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We are Bice and Jürg, a retired Swiss couple living on a traditional tanya in the middle of the beautiful Hungarian puszta.
We moved here because we love nature, animals, and a quiet countryside life. Over the years, our home has become a place where people from many countries have come to share daily life with us, and many of them are still friends today.
We live surrounded by wide pastures for our horses. We have four: one English thoroughbred, two Hungarian warmbloods for riding and carriage driving, and one Holsteiner mare. Our horses are part of our family, not “working animals”.
We also live with six dogs, all of them rescued from shelters or directly from the streets. They have found their forever home with us and are very important to us.
In summer, we love relaxing together by our swimming pool after a day outside, and enjoying the peaceful atmosphere of the puszta.
Not far from us, in the next town, there is also one of Hungary’s well-known thermal bath complexes, with outdoor pools, hot thermal water, and spa facilities – perfect for relaxing and recovering.
Our helpers usually come because they love horses, dogs, and countryside life. We welcome experienced and confident riders only. Unfortunately, we cannot accept beginners, as we do not offer riding lessons.
You are welcome to ride independently, walk the dogs, help feed them, and join us in light gardening or cooking if you like. Everything is based on mutual agreement, trust, and interest – not on obligation.
You will stay in a private room with your own bathroom and internet access, as part of our home. We provide full board and usually eat together.
We enjoy spending time with our helpers. We often go together to restaurants, make excursions, and sometimes take trips to Budapest or other places. For us, this shared time is an important part of the exchange.
Because we live in a rural area, a driving license is very useful. We can provide our second car for private use.
We usually host for at least two weeks and are happy about longer stays.
If you are open-minded, responsible, love animals, and would like to experience real countryside life in Hungary, we would be happy to welcome you to our tanya. 😊😊
House Rules
• We welcome experienced and confident riders only. We do not offer riding lessons and cannot accept beginners.
• Riding, animal care, and other activities are done independently and at your own responsibility.
• Participation in daily activities is voluntary and based on mutual agreement. This is not an employment relationship.
• Maximum helping time follows Workaway guidelines (up to 5 hours per day, 5 days per week), often less.
• Mutual respect, open communication, and reliability are important for living together.
• Our home is non-smoking inside.
• Use of the car requires a valid driving license and careful handling.
• Helpers are responsible for their own travel insurance and personal accident insurance.
• Minimum stay: two weeks.
Our helpers come mainly because they love horses, animals, and countryside life. They are welcome to ride, walk the dogs, help feed them, and occasionally join in cooking or light gardening if they wish. There is no obligation to work, no production, no profit, and no business activity involved.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
House & pet sitting
Interests
Pets
Charity work
Farming
Music
Art & design
History
Languages
Books
Animals
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They can learn different languages
I‘m a art historian and love to show workawayers around to visit castles and churches
Help
Horse riding, NO BEGINNERS! general help with horses, feeding, cleaning, mucking the stables, reparing fences etc.
Looking after the dogs, feeding and walking them, etc.
Helping in the garden
Helping to cook
General maintenance
Minimal stay: 2 WEEKS!
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I would love to learn Hungarian
Accommodation
Room with ensuite bathroom and Internet access.
What else ...
We are located in the famous Hungarian Puszta. The volunteer may use one of our two cars. Budapest and Szeged (beautiful Art Nouveau cities) are easy reachable by car in 70 minutes (Budapest) and 30 minutes (Szeged). The next small city is approx. 10 minutes from our tanya.
In this small city called Kiskunmajsa you'll find a big thermal bath with fun park, restaurants, etc.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
No problem, we have enough place for a camper
Can possibly accept pets
Yes, dogs or horses, but better no cats because of our 5 dogs
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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He is an excellent rider and truly loved our dogs – and the animals loved him back.
Jan worked very independently and was able to help everywhere – with the animals, in the garden, around the house, and even with construction work. On top of… read more
Ob beim gemeinsamen Skip- Bo-Abend, im Restaurant, mit Freunden, bei einem schönen Ausritt oder einer Kutschfahrt:
Ich hatte immer viel Spaß und habe viel erlebt!
Arbeit ist gar nicht viel angefallen, aber das was zu… read more
Sie ist eine gute Reiterin und auch unsere 7 Hunde haben sie ins Herz geschlossen.
Am Abend haben wir Ski-Bo gespielt und… read more
Sie ist eine erfahrene Reiterin und kennt sich mit Pferden gut aus. Auch unsere 7 Hunde haben sie ins Herz… read more
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He is an excellent rider and truly loved our dogs – and the animals loved him back.
Jan worked very independently and was able to help everywhere – with the animals, in the garden, around the house, and even with construction work. On top of… read more
Ob beim gemeinsamen Skip- Bo-Abend, im Restaurant, mit Freunden, bei einem schönen Ausritt oder einer Kutschfahrt:
Ich hatte immer viel Spaß und habe viel erlebt!
