Help our family with babysitting and daily life in Svinadalur, Iceland

Iceland

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13/05/2022
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2022

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We are a small family of 3 living ( our baby is born on 12 febuary 2019) in a farm in north of Iceland. We have 2 dogs and 1 cat. Here on the farm are around 200 cattle and 5 horses. This summer we need help with babysitting and other things at the house like cleaning, cooking and other chores.
Our farm is in Svinadalur, which is a beautiful valley near Blönduós, around 3 hours from Reykjavík and 2 hours from Akureyri.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help around the house
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will have a real Icelandic experience here with us. We are a young family with large cattle farm. We are easy going and happy family :)
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Babysitting and other help around the house like cleaning, cooking and other chores.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Icelandic: Fluent
Accommodation
We have empty private bedrooms in our house. Volunteer can use kitchen as needed. Wifi Internet connection in the house. Outdoor area is amazing and if you want to experience Icelandic nature you are at the right place.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Feedback left by and about host (14)

09/10/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Swetlana)

Swetlana is a person you want to have, helpful, hard working and ambitious. She is fluent in english and she does everything 110%.
We loved to have her at our home and she took amazing care of our son Emil. We are grateful for having her and hope we will have a lifelong friendship.
She is a person you want to have with you and is honest and… read more

(Excellent )

09/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Swetlana) for host

My favourite family in Iceland :) I stayed with this lovely family for 7 weeks enjoying a wonderful summer in northern Iceland. I was mainly taking care of their son, doing renovations in their house, cooking/baking and participating in the daily life on the cattle farm. They are such kind people and we spent a lot of time together. We had a very… read more

(Excellent )

17/04/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Anastasiya & Yegor )

Anastasiya & Yegor are wonderful couple.
They are very easy to have at your home, willing to help with everything and have lot of helpful skills!

Thanks for everything,
Karen and Asgeir

(Excellent )

12/11/2017

Left by Workawayer (Pablo) for host

I spent something like 3 weeks in the Ásgeir's farm a rich and positive experience. I learnt a lot about the farm work we used to do (feed the cattles, clean their boxes, move the animals from one field to another etc.). The surroundings are truely beautiful, the lake is really nice and the mountains around are a really good place to hike a little… read more

(Excellent )

03/06/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Karl & Käti)

Karl and Käti are very nice young people.
They are reliable.
Easy to have at the home, take part in everything at the house, cleaning and cooking :)
They are independant at work and finished every job they were asked to do.

(Excellent )

29/11/2016

Left by Workawayer (Silvia) for host

I spent about 10 days at Ásgeirs farm in northern Iceland, and I had a great time!
He is a welcoming, helpful and fun host and I enjoyed helping him in the house, the garden and on the fields in this beautiful surroundings; especially planting trees for his little reforestation project! I hope they will turn into a nice forest soon! :)
Takk… read more

(Excellent )

25/11/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Silvia)

Silvia was at my farm summer 2016.
She is very fun and hard working.
A+

(Excellent )

26/11/2016

Left by Workawayer (Solveig & Loïc) for host

For our first workaway adventure, it was perfect from the very beginning until the end of our 3 weeks stay. The work at the farm is pretty basic and it is mostly based on feeding the cattle and cleaning the cow shed during winter time. It's pretty fun to do it ! Àsgeir is a great guy, helpful, funny and a great pizzaiolo :) ! We highly recommend… read more

(Excellent )

25/11/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Solveig & Loïc)

Solveig and Loïc are great.
They are very reliable and hard working.
They worked at my farm for 3 weeks and did very good.

I highly recommend them.

(Excellent )

25/11/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Rémi & Anqi)

Rémi and Anqi stayed at my farm summer 2016.
They will not disapoint anyone.
They are great.

(Excellent )

25/11/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Philip)

Philip is top class guy.
He worked at my farm summer 2016. He mostly worked at constructions and he is really good at it.

I highly recommend Philip for everybody who need help!

(Excellent )

27/08/2016

Left by Workawayer (Philip) for host

This is a stunning valley with a view to equally stunning mountains. The evening sunsets over the lake are some of the most wonderful I have seen. I stayed on Ásgeir’s farm for three weeks helping mostly on the construction of the cowshed but also helped with his cattle and horses and anything else that he needed doing. You will not be bored as… read more

(Excellent )

27/07/2015

Left by host for Workawayer (Justin)

Justin was at my farm for few days.
He is good worker, easy to be around. Helps with everything.
He gets an A+.

(Excellent )

21/07/2015

Left by Workawayer (Justin) for host

I spent only a few days with Ásgeir in his farm in the north of Iceland, but I highly recommand him and his farm ! He doesn't let you get bored, and he is really friendly.
The place is nice, between a lake and soft hills, not too far from the road nr. 1, so it's pretty easy to drive around. The work is not too hard, but with the strong weather… read more

(Excellent )

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