Help a family and enjoy snow, mountains and sea in Tromsø, Norway

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  Description

  We are a small family living in Northern Norway about 50 km outside of Tromsø, 300km above the arctic circle. We live in an old farmhouse and have two islandic horses, two cats and a few chicken. I am working at the university in Tromsø, my daughter is interested in craft and design and started an education in this direction. The winters are long with lots of snow and northern lights and the summers are short, not too warm with midnight sun. We have mountain ranges all around us and a view to the sea and mountains.
  We are interested in learning languages and getting to know other cultures, we like cooking, DIY projects, hiking and of course horse riding, but even more just being with our animals and enjoying their company.
  We are fluent in English, German and Norwegian and learn Italian and French, I learned some Russian at school and some Japanese for fun.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Sustainability

  

  Vegetarian or vegan

  

  Culture

  

  LGBTQ

  

  Charity work

  

  Farming

  

  Pets

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Hiking

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Nature

  

  Dancing

  

  Winter sports

  

  Water sports

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Mountain

  

  Languages

  

  Art & design

  

  Photography

  

  Plant care

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Writing

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Animals

  

  Music

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Gardening

  

  Books
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We like to get to know other cultures, meet new people, be inspired for our projects. Everything is more fun when doing things together. We are interested in and know a lot of crafting techniques, especially related to textiles but we also like to do some pottery ad wood works. We have some old spinning wheels and looms on the farm and my daughter learned to color textiles with natural colors (we can unfortunately only do that in summer).
  We try to do a lot of ground work with the horses but would like to get inspired with new fun ways of working with our two very curies horses.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  In winter (which starts in October and ends in May), we mainly need help with the horses, feeding them and cleaning of the stable and paddock and motioning them if you want and have experience with it. We could always use help with small repairs and there are always some DIY projects on the way.
  In summer, (sometimes starting in May, sometimes in June and lasting until some time in September) we could use help with setting up fences for the horses and with gardening projects (ecological garden with vegetables and fruits, sometimes also with fiber and colouring plants, depending on how much time we have) and some light help, like e.g. painting.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Norwegian: Fluent
  French: Beginner
  Italian: Beginner
  Russian: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  We have a small room with one bed (and can setup another) and a table with a nice view over the Fjord at the side of the living room that is separated only by curtains at the moment. The plan is however to install a folding door (which is one of the DIY projects) to have a better separation. With progressing renovation of the house more accommodation space will be available.
  You can eat with us as a family. We mainly have vegetarian meals.

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  What else ...

  We live a bit out of town but there is a bus once a day to Tromsø and back. There are a lot of outdoor possibilities close by (fishing, hiking, horse back riding).

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  The guest room has a small desk and we have a good internet connection, sufficient for video calls.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

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