Volunteer with animals on our non-profit sheep and ponny farm in Naustdal, Norway
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: 20 Mar 2025
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Left by host for Workawayer (Luise)
Louise stayed with us for about seven weeks. She is a verry deacent and well behaved girl. So its no fus at all having here arround.
For me who likes everyone to get allong and be social I was a bit worried because She kept a lot to here self but she asured me that this was Just here introverted personality. With Norwegians you need to be outgoing
… read more if not they are hard to get to talk to so I dont think that it was so easy to get the connection there.
But she did a great Job at the farm. Is good and kind with the animals. And patient.
I think She is a person who needs a little time to settle in a new place and situation. And at the end of the time I felt She was a lot more at eas with talking to us.
And I am verry glad She and my assisting farmer (I had surgery so had a hired worker to replace me for 6 weeks) got allong so well. It seemed like they had some fun together.
Left by Workawayer (Luise) for host
I stayed at here for about seven weeks and definitely enjoyed it. There was another girl at the farm at the same time and as we are both quite introverted, got along well and lived in the extra house I guess we often stuck to ourselves. I did enjoy the meals in the afternoon together with the family and occasional card games with Victoria though.
… read more They were all really nice, always showed us that we are welcome, took us on a boat trip and shared their german-norwegian easter traditions with us which was great. We also both enjoyed working alongside Dagmar's father who helps caring for the sheep.
Workwise it was mostly the same tasks every day although a couple of things changed as spring arrived. So it was bringing the ponies in and out, mucking out the stables, feeding all the sheep, horses, chicken and cats, counting goats and walking with some of the ponies.
Sometimes there would be extra tasks like helping to share the sheep, packing wool, moving the rambs and stallions outside or the ponies up to the mountains and painting. I just sometimes wished that these tasks would have been a bit more well coordinated as often things would start later than we were told so we'd sit around and wait for them and with some tasks we also didn't feel like there were actually as many people needed as helped so you'd kind of just stand around. Some days it was more work and sometimes less so in the end about five hours a day seems right.
Although we didn't work directly alongside Dagmar because of her injurie it was inspiring to see how well she knows every single animal, knowing all their names (and there's a lot of them) and celebrating birthdays of sheep.
In the afternoon there was usually enough time to go for walks (and the area really is stunning), go out on the fjord with their rowing boat, swim in the fjord or just sit by it and watch the sun go down which I can only recommend.
All the animals are really cute and even (most of) the sheep and goats love to get cuddles.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Cécile) for host
I stayed with Dagmar and her family for 4 weeks and it was better than I could have ever dreamed. It was amazing!
Dagmar is such a lovely person and I had so many interesting conversations with her. It was so inspiring to see how truthfully she loves her animals. The others in the family are so nice too and I really hope to see them again one day.
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Because I have more experience with horses I got the task to take care of the ponies. I helped during the wintertime, so my tasks where: getting the ponies in and out, mucking out the stables and give them food and water. Because I have some horseriding experience the daughter and I made a lot of trips with the horses in the area when the weather allowed us to and it was more than amazing! I just could be the total horse girl I am!
It is purely physical work so it's handy to be fit. However you get enough breaks and the days where not as long as I expected. Most days you work from 9:00 till 16:30 including a lunchbreak.
Because I stayed a longer period I was allowed to take two days off each week. Those days I was able to discover the beautiful area where Dagmar lives. The farm is already at a beautiful place so you don't even have to search for beautiful views. Seriously: each single day I was blown away by the beautiful surroundings around the farm.
However, I was able to hike at my days off. It is already possible to hike a beautiful trail close to the house, but by bus I was able to reach a lot more trails. The whole family helped me with planning those small trips and I have seen the most beautiful things ever.
So without any doubt I would recommend to stay with Dagmar!You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Cécile)
We had the pleasure of welcoming Cecile to our farm for a month. She became like a part of the family from Day one. She is social and easy to talk with. And has a lot of experience in working on here own and managing any task given. She also played a lot of games with our daughter and went riding and talking about horses with our daughter a
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I can absolutely recomand for any workaway host to welcome Cecile.
Left by host for Workawayer (Chrissi)
Chrissi was here for ten Days. She was a Nice and easy going person to have arround. Many tasks here were totaly New to here and challanging physicaly but She did here best and worked on to finish the task. I can realy recomand here to any workaway host.