Arbeit ist gar nicht viel angefallen, aber das was zu… read more
Sie ist eine gute Reiterin und auch unsere 7 Hunde haben sie ins Herz geschlossen.
Am Abend haben wir Ski-Bo gespielt und… read more
Sie ist eine erfahrene Reiterin und kennt sich mit Pferden gut aus. Auch unsere 7 Hunde haben sie ins Herz… read more
She is an experienced rider and also lounged the horses expertly. She looked just perfectly after them.
Our six dogs loved her to bits! She went on daily walks, groomed and fed them and loved to cuddle with them.
And she is a good cook! - she spoilt us with great meals. Moreover she… read more
They are experienced rider and also lounged the horses expertly. They looked just perfectly after them.
Our seven dogs loved them to bits! They went on daily walks, groomed and fed them and loved to… read more
They are experienced rider and also lounged the horses expertly. They looked just perfectly after them.
Our six dogs loved them to bits! They went on daily walks, groomed and fed them and loved to… read more
However, I want to thank Bice and Jürg for there trust, hospitality and kindness. Every day was a bit different and so much fun. We (Lisa, my travel buddy and me) took care of the 6 dogs… read more
Beide sind ausgezeichnete Reiter und haben unsere Hunde geliebt. Und die Tiere haben sie geliebt.… read more
Bice und Jürg are the best Hosts ever, more than excellent ...
Vom ersten Moment an fühlten wir uns bei Ihnen mehr als aufgehoben, wir waren von Beginn an Teil dieser großartigen. liebenswerten Familie. Genauso ging es auch unseren Pferden, sie wurden in kürzester Zeit in den Herdenverband liebevoll integriert, insbesondere der… read more
I really hate it, when workawayers do not even have the decency to cancel their stay. I think it is very disrespectful.
She is an experienced rider and also lounged the horses expertly. She looked just perfectly after them.
Our seven dogs loved her to bits! She went on daily walks, groomed and fed them and loved to cuddle with them.
And she is a great cook! - she spoilt us with great cakes and lovely… read more
The "work" is really easy, I loved taking care of the horses and dogs and even… read more
Their… read more
Bice and Jurg are incredible people. Kind, generous, intellectual and hilarious. We spent many evenings laughing and discussing. I always had such a laugh with Bice, everything we did together was filled with… read more
Zimera is really good with horses in all aspects, also lounging. Our 7 dogs just adored her and so did we!
And she baked the best brownies in the whole… read more
We spent together 6 months filled with joy and adventure.
The Tanya is surrounded by pure nature, a lot of wild peaches, apple trees, grapes and fields made for galloping!
The only neighbors are Hungarian farmers and you will get tasty fresh milk and eggs from them… read more
She is a super nice and adorable woman. She is also a good rider and she looked really well to our horses. Our dogs loved her very much, too. She went on daily walks with them and looked after them. She also helped with gardenwork and a lot of other things.… read more
She is a experienced rider and she looked really well to our horses. Our 8 dogs loved her very much, too. She went on daily walks with them and looked after them. She also helped with gardenwork and a lot of other things.
She is a very sympathetic workaway, reliable and… read more
I stayed in the puszta for over three months in spring/summer and absolutely loved it! The scenery is beautiful and it was a great experience to see how other people live in an environment that was unfamiliar to me. I did a lot of riding with all of the horses (except Mabal - he is a stunning horse… read more
We recommend their place also for hungarians who don't live in the puszta, bacause it is really different from the other parts of the country, which is very interesting and refreshing. It also comes in handy for Bice and Jürg when you speak hungarian, because you can help them… read more
She is a very sympathetic workaway,… read more
It was great to meet their friends too but the main language spoken is never English so you have to try and pick bits up or wait for something to be translated. That… read more
There's always work to do,… read more
Both are very friendly and have to tell a lot of storys of her occupational past.
They are used for people working for them ;)
The place is marvellous and nice with all the animals and the pool, there was a relaxed beer or a gin after done work always :)
Their friends are all also great… read more
thank you for your rating. We didn't hear from you for a long time - so it's so nice to know that everything is ok with you.
We are doing great, having one horse more (!) and we have a very nice and supporting workawayer with us since August.
If you have free time in 2017, come back to see us - we would be so happy. It was a great… read more
They are very kind people and I felt good with them right away, the place is gorgeous and the surroundings are very peaceful.
The animals are just wonderful and so lovely :)
The work is not hard, mostly taking care of the animals and cleaning a little around… read more
Beides sind erfahrene Reiterinnen und kennen sich mit Pferden sehr gut aus. Auch… read more
The work was not too much or too hard and… read more
Beides sind erfahrene Reiterinnen und kennen sich mit Pferden sehr gut aus. Hannah hat… read more
I immediately felt as part of the family. They are both so likable and open-minded and always good-humored.
In our spare time they showed us markets and brought us to Szeged and in the evenings we enjoyed playing trionimo, barbecuing with neighbors or watching… read more
Being on their tanya is fantastic combination of enjoyment and work. If it… read more
