Help our family at our mountain lodge and farm in the beautiful mountains of Hemsedal, Norway

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  2024 

 Geforderte Mindest-Aufenthaltsdauer:  mindestens 1 Monat oder mehr

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    Update:
    Thank you for interest! At this time we are only looking to connect with individuals who are interested in joining us as housekeepers for our lodge and cottages for the summer season (July - early October) and winter season (late December through April. There may be small opportunities on the farm, but the main work will be housekeeping.

    Also, due to an influx in inquiries since changing our profile to "wage-based work", we are a bit slow to respond. We apologize for this. But if you are interested in joining us, please include detail and/or evidence of your experience.

    Also, to clarify, since we are offering wage-based work, we can only work with individuals who have experience in housekeeping *and* are from the EU (unless you already have a work visa for Norway). Hours will range from 20 - 37.5 hours per week.

    We have had incredible and positive experiences with workaway guests in the past who have helped us with setting up our farm; and we are excited to extend the opportunity to folks interested in housekeeping.

    Thank you for reading!

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    We are a family of 5 - Norwegian Dad, American Mom and 3 energetic boys (ages 8, 6 and 3). We run a historic lodge in the mountains of Hemsedal, Norway - known as the “Scandinavian Alps” for its skiing, snowboarding, dog sledding and other snow activities in the winter, and for its hiking and biking in the summer.

    We have also recently established a small organic farm to feed our family, team, local community, and now Huso guests, and we are committed to building a more sustainable and active life -- an ideal that we believe is only possible through good old fashioned hard work, genuine curiosity, and willingness to go outside one's comfort zone every day.

    At this time we are looking to work with folks who are passionate and have experience in hospitality and housekeeping.
    In the past (and perhaps again in the future), folks have helped us with starting and growing our organic, regenerative farm.

    Please note, we are paying wages, so we require experience in the work areas we list below. Unfortunately, we don't have the capacity to train folks with little or no experience at this time.

    We are excited to host a Workaway guests who are:

    - genuinely interested in hospitality
    - proactively engaging in everyday tasks
    - having a positive and happy attitude
    - humble and appreciative
    - self motivated to take action and effectively complete the tasks
    - flexible in one's ability to dial up for busy weeks or dial down for slower weeks

    Specifically, we currently need help with:

    July - Early October: Hospitality
    - cleaning, housekeeping and cabin preparation

    December - April: Hospitality
    - cleaning, housekeeping and cabin preparation

    If you love nature, healthy eating, skiing/snowboarding, hiking, farming, rustic living and friendly company, this is the perfect work-travel opportunity for you. We look forward to sharing this beautiful place and experience with you!

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
    Hausarbeiten
    Handwerkliche Arbeiten
  • Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    You will gain exposure to people from all over the world during your interaction with guests of the mountain lodge and our family as well.

    ABOUT US:

    BJØRN and DANAE are both tech entrepreneurs, who have grown to appreciate the mental, physical and spiritual importance of returning to nature amidst this increasingly "always-on" tech-enabled world. Passionate about healthy food, simple, toxin-free living and restoring nature to its original form (we just planted 10,000 new trees on the land!), we are dedicated to growing the farm and building the lodge into a wellness destination here in Norway. We both are active in sales and operations, but when not on our computers, you'll find Bjorn hands-on in the field building new vegetable beds, and you'll find Danae relentlessly practicing her sourdough baking skills and studying Market Garden Best Practices. They have three boys, Tor, Teo & Tommen, aged 8, 6 and 3. All three have a lot of energy. They love jumping on the trampoline, biking, helping on the farm, and escaping into a good book (with pictures:) to relax after a long day outside.


    ALEX works with Danae and Bjorn as an operations specialist overseeing sales, customer communications, event management for the Lodge. She also helps Danae meet and connect with workaways who want to help on the farm or in the house . After many hectic years climbing the corporate ladder at a leading European online retail platform; Alex made the conscious decision to return to nature and focus her energy on creating experiences for guests who need to slow down too!


    We all love sharing our stories and experience from life and look forward to learning alongside others to love nature and the outdoors. The mountain lodge itself is under new management so you would get to see the new business reimagined and be a support to those on the property creating the vision for this unique, wellness focused, food and travel destination in Norway.

  • Projekte mit Kindern

    Projekte mit Kindern

    Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.

  • Die vom Gastgeber angebotene Vergütung entspricht dem Mindestlohn

    Die vom Gastgeber angebotene Vergütung entspricht dem Mindestlohn

    Dieser Host bietet Unterkunft und Bezahlung.

