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We are a family of five humans, lots of dogs and a few cats.🐶😺
Days in Lårdal at our place involves daily routines in our 8-dog kennels, family activities, seasonal work like snow removal, weeding, planting and harvesting vegetables 🥦🥒🥔
We are also active in our community and want you to be part of our work volunteering with different projects here 🌐
Use your days hiking with dogs, sharing life with the family, meeting new people and learning about Norwegian culture 🥾
We are building a community focused on green living. We intend to open our property for the public, aiming to be "a place for all people, in all stages of life." We want to be a place where people can come together, figure out life, "take a pause from reality" and find happiness in daily life 👫👬👭
We have a semi-large vegetable garden and plan to raise chickens, pigs, and goats 🐷
You must take ownership of, and take pride in your projects. There will be plenty of opportunities for learning and fun together 😊
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**Important Safety Notice – Please Read Before Applying**
In our home, safety and wellbeing come first — especially for the children, animals, and guests who are part of our daily life. Therefore, we have a strict "no-tolerance policy" regarding certain behaviors and substances:
– No alcohol, drugs, or tobacco are allowed anywhere on the property – this includes all accommodations, work areas, and social zones.
– We require all volunteers to present a recent police clearance (criminal background check) before arrival.
– We cannot accept anyone with a history of violence, including domestic abuse or sexual offenses – this is non-negotiable. Minor offences can still be ok.
– Any form of aggressive, threatening, or disrespectful behavior will lead to immediate dismissal. We will help you find a new accomodation, of course.
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We aim to create a peaceful, family-friendly environment based on trust, openness, and mutual respect.
If you share these values, you’ll be warmly welcomed and treated as part of our extended family.
Couples or small families can also apply. We support home schooling. In fact we have had alternative school for youths that could not go to school.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Interests
Videography
Events & social
Sustainability
Pets
Self development
Farming
Charity work
Plant care
Music
DIY & crafts
Books
Photography
Gardening
Cooking & food
Drawing & painting
Carpentry
Animals
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Camping
Winter sports
Mountain
Dancing
Beach
Water sports
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cycling
Adventure sports
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are building something new in the rural district of Norway. We live in a small, tight-knit community where you will experience Norwegian culture at its best. We also do lots of things "the old way," meaning you can learn traditional building and maintenance.
Learn the trade of dog-sledding/ mushing. We carry the mushing tradition after the Norwegian Leonhard Seppala, who raced the famous Balto and Togo.
We work close with the city and have access to many cultural heritage. Some through a few nearby museums.
We live by the old Telemark Canal, where boats are sluiced from sea level to 79 meters above sea level.
There is a lot of old Norwegian culture to take in.
If your interested, send us a message and lets talk 🙂
Au Pair Help
This host is looking for Au pair help.
Help
Eco projects - zero emission houses, recycling, dirt factories, and out-houses.
Gardening - Planting vegetables, flowers, trees, fruits, berries, etc.
Animal Care - We have 8 dogs and 2 cats
Help around the house - We all take turns on cooking and doing dishes and share the common house work.
General Maintenance - There is always something to do.
House sitting - We are looking for someone that would be comfortable staying home alone and watch over everything so that we can do family retreats.
Languages
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
English: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
Swedish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We would like to learn about your culture and language. Also we really want to be able to share ours as well.
Accommodation
We offer a small, seperate two room house;
Entrance and mini kitchen. Here you can hang your clothes, and make your own food. Water/ sink, two cookong tops small fridge and all pots and pans and other utensils needed.
Main room has a queen size bed, a small office desk with chair, shelves and drawers for clothes and "things" and also a place for hanging clothes. There are a small table and two relaxing chairs.
We have a seperate toilet and shower building with lockers and room for work clothes.
What else ...
Time off can be spent traveling, visiting local attractions. We reccoment that you have a car and a drivers licence as we live remote. We also offer a trainer course for those who wish to persue or learn more about dogs and become an instructor. Or just relaxing at the farm or taking a dog for a mountain hike.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have internet at the accomodation, also we have an office 5 km from the farm that can also be used for digital nomads 🙂
Space for parking camper vans
Any size
Can possibly accept pets
Any legal pet is allowed to bring. Cleaning and making sure your animal do not damage property is your responsibility 🐶
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
We have 8 Dogs
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