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Description
We are a family of four, Hanna, Roger and our two children Ronja (12) and Embla (9). We don't smoke, don't drink (much) and don't party, but we love to travel, different food, nature and people. With us lives two cats and a grandfather Aksel. We have hens, a (super) small vegetable field and herb garden, fruit trees and bees. We try to be a little self sufficient (not too easy in Norway) and live simple, down to earth and environment friendly. (try is the key word here >.<)
We live in typical Norwegian countryside, with farms and fresh air and nature. Sometimes the tractors drive by at night, and two days a year it smells of cow dung. mostly its veeeery quiet and nice.
Somebody is usually at home and ready to chat over a cup of tea/coffee, or drive to the sea for fishing, walk in the woods to pick mushrooms and berries.
We usually eat dinner at 4-5 ish, and some vegetarian, some fish, some meat, and some wild meat. A lot of it is organic, and some of it is self grown, gathered or bred. But it is usually simple food. We are flexible when it comes to diet, most diets are no problem. :)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Enjoy wild Norwegian nature, with fishing trips, hiking, climbing. We have bikes you can loan, and fishing rods. Sometimes even a boat. We like to show people our neighborhood. We have tents and maps and stuff if you like to camp out in the mountains. There are buses and boats going to Trondheim city if you like to sightsee, and we pick you up and deliver you at the bus/boat/mountain/fjord if we don't go with you.
Things we can do (in the right season) so you can learn if you like:
Beekeeping
Pick herbs and mushrooms
Repairing, mending and sowing of clothing
Pressure canning and other types of preserving of food
Cooking
Knitting (including the use of knitting machine)
We'll happily talk about organic farming or Norwegian history and culture if that's more of your liking.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
The main ting to do around here is organizing and cleaning. If you don't like kids, dirt or mess this probably isn't the place for you... We would like our kids to learn English and different cultures.
You are of course welcome to contribute in other ways too, if there are things you enjoy. Cooking, farming, gardening, building, painting or other. I'm a lousy work leader with anxiety, so it's a big bonus if you're able at taking initiative yourself.
We are really flexible with working time, so there will be loads of free time to do whatever you prefer.
If you're handy then that kind of skills are nice too!
Languages
Languages spoken
Norwegian: Fluent
German: Intermediate
English: Intermediate
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Our children needs help to practice English, and I (Hanna) Would like to learn Spanish.
Accommodation
We have a tiny (!) guestroom with a bunk bed so 2-3 people kan sleep there. Its not big. Really. Shared bathroom and welcome to use rest of the house.
The house is dirty and messy.
We have hens, so you can hear faint noises of them waking up in the morning.
Just to clarify;
1: This is not Trondheim. Its about an hour with bus from the city.
2: We have kids, they make noise and run around ;)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
There is a tiny desk in the guest room and tables in the Livingroom. Feel free to work as you like, we are flexible with time.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
Any pet that can live without harming children, cats or property are welcome. Maybe not elephants, due to space tough...
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
3 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (5)
We never had to work to long or to hard. The work was really nice. We built a lot of Flowerbeds but could have also chosen to do something different.
The free time was just wonderful. We did a lot of Family activities, like Barbequing, fishing and making a huge "Osterfeuer".… read more
There was no strict schedule; we (four Workawayers) mostly did what we felt like doing that day, briefly… read more
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We never had to work to long or to hard. The work was really nice. We built a lot of Flowerbeds but could have also chosen to do something different.
The free time was just wonderful. We did a lot of Family activities, like Barbequing, fishing and making a huge "Osterfeuer".… read more
There was no strict schedule; we (four Workawayers) mostly did what we felt like doing that day, briefly… read more
They are all very kind and generous people, it was so pleasant to meet them and share their life for a while.
Given that it was winter, they had nothing to ask us to do, we tried to help by cleaning a little and cooking some french meals :) We were more in holidays at home than… read more
What I did was cleaning, one hour everyday. I was free the rest of the day. We went hiking one day and it was amazing. The area they live is beautiful and quiet. We did a lot of activities together, sightseeing, harvest potatoes, go to a concert, and so on. I enjoyed… read more
