Experience daily family life in Lapland, Finland

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 3 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    We are 2 french, settled in Finland since 2016. Augustin and Laetitia have three young children. We have 37 dogs, taïmyr dogs

    We live 300 km north of the polar circle in Finnish Lapland. We live without running water. We have a lake where we take our drinking water. We wash once a time by the hot water that each people prepare for themselves, like a sauna.
    You will live inside a cottage, with a fire place. There is kitchen, oven, and toilet are outside.

    The life is in voluntary simplicity, as much as possible in harmony with nature.

    It's a great adventure, and we are enjoy to show you this life and own work with animals.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    By coming to us, you will discover Lapland and the beauty of its nature, its absolute silence. You will discover our primitive dogs and their characters, discover the relationships we have with them and the happiness of working with them. You will discover an atypical way of life, allowing you to make a break or refocus on yourself. We speak french, and english (although our english needs to be improved).

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    We are looking for peoples to help us to take care of ours dogs, stay in the camp during the weekend (we are a family with 3 childs, and we don't live in same place of our dogs). And Maybe sometimes to help us for different thing.
    Every day (except weekend when we have people to help us), we come to take care of our dog family


    So we are looking for people to help us take care of our dogs (food, poop pick-up, water tower, outings, training...), then participation in some work, if we need or have .
    You will be accommodated in a chalet, with kitchen, sauna, located on the edge of a lake. Our house is 15 minutes from the camp, but we come to work every day.
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  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    French: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    When you come, you will be staying either in a cottage. We have beds, but you must bring your sleeping bags. In the cottage there is a wood stove, which will work depending on the temperatures. The bathroom is the sauna, which you take when you want, it's you to prepare your sauna: cut firewood, bring water.... . We do not have running water.the dwellings are typical Nordic dwellings, and allow to be close to nature. There is no TV. But we are good internet by your phone.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We are around 10km from the city of Ivalo; we will let you have bikes available. In ivalo there are two supermarkets, a bank, a souvenir shop, a pharmacy, a cinema and 2 pubs. There is the museum of Inari 60 km from us, a museum explaining the nature of the Lapland and the culture of reindeer herders. There is also the lake inari, a jewel of lapland. South of our home, there is a ski resort with departures in the national parks, and a gold museum where you will be able to search for gold. Then it's the wild nature of Lapland

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 158469862116

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