For those wishing to read a (Dutch, translated to English) article about him: https://www-nrc-nl.translate.goog/nieuws/2022/02/10/in-een-boomhut-wonen-en-147

For those wishing to read a (Dutch, translated to English) article about him: https://www-nrc-nl.translate.goog/nieuws/2022/02/10/in-een-boomhut-wonen-en-147-uur-per-maand-trainen-nils-van-der-poel-doet-alles-anders-a4087308?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=fr&_x_tr_pto=sc Nils van der Poel (25) registered four years ago for the toughest military training there is in Sweden. It was part of his master plan to become the best long-distance skater in the world .. To keep up with the demanding regime, Van der Poel alternates his training sessions with fun things. Skydiving, in his case. In the summer he moves to Västerås airbase and takes up residence in one of the barracks of the local Flygklubb. There he builds himself a tree house, eight meters high. He has no fixed place of residence or residence. His mail is delivered to the yellow house on Staafsgatan in Trollhättan, where he grew up and where his father still lives. He also lives out of a bag. His friends from the parachute club in Västerås, 300 kilometers away, may get a call from him; whether he can come over that evening, and whether he can stay the night. Then he cycles there, eats hamburgers and drinks a beer with his mates, before cycling back to Trollhättan the next day. “Nils is always himself,” says Mikael Helgesson, one of his buddies at the club. "He's nice and sociable, says what he thinks without offending anyone." Helgesson thinks that skydiving is an outlet for Van der Poel. “When you jump, you can't think of anything else for a while. You leave the world behind, escape from the daily grind. I think that's exactly what he was looking for.”