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Left by host for Workawayer (Luise)
Louise stayed with us for about seven weeks. She is a verry deacent and well behaved girl. So its no fus at all having here arround.
For me who likes everyone to get allong and be social I was a bit worried because She kept a lot to here self but she asured me that this was Just here introverted personality. With Norwegians you need to be outgoing
… read more if not they are hard to get to talk to so I dont think that it was so easy to get the connection there.
But she did a great Job at the farm. Is good and kind with the animals. And patient.
I think She is a person who needs a little time to settle in a new place and situation. And at the end of the time I felt She was a lot more at eas with talking to us.
And I am verry glad She and my assisting farmer (I had surgery so had a hired worker to replace me for 6 weeks) got allong so well. It seemed like they had some fun together.
Left by Workawayer (Luise) for host
I stayed at here for about seven weeks and definitely enjoyed it. There was another girl at the farm at the same time and as we are both quite introverted, got along well and lived in the extra house I guess we often stuck to ourselves. I did enjoy the meals in the afternoon together with the family and occasional card games with Victoria though.
… read more They were all really nice, always showed us that we are welcome, took us on a boat trip and shared their german-norwegian easter traditions with us which was great. We also both enjoyed working alongside Dagmar's father who helps caring for the sheep.
Workwise it was mostly the same tasks every day although a couple of things changed as spring arrived. So it was bringing the ponies in and out, mucking out the stables, feeding all the sheep, horses, chicken and cats, counting goats and walking with some of the ponies.
Sometimes there would be extra tasks like helping to share the sheep, packing wool, moving the rambs and stallions outside or the ponies up to the mountains and painting. I just sometimes wished that these tasks would have been a bit more well coordinated as often things would start later than we were told so we'd sit around and wait for them and with some tasks we also didn't feel like there were actually as many people needed as helped so you'd kind of just stand around. Some days it was more work and sometimes less so in the end about five hours a day seems right.
Although we didn't work directly alongside Dagmar because of her injurie it was inspiring to see how well she knows every single animal, knowing all their names (and there's a lot of them) and celebrating birthdays of sheep.
In the afternoon there was usually enough time to go for walks (and the area really is stunning), go out on the fjord with their rowing boat, swim in the fjord or just sit by it and watch the sun go down which I can only recommend.
All the animals are really cute and even (most of) the sheep and goats love to get cuddles.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Cécile) for host
I stayed with Dagmar and her family for 4 weeks and it was better than I could have ever dreamed. It was amazing!
Dagmar is such a lovely person and I had so many interesting conversations with her. It was so inspiring to see how truthfully she loves her animals. The others in the family are so nice too and I really hope to see them again one day.
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Because I have more experience with horses I got the task to take care of the ponies. I helped during the wintertime, so my tasks where: getting the ponies in and out, mucking out the stables and give them food and water. Because I have some horseriding experience the daughter and I made a lot of trips with the horses in the area when the weather allowed us to and it was more than amazing! I just could be the total horse girl I am!
It is purely physical work so it's handy to be fit. However you get enough breaks and the days where not as long as I expected. Most days you work from 9:00 till 16:30 including a lunchbreak.
Because I stayed a longer period I was allowed to take two days off each week. Those days I was able to discover the beautiful area where Dagmar lives. The farm is already at a beautiful place so you don't even have to search for beautiful views. Seriously: each single day I was blown away by the beautiful surroundings around the farm.
However, I was able to hike at my days off. It is already possible to hike a beautiful trail close to the house, but by bus I was able to reach a lot more trails. The whole family helped me with planning those small trips and I have seen the most beautiful things ever.
So without any doubt I would recommend to stay with Dagmar!You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Cécile)
We had the pleasure of welcoming Cecile to our farm for a month. She became like a part of the family from Day one. She is social and easy to talk with. And has a lot of experience in working on here own and managing any task given. She also played a lot of games with our daughter and went riding and talking about horses with our daughter a
… read more lot.
I can absolutely recomand for any workaway host to welcome Cecile.
Left by host for Workawayer (Chrissi)
Chrissi was here for ten Days. She was a Nice and easy going person to have arround. Many tasks here were totaly New to here and challanging physicaly but She did here best and worked on to finish the task. I can realy recomand here to any workaway host.
Left by Workawayer (Leoni) for host
I stayed from August till November with this great family and learned a lot!
Dagmar is an amazing woman, so patient with the people around her, always seeing the good in them and never resentful.
Her way of working with her sheep really inspired me and I had the pleasure to help her with sheep shaving where she thought me a lot about them!
