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Hello! I hope you are enjoying planning your next Workaway experience. :)
My name is Carl, called Calle, a Swedish-speaking Finn from Helsinki Finland.
I am an actor and a cultural producer, who has worked within a lot of NGOs:s and traveled & lived around the world, now speaking, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and a bit of French and German.
I practice yoga, some music, and gardening living a new life away from the city at the countryside. I am also a Yoga Instructor (Yoga Integral / Traditional) and I work with differently-abled people and do some journalism.I am a freelancer with a lot of dreams and projects. and I have also studied dialectic behavior therapy, music therapy, and services for people with substance abuse.
Right now (2024-2026) I am studying Yoga therapy and I work and study as an apprentice to become a nurse.
My true passion is human contact and the paradoxicality of being a human and surviving the Finnish raw summer light and darkness of the winter with a lot of humor.
Roxbäck "wellness dream farm" in Sipoonkorpi Natural Park ( My grandparents and family´s old farm)
Roxbäck farm in Sotunki, Vantaa is only 20 km from the city center of Helsinki.
Since I have no immediate family left nor children my dream is to establish an NGO / Foundation working at these places with yoga, agriculture, and wellness services for all kinds of people.
I always try to work together with my guests and volunteers so you are never alone responsible for a project. You can assist in various projects around the house and the garden according to your skills and interests.
We usually start from 9:30 - 13:30 ish (4 hours) with the workawayers Monday - Friday
Lunch at 1.30 pm ish
The rest of the day and weekends of course is free time, but we are also flexible with the timetables.
Regarding flexibility and exceptional times:
Sometimes I have to work so much that I cannot facilitate full hours, sometimes the Workawayer wishes to work less due to remote work or sightseeing / travels. During spring and winter there are usually less things to do anyhow but it can still be nice to receive Workawayers. In these cases we can plan according to following:
2-2,5 hours / workday = No food included, only accomodation with the occational meal together.
2,5-3 hours / workday = Breakfast and snacks with the occational meal together.
3,5 - 4 hours / workday = Breakfast and snacks with one hot meal (usually lunch / workday) with the occational dinner together.
5 hours = All food included
Welcome to Sipoonkorpi in Sotunki.
Carl
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You would be extremely close to the centre of Helsinki in the middle of the beautiful archipelago of the Helsinki region. You would learn about not only Finnish culture but also about the Swedish costal culture in Finland.
Help
I always try to help together with my guests and volunteers so you are never alone responsible for a project. You can assist in various projects around the house and the garden according to your skills and interests.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Finnish: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Norwegian bokmål: Intermediate
Portuguese: Intermediate
German: Beginner
French: BeginnerThis 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
I have a guest room for 2 people and a heated camper van with electricity, water and a cooker.
I will make lunch and we can also cook together.
You are provided with breakfast, one hot meal per day (lunch), and some snacks.
I usually don´t cook dinners or during the weekends.
What else ...
The bus stop is 1,5 km from the farm and it takes aprox 1 hour to get to Helsinki center by public transportation.
With car it takes 25 minutes and the distance is 20km.
Biking to the nearest train station or metro station takes 35 minutes.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
My internet connection is ok, but cellular 4G connection is limited
Space for parking camper vans
I can provide outside water, electricity, and there is also a compost toilet outside
Can possibly accept pets
depending on your pet ;)
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Feedback (23)
When I arrived at home, there has already been Autumn, The tree of leaves is being orange.
How beautiful !
I mainly support him the project of painting a roof to be black, white and red.
To be honest, I had a little experience to paint something.
However, he relies on… read more
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When I arrived at home, there has already been Autumn, The tree of leaves is being orange.
How beautiful !
I mainly support him the project of painting a roof to be black, white and red.
To be honest, I had a little experience to paint something.
However, he relies on… read more
During this time we worked at painting roof, cleaning sheds, renovating bench, helping at cooking, wood chopping, and other tasks. It was very various, tasks were enjoyable and we could finish most of them. I like a lot physical tasks, Carl is taking care that we don't work too hard.
We… read more
Irvin built me a new wood/plank cutting place and they fixed up and painted an old wooden sofa to look amazing. They are amazing cooks also. Very polite, humble tidy, funny, and curious people. Thank… read more
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Sergio is also very kind and sympathetic person. Welcome back and have… read more
Roman is a good worker and chef also. Sorry for my super late review, better late than never. Welcome back again. :)
Had a great time the 2 weeks I stayed and he alowed me to experience Finland like I never would have otherwise.
