Enjoy a sustainable lifestyle close to nature in Vuku, Norway

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  Description

  Please notice that we are in hibernation from late october to end of march. During that period we can not host anybody due to a thick layer of snow that prevents us from any activity despite sleeping and eating. The following description is about the norwegian spring, summer and autumn, that lasts from early may to midth of october. During that time we will have lots of tasks for you, if interested! Enjoy reading ;)
  
  Heia! We are Freya and Stig, and 2 teenage kids. We love both gardening and animals, and do have a lot of ideas, plans and unfinished projekts, but too little time to manage everyting. That is why we search for someone to share our enthusiasm and help us.
  
  We try to live of the land! We fish, gather herbs, mushroom and other plants from the surroundings. On the farm we have a vegetable-, fruit- and berrygarden, are keeping bees, and have animals for meat, egg and other purposes (chickens, rabbits, guinnea pigs, ducks and geese. The neighbour has sheep that grass on our land). In that way we try to create a little, self- sufficient ecological system that keeps itself going. We process and take care of all food through pickling, freezing, smoking, making sausage, drying, brewing, making cheese and so on. We also bake our own bread in a wood-fired oven. We focus on lokal food production, with roots in norwegian traditions. This is an important part of the experience of coming to us, so we would prefer not to host people with severe food allergies. We neither can welcome people who travel with their own pets, due to our own lifestock.
  
  Another important part of the experience of coming to us is reuseing, making things from scratch and practising old crafts. We have tried out many types such as basket weaving, blacksmithing, wood carving, wood turning, soap making and more. Freya has a CA as a violinmaker, and runs å little workshop on the farm. If those of you who come to us have knowledge of other crafts, we would like to learn and try them out.
  
  The farm itself is a typical norwegian "småbruk" consisting of several houses which have their own purposes each. Due to their age the buildings need care and reparasjon, which is part of our projects.
  
  If we find time for it, we like to spend time in nature, go for walks, spend the night in a hammock or tent, paddle a canoe or kayak, etc. Some in the family are keen to shoot with a bow and arrow (not for hunting), some play music and others doing arts. We are a playfull family!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  For our guests, we hope this will be an experience of Norwegian culture and life on a small farm. It is also ment as an example of living a sustainable lifestyle in the modern world.

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  Help

  We want to get help with all our tasks, such as maintaining buildings, painting, restauration of buildings, gardening, animal care and housework.
  
  For the season march - oktober 2025 we are looking for 2-3 workawayers with experience in carpeting and timber work, since we are planning to put up a litte house for foodstorage at the farm (noewegian stabbur). This will include som rough fysical labor as the house consists of hvole timbers up to 7 meters long, which has to be put up manually.
  
  We adults work full time jobs. This might cause a change of working time for those who come and visit us, since we usually work on the farm on workday evenings and week-ends.
  
  Living on the farm is our lifestile, and we rather perfer to fokus on the joy of experimenting, trying new things and succseeding – and sometimes even failing. We do not consider that work connected to our lifestyle as labor, rather than as an endless source of new experiences. In that way we do have quite a few unfinished projects, which we grab again when we have the opportunity - and the energy. The farm is our retreat from our stessful and demanding works, and we do fokus on laughter, recreation and joy while we are at home. In this way, we do decide in the morning what we would like to do that day. It is therefore not possible to say exactly what we and our visitors are going to do during their stay, besides animal care, which is a daily job. However, the different seasons of the year demand different tasks- we follow nature`s path.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Norwegian: Fluent
  French: Beginner

  This 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.
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  Accommodation

  Guests share bathroom, kitchen and living room with us, but have their own bedroom.
  
  The guests eat and work together with the family, but also do have access to the kitchen to cook their own food if desired. We see your visit as an opportunity to exchange both experience and culture.

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  What else ...

  The farm is approx. 1 hour and 30 minutes from Trondheim and Værnes airport. We can offer the necessary transport both on arrival and departure, plus some excursions the guests want. We have good knowledge of the region we live in, and can provide transport to the nearest public transport point. The farm itselv is quite isolated, 4 km from the nearest village/supermarked and 20 km fom the nearest town/public transport. Together with the guests we can find interesting experiences and things they want to do.
  
  There are several small towns, museums, swimming pools, Zoo with lokal animals, library, training centers, salmon fishing (own fees!) and more in the area to discover. Remeber that the distances in Norway might be longer than expected 😉

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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