During
… read more the change from summer to winter I had a little struggle to keep up with the routine, mostly 'cause the new things were barely explained to me. But after some asking I joined in again.
In my freetime I could go for walks with the ponies whenever I wanted, cuddling the sheep, cats and horses and joining the family to every event they were going to (like going on a breeding show and riding lessons of the daughter).
I usually worked from 9-12 or 14pm, after lunch from 12/14-16pm and after dinner sometimes one more hour to turn down lights and feed.
The tasks varied from summer to winter.
Summer: giving hay to the ponies and brushing them, mucking the paddock, filling up waterbuckets, letting out the two chicken, cleaning sheep shit, going on walks with the ponies, collecting berries and plums, cutting sorrel and thistels.
Fall/winter: mostly feeding all the horses and sheep inside and outside with hay and silage, bringing the ponies on their fields, mucking the boxes, feeding again, getting the ponies back from their field. It was a lot of bad weather so no many outside activities.
I mostly worked more than 5 hours but that was okay cause I think one could have done the work in 5 hours.
Their lovely daughter spent a lot of time with me what I really enjoyed. She helped me in the stable, brought me to walks with the ponies on the mountain, spent the evenings with me watching movies, playing card games and doing tiktok dances. We had a lot of fun!
Tu put it in a nutshell: I learned a lot, especially about the norwegian way of doing things.
Thank you guys for letting me being part of your family and making so many memories.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Leoni)
Leoni stayed With us for four months. We realy enjoyed here Company. And we can recommend here to anyone welcomming workawayers into their homes. Here she became like one of The family in a short time.
She is a energetic, outgoing person, always in a good mood, works well at any task given, she may not be The fastest always, but she always does
… read more things thoroughly. She can be a bit stubborn but mostly I think this is a good thing though. If you explain why things have to be done in a certain way she totaly respects That.
She is easy to talk to. And has a creative mindset wich is realy inspiring.
Leoni also made some lovely german dishes for us wich I espescialy appriciated. She is not picky With food and actualy dared to try some of our weird Norwegian specialities to.
Our daughter enjoyed playing games, watching movies, snacking candies and working With The ponies together With here. And they got along verry well.
Left by Workawayer (Lina) for host
It is long overdue that I should write my feedback for Dagmar (and her family and farm). I stayed with Dagmar for four weeks in September and I can hardly describe how special this experience has been. Dagmar's farm is a special place in the way she cares for and knows all her animals. My first two weeks were more relaxed, we checked on all the
… read more animals every day, prepared the stables for the winter, and set out new fields/fences. We also went on a hike in their 'back garden' mountains, as I like to call them, looking for the sheep and cows which roam there freely.
And wow, they live in such a beautiful area. You have an amazing view on the fjord from the house and you have access to the woods and the mountains directly from the farm, following the trails only of the cows and the wild deer. The last two weeks were a bit more hectic for the family which gave me a bit more responsibility and tasks to do all by myself. But for me, personally, this was no problem at all and gave a great feeling of trust. This fits with how I was welcomed and included from the very first beginning of my stay onwards. Dagmar, her boyfriend, daughter, and also her father, who lives next door, are all very kind, open, and generous people. I really felt like a part of the family. I was also included in all activities, such as the farmer's market, the art exhibition, the breeding show, and the lovely boat tour to the island where a friend of theirs lives.
I mostly worked Monday to Friday, having the weekend for myself but as the public transport is limited (does not run on weekends), it was no problem to go and see a nearby town on a weekday. The work itself is, of course, physical but it is not too heavy. Some days there is more to do than others but it was all honest work with things that needed to happen every day (checking and counting the animals, cleaning the stables, feeding the chickens, etc.) and other tasks (setting out new fields/fences, moving animals to new fields, repairing stuff etc.) but also plenty of unexpected thing (animals escaping, neighbours who want to spray their fields, calving cows, etc.), as well as taking part in the household activities (grocery shopping, cooking, washing, etc.) but every day was wonderful.
All the animals have such an amazing life on Dagmar's farm and most special for me were the births of three calves during my stay. It is most memorable to have witnessed their births and cleaning the stables for these lovely little calves and their mothers.