    Der Gastgeber gibt an, dass er den gesetzlichen Stundenlohn seines Landes für jede gearbeitete Stunde zahlt und zudem die Unterkunft zur Verfügung stellt. Er sucht Mithilfe an seinem Unternehmen bzw. bei seiner Geschäftstätigkeit. Nutze bitte die Messaging-Funktion der Website, um mehr Informationen und Details zum gezahlten Lohn zu erhalten. Du solltest alle Absprachen im Vorfeld direkt mit deinem Gastgeber treffen.

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    We are looking for help doing the following:

    1. Housekeeping (needed for 2024)
    Historically, we have only hired local residents to assist us with housekeeping and cleaning, but recently more and more workaways have expressed interest in contributing their experience in this way. So we are now formally offering paid housekeeping opportunities through workaway. Our lodge is comprised of a series of 5 large cottages and a few lodge apartments. Families typically rent a cottage or apartment for a weekend or week during the winter for winter wonderland family holidays. Between each stay, we clean the cottages fully. Some weeks are busier than others so the right person is someone who can work a full week one week, and then be OK with working less the next and getting outside to explore the nature surrounding us.

    2. Plumbing (Post-poned until 2025)
    We are passionate about off-grid sustainability, and have architected what we believe might be one of the most interesting sustainable heating systems in Norway -- combining thermal wells, fire stoves, solar, water batteries, water-borne floor heating and more. If you have plumbing experience and want to take your sustainability knowledge to the next level, join us. We are rolling out this system to all our cottages and need plumbers to help us execute.

    3. Event service (post-poned until 2025)
    Come summer time, we turn to hosting 2-3 day destination weddings nearly every weekend. The week before each event, we need help setting up our historic barn and banquet hall for meals, prepping cabins and event spaces, preparing and serving amazing wedding dinners, and cleaning up after guests depart. If you have serving experience and a desire to explore the mountains of Norway, this would be a great fit.

    4. Farming: (Post-poned until 2025)
    We have initiated a small organic farm here on the property. Each spring, summer and fall we need help with planting, nurturing and harvesting our vegetables, tending to our small flock of chickens and pigs whom we are pasture-raising, and executing a variety of physical farm infrastructure projects (like maintaining hoops and watering systems, building "hegekultur" beds, and more!) While this land has been used for farming for hundreds of years (most recently during WW2 when the Nazis occupied Norway and the three families living here were forced to live off their land), it's been untouched for the last few decades; so we are bringing it back to life! If you have farming experience and an interest in organic farming and clean food, and in particular what it takes to build a farm from scratch, our farm could be an incredible project for you. In addition to working on the land, the opportunity to harvest and cook/prepare food sourced from the land is also available. This includes pickling, preserving, fermenting, etc.

    If you're also interested in joining us, please reach out.

  • Gesprochene Sprachen

    Englisch: Fließend
    Norwegian: Grundkenntnisse

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    ACCOMODATION:
    Our Workaway guests stay in an apartment suite at the lodge. The apartment comes equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, shared living space, dining area, two bedrooms (each with two beds). Connected to the apartment are two additional rooms, each equipped with two beds and a bathroom. Those staying in the additional rooms have access to the common kitchen and shared spaces of the apartment.

    In the winter and summer, we expect to host between 2 workaway guests at a time, such that everyone would get their own bedroom. Any couples we host could comfortably share a room as well.

    All Workaway guests will be provided with bed linens and a towel. Prior workaway guests have commented how lovely our accommodations are.

    ACTIVITIES:
    All Workaway guests will have unlimited access to our expansive land, nature and the picturesque mountain views of Norway, as well the ability to ski/snowboard at one of Norway's premier ski resorts (Hemsedal Skisenter) during the winter. Hiking, biking and cross country skiing is also available with amazing trails that run on our property and head off for miles into the wilderness. Between guest stays, our workaway guests can also test out our newly installed wood-fired hot tubs and fish-eye lens saunas, which are conveniently located next to our lakes.

    Come join us!

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    We are located a 15 minute drive away from the closest town, Hemsedal, and our workaway guests would be offered a ride from the host during each trip into town. In town there are various shops, outdoor / ski supply stores, restaurants, a cafe and a grocery store. Steps from the lodge are several mountain trails for biking, hiking, cross country skiing and lake swimming. We are also a 20-minute drive from Hemsedal Skisenter, a destination for skiiers and snowboarders in the 'Scandinavian Alps.'

  • Etwas mehr Information

    Etwas mehr Information

    • Internet Zugang

    • Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

      Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

    • Wir besitzen Tiere

    • Wir sind Raucher

    • Familien möglich

  • Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

    Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

    Dieser Gastgeber nimmt gern Digital Nomads bei sich auf.

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    mehr als zwei

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    Arbeitszeiten

    Maximum 5hours a day, 5 days a week

Gastgeber Ref-Nr.: 194973771916

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