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Description
Hej There!
We’re a young community, located in Sunnemo, Sweden.
At the moment we’re aiming to expand our community with beautiful, involved and mature people. We work hard to realize our dream of becoming a self-sufficient and functioning community.
Already so much work has been done in creating:
- living spaces
- independent solar and heating systems
- vegetable gardens
- small scale farming
- café/restaurant
We are looking for people who are interested in joining us and investing in this amazing place and our fantastic people.
What we are looking for in You:
• Self-driven and passionate for creating something long-term here.
• Willing to take on responsibilities (i.e. starting up and maintaining an animal project, working with the garden/farming, working with building/construction/maintanance.
We have a beautiful place with plenty of potential so we feel there is room and wish for more folks to join us. Not just as helping hands, though. We want to share our lives with more people who are interested in sticking around and becoming part of our structure and community.
We are a also a drug free community, we try to keep our heads clear so we can keep on communicating with each other and working to the best of our abilities.
Of course, outside of working together we also love spending time together taking sauna’s, dancing, watching movies, hiking, playing games or simply just hanging out with each other.
If you find yourself interested in what this is about, don’t hesitate to contact us.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Warm greetings,
Current projects:
Current projects: winter and spring 2025!
In the garden: winter-rest
Building: Connecting our solar system, new toilet, building a sauna (soon) ,
Maintenance: Maintaining tractor and fixing up all different machines for it. Fixing garden tools.
Helping us with wood cutting for winter.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn and develop many different skills, from cooking to farming, gardening and soil health, using machinery and welding, building with wood or other materials.
With staying here you have a step into 'Alternative Sweden' and we can help you to build up a network and connections.
Help
We especially look for people interested in farming, gardening, building, plumbers, and generally people who are happy to help
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Swedish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We have Swedish, Finnish, German, English, and Dutch speakers here. But the main working language is English so everyone is included and understands what we're doing.
Accommodation
We have 2 single rooms and a larger room for 2 people, two caravans, a bus with 6 beds and endless camping possibility.
For winter time, we mostly just provide the 3 rooms that can be comfortably heated, if you would still be interested in staying at one of our caravans, let us know. The only place available for people with pets is our garden caravan though, seeing as some people on the farm are allergic, so pets cannot stay in the main house.
What else ...
Since we are a community there is always the possibility to spend your free time socially with us, we are located next to a beautiful lake, go on trips to other projects and communities nearby, the nature is amazing here and we regularly have gatherings.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Nice parking spots, we can provide electricity. Rather in summer then winter times.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (14)
Beside building heating systems, making burgers and chopping wood, the highlights of my stay also included kayaking trips on the beautiful lake, relaxing sauna… read more
For everyone wondering about Estelle, she is a wonderful person and super hard worker. She understood all tasks directly, always was on time and super reliable. She helped us out with an array of tasks, from Gardening, to Baking and helping in the café, helping with fixing up machines… read more
The community is really welcoming, with shared dinners every night and always someone who’s up to do something on free hours. I enjoyed the sauna many… read more
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Beside building heating systems, making burgers and chopping wood, the highlights of my stay also included kayaking trips on the beautiful lake, relaxing sauna… read more
For everyone wondering about Estelle, she is a wonderful person and super hard worker. She understood all tasks directly, always was on time and super reliable. She helped us out with an array of tasks, from Gardening, to Baking and helping in the café, helping with fixing up machines… read more
The community is really welcoming, with shared dinners every night and always someone who’s up to do something on free hours. I enjoyed the sauna many… read more
I helped mostly in the garden with (pre)planting, watering and weeding. Gardening and working with nature was good break from my everyday life.
The community around the farm is full of warm,… read more
The people on and around the farm are super lovely and welcoming so I felt at home right from the start.
The work varies a lot with the seasons. In winter I worked a lot on the firewood, putting down trees and… read more
During our visit, we were given the opportunity to help out with various tasks around the village.… read more
It was my first workaway and it was wonderful! It was a great time spent in nature close to the forest and lake. I did a lot if work in the garden and helped with cooking and gardening which I enjoyed a lot! Sometimes we workawayers worked alone or with some members… read more
The work was a good learning… read more
The community welcomed me so nicely I soon forgot I am there for only a few weeks.
Mostly I worked in the garden, weeding, but also got to help take care of the chickens, do some work in the café building, chop fire wood and collect hay bales (and a lot more). Work felt really chill and… read more
I ended up staying 6 weeks, mostly helping in the garden and making fences, I also did some preplanting and watering.
For me it was amazing to see what the people living there have builded all by themself: a wooden and concret cafe and a vegetable garden as well as a barn. It was not finished when I left, but maybe… read more
We were warmly welcomed, and the days were organized, with very good communication among all participating in different tasks and activities. Food-wise, they made it very easy for all kinds of diets: vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free...
The eco village is a real living… read more