I can go on and on about my experience on the farm as for me it was such a special experience. Dagmar, her family and her farm have a special place in my heart and I miss them, the nature, and the animals (especially the calves) dearly. I will definitely come back to this place as often as I can.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Lina)
Lina Was realy Great to have in our farm and family for a month. 🙂 She always did every task With precission and consiousnes. Reading What needed to be done. Great sence of humor. 🙂 She Was realy Nice to talk to and a good companion hiking in the Mountains Looking for cows. I can highly recomend here to anyone.
Left by Workawayer (Lien) for host
Dagmar is a really nice person. I stayed at her farm for 2 weeks in the beginning of March. She did her best to make me feel comfortable and I think she was really nice to talk to. I liked her view on the world when she was talking about farming, animals or even refugees. She is a good person and very gentle and kind with her animals! Her daughter
… read more Viktoria was also really kind, smart and polite. We played a lot of card games with her. I must say that I personally didn't feel very welcome by the other people of the family.
It was hard for me to find the pleasure in the work we had to do in the stable. Maybe that is a personal problem for me but I don't feel that the work we had to do was fun. The daily chores contained cleaning a lot of horse and cowstables. In the 2 weeks I was there we also cleaned the sheepstables on 2 different days. Those 2 days we were only cleaning the sheepstables, nothing else. I had the feeling we were doing mainly the dirty tasks and I'm not really sure what I gained from that. It would have been nice on those days if she would have made it more clear that she was grateful for the work we did. I got insecure after some days because had the feeling I did a lot wrong. I did not get so much explaination about the chores from Dagmar. I understand that I should have asked but I felt insecure to ask. I never had problems before with asking for help but I think I felt maybe a bit uncomfortable at that time.
I'm sure if you are the right person you can have a great time at this place but I think this wasn't the best experience for me.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Lien)
Lien is a nice girl and easy to talk to. :slight_smile:
When she Was here i felt she wasnt so social and kept a lot to here self. But she was only here a few weeks so maybe it Was because she felt a bit shy to hang arround With us i dont know.
She is realy Nice towards The animals and workes good With The tasks given. She is not so good at asking
… read more how things should be done so i feel maybe i seemed a bit strikt correcting things. But i think its important to learn to do things thoroughly no matter wat The task is. I think Lien is a person Who adapts well to any situation. She is a exelent rider. Tidy and cooperative arround The house. I can recomend here to other hosts. :slight_smile:
Left by Workawayer (Workaway member) for host
My friend and I left the farm with mixed feelings. We stayed for almost two weeks and got to know the family. They are all very friendly and humorous people, especially their daughter welcomed us into their home and showed us around a bit. We also got to celebrate the 17th of May with them and got invited to church and the festivities. Which I
… read more appreciated very much! Thank you for that.
But I can't help but feel a little uneasy about the work we had to do.
Shovelling animal dirt is absolutely normal on a farm. But that was our main task for the whole time we spent there. We didn't really do much with the animals at all.
I felt like the jobs we did were things no one else wanted to do. Like all the dung was left in the stable for us to clean out, as soon as we arrive.
We did not get a clear "Thank you for your work" once, which rubbed me the wrong way and in hindsight made me a little uncomfortable.
What I also found a little odd was that they started eating a meal without me since I'm a vegetarian. The information that they hadn't cooked for me came a little late. My friend was already invited to the table whilst I was left in the kitchen. I had to prepare my own meals, which is absolutely fine, but I wish someone had told me earlier. I felt a little left out at that point.
But the food situation improved after a few days. They invited me to go shopping with them, so I could choose what to eat. I am very appreciative of that.
All in all, it was a mixed experience. We had wonderful moments with the open fire on the terrace and their daughters birthday party, lots of card games as well as a newborn foal, but also the things I mentioned above.
I think it depends on the time you arrive at the farm. Since it was warmer, there was not much to do with the animals as they are all outside in the fields. I think you may have more contact with them in winter/spring.
Still. Thank you very much for accommodating us and inviting us into your home. We enjoyed the beautiful landscape and especially the ponies!
Kind regards
JanineYou can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Workaway member)
Janine and Sophie are verry shy and introverted persons. So beeing used to workawayers That are sosial and outgoing this Was a realy weird experience for us. Maybe because they are so young. They did every task given. Realy nothing to complain about there. But they did not take any initiativ or show an effort to help out in the house exept exactly
… read more What we told them to. Also they did not take any sosial initiativ. For us this Was not at all What we are used to With workawayers.
