Join our family home and get to know Swedish culture in Dösjebro, Sweden

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  Description

  We are a family of three living in an old house in Southern Sweden (Västra Karaby, Kävlinge kommun). Dad - Csaba (43) - works in IT (in Malmö, partially from home office), mom - Barbara (37) - is an art historian (should be writing her PhD thesis), and a small boy - Artúr (born in April 2023) - who goes to kindergarten part time. We are originally from Hungary, we moved to Sweden in 2022, and bought this house in 2023. It is an ongoing project, we are renovating it on our own, while we are also trying to create a functioning garden to grown vegetables, fruits (and mushrooms too). We love having guests, to share conversations and experiences with, and we hope that our home will be a great place to relax and unwind. We live in a quiet little village and our daily schedule mostly revolves around our son's needs, so we go to bed early and wake up early with him. Csaba is a runner, he regularly trains for different running competitions - you are welcome to join him any time. We also love to bike and we have quite a few different bicycles, which you can borrow too.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  House sitting
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  Interests

  

  Vegetarian or vegan

  

  Farming

  

  Culture

  

  Writing

  

  Performing arts

  

  Photography

  

  Gardening

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Cooking & food

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Books

  

  Art & design

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Nature

  

  Hiking

  

  Cycling
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are happy to share our knowledge on Hungarian and Scandinavian culture, art, languages, vegetarian cooking, sustainable living, and DIY projects. We don't have family here in Sweden (although our family members from Hungary often come to visit), so we would like to create a lively international meeting point here instead and share our home and Swedish countryside living with Workawayers. We very much enjoy cooking and baking, we are happy to share our recipes and open to learn from you too.
  
  In the future we are thinking of starting some kind of residency program for artists too, we are always open to host artists and creative people, hopefully providing an inspiring and relaxing place for them to work in and have conversations about art.

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  Help

  We are looking for help around the house, mostly in general housekeeping, different basic gardening projects (planting, watering, lawn mowing, composting, but we don't have animals so there are no chores involving animals), and smaller renovation/house DIY projects. You don't necessarily have to help on the projects alone, we mostly just need an extra set of eyes and pair of hands while we figure things out around the house (often with help of family members or friends too). It's great if you have experience in DIY projects, but it's also fine if you just want to do something active after sitting in front of a computer all day.
  
  
  NOTE: we are planning to be away for most of June and July, so we might need someone for house sitting in that period.
  
  For us 2-3 week long stays would be ideal, but we could be open to shorter stays as well. Your help would be needed on weekends too, but we can give you days off during the week instead.
  
  We will need help with our super active little son too, who loves to play and spend time with people. Again, you don't have to take care of him all by yourself, mom will always be around too. During the week he is at the kindergarten few hours a day (except for the summer break from mid June to mid August), but he is home for most of the afternoon and appreciates the attention he is given. He is a really active and curious little toddler now, so you'll definitely won't be bored around him. (He speaks Hungarian and learns Swedish at the kindergarten, but he hears English quite often, so hopefully he'll understand the basics in English too.)

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Hungarian: Fluent
  Danish: Intermediate
  Swedish: Beginner

  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

  We have a guestroom for you upstairs, we provide bedding, towels, internet access, as well as access to washing machine and bikes. The upstairs is quite separated from the rest of the house, so you will have privacy. The kitchen and bathroom is shared with us.
  
  You are welcome to join us for some meals (we are vegetarians so please respect that), but please be prepared to take care of most of your meals, as our family budget won't allow us to cater for you fully.

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  What else ...

  The nearest little shop is in 3km, can be accessed by bike. Bigger shops and a shopping mall is in driving distance, we can take you there by car if needed and of course you can join us when we do our grocery shopping. Closest railway station is 15 min bike ride or few minutes car ride away, Lund, Malmö, Copenhagen, Helsingborg can all be accessed easily by train. The sea is 10 km away, lovely little beach with facilities can be found at Barsebäck. There are a lot of great place to hike and bike in the area, the nature is unbelievably beautiful in every season.

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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 partially work from home too. We have pretty decent Starlink internet.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have space for parking a campervan in front of the house, by the road.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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