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We have some painting outside left plus carpentry work tasks like building a new fireplace shelter.
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A Swedish-German couple, Frank (67) & Monica (70+), both retired since some time, living on the lovely Swedish countryside close to the woods.
We are both pretty social and interested in many topics like ecology, music of all kind, politics, travelling and more. Frank is playing several instruments and also running a non-profit-organisation offering nature activities for families. Frank had been working in a parish of the Lutheran Church of Sweden with children groups, youth and nature, Monica used to be a physician, both now retired. We are spending a lot of time on our ground, in the garden, or strolling around in the woods with our dogs "Zeppo" and "Balder".
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Anyway we usually offer our helpers now and then excursions in the surroundings.
We had several helpers here during the last years, and they always had a good time and were satisfied! We even gave them a ride to some starting-point for a day-hike on the trails in the woods and picked them up in the evening again. So there are a lot of outdoor-activities around, and I promise you:
if you are a real nature-lover you won't be disappointed!
Help
140 km north of Gothenburg - 20 minutes to the sea - 3 minutes to the nearest lake - 1 minute to the forest and then ... hours of silence !
We : Monica (Swedish) + Frank (German / Swedish) , own a farm (but we are not running any agriculture business; we have 2 dogs, 1 cat, 4 goats, 3 ducks, 6 sheep, 2 rabbits - all animals "just for fun") in the landscape of Bohuslän on the countryside with 5 acres = 2 hektar of land in the forest area .
There are always small tasks like: fences for the animals, maintenance of the big barn, some painting, easier carpeting works, helping with the vegetable garden and stuff like this.
Please mention: all is non-profit-projects (we put in our own money!), so don´t expect to be paid for any work. No money involved...
The Scandinavian metropoles Gothenburg and Oslo are easy to reach within 2 hours, even by public bus, for a day-trip.
Near Tanumshede we have a lot of rock-carvings from bronce age and a museum about this (World Heritage Place!)
We have a canoe lying at "our" :-) lake, where you can paddle and watch beavers in the evening.
Monday - Friday. We do prefer a stay of 2-3 weeks.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Accommodation
If we don't have any bookings for paying guests you may live for yourself in our typical Swedish "stuga", a fully equipped guesthouse of 40 m2 which we rent out during summer commercially. Have a look at the pictures!
There you have a lot of space to relax and just be, but of course we often eat together, sit by the fireside outside or have a chat. Although we like to be social, please don't expect close family life: you should be able to be for yourself and enjoy your own space and later on we can meet again and have conversations.
The food is for free, of course, and partly ecologically.
Notice that our farm is in the countryside! I.e. no neighbours, next bigger village with bank and supermarket is Tanumshede, 15 km away. The little town of Strömstad at the seaside is 30 km or 30 min. by car away. So the entertainment during your spare time out in the woods is mostly hiking, fishing (if you like), bycicling, canoeing, sitting at the campfire or reading / painting / thinking...
What else ...
The travel to get here you have to pay yourself!
The airports nearby are: Gothenburg Landvetter, Oslo Torp and Oslo Gardemoen. From all airports there are regular bus shuttles into the city-centres and from there overlandbuses to Strömstad or Tanumshede where we can fetch you by car. Of course we help you to find the cheapest connections!
From Hamburg or Copenhagen there are cheap overland-buses passing Gothenburg (Göteborg) and heading for Oslo; these buses (for example FLIXBUS, SWEBUSS or NETTBUSS, try with Google) are also passing Tanumshede, not far from where we live and from where we can fetch you by car.
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.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
25 hours, 5 days maximum
Feedback (20)
We had good talks with them. They are aware of the things happening all around the world but listen to other peoples' opinions too. We have learnt a lot from the lunchtimes spent together.
The work was fun, Frank is a patient and clear… read more
I enjoyed DIY… read more
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We had good talks with them. They are aware of the things happening all around the world but listen to other peoples' opinions too. We have learnt a lot from the lunchtimes spent together.
The work was fun, Frank is a patient and clear… read more
I enjoyed DIY… read more
I stayed four weeks with my friend Marie and one week alone at Frank and Monica's home and had a wonderful time.
It was just the perfect place to be outside, have good conversations, relax in the cosy Stuga and make great daytrips in the beautiful surrounding.
The work with Frank was really fun, because we had varied tasks such as… read more
Melanie is a very pleasant young woman, calm and not talkative but very easy to have interesting conversations with. She did a lot of ´unskilled´ tasks of maintenance on our farm and always accurate! She was especially great with our dogs, the best workawayer ever in dog/handling!! The guesthouse was left IMPECCABLE clean… read more
Wem es wichtig ist mit Natur und Tier im Einklang zu sein, ist hier richtig!
Meine Aufgaben:
- Holzzauntor, Sauna, Windschutz, Sitzbank streichen
- Zäune… read more
Although the weather was not good, in our free time we could go to the lake and the forest to enjoy the beautiful view. Frank took us to… read more
After work or during days off, we had almost always something to visit and see in this beautiful area of sweden, with frank and monica guiding us, and telling us stories. It was an enriching experience, I would like to come back if the opportunity happens !
I never felt like a stranger in their home, but like a… read more
They are really nice and interesting people, I loved listening to their experiences and points of view. They showed us many sites around, forests, lakes, all of them beautiful, and we where even lucky enough to go sailing with… read more
Thank you that I could make one of my workaway experience at your home.
Hopefully We meet each other again.
Sorry Frank und Monica für meine späte Bewertung für euch.
Wünsche euch weiterhin alles Gute und eventuell sehen wir uns ja im September.
Danke und Tschüss Lea &… read more
I had so much fun, I hope someday visit you again, Thanks guys.
Nos vemos.
We principally helped them to fix the barn (building 2nd hand shop and preparing it for winter). We also… read more
Miguel is really good at carpenter tasks and accurate, Pamela supporting him and keeping tracks on what is necessary to be done.
We had many interesting… read more
Furthermore he really is god at cooking. He showed us how to make chinese dumplings, filled with minced meat, and we ate maybe 80 pastries :-) ...
We can warmly… read more