Left by host for Workawayer (Victoria)
Victoria is a lady With many strong opinions. I realy enjoyed discussing and trying to solve some of The worlds problems With here. She workes hard at any task given. But she sometimes misunderstands or forgets The contecst. But she is good to ask and get The Job done.
She is good at fitting in With all kinds of People and easily adjusts. She is
… read more also good chef. Here vegetarian lasagne and creme brulee are realy The best.
Left by host for Workawayer (Victoria)
Victoria is a big resurse to have at a farm. She is skilled in farmwork. Strong. She is experienced in handling animals especialy sheep we have never had a workawayer Who Was as good at handling sheep as here. She has a good scence of humor. A good car driver. Makes lovely austrian cake. Doesent say no to a party. She is realy a top ranc
… read more workawayer i can highly recomend to anyone.
Left by host for Workawayer (Fabian)
Fabian is a realy Nice and easy going person. I can realy recomend him to any host.
Left by host for Workawayer (Martina)
Martina is a outgoing and openminded person to be arround. She can be a bit pessimistic to tasks That are challenging whit smell and duration but always finishes With stile. I realy enjoyed having Martina arround and especialy our conversations. Also it Was Nice to have someone here from The same region in Germany where we used to go in our
… read more hollidays. I think any host would be lucky to host Martina.
Left by Workawayer (Marie) for host
It took me a while to figure out if I should write a feedback or not. But after I stayed by four more hosts here in Norway I decided that I should leave a feedback.
I stayed with Dagmar and her family during the October. It was my first WorkAway experience. The family was really nice and kind. We also spend the birthday of Dagmars boyfriend with
… read more the whole family. I met there a girl from the Netherlands and we had such a great time together.
I’ve gotten a good feeling of what living and working on a farm means. You could really see how much Dagmar loves her animals.
I stayed in a small private room in the house. Our days started at 9:00 am with feeding the sheep, horses and goats. After this, we cleaned the stable. In the afternoon we had to feed the animals again. In the first three weeks one extra task was to check the animals on the fields after lunch break and later, when the cows came back out of the mountains, we had to clean the cow stable as well. From time to time we had to fix and collect some sheep fences.
I really liked the work with the animals. But there were some things, that could have been different. For example, we both had not had one day off in the whole time (one month). We were not even offered to having a day off as long as the other person is working (as it stands now on the profile). We asked once for a day off that we could drive to Førde. It was no problem, but after we returned at 3PM we had to clean the whole stable and to give dinner to all the animals. When the cows returned, we had more to do and then, it was every day the same, no variety. Normally, we worked 6 hours a day, 7 days a week. But it was really often, that the days were longer than just 6 hours. And it was supposed to be 25 hours a week, we normally worked more than 42/45 hours a week. I also wished, that I had learned more. Sometimes the communication was not so good (How should we know what to do when no one tells us?)
The time at the farm was okay for me, not that bad, that I wanted to leave earlier, but it wasn’t my favorite host.
But still, I wish Dagmar all the best for the future and I miss all the animals. It was good to learn what I really want.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Marie)
Marie stayed With us for a month. She is a Easy person to be arround. Always calm and doing a Great Job at any task given. :slight_smile: I can highly recomend here to any host. :slight_smile:
Left by host for Workawayer (Lize)
Lize is a verry Nice and easy going person to be arround. She works hard and does a good Job at whatever task she is doing. She also makes realy Nice food. :slight_smile: I can highly recomend here to any host. :slight_smile:
Left by Workawayer (Mark ) for host
We stayed for almost 4 weeks in January/February. We loved working with the animals in this great environment! When you stay there, you’ll get everything you need. We also went out with the family to hike and had a lunch in the mountains with a nice fire. Dessert was a long snowball fight! :p
Thanks Dagmar and family!
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Left by host for Workawayer (Mark )
Mark and Afra are funny and energetic People to be arround. :slight_smile: They work hard and do the tasks given With a smile. :slight_smile: Great playing with Kids. I can realy recomend them to any host.
Left by Workawayer (Flora) for host
I spend less than one week there (december), the work was ok, the animals are very nice and very well kept. Dagmar was really nice and her work with the animals is really amazing, she just wants the best for every animal! I left earlier than planned because with the other workaway we where sleeping in their guest house and we had -15 degrees
… read more outisde and inside there was no heater. But I think that normally people sleep inside in the Family’s house, they had a guest so that wasn’t possible.
