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Join our small community project on an old organic farm near Diemelsee, Germany

We are a small community living on the land just west of Kassel. Our place is an old small Demeter farm, but now we produce just for ourselves and transforming the place for us to live outside and welcome guests, host small community events. We are ......

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Enjoy the peace and quietness of the countryside and help with gardening and animals near Hannover, Germany

My name is Kerstin. On our farm lives one dog, he is walking on three legs, an old sensitive horse, which had really bad experiences in the past and a young pony. We have a large garden full of plants, flowers, hedges and a vegetable patch. I am ......

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Stay with our lovely family in the beautiful village of Arrenkamp, Germany

Hello, we are a family consisting of Doris (mum), Marie (me, 25 years old, who has moved out to study and only comes by from time to time), my sibllings Noah (23 - he lives nearby and often pops up —mostly to look for food.), Sarah (20, she has just ......

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Learn about gardening while sharing ideas, knowledge and practical experience in Cologne, Germany

Hey there! I live in a 270 year-old house with a barn, garden, well, two garden huts, a small meadow and some animals. The property covers about 1900 m² and is located at the edge of a small village, directly next to forests and fields — lots of ......

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Join a fun loving queer family walking distance to a lake in Radevormwald, Germany

Mainly looking for childcare and help with cleaning around the house, preferably longer term. Hey :) I am Fleur, I am 28 years old and I am working as a midwife. I live with my fiancé and her spouse (we're polyamorous) in a Village in the ......

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Permaculture farm with online education in Stockum, Germany

We, Maria and Jürgen live in a small village in the Sauerland region (one hour from Dortmund), in an almost 200-year-old farmhouse, with organic vegetable garden, small orchard und our animals -12 sheep, 6 chickens and 2 cats. We would love to ......

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Cultural exchange at our up-cycling community in Duisburg, Germany

We are an upcycling community consisting of Kim, Torsten, Marvin, Martin, Niklas, Linda, Pieter (9 years old), and Lotta (6 years old). We live in Duisburg, on the border of the Ruhr area. The Rhine River, surrounded by greenery, is 1 km away, and ......

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Enjoy family life with horses, goats and chickens in Grefrath, Germany

We are a nature-loving family with two wonderful children (2 and 7 years) and we live on our small farm with horses, goats, chickens and our dog. We both have other jobs and fulfilled our dream of living on a small hobby farm. We enjoy the beautiful ......

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Explore nature and join us with the dogs in Cologne, Germany

We are just three in our small Family. We live together with our 11 years old son and our two dogs. Unfortunately, my husband is out of action for a while due to a ruptured Achilles tendon (long-term injury), which means we urgently need an extra ......

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Learn about food forest and animals on our permaculture site in Warburg, Germany

*German below* Hi everyone, newest Update: we've got our milksheep :) So milking/simple cheese making from July ongoing! And little rabbits, geese, chicken are born. over the last five years we've created a one-hectare wild forest garden based on ......

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Calm down and join us in the outdoors in a quite green part of the amazing Ruhrgebiet, Germany

We are a couple living in an older house with a big garden in a quite green part of the ruhr area „Ruhrgebiet“ in North Rhine-Westfalia. We are looking for helpers for gardening, household and any kind of work that comes in an older house. There ......

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Enjoy nature and help out at an Old House in a small village in Mosel, Germany

After 2 years of working as a volunteer via Workaway myself, I bought this little stone house in September 2021. The left side I have been renovating to make it a space for living and now I started with the right part of the house (former shed) to ......

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Learn about self-sufficiency at our 15th century water mill, surrounded by forest and river in Recke, Germany

We live on a beautiful piece of land where we dedicate ourselves to maintaining the buildings, the property, and pursuing self-sufficiency. Our home is a historic 15th-century water mill, nestled beside a small river and surrounded by 14 acres of ......

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Join our fun musician family and explore the surroundings of Bonn, Germany

We are a nice musicians family of currently 5 actually looking for a nice person who would like to spend time with us and our 2 daughters. We could need some help with household and learning with them. But the older one is almost 10 and the younger ......

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Join our family in Cologne West, Germany

We are a family with two adults and two children from Cologne. We live very close to the city center, yet surrounded by nature. We were workawayer ourselves and now we like to be hosts after six months of travel. Our children are our top priority. ......

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Help with my two cats when I am on holidays in Köln, Germany

I need help from time to time with my two cats when I am on holidays Hey dear people, I am a private person with two amazing, cuddly cats who travels every now and then and needs someone to look after them. They are not complicated, they just ......

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Friendly and peaceful town house and garden need help in Gütersloh, Germany

I live in a big house with a garden close to the centre of a middle-sized Westphalian town. I love my garden and grow a lot of insect-friendly plants, some veg and also keep two chickens. My garden is run completely organic, with a focus on ......

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Learn about permaculture near the historic town of Hameln, Germany

We are Anne & Fiz with our six year old son, a German/British family and we are building up an organic smallholding on 3ha of land, with the aim of hopefully leading a simpler life in the countryside. We will be using permaculture designs in our ......

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Friendly and reliable cat sitter near Cologne, Germany

Hello, my name is Sabine, I'm a single mother with two children and two cats. I live in Hürth. Here you have the opportunity to relax in the garden or go for walks by the lake and in the forest. There's also a shopping center and a cinema. You can ......

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Enjoy nature and help us in our large garden, with DIY projects in Kranenburg, Germany

A large garden right by the forest, a house where we want to change a lot, some chickens, a rooster, a few cats, a family that speaks dutch, german and english, space for camping, a motorhome or possibly in the house. On the other hand, a forest, ......

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