Join our family while enjoying nature in beautiful coastal Haderslev, Baltic Sea, Denmark

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  Beschreibung

  Availability 2025:
  25th July - 7th August
  incl. house- and petsitting 30th July-3rd August
  + middle of September-November
  
  About us: We live in a beautiful old renovated house surrounded by approx. 5000 square metres of fantastic garden, pasture and orchard with big beautiful trees. There are twelve of us 😁: us, our 2 children (11/14), 3 cats, 3 adult sheep and two lambs. We live away from the hustle and bustle in a small village in the countryside, 5 minutes from the Baltic Sea by car/15 minutes by bike, which you can borrow, not far from the Camino circular route. A bus stop is less than 5 minutes away, it takes half an hour by bus to Haderslev, a quarter of an hour by car.
  You can take wonderful walks on natural quiet beaches or swim, cycle past horses, Galloway cattle and small churches on small country roads and simply relax, because it is quiet and idyllic here, pure nature and country life. The North Sea is 1 hour away by car (Rømø) as is the German town Flensburg and you can also go on relaxing day trips, e.g. to the small island of Årø from the small harbour in Årøsund, not far from here. There are a lot of second hand shops around, we can take you there. Nearest airport: Billund. Nearest train station: Vojens, altern.Kolding. There are many different bus routes from Haderslev, e.g. an Flixbus to Copenhagen or Flensburg/Germany. We can pick you up at the bus or train station as we live approx. 10 km south-east of Haderslev.
  
  We have moved to Denmark (from Germany) 3 years ago, because we fell in love with our charming house, the area, better schools and the less stressful way of living in our little village close to nature. But we could really do with some help now, as those were exciting and demanding years at the same time....and an old house and garden are always full of surprises. As the house has greedily eaten up our resources we could use some help to complete more tasks and fulfil dreams especially in the beautiful garden. I try to establish an organic vegetable garden, with varying success. 😉 I‘d love to have a greenhouse and the sheep need fences…We keep them as pets and malfunctioning lawnmowers 😂 and they are a great joy, bringing life back into the village, people think they are “hyggeligt“. 😍 But they are a lot of work without permanent fencing. Paint is needed in several places, brick foundations for the greenhouse and veranda would be a dream come true. So there are many different tasks, depending on what you do best, it won’t get boring.
  My latest project: I have just acquired a lovely old 1970 Bailey caravan trailer😍with picture windows on both ends, in good condition, a lovely place to have a coffee with a view, but I am looking for a workawayer who knows his way around it and will give it a good check over and do some repairs if needed.
  
  The tasks do not involve looking after the kids, as I am at home. But of course you are welcome to spend quality time with us if you want to, e.g. we enjoy card and board games. We have already hosted 20 people, 12 with workaway, and it was a great pleasure to get to know different people from many different countries.
  
  I am happy to provide more information and fotos beforehand or a videocall.

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Sprachpraxis

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Nachhaltigkeit

  

  Selbstentwicklung

  

  Haustiere

  

  Film & Fernsehen

  

  Farmarbeit

  

  Kultur

  

  Musik

  

  Schreiben

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Fotografie

  

  Sprachen

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Bücher

  

  Tiere

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten

  

  Natur

  

  Wandern

  

  Tanzen

  

  Radfahren

  

  Camping

  

  Strand
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  You will be welcomed into our family. We have lived in different countries ourselves and are happy to share our experiences, hear about yours and show you around as much as possible (keeping in mind that we are not on holidays).
  Learning opportunities: practice English or learn German, the kids are also fluent in Danish. And a lot about gardening, cats and sheep...

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  Projekte mit Kindern

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

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  Arbeit

  We expect 4 hrs a day/ 2 days off per full week -or 3 hours only, if the tasks is physically very demanding or skilled help.
  
  From early summer onwards we are looking for people who are skilled in handicrafts (carpentry, tiling, bricklaying-e.g. a low wall for a greenhouse....), or who can put up permanent fencing for the sheep. Windows also need painting. Time to get hay and to stack firewood… repairing little damages at the sheep’s little houses, because they use it as a scratching post. A wooden potting bench wants to be repaired and painted. ....and last but not least, my lovely little vintage caravan is in need of some TLC.
  
  When it's raining and we can't work outside, there can be small repair tasks done inside the house or outbuilding or maybe some painting indoors, e.g. painting a small room and a little cellar with chalk paint. If you don't mind cleaning or other household chores, that would also be an alternative. There is always something to do in a big house. But we will talk about it beforehand.
  
  In late summer and autumn we harvest and process apples, berries, plums, pears, grapes, walnuts, sweet chestnuts and watch the birds eating our cherries 😁.....and need help with all the leaves, muck out the sheep's little houses, build and paint fences... there is always something to do in the garden.
  
  Good outdoor clothing is necessary. It doesn't get very hot or cold here, but it can be windy, as we live not far from the Baltic Sea.
  
  We would like to take turns cooking, but only if you are happy to. Everyone helps to clean up after, which is not part of your work hours, as is only part of the cooking since you are eating the meal yourself too.

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Deutsch: Fließend
  Englisch: Fließend
  Danish: Gute Kenntnisse

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  Dieser Gastgeber gibt an, dass er dir gern seine Muttersprache beibringt oder selbst eine Sprache lernen möchte.
  Bitte wende dich direkt an ihn, um weitere Auskünfte zu erhalten.
  
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  Unterkunft

  We offer a nice, bright and clean room (with a big cottage style window to the garden and a double bed) and share our meals with you incl. one warm meal/day, but we don’t have the time to shop special foods or make extra dishes e.g. vegan, halal meat. (a vegetarian is ok- but only if you take over part of the cooking). We use organic meat for cooking, e.g. from the Galloway cattle farm here, who have grazed on the meadows around our village and in the coastal and bird protection area at the Baltic Sea nearby.
  We don't expect you to eat every meal together with us, e.g. we don't manage breakfast and every lunch together on weekdays.
  
  An extra bed for a child is possible, we can only accommodate two adults if they are happy to share the double bed. You are welcome to share the large kitchen and our big downstairs bathroom with a lovely shower. We expect you to clean up after yourself, but of course not the whole house.

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  Was noch ...

  No smoking in or directly next to the house, no parties or extra guests, no drugs, bad language and excessive drinking, as children live here.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  There is a small desk in your room. We have super internet connection, free of charge. As we are generally flexible regarding the hours that you help, you can plan most days to your needs (depending on the weather and if it’s a task done together with me or independently, but it’s all negotiable).

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

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