Thanks again so much for sending my package through.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Kjersti) for host
I stayed on Dagmar's farm in summer 2018 for two weeks to experience farm life and get in touch with my norwegian heritage. I think about this experience often and how special it was. Dagmar obviously loves her animals so much. The animals are really special. I spent most of my animal time with Frederick the goat and Goldmund the barn cat. The
… read more horses and other goats were also a favorite of mine. The view is spectacular. Incredibly gorgeous and on the edge of a fjord. Stein-Torald was very funny and loved to show off local food and facts, which I really liked. Viktoria is always ready to play games, which I also enjoyed. The work wasn't very hard. Just repetitive but I quite liked it as it's very different from my day-to-day job at home. We fed animals, scooped poop, did some weeding, made hay, etc. Thank you so much for letting me stay in your home. I also really enjoyed going to a local party on a Saturday night. Things get wild even in farm country! I hope our paths cross again :)You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Emma)
Emma stayed With us for a month. :slight_smile: She is a verry Kind and easy person to be arround. She works hard and does a good Job.
She is Kind With animals and children. :slight_smile:
And she adapts to different situations and People realy well. I think anyone would be lucky to host Emma.
Left by Workawayer (Gisela) for host
I spend two weeks at Dagmar's farm and it was great! It was my first workaway and farm experience, is a good place to get in touch with workaway experience as they treat you really good and is a beautiful place to be, usually you will work with another workawayer which will be nice to get to know someone else from a different country. You must
… read more love animals and have some actitude otherwise the horses will try to be bossy with you haha if you know how to ride a horse will be a plus. Her animals are so lovely and you will fall in love with them at the first sight.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Rosanna & Rebecca) for host
I stayed at Dagmar’s farm for 4 weeks, and I had a really good experience. Being around all the animals is really amazing, and you can really see how passionate Dagmar is about all her animal and their personal well-being. I have gotten a good view of what working on a farm is like, and I have gained more experience. If you’re a person that enjoys
… read more physical hands-on work with animals, and working outside in any weather this is a really nice place to stay! Also if you’re goal is to work with animals in the future but you’ve not yet figured out what exactly you want to do, working at the farm is a really good opportunity to get a better sense of what you eventually want to do.:blush:You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Rosanna & Rebecca)
Rosanna stayed With us for a month. :slight_smile: She has such a good sence of humor and is always in a good mood and ready for any task. And she does The work good and to The detail. I can highly recomend here to any host. :slight_smile:
Left by host for Workawayer (Martin & Felicia)
Felicia and Martin stayed With us for a few weeks. They are easy going and hard working. Great With Kids and People in generel. :slight_smile: They understand if You explain a task and manage to work and solve problems on their own. They are also Great at cooking. :slight_smile: I can highly recomend them to any workaway host.
Left by Workawayer (Martin & Felicia) for host
Staying with dagmar, stein torald, ole johan and viktoria was great. They are humorous, openminded people, you can easily talk to and laugh with. You also get to know friends of the family witch are going in and out at their home. Everyone is welcome.
On the farm there is always some work to do. The usual things witch have to be done at a farm
… read more (like feeding and counting the animals or cleaning stables) and also special task like tearing done walls or preparing a room to be a farmshop. So its never getting boring. And you can learn a lot about sheep and horses and the farm life in norway.
We really enjoyed our time in Gryta and we can clearly recommend dagmar as a host!
(one last plus: The farm is located directly be a fjord and the nature is so beautiful there)You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Kaitlin) for host
I had a wonderful month stay with Dagmar, Stein-Torald and Viktoria. Dagmar absolutely loves her animals and I really enjoyed learning about everything that goes into caring for them. You definitely have to love animals and being out in the country, but if that is you this is an amazing and beautiful place to be. The jobs are a workout, with
… read more something everyday but are quite rewarding. We don't start until 9 during the week, and 10 on the weekend for the bare minimum needed. Dagmar is very welcoming. The family likes you to be a part of them and we shared all meals together. Viktoria will always be recruiting you to play cards, if you know any new card games she will be eager to learn. I got to know Dagmar's father while I was there, and he took me hiking up the mountain behind the farm, and also to check out the neolithic rock carvings nearby. We celebrated Carnival during my visit and I had a lot of fun with the dancing and festivities. Thanks for a fantastic time all around!You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Olivia) for host
I stayed on Dagmar's farm for one month and it was great.
