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10 Dec 2025
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Description
We are an active and loving family of four, with a dog, living in the countryside near Oslo.
Clare is English, but has lived in Norway for 10 years, and is completing her PhD on Norwegian killer whales.
Per Kristian is Norwegian and works with renewable energy. Eloise is 4 years old and is kind, imaginative and loves books and puzzles.
Katie is 18 months old and the smiliest little baby who loves her food!
Loki is a big golden doodle that looks like a teddy bear, who also loves food.
We love hiking, skiing, sailing and spending time together. We are needing help with everyday tasks around the house, and can offer an insight into Norwegian family life and more!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Videography
Vegetarian or vegan
Pets
Writing
Books
Animals
Nature
Fitness
Camping
Winter sports
Sailing / Boating
Mountain
Beach
Water sports
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cycling
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Spend time in the lovely city of Oslo nearby, and in the Norwegian nature all around us. Experience life as part of a Norwegian family. Learn some Norwegian. Share traveling stories (Clare was a Workawayer when she was younger, and we have all done lots of traveling, also with the girls!)
Projects involving children
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Help
AUTUMN 2025: We are looking for someone with experience of dog training! Our dog Loki is perfect 95% of the time but has some annoying behaviours that are getting too much for us (nothing big or aggressive - but stuff like jumping up at people, stealing food, barking at other dogs and bad recall). Do you have any experience with dog training? Please come and stay with us and help us train Loki!
We also need some help with DIY projects, digging in the garden, and preparing dinners / general tidying and light cleaning.
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Help around the house, e.g.
Meal prep
Light cleaning
Dog walking
Small home projects (e.g. DIY / gardening)
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We generally speak English as a family, but our 3 year old daughter speaks mainly Norwegian (and Per Kristian and her speak just Norwegian to each other). Clare is also fluent in Norwegian and we are happy to help with your Norwegian skills!
Accommodation
Own bedroom (double bed) and own living room & bathroom in our house. We have a large house with a beautiful big garden and veranda area.
We will provide all food for meals, and you can purchase any extra snacks or drinks you may want. You are welcome to enjoy meals together with us or eat at other times. Something we need help with is preparing dinner a few days a week, so it is nice and natural to eat dinner together, if you wish! Clare is vegetarian so we normally eat vegetarian food, or meals that can easily be adjusted to be vegetarian for Clare with meat for others.
What else ...
40 minutes by bus into central Oslo with all the sights. Beautiful walking, biking, skiing trails right out of the house. 15 minute walk to a cute little cultural village with craft shops and cafes (Bærums verk). Nearby lake and beach by the sea for swimming. We have a sailboat and often spend weekends on it in southern Norway - you'd be welcome to join if it fits.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have reliable Wi-Fi and a few desks set up for home office
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Loki
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This was our first workaway experience together ( Alice had used this app before) and we couldn't have asked for better.
Thy are very flexible, our tasks were mainly taking care of Loki (we fell in love with him, so it was a pleasure, we walked him, gave him food and stayed with him)… read more
My tasks included helping with… read more
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This was our first workaway experience together ( Alice had used this app before) and we couldn't have asked for better.
Thy are very flexible, our tasks were mainly taking care of Loki (we fell in love with him, so it was a pleasure, we walked him, gave him food and stayed with him)… read more
My tasks included helping with… read more