Calle gave me great tips on what to see and what to experience near Helsinki, aswell as showing me some traditional finnish food.
The worktimes where always… read more
Fritjof is good with tools and DIY stuff. He helped me with painting in the kitchen and made really beautiful frames for paintings, among other stuff.
I wish you a Happy New Year 2024 with more adventures in the world. :)
Jan is very good with tools and DIY stuff in general.
Thank you for your visit, welcome back and I wish you a lot of magical new adventures in 2023.
Carl is such a fun guy and a very inspiring person. We had a lot of good conversations and a lot of fun cooking, talking, going out, working and especially doing yoga every morning that we really enjoyed! Carl also gave us a lot of ideas and opportunities what to do in… read more
My stay at Carl's was short but lovely. I stayed there for about a week in between my travels, the place is located in the middle of a national park, absolutely calm and beautiful. Carl cooks delicious food and is a fun guy. I, unfortunately, got really sick and could not help (and move) a… read more
Carl taught me a lot about the local culture and history.
I won't forget my time at Roxbäck farm so quickly:)
I wish you all the best for the future Carl and Miffi!
They were very interested in the Finnish and Finnish-Swedish culture and they loved the lovely Sompa Sauna in Helsinki.
They kept the house with firewood and the fireplace warm. They painted and did some DIY. They can cook and even helped us build an outside platform for a new heating pump during some… read more
Calle's house is located in the nationalpark and sourrounded by the… read more
It was great to have you.
I wish you all the best future motorbiking adventures.
See ya
I spent two and a half weeks with him helping him paint and clean the outside of his house! He has big plans for his farm! All the best for the future!
One weekend we also sailed with his sailboat to his summer… read more
I wish you a fantastic year travelling around Europe.
The amount of work is very fair and if you're tired there's always some… read more
We mostly helped with cooking and repainting the house. On our free time we would hike to the lakes and go swim !
Even though we only stayed a week, we felt right at home and we had an amazing time with everyone. Carl is a fun and easy-going host. The property and its surroundings are… read more
They are curious about people and culture and I also learned a lot from talking with them.
They are really a very sweet team and couple.
Together with Giorgia they built a fantastic compost and renewed a whole corner on the old barn,… read more
We had a lot of fun together with Roy and Mickaël both at the farm and at Pentala.
I was very impressed with Whitneys curiosity and all the knowledge she already has at such a young age.
We did gardening and DIY stuff and Whitney is also a very good cook.
My friends and family were also charmed by Whitney 😀
I… read more
We had a lot of fun and she became a good friend with the other workawayers and my neighbours and family also.
She is also very good with children and became a hit with my neighbours children. 😀
Giorgia is a fast learner and did a lot of DIY building stuff at the farm.
I wish her the best… read more
I did some work that I was really pleased with, together with other Workaways we built a compost heap, cut wood, used the hammer and nails..... we fitted a door… read more
We had a fantastic time together. Roys curiosity and willingness to learn new things are very inspiring. He is also very social and made friends with our friends and family.
Together with Witney and Michael he did a lot of DIY chors and some gardening. I wish Roy all the best for his next… read more
I was fortunate enough to be able to stay at both of his properties: The farm in Sipoonkorpi National Park and the beach house on Pentala. (Both stunningly beautiful!) At both residences Carl let me and the other work-awayers build and paint a new roofs for his water… read more
She took care of all of us when for a while we were like 5-6 people at once here and she cooked amazing lunches for us all.
Monserrat likes to do all kinds of chores and she is good in the garden and also with building and DIY: tasks.
A hammer and a saw stay well in her hands and she also helped us… read more
Quedo agradecida por su confianza al dejarme sola al cuidado de su gata y su casa durante sus vacaciones.
Hasta siempre Carl !
He housesitted, took care of our garden and Miffi the cat, while I was travelling.
We went hiking, fishing, visited the city center and the archipelago museum and we even went sailing and took a ferry back.
We stayed at both the farm in Sotunki in the national park and at the island of Pentala. We… read more
Flor is a fantastic worker, curious and innovative. She is also a great vegan cook and she inspired me with a lot of nice dishes that we prepared together. Flor is very efficient and during one week we… read more
He picked me up at the harbour with his boat and prepared the mini cottage for me to stay, it was really comfy !
The work was varied but mostly garden related: we finished his fence and prepared the soil for the season, mowed the lawn, picked up wood, raked,… read more
