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UPDATE (29 March 2026)
We’re happy to host 1–2 workawayers from 10 April onwards.
At the moment, one workawayer is staying with us – he’s been a wonderful companion, and he may stay a bit longer.
About us
We are Anke (born 1974) and Olaf (born 1969). We care deeply about sustainable living, shared spaces and community-minded projects.
The place & the vision
Right now we are renovating our house and garden in Neu Zittau (near Berlin). Our goal is to create a place where we live as a family (our two youngest kids still live with us – 15 and 21) and, at the same time, gradually build additional spaces so that workawayers, digital nomads, friends – or a mix of all of them – can stay and live alongside us.
Depending on your skills, interests, and the season, you can join us with:
- cleaning the house and garden (always together with support from Olaf and Anke)
- helping with cooking and meals (Olaf and Anke will guide and support you)
- helping the garden to flourish, e.g., removing old bushes or unhealthy plants (with Olaf and Anke by your side)
One of us is always working together with the Workawayer on site.
And while we’re setting up raised beds and planting for the season, building a woodshed, and preparing firewood (chopping and stacking), you’re very welcome to join in—always with support and guidance from Olaf and Anke.
Until our full swap in May/June we are using two propertys, this in Neu-Zittau and another one in Erkner, which is nearby. Olaf is most of the time in Neu-Zittau and we are there on some weekends as well. Together we share time with you while working or while having meals togehter. Olaf is a good cook and he takes pride in creating each day a different lunch within 30 minutes ;-) We use fresh and seasonal food for instance from nearby farmers and love to be creative.
Sometimes you have to prepare your own food, or you have to come to the other house.
Accommodation
You can stay in our small garden house (which has its own small bathroom), or you can have a private room in the main house (depending on availability and the project situation).
Location & getting around
Neu Zittau is a quiet village near Erkner. The train station S Erkner is about 5 km away (approx. 20 minutes by bike or 10 minutes by bus). From Erkner you can reach Berlin Ostkreuz in ~15 minutes or Alexanderplatz in ~25 minutes by train.
We also have two bikes that you can use.
Cultural exchange
We love to get into contact with different people and their background through workaway. Therefor we invite you to share time with us such as joining us when meeting our family or friends or during meals or while sitting at the fire in the garden with us.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Kunstprojekte
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Interessengebiete
Nachhaltigkeit
Gartenarbeiten
Bücher
Sprachen
Radfahren
Wandern
Camping
Natur
Yoga / Wellness
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
We all speak German and English and Anke is able to speak a little bit Italian.
Our whole family is open to connect and spent time together, especially around dinner time.
We can help you with finding information and groups in and around Berlin that you might be interested in.
Projekte mit Kindern
Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.
Arbeit
We are developing the proberty and therefor tasks will vary over the next months. There is always work to do. We will show you around and you can decide what tasks matches with your interests and/or skills.
If you want to learn crafting / building - Olaf is an experienced craftsmen and you can learn a lot while assisting him in his projects. If you have some experience - the better!
If you can offer some works of art - to bring art to the proberty - that is very welcomed by us, too.
Sprachen
Gesprochene Sprachen
Deutsch: Fließend
Englisch: Fließend
Italienisch: GrundkenntnisseDieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
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.
Unterkunft
We have different options for you to stay. Choose, what suits you best :-)
-> the small garden house. It containts of a small living room with a tiny kitchen desk, a bathroom and an attic with a bed/mattress.
-> a room in the main house. There is a bathroom and a basic kitchen for your to use. The main house is partly under construction - but you will have a room, that is fine and ready.
-> a parkinglot for a small campervan (max Mercedes Benz Sprinter).
Was noch ...
The area where you are staying (Neu Zittau) is close to a small river (Spree) and surrounded by a forest. The village has a church, a bakery and few houses.
You reach the nearest supermarket in 10 minutes by bike. In 20 min by bike (or 10 minutes by bus) you reach the trainstation Erkner. From Erkner you can take the local train to Berlin centre.
Etwas mehr Information
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen
We have a proper and good working internet connection in the main house and quite good in the garden house.
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
We have space on the proberty for one campervan not bigger as a Mercedes Benz Sprinter.
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
mehr als zwei
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Although I only stayed for one week, it was an amazing experience. The cultural exchange was wonderful, and I had the opportunity to meet their family and… read more
She helped with picking grapes, weeding, cooking and window cleaning in the house. We highly recommend her to other places and hosts. It was a nice time having her with us.
During their stay they visited Berlin and do probably know now more about some aspects of the city, than we do ;-)
Both were very open to the work we had to do and helped us with everything we… read more
Our hosts were exceptionally kind and accommodating, allowing our work and leisure to be structured in any way we preferred; We were given autonomy and trust.
We were able to… read more
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Although I only stayed for one week, it was an amazing experience. The cultural exchange was wonderful, and I had the opportunity to meet their family and… read more
She helped with picking grapes, weeding, cooking and window cleaning in the house. We highly recommend her to other places and hosts. It was a nice time having her with us.
During their stay they visited Berlin and do probably know now more about some aspects of the city, than we do ;-)
Both were very open to the work we had to do and helped us with everything we… read more
Our hosts were exceptionally kind and accommodating, allowing our work and leisure to be structured in any way we preferred; We were given autonomy and trust.
We were able to… read more
