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We have a hobby farm in Finland with many pets: a herd of Icelandic horses, 2 goats, chickens, 5 dogs, 6 cats, 2 geckos and an axolotl. We breed Icelandic horses, we currently have around 20 including many foals. They are awesome, energetic and very stubborn :)
The goats know how to perform multiple tricks and if you bribe them they might show you. The minipig Nasu loves belly scratches but can be shy at first. We hope our workawayers give him the attention he deserves.
We are a family of 5, the "kids" aged 12, 14, 20 (Lara) and 24. (The eldest one is not living at home, and Lara is running this account, and home during weekends)
We are originally from Austria but have been living in Finland since 16 years. The mom (Ursula) is a veterinarian (that's also why we have 6 cats, they are all rescues). We are a very chill, humorous and a bit crazy family in a chaotic household. We like to spend our free time with the animals and play board games.
Workawayers here should be flexible, show initiative, genuinely want to help, and love spending time with pets and being outside with the horses. Owning a good sense of humour helps. You will not receive very detailed instructions and you need to feel comfortable with that and show initiative.
We would like people who are:
1. Over 21 years old
2. Able to work independently
3.Good cooks to make family meals
4. Experienced (!) horse riders to help train our horses. Preferably people with experience with Icelandic horses.
5. Handy people to build fences in the spring and summer.
6. Motivated cleaners
7. Lively humourous people to be a part of our family :)
We are a non-smoking household.
Please note, it's a messy and chaotic household and garden and we need help to clean it up. We don't have a fancy riding school but happy muddy horses. Only come here if you can handle messyness and are willing to help with cleaning.
And during the workweek the mom works a lot and can be home very late. So incase there are no other workawayers you need to be okay with being alone during the day (although you are never truly alone with all the pets)
During the weekend she has more time.
We live in a big old house (140 years old) in the countryside surrounded by woods and fields. On our rides we cross a river. There is a lake 14 kilometers away that we sometimes visit in the summer to go for a swim. The ocean is a 40 minute drive away.
We speak German, Finnish, Swedish, English and the mom also knows how to speak French, Icelandic and some Spanish.
We don't have a business and the help needed would vary from day to day, the hours are flexible and taking time off to do trips wouldn't be a problem.
Would be great if you would write something to proof you have read our entire profile :)Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
Experienced horse riders with no fear of energetic horses can join us for rides in the beautiful countryside. Inexperienced riders have the chance of learning a little riding as well.
You can explore the woods and nature. We can teach you a little Finnish or Swedish if interested. You can meet local people and experience Finland from a local standpoint.
You can cuddle a lot of animals, which is great for the soul :)Arbeit
We welcome help with:
-Training the horses: groundwork and halter training foals, riding and doing groundwork with the older ones
-Feeding all of the animals
-Cleaning the house and the garden, one of the daily tasks is to keep the house in order.
-Cooking family meals (also coming up with ideas what to cook, making grocery lists)
-Going on longs walks with the dogs and also walking the goats
-Fixing fences in the warmer months or doing other outside projects.
-Haywork in the summerGesprochene Sprachen
Deutsch: Fließend
Englisch: Fließend
Finnish: Fließend
Swedish: FließendUnterkunft
There is a guestroom with a bunkbed upstairs workawayers can use. If we have mutliple workawayers you might have to share a room. The bathroom and other rooms are shared and you would be living like part of the family. The house is truly a mess most of the time, and it's chaotic countrylife we are living. With this many animals it gets dirty very fast and we need help with that!
Only come if you can handle it. Seriously
We have WiFi in the living room, otherwise the connection can be bad at times.
You are always free to help yourself from our kitchen.
Half of the family is pescatarian, so vegetarians are very welcome :)Was noch ...
There is a small town 30 kilometers away, it's possible to take a bus there and back. We can do a little sightseeing together, and you can meet local people. If you want to go somewhere further away there is a train station we can drive you to.
Near us we also have a local sight, a biiig rock called Ilveskivi. But that's really the only sight haha, I hope you came to see trees and animals and not sights.Etwas mehr Information
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Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
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Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Thank you so much for all your help (Forever grateful for the birthday cleanup you… read more
The first two weeks of my stay I was the only Workawayer, then I was joined for the last three weeks by Chiara (another Workawayer) and Lara (home from university) which was… read more
The most reliable, friendly and fun people you can… read more
As our first workaway I think we could not expect a better experience !
My girl friend and I went to this amazing and dynamic family for all July 2022 and we loved it ! it was not even 2 weeks for us 😅
This is the perfect place for animals and farm lover !!
The work there is not so difficult, we had to take care of the… read more
I was very well received and I quickly felt good in the family !
The work is not hard and very pleasant. You need to take care of all the animals, repair things or fences or just clean some part of the garden !
I’m already… read more
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Thank you so much for all your help (Forever grateful for the birthday cleanup you… read more
The first two weeks of my stay I was the only Workawayer, then I was joined for the last three weeks by Chiara (another Workawayer) and Lara (home from university) which was… read more
The most reliable, friendly and fun people you can… read more
As our first workaway I think we could not expect a better experience !
My girl friend and I went to this amazing and dynamic family for all July 2022 and we loved it ! it was not even 2 weeks for us 😅
This is the perfect place for animals and farm lover !!
The work there is not so difficult, we had to take care of the… read more
I was very well received and I quickly felt good in the family !
The work is not hard and very pleasant. You need to take care of all the animals, repair things or fences or just clean some part of the garden !
I’m already… read more
Thank you very much for all your help, you are welcome back anytime. :)
I really enjoyed our rides and games together and hope you… read more
We felt very welcomed by everyone and loved the games we've played together, even when it could get late sometimes.
It was also nice that we were included in many activities like celebrations and horse rides (although… read more