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Gran Canaria. Credit: Image credit: Nomad City Gran Canaria conference

Between 2020 and 2023, Sonia Amroun spent four months of the year as a digital nomad in La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, where she ran co-living retreats for solo entrepreneurs.

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Sonia Amroun (left) on a hiking trip with one of her coliving retreat cohorts
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A meeting taking place in a vineyard in Gran Canaria. Image credit: Nomad City Gran Canaria conference
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A co-living retreat by Awid Awan, founded by Sonia Amroun.
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the DACH region and the future of work, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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