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Description
We are a family-run farm dedicated to preserving the surrounding cultural landscape, and home to a house concert series! Our goal is to be as self-sustained as possible. Everything harvested at the farm is organically grown (soon to be certified!) or wild-harvested.
We are a couple, Anton (from the Netherlands) and Ellen (from USA). Our son Noah was born in 2011 (speaks English, Dutch, and Norwegian). He likes to interact with people and we are very glad for him to meet people from all over the world.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Plant care
Culture
Vegetarian or vegan
Pets
Sustainability
Self development
Farming
Carpentry
Music
DIY & crafts
Gardening
Cooking & food
Languages
Animals
Nature
Yoga / Wellness
Camping
Winter sports
Sailing / Boating
Mountain
Outdoor activities
Cycling
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Anton is a teacher in organic small scale farming, and Ellen is a composer. The combination of these two careers/interests brought us here to this spot in 2020—and here we want to build a place where everybody is welcome. We are happy to share our knowledge with you, and look forward to learning from you as well! Ellen loves to do yoga and bake bread, and I love to cook and be out and about.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need help with maintaining our garden and the surrounding cultural landscape, and some simple building projects. The help we request from Workawayers is only in our private home, shared spaces and garden. We love to cook, and are also interested in new foods!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: IntermediateThis 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.
Accommodation
We have a separate bedroom available for you (see photo), which has a toilet and sink on the same floor (shared). (Occasionally this room can be shared with another workawayer, after discussion.) The shower is downstairs and is also shared. This bedroom is in another building, and is separate from our house (which is just 25 meters away). Dinner is usually eaten together, and cooking/washing up responsibilities are shared. Breakfast and lunch can be eaten together or separate. We are mostly vegetarian, although occasionally a fish from the fjord finds its way to the table. We use organic produce from the gardens, and wildharvested food from the landscape; all other ingredients bought in for the kitchen are organic.
What else ...
•There are lots of hiking/skiing opportunities, fishing, and the fjord is a few km away.
•Museum Kystens arv is in Stadsbygd; is has exhibits about the history of coastal life in this area, and an active boat buildery for traditional wooden boats.
•The Coastal Pilgrim path goes close by our farm.
•Stadsbygd (closest village for groceries) is about 3 km away, while Rissa (a few more stores) is about 10 km away.
•Fosen Folkehøgskole is in Rissa.
•The closest bus stop, for the bus to Trondheim (or Rissa), is 2 km away.
•And much more! : )
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
Pets are welcome after conversation with hosts, as long as the pet-friendly building is available. : )
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Goats Ida, Yoda,Kjellaug,Tulle,Knoll,Tott,Kjetil
We have a flock of goats together with a other family. Half of the year they are with us and half of the year thy are with Tine and Rikard
Chickens Emmy and Kenneth are the leaders
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Feedback (15)
It was my first Workaway and I can definetly recommend it to others.
The work varied a lot from painting to hatvesting and some carpentry tasks.
I could ask everything I wanted to and they taught me a lot. They were also very flexible about the working time and the tasks I made. So there wasn‘t a hierarchy at all.
I… read more
I also did some fun activities like driving the tractor, going on a little sail on a beautiful… read more
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Communication:
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It was my first Workaway and I can definetly recommend it to others.
The work varied a lot from painting to hatvesting and some carpentry tasks.
I could ask everything I wanted to and they taught me a lot. They were also very flexible about the working time and the tasks I made. So there wasn‘t a hierarchy at all.
I… read more
I also did some fun activities like driving the tractor, going on a little sail on a beautiful… read more
I have rarely met such warm and patient people :)
I was able to spend 5 weeks with them and learnt an incredible amount during this time. They were always friendly and explained everything with a lot of patience and fun. The work was very varied, from building to gardening to looking after animals.… read more
Anton & Ellen are adorable and good communicators. With their son Noah, they made me feel part of the family very rapidly. (They even took me on a week-end trip with them on the first week-end ❤)
The work was very varied and interesting : I stacked wood, sowed… read more
There warmhearted and open minded nature is inspiring and also that you felt like a part of there family since day one.
It was also nice, that the work hours were extremely flexible, so that there was a lot of… read more
Hope she will come back one day. : )
I have no words to describe the incredible time we have with them in their wonderfull place.
One day, they join people of 7 countrys at the table.
We share so many things that i will never forget in my life.
i knew there so wonderfull others workawayers and family and friends and… read more
The tasks were pretty easy and they always explained everything. My main tasks were taking care of the chickens in the morning, painting, cleaning the rental apartments for the guests and… read more
Anton, Ellen and Noah have such a wealth of knowledge and are all amazing teachers. They taught us so much during the… read more
They are easy to get along with and the tasks are clear. I mainly helped preparing the B&B for the next guests.
Bedankt voor jullie gastvrijheid!
We learned a lot and we know a lot of reviews are saying this, but Anton and Ellen really take… read more
