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30 May 2023
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Sea sport centre. Looking for couple long term stay, 1.april-15.september.
Are you a couple dreaming to work with tourists, experience with maintainance, building, construction, painting, cleaning apartments, keeping it tidy/sorting, kayaks/ SUP, gardening? We are a seasport centre & fishing camp in north of Norway. Beautiful location middle between the city of Bodø and Lofoten islands. Small village Nordskot in Steigen.
We have for rent 30 beds in 5 different sea cabins & apartments.
9 boats for sea-fishing for rent plus kayaks & Sup (paddleboards), canoe, cycles and sauna.
We also run a Rib-charter boat.
The guests have their own kitchen and we do not have restaurant.
Most guests come in groups from 2-18 people and stay for 7-10 days.
We need help in daily business like check-in, check-out incl. boat rental and fishing trip to the guests, cleaning apartments after check out, maintainance, gardening, painting etc. Boat driving and carpenter skills is an advantage.
Need to speak english. Speaking German is nice but not abolutely needed.
Help up to 25 hours a week each person. Must be flexible to hours but plan can be made each month. Means possible with days off for own trips and joy.
The help we looking for may be best for a couple living together. You will have your own small apartment with bedroom, kitchen/living area and bathroom. Apartment located 700 meters (5-10 min. walk) from sea sport centre/Marina.
Fantastic area if you love nature, fishing, boating, sea, hiking, mountains, climbing etc.
Main season march-sept but also activity rest of year. Other tasks/maintenence needed all year.
No pets/animals.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn how a seasport centre works. Enjoy life close to the sea. Fishing, boating and meet a lot of enthusiastic fishing guests. Learn to be a good sport-fisher if you are not an expert already.
And enjoy the fantastic northern surroundings. This is a nice area if you like hiking in the mountains.
Main season thera are many people around and off-seson Nordskot is a small quiet village. We have a local shop and daily ferrry Bodø-Lofoten stops here.
Nordskot is mainland and not a island so you can drive a car here.Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
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Host has indicated that they will pay at least the minimum hourly wage of their country for each hour worked and that accommodation will also be provided. They are asking for help with a business or business activity. Contact the host directly via the site messenger for more information and details about the wage provided. Any arrangements should be agreed in advance with your host.
Help
Main season march-sept: Daily tasks like check-in, check-out incl. boat rental and fishing tip to the guests, cleaning apartments,
All year incl. main season: maintainance, gardening, painting etc. Boat driving and carpenter skills is an advantage.
Needs to speak english. Speaking German is also an advantage in main season.
Help needed up to 25 hours a week each person. Must be flexible to work-hours but plan can be made each month. Means possible with days off for own trips and joy.
The help we looking for may be best for a couple living together. You will have your own small apartment with bedroom, kitchen/living area and bathroom. Apartment located 700 meters (5-10 min. walk) from sea sport centre/Marina.
Fantastic area if you love nature, fishing, boating, sea, hiking, mountains, climbing etc.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Norwegian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Private Apartment for 2 people. On location or only 700 meters from the marina.
What else ...
Travelling here is easiest by ferry from Bodø. Only 1,5 hrs trip.
By car 220 km from Bodø. About 3 hrs.
Nordskot is a small village with only 80 people living her year roud. In summertime several hundreds extra people arrives.
There is a local shop here and ferry stops 2 times a day. 3 restaurants on islands near by.
Nordskot is most about nature and wildlife/sea/fishing/hiking. We have beautiful mountains and an cave. No urban life here, but Leinesfjord 20 km from here have cafe, 1 big shop, one restaurant, one shop for clothes, gym, hairdresser, and local bank. In Steigen its also amazing mountain around and two big beaches Bøsand and Brennviksand.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours a day each, 5 days a week
Feedback (6)
They are easy going and both are creative (it's obvious in how the business is built and even in paintings). They were always gratefull for what we did.
It was our first workaway so we had to learn. The tasks varied a lot and we felt useful that is incouraging. Do not hesitate to ask for more to… read more
Because we arrived at the end of the season, our work largely involved jobs around the… read more
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They are easy going and both are creative (it's obvious in how the business is built and even in paintings). They were always gratefull for what we did.
It was our first workaway so we had to learn. The tasks varied a lot and we felt useful that is incouraging. Do not hesitate to ask for more to… read more
Because we arrived at the end of the season, our work largely involved jobs around the… read more
They are nice people and all work is done well.
We could not been any happier with their stay here this summer.
The work in high season consisted of cleaning apartments and tourist management but we also done some basecamp renovation , gardening , digging , painting ,… read more
We stayed in a great apartment and mostly took care of ourselves (food shopping and cooking). We also managed our own time and workload which consisted of painting, tree clearing, cleaning tourist apartments and helping with basecamp renovation.
Nordskot is a lovely place with a… read more
