Help around the house and with reindeer in Varangerbotn, Norway

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  2025 

 Geforderte Mindest-Aufenthaltsdauer:  mindestens 1 Woche

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  • Beschreibung

    Beschreibung

    - SEARCHING FOR HELP FOR APRIL-MAY-JUNE - MAXIMUM STAY OF 2-3 WEEKS
    This host is located in Varangerbotn in Northern Norway. I am Ragne, a woman grown up in a Sami reindeer family. The big herds of reindeer are up in the mountains the whole year around, but I have some reindeer home in a fenced area from November until April. This might be reindeer that need special care due to different reasons. I also have 2 Australian Shepherds - herding dogs. As a volunteer here you will live in a seperate house with your own bedroom bathroom or you will live in my house together with me. In my house it’s only me and my four legged friends :) I am partly busy daytime as I am working as a teacher. Be prepared to spend some time on your own :)

    - I am always searching for carpenters for small projects inside and outside of the house :)

    - I take only volunteers for shorter terms, maximum 3 weeks
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    THE HELP MAY AND JUNE
    - Searching for help with carpentry or a handy tasks -

    The tame reindeer move to the mountains about end of April. We start cleaning/clearing the reindeer farm area.

    Tasks:
    - Clearing trees
    - Cleaning outside
    - Fencing (Fixing dog fences, reindeer fences etc)
    - Carpentry tasks
    - Help with general maintenance inside and outside of the house
    - House renovation tasks
    - Helping out in the garden
    - Painting

    IMPORTANT:
    From the end of may, sun never sets, and you can experience up to 24 hours of sunlight - the midnight sun. It is "daylight" all night long, be aware :) From the end of June we have a lot of mosquitos. In this period, the sun never sets, and you can experience up to 24 hours of sunlight - the midnight sun.

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    THE HELP IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
    - Searching for help with carpentry or a handy tasks -

    Tasks:
    - Fencing (Fixing dogfences, reindeer fences etc)
    - Painting
    - Renovation tasks inside of the house
    - Cutting and clearing trees, making firewood
    - Helping out in the garden
    - Picking berries
    - Help with reindeer calf marking (only sometimes, this won't be your main tasks)
    - Pick food (reindeer lichen) for the reindeer



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    THE HELP IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
    - Searching for help with carpentry or a handy tasks -

    In this months I take my tame reindeer home from the mountains!

    Tasks:
    - Snow shoveling
    - Cutting trees
    - Help to cut down reindeer meat into smaller chunks
    - Fence building
    - General maintenance
    - Fixing fences
    - Pick reindeer lichen
    - Painting/house renovation

    IMPORTANT:
    From november until middle of January we have complete darkness. It can reach -40 degrees Celcius.



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    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
    • Driver’s License
    • In good physical shape and used with physical work
    • Strong
    • Fluent in English
    • You are a carpenter or a very handyman
    • You do not have any health problems that limits you with physical work
    • Great communication skills
    • Hardworking, responsible, and FLEXIBLE with help and helping hours
    • You MUST be INDEPENDENT and able to work alone
    • Minimum age 24
    • You are NON smoker
    • Handyman/used with using general tools (No need to have professional skills)

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    YOUR APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:
    • A few sentences about yourself, your age and where you’re coming from
    • How long you intend to stay + dates
    • Previous Workaways and past work experiences, your experience with animals
    • Language Skills
    • Allergies or dietary restrictions
    • Are you a handyman or not? Used with fixing things?:)

    If you don’t include the information I am asking for, I can’t accept your application.

  • Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

    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

    Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

    You will learn about reindeer and the sami culture. You will get to meet, interact and take care of reindeer. In winter time you will get to see the Northern lights as this place is perfect for that :D

    Here are a lot of opportunities, and what you learn depends on how active, motivated and receptive you are, and what time of the year you are coming here.

    We are remote, with only 900 inhabitants in the entire municipality. There is a village 5km away with a restaurant and bar, musem and a few other things. It is possible to get a bus to the nearby towns, but the busroutes are limited.

    - Tana Bru is 20km away
    - Vadsø is 55km away
    - Kirkenes is 120km away

    These places have amenities like cinemas, pubs, shopping centres etc.

  • Arbeit

    Arbeit

    Ideally I need independent, practical, physically strong and reliable persons that love to take responsibilities and know how to deal with different tasks.

    Other tasks may be, depending on time of the year:

    Feeding animals
    Wood cutting
    Putting up solid fences for the reindeer
    Painting inside or outside of the house
    Fixing things for the buildings
    Making firewood, cutting
    House renovation
    Mechanical things
    Gardening etc

    Please notice that tasks and schedules will often change due to weather and animals, and we expect you to be 100% flexible with changing help schedules and days off. This is NOT a 9-5 job!

    Please notice that the house is located in the forest with no next door neighbors, outside a small town, and you won't have a lot of transport possibilities. If you like to be around a lot of people all the time, this is not the correct place for you. If you are not in balance with yourself, it might be too isolated for you here.

  • Gesprochene Sprachen

    Englisch: Fließend
    Norwegian: Fließend
    Sami: Fließend

  • Unterkunft

    Unterkunft

    You will have your own house with bedroom,, livingroom and bathroom.

  • Was noch ...

    Was noch ...

    The nearest airports are Kirkenes and Vadsø, although it is probably cheaper and more convenient to fly to Kirkenes.

    You will have to catch the bus from Kirkenes to Varangerbotn to come here. The bus routes you can find by searching for "Snelandia".

  • Etwas mehr Information

    Etwas mehr Information

    • Internet Zugang

    • Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

      Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

    • Wir besitzen Tiere

    • Wir sind Raucher

    • Familien möglich

  • Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

    Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

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