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Min stay requested: at least a week
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We are looking for people to join us for the Spring and summer period! Join our Spring Garden Project & Festive Market at Bekkelund Gård! 🌸🍕
We are a small family living on a charming farm just 20 minutes outside of Oslo, and we are looking for volunteers to join us for an exciting spring season! 🏡🌳🌸 We are a family of 5 (Kjetil 39, Caroline 35, Jonathan 11, Ellie 8, and Veslemøy 3).
The Project: Building a Garden Dream 🏡🌳
When we aren't running the market, we are busy with a massive garden transformation designed by a landscape architect. We are looking for people who enjoy physical work and like to see results.
We are also hosting our next farmers market. Our last market was a huge success, and our Workawayers had a blast!
No experience? No problem! As long as you bring a smile and a "can-do" attitude, we will teach you everything you need to know. English is perfectly fine, as almost everyone in Norway speaks it fluently.
Tasks in the garden will be:
Laying stone tiles and paths.
Making a new pool area. ( Ihave a digger machine)
Building an outdoor kitchen (carpentry).
Planting flowers, shrubs, and creating green zones.
Life at the Farm & Community 🤝
You won't be alone! We usually have several Workawayers staying at the same time, which creates a wonderful, international environment.
Social Life: We love a good community vibe. At least once a week, we all cook and eat dinner together. If you love cooking food from your home country, we would love to taste it!
Accommodation: You’ll stay in your own apartment in the barn. It’s a simple, "rustic" standard, but it has everything you need: electricity, a kitchen, and a bathroom with a shower.
Flexibility: We want you to feel like part of the family. Since market weekends are high-energy, you’ll get extra time off during the week to explore the beautiful sights of Oslo.
Start date: As soon as possible! we need people all year, but specilly from april until november. Then we usually have a little workaway community here with people working and living together.
If you are proactive, handy, and ready for a memorable spring, summer, fall or winter in Norway, send us a message. We can’t wait to meet you!
Best regards,
KJ, Caroline, and the family at Bekkelund. -
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Light maintenance
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
As mentioned I have my ceramic studio on the farm, so you are welcome to explore and make some ceramics while you are here! Our area is a beautiful area by the sea - a lot of hiking trails, beaches, shops - and a direct ferry going to Oslo in 25 minutes. The perfect location if you ask us!
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Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
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Help
We always have small projects going on the farm that we need help with , this will of course be different during the four seasons we have here in Norway. For the fall coming we need help in the garden
- preserving food
- harvesting apples and juicing
- help with cooking
- weeding and cutting grass
- painting
As we have three small kids and we both work a lot its a must that you feel comfortable helping on your own or with your partner. But both Caroline and Kjetil are present on the property all week normally. Sometimes we have other workers on the farm that you need to cooporate with also.
you will mostly make your own meals in your simple workaway kitchen, i provide food in your Fridge. Some days we all eat together for dinner also, but Mainly you will cook what you want.
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Languages spoken
English: Fluent
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Accommodation
We have a big «workaway» room in the barn, two floors with two double beds, a simple kitchen, a «chill out» space and a small eating area. This will be your place to sleep, cook and hang out in the evenings.
We also have a cute house in the garden where you can sleep during summertime
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A little more information
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Internet access
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Limited internet access
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We have pets
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We are smokers
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Can host families
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Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
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Space for parking camper vans
We have a big parkingspace on grass
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Can possibly accept pets
No pets
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How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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My animals / pets
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