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12 Apr 2024
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Description
We are a family of 5. Lauge 6 Aske 10 Bjørk 13 and parents Eliane 43 and Mads 44 We like to spend time together, playing, enjoying nature, swimming in the summer, and growing our own organic vegetables. We speak Danish in the family but all the family understand and speak English too. We have been traveling a lot ourselves and love to meet people from other parts of the world and learn about politics and lifestyle. We moved out of central Copenhagen a 9 years ago - and we are now living on a renovated 300 sqm family farm originally from 1811. The farm is now a hobby project with a few sheeps, and a large organic vegetable garden which we are currently working on. We eat mainly vegetarian but also fish, chicken and lamb from our own small heards.
We are situated in a small village in the beautiful Danish countryside approximately 1 hour south west of Copenhagen. The beach is a pleasant 6 km bike ride away and forest and fields are just outside the door.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers staying with us will learn about basic DIY projects, organic gardening, vegetarian cooking,– as we expect that we will be cooking together – besides that we will do our best to introduce travellers to Danish culture, politics and everyday life in a family. We have chosen a life in the countryside so visitors will also learn about the ups and downs of choosing a different lifestyle than busy city life.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are looking for friendly, English or Spanish speaking couples who likes children who can help out for a couple of weeks or months. If you are interested in helping us with basic DIY jobs inside and outside, cooking, cleaning and helping in the house, playing with the kids please don´t hesitate to contact us for more details.
We are at the moment only accepting couples or friends traveling together.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Accommodation
We have renovated the entire house during the past 6 years including 2 guest bedrooms in the one end of ground floor. So you will have a cozy bedroom with a view of the garden. It’s nice and quiet and you won’t hear the family in the morning. You’ll have access to a bathroom on the same floor. We sleep upstairs and have a second bathroom here. You’ll of course also have access to high speed internet.
We are working as self-employed psychologist (Eliane) and Business Director in a media company (Mads) Our days normally start around 6:30 getting the kids ready for school and kinder garden around 8. We both primarily works from home but will go to the nearby towns every week where there is easy access to Copenhagen 45 min by train 3-4 times pr. hour.
What else ...
Eliane works sometime in Slagelse so you'll be able to ride with her to and from the train station 20 min away in the Town Slagelse. From here it’s easy to reach both Copenhagen (50 min) and other parts of Denmark by train. Other public transportation from the village where we live to towns close by (Slagelse, Skælskør and Næstved) is available with a 3-5 km bikeride to and from the bus.
We will respond to messages that is relevant to our profile, as quickly as possible.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
fiber to home with 500mb connection
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4 hours a day, 5 days a week + cleaning after breakfast and dinner and help cooking everyday
Feedback (14)
Everything was perfect, from our arrival to our departure! We immediately felt at home. They are very friendly and welcoming! 😊
We were given a wide variety of tasks (housekeeping, preparing and taking part in a family party, gardening, etc.) and never got bored!
Mads and… read more
From the very beginning they made us feel welcome in their home and part of the family. All of the kids are so kind and talented and we enjoyed playing games with… read more
They are funny and easy to talk to about everything:-)
They were very careful and considered both with their work and in general. They did a really good job… read more
We also had a lot of fun with the kids. With Lauge, the youngest, we played many, many rounds of… read more
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Everything was perfect, from our arrival to our departure! We immediately felt at home. They are very friendly and welcoming! 😊
We were given a wide variety of tasks (housekeeping, preparing and taking part in a family party, gardening, etc.) and never got bored!
Mads and… read more
From the very beginning they made us feel welcome in their home and part of the family. All of the kids are so kind and talented and we enjoyed playing games with… read more
They are funny and easy to talk to about everything:-)
They were very careful and considered both with their work and in general. They did a really good job… read more
We also had a lot of fun with the kids. With Lauge, the youngest, we played many, many rounds of… read more
They help us a lot with a variety of things most importantly painting a lot of windows for our new greenhouse- they
did a great job and we had lots of fun with them - they get our best recommendations and we hope to see them again :-) All… read more
We spent 3 weeks with them and felt immediatly at home. They are really nice and understanding and took care of our every needs.
We were there during december and the Christmas vibes were all over the place. We wanted again to thanks the elves for putting a smile on the… read more
Eliane and Mads are amazing! They are very friendly, respectful, and quiet and
the children too.
The work is not hard, is fun and easy, we learn a lot and we are very greatful to they because they made us feel like at home in our first workaway And in our first experience in another country.
Thank you very much! They are welcome in our… read more
We arrived to Denmark in February with no idea of what awaited us, and our first impression of a typical Danish family was great, thanks to them.
We did farm chores, gardening, building tasks, painting, and cleaning inside the house. It… read more
And… read more
Lauge, aske and Bjork are very sweet, fun and also very well educated They are always smiling and willing to play with… read more
They helped us with the everyday tasks inside and outside and did a very good job, easy to instruct and open to various tasks, including our overwhelmingly large window renovation project:blush:
We thank… read more
Mads and Eliana have an interesting and inspiring way of life.
You really feel warmth and peace coming from their whole family and their place.
What a cool experience to be a part of their everyday life, helping around in… read more
Each task was a learning experience full of laughs, interesting talks and shared moments.
The house is fantastic, the work is very dynamic and the family is very kind, friendly and special.
We feel very privileged to have shared our first days in Denmark with Mads, Eliane,Bjørk. Aske and little… read more
They were always careful and concerned with doing things right. It was a pleasure both living and working with them - we had great talks and the kids loved them:-) We wish them all the best -… read more
We wish them all the best - and give them our best… read more
We had a great time together and had lots of help both inside (cooking, cleaning, playing with the kids and so forth) and outside (refurbishing furniture, putting up feces, making and elevated garden beds).
Sam and… read more