It was my first workaway and farm experience and I'm really glad I had it in this beautiful place ! All of her animals are so loving and friendly (a special mention to the goats, you'll see them around all the time, always wanting a little rubbing on their head ;-) ), it's really nice to be
… read more around them all the time while working. Not really surprising to see them being so nice as Dagmar treats them so well :-)
As it was my first time on a farm, it was a bit physical work for me but it felt so nice to work with your body the whole day ! Great workout all the time :-)
Since the weather was crazy nice, we also went a couple of times swimming in the sea water and even had a little boat trip, which was very cool.
The family is also very nice and funny too, and you'll have a special card game teacher just for you (takk for det Viktoria :-) ).
Så, takk for allt alle sammen og jeg håper å komme tilbake snart !
Klem fra Olivia :-)You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Olivia)
Olivia is a great person. Outgoing and With a good scence of humor. She learns quickly and manages all New tasks after a little learning time. It has Been a pleasure to have her at the farm.
Left by host for Workawayer (Laura)
Laura is a smiling and hardworking girl. She tries any task given and mostly succeds. Laura gets allong good With children and is a talented cardplayer. :slight_smile: We can recomand here to anyone With the best referanses. :slight_smile:
Left by Workawayer (Mona & Colyne) for host
I spend three weeks in this farm, and it was great ! I feel like it was an all year: I had the time to celebrate mother's day and christmas (in february), to see the snow and the sun... I was really happy to be a part of this farm, to have responsability and take care of all the animals. This is an amazing work (I never have been so happy to clean
… read more shits), and the family is so nice. Be sure that there will be always someone to talk, to sing or to play cards after your day of work. I am so grateful for this three weeks... Tusen Takk, Merci beaucoup !You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Mona & Colyne)
Mona is a great person and worker. :slight_smile: She gets on With any task and finishes it in an exelent way. She is smiling and outgoing and easy to talk to. Any one having here as an workawayer will be lucky. :slight_smile:
Left by host for Workawayer (Kateřina)
Kateřina is a fantastic and energetic person, With a great sence of humor, the whole family realy loved here. She does the work and never complains Even if she is exhausted or having trouble With pain. We had some great conversations and she even made some realy Nice Tcheck food for us. :slight_smile: I would recomand Kateřina to anyone looking
… read more for a good and relyable workawayer. :slight_smile:
Left by host for Workawayer (NinaBaeurle)
Nina is a hardworking and responsible person. She is easy to talk to and always in a good mood. She gets allong well With children and animals. I can realy recomand her.
Left by Workawayer (NinaBaeurle) for host
I spend almost four weeks at Dagmars place and I had a really nice time.
Dagmar and her family are nice and open people, you can have a lot of fun and nice conversations with.
While my time at the farm, there were also other volunteers, so the work didn't took us to long. But even if you are alone, the work isn't to hard. It's mostly feeding the
… read more animals and cleaning the stables, however we also had other work from time to time.
I enjoyed the beautiful surounding, the sunsets over the Fjord, the work with the animals (eventhough at first I was a bit afraid while working with all the animals, but they are all really nice), the snow, being outside a lot, game evenings and driving the "Quad".
I also had the chance to see some norwegian Christmas traditions, eat traditional food and see the norwegian style of live.
If you like animals and don't mind to work outside no matter what weather, you will have a great time here. I can surely recommend this place.
Thank you again Dagmar!You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (JuHyun)
We enjoyed to have Ju here for two weeks. :slight_smile: the time went by so fast.
Ju is so full of energy and happy about the small things in everday. She is realy good at making food and made wonderful korean food for us to taste.
She shows initiativ to work and has no problem working on here on when she knows the task. She is also a out going
… read more person who easily gets in contact With other people.
All the best of luck for you. :slight_smile:
Left by Workawayer (JuHyun) for host
Dagemar and her family was kind, humorous and sweet! She has already met some volunteers and she has guest book. Before I went there, here was no feedback so I had no expectations. But I can say here is NICE. Nice host and beautiful scenery.
I helped her in cleaning the field, animal huts, cooking etc. There so many animals, here is good place
… read more for animals lover. I enjoyed checking, touching and seeing animals. The work was not that hard!
Dagemar told us clearly what we should do in every morning, so there was no misunderstanding.
We spent 3times happy birthday together in short times. Eventhough she must have been tired to organise parties, but she always smile and nice to me.
When I was at home, I usually played with Vicktoria, her daughter. She was sooooooo sweet and friendly. And also I went hiking to pick the cloud berries, blueberries!
I've already miss her and family and animals and Norwegian air!You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
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