以共享的旅遊概念，讓我們發現，原來無路之路，不只是單身的人可以進行，原來家庭也可以進行”
打破傳統的新生活型態，理念來自丹麥的夫妻檔，他們希望即使有了家庭，也能繼續體驗數位遊牧生活，因次在網路上創建平台，邀請各國爸媽帶著孩子，一起長時間旅行，像是組成村落般，彼此照顧。
[[數位游牧家庭發起人 Nikolaj]]
“我們創建的主要概念叫做旅遊村，我們創建了一個網站，目的是創一個群組，讓各家庭彼此幫助，我們群組的大部分人都有工作，但工作的方式很不同”
家長們的工作多元，包括工程師、科學家、作家等，多半是能遠距離工作、或能放長假。每年有3個月，會選擇一個國家旅行，這次到台灣，也有創辦人太太的個人原因。
[[Nikolaj 太太 Michelle]]
“我媽媽是來自台灣，不過她是在巴西長大，所以我也希望能重新連結，自己在台灣的根，同時台灣也有很多東西，可以體驗例如自然、人文”
[[咖啡廳業者 陳安琪]]
“這種深入型的旅遊其實會長時間在這個地方，不管對我們餐廳或住宿業者，應該都是相當有幫助的”
在地業者也熱烈歡迎，各國數位遊牧家庭，到花蓮深度旅遊，帶給孩子獨特的生活體驗。
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