Experience the Swedish life between nature and city close to Gothenburg, Sweden

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  Description

  We are Morgane and John, an international couple of 25 and 30 years old, with a project of food forest and permaculture. Morgane is French and John is Swedish.
  
  We live in a traditional Swedish house with access to public transport (we are 20 minutes away by train from Gothenburg), with an old barn and a 2000 sq meters land. We have 3 hens and one puppy.
  
  Morgane is a scriptwriter and mostly works from our home office while John is a mathematician who works in town.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You can learn about the creation of a food forest (but keep in mind that we are also in the process of learning as it is our first food forest project), the Swedish way of life in an area where you can enjoy both the nature and the city.
  
  We also are on workaway to be able to meet new people and create new connections so it is important for us that you feel that you can click with us and are ready for board games night. :D

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  Help

  For this summer, we are mainly looking for people with experience in carpentry or building.
  We will build our growing house, build a pound, finish to paint the house, put up baseboards and take care of our young trees.
  
  We are in the beginning of our food forest project: the ground for the canopy layer is prepared and we will plant around 30 trees in the next weeks.
  
  Help could include to participate in the planting of trees and taking care of them, preparing the land for the shrub layer, taking care of our hens, renovating our 16th century barn, installing a water recovery system, building our greenhouse, preparing planting bed, laying floor, painting, building fence and stone wall, mushroom growing, creating a pond and cooking.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Swedish: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  Guests will get a bedroom with up to 3 individual beds (2 can be put together if a couple is staying) and a bathroom. The rest of the house will be shared. We would like to host for a maximum of two weeks at a time.

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  What else ...

  During your time off, you can go visit Gothenburg which is the second largest city in Sweden. If you prefer nature you can hike from our place into forests towards lakes or pastures with horses. By car or public transport, you can also reach the archipelago (there are many islands worth seeing) and many nature reserves.
  
  We could say that our place is in the middle of the capitals of Scandinavia with 3,5 hours train rides to both Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen.

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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

  We have a desk in the guest room as well as several spaces in the house to sit and work, and WIFI. We can provide a computer for a couple of hours.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  As long as the pet is clean and well behave (meaning that it presents no risk for our furniture and our hens in the garden).

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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