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I am a 63 year old retired female teacher living on an old farm on the west coast of Norway. My land is rented out for horses in the growth season. For my own joy I have two cats and a little chicken coop. In the old days there were copper mines in the forrest. The ruins are still visible. I have an old wooden roing boat and an old Ferguson tractor that both need maintenance, and there are possibilities for fishing trout. The house is mostly heated with wood.
My special interest is simple, slow, contemplative, eco-friendly living.
The farm lies quite isolated, at the edge of a beautiful lake, in an old pine forrest. There are about 500 people in my community. We have three shops; a food store, a shop for building and gardening, and a popular second hand shop. It takes 7 minutes to drive from my place to the centre of our little town, called Hatlestrand. A two hour bus ride will bring you to Bergen. The tickets are very affordable.
I would like a couple to stay here with me. You will have a comfortable guest room with two beds, a small wood stove, and a tiny kitchen.The house has two bathrooms, so you will have your own.
In your working hours you will help clean the house, make dinner, maintain the road and fences, cut the grass, chopping wood and start making a fruit and vegetable garden. I will provide for your food. We will share dinner together. I can help improve your English - or teach Norwegian - if you wish so.
My children and their families come to visit me for a day or two from time to time. Then the house is lively.
Otherwise I live very quietly.
So - this is the place if you like peace and quiet surrounded by forrest and water.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Experience peace and quiet in an old and beautiful Norwegian farm. Old fashioned, eco-friendly living. As a retired teacher I can help improve English or Norwegian language. Fishing trout in the lake.
Help
Make dinner, clean the house, general maintenance including the road. Start making a fruit and vegetable garden in the spring. Chopping wood.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Norwegian bokmål: Fluent
Norwegian nynorsk: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I can help you improve your English and teach Norwegian.
Accommodation
You will have your own guest room with a tiny kitchen, a wood stove, two beds and two comfortable sitting chairs. Free Wifi. Your own bathroom.
What else ...
Meditative walking in the forrest (forest bathing), climbing (easy climbing) local mountain tops, picking berries, swimming in the lake. There is a two hour bus drive to Bergen.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
You can use Wifi for free.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Eva is a very nice and kind lady, we also met her very friendly family!
Our days were all organized in the best way to enjoy the amazing place, in the morning we worked in her garden, on the road or in the woodshed for a few hours, in the afternoon, after dinner, we… read more
He was polite, friendly, and interested in learning new things. He helped me outdoors as well as indoors, and did both the road-work and the chopping / sawing wood very well. His cooking got better and better during the stay, and he made several delicious dishes using recipies from his family in… read more
I helped Eva mainly with maintaining the road… read more
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Eva is a very nice and kind lady, we also met her very friendly family!
Our days were all organized in the best way to enjoy the amazing place, in the morning we worked in her garden, on the road or in the woodshed for a few hours, in the afternoon, after dinner, we… read more
He was polite, friendly, and interested in learning new things. He helped me outdoors as well as indoors, and did both the road-work and the chopping / sawing wood very well. His cooking got better and better during the stay, and he made several delicious dishes using recipies from his family in… read more
I helped Eva mainly with maintaining the road… read more
He was kind, helpful and handy. His cooking was excellent.
If I didn’t have the tools or materials that he needed to do a job, no problem!
He improvised an even better solution!
We didn’t always understand each other 100%, but I used the few French words that I knew and he used the… read more
