Cultural exchange, good food, gardening and building in Bekinge, southern Sweden

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    hej, we're a family with 2 kids, originally from switzerland, came to sweden for a sabbatical more than 10 years ago and got stuck, living on the countryside in our little paradise we created over the past years at the dead end of a gravel road, trying to keep live slow and simple, hosting many visitors to fulfill our social needs...

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Help around the house
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    welcome to take a close look on our try to slow down life, escape from some of the compulsions of western living, and building the place of our dreams with our own hands. get an insight in swedish and swiss culture in just one place. enjoy the quiet and beautiful natural surrounding here. watch an autodidact build a house and a self-sustaining garden...
    if you're in to music teach us some of your songs and learn some of ours, if you're in to games we're in...
    we eat everything and like to invest time in proper and healthy food preparation but try hard to avoid dogmas. both vegetarians and karnivors very welcome. vegans just as welcome, but they might have to help with the cooking...

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    update 2023:
    we've got space to host 2-3 workawayers between 12.3. and 8.4., 10-14 days would be perfect. gabi will be abroad working, so its just gunnar&the kids.
    need help with:
    cutting firewood
    preparing the garden for the season
    help with the sheep (lambs to be born around then)

  • Languages spoken

    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Swedish: Fluent
    French: Intermediate

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    one of the guesthouses or room in the house

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    awesome wild forest just behind the house (with lots of blueberries and mushrooms), about 5km to the sea (we have bicycles), various lakes in the surrounding (we have a sup and a boat), table tennis, access to sauna and hot tub nearby. bad public transport, just about 2 busses in and out per day. 15km to the next trainstation, we can pick you up by car.

    in general we prefer rather short visits up to max 2 weeks.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    100mb/s up&down fiber / wifi

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    enough space for any vehicle

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    we have a cat, chicken and sheep, any animal guest shall not eat these;-)

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 489831939246

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