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I live in a house in the wilderness of North Sweden in the County of Jokkmokk. My daughter in age 25 come home some times every year. We are originally from the Netherlands and we have been living in Sweden for more than 15 years. My daughter studies marine biology in South Sweden and she is staying home only during the summer and on some other occasions. We have a lovely mixed breed husky dog called Snuff.
We need volunteers for helping with our building and painting projects. We also have some other smaller projects indoors and outdoors.at the moment we are trying to find help to build hes new kitchen.in winter time we need to help partly with snow clearing both on the roof and on the ground. we also need help with firewood to pot it in house.
It also be good IF there is sombody that is good with vehicle because we are in need of help with cars and snowmobile problems.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Farming
Culture
Pets
Hitchhiking
DIY & crafts
Carpentry
Cooking & food
Animals
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
Camping
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Here you will be able to learn Swedish and Dutch culture & language also you will get a lot of opportunities to see northern animals like mooses, reindeers, foxes, beavers, birds, and beautiful northern nature.
Wilderness is all around of you!
Fishing, animals, swimming, biking on-road and off-road, there are also nice mountains around so you can take nice walks and go on to adventures.
We can sometimes go to the museum of Naturum national park (on the mountains) or Jokkmokk museum of Ajtte. There's also a small water park called Spegeldammen and the longest fall of Europe called Storforsen and many other places. Jokkmokk in Lapponia has a lot of Sami culture.
Help
We do not expect you to be a professional carpenter but some basic carpentry skills would be good. We plan and do everything together. We have also a lot of other tasks depending on the season.
We expect you to do 5 hours per day, 5 days per week. On your days off you can do fishing, swimming, hiking in nature, etc.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Accommodation
You will share accommodation with other volunteers if there is more than 2 person. That not are couple The accommodation is in a small cabin with two rooms. One room has two beds and the other one is the "living room" with a table and chairs.
You have access to Wi-Fi, but we hope you don't do movie streaming or download big files as the connections in the countryside aren't very fast. Shared kitchen and bathroom will be in the main house. There is also a wooden toilet outside near the barn.diss is more if we have more than 1 voluntary worker other is there in the head house in a geast room.
The yard itself consists of a larger area out in the wilderness. Just a bit behind the yard we have a small stream what is in some parts around 2 meters deep and in the summer it will be a great place to take a morning or afternoon dip.
What else ...
At the moment we have only one big projects that still can be done in the winter that is building the sauna but we still have some small things that need to be done of painting indoors. We still love to have some help with mechanical stuff on snowmobiles and cars. We are moste looking for people with building experience and knowledge.mostle looking for older people like 25+ but if you have the skills you are welcome any way.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We gott internet that works well we also have good Phone conditions and have not hade problem we have Netflix
Space for parking camper vans
We have lots of space, internet, outside WC, and electric
Can possibly accept pets
We can accept pets as long the following house rules of clean zo the dont make a maze, and are nice to snuff.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Snuff
Husky mix breed super friendly.
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The nature around is beautiful, Boreal forest (or "Taiga") is beautiful and it has so many places to… read more
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The nature around is beautiful, Boreal forest (or "Taiga") is beautiful and it has so many places to… read more
He helped us build something that we really need help with a long time ago and were happy that he helped us finished before the snow come,we are happy to have him back any time.
Marianne is naturally very kind and generous and instantly made me feel at home in her house. Marianne is also friendly and sociable, and took me out… read more
You have helped me a lot around my house and also in the house and Snuff loved also to have had you her.
I really like the video you showed what you work with and I hope you continue all your goals.thank you for everything.
It was special to be at this place and see how much work living at this place in the wilderness takes and how creative and persistant Marianne is to get the things done. With great respect I will think of this place.
I had really great time working with Marianne and Cheyenne. We could finish many projects, some smaller ones and some bigger.
I loved the work, the nature of… read more
Mika takes very good responsibility and works very hard and well independently.
He is very nice person, it has been nice to have him here in our host and… read more
