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Hej & Hallo,
we are a queer couple living on an organic farm in South Finland. We are surrounded by the beautiful Finish nature, forest, lakes, the sea. Our farm feels a bit in the middle of nowhere, but it is conveniently close to some cute small towns and also only 100 km from Helsinki.
Anna is a farmer and miller and all about optimising an organic lifestyle for her family and community. She belongs to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland and has always embraced other cultures and languages, hence she speaks Swedish, Finnish, English, French, German fluently.
Teresa is a management consultant and has been working in financial services as a main occupation. Right now, she is interested in starting a new life chapter with moving from Germany to Finland and diving into countryside life. Also Teresa has studied, worked, lived in different countries. She speaks German, English, French, and a little Portuguese and Swedish (more to come soon :)).
Anna's parents also live at the farm and her sister's family also comes by quite often.
Right now we are renovating our houses, redesigning and maintaining our gardens, building a sauna and pier and have so many more ideas.
We are looking forward to finding nice people who would like to help us and contribute to this nice environment we are living in. All the projects we need help for concern our private life and are not business related.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our goal is to be part of a divers environment. We ourselves already bring many different features to the table and are looking forward to meeting new people. If you want to get to know Finland, farm life, international family, nature, working with your hands.... then you are just right at our place.
Help
We are looking for people who are helping with redesigning and maintaining the garden, painting our house, fixing garden sheds, renovating inside of our house, building sauna and pier, cooking food, supporting with feeding our pets, collecting berries, cooking jam and juice for our own use, doing grocery shopping....and so much more. For all of these tasks you don't need to be a professional, you will always be guided by someone who knows where to aim. If you have a special interest and/or skill we are glad to assign your own project to you.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Finnish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Portuguese: BeginnerThis 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.
Accommodation
You will stay in your own room in the house with shared bathroom and shared kitchen. The rooms have double beds, so it is possible to share a room if wanted.
What else ...
Our place is situated 100 km from Helsinki. From the airport there goes a train to Karis/Karjaa, where we can pick you up. There is no public transportation from and to the farm. It is mandatory to have a driving license, otherwise you will be stuck at the farm. We can share rides or share our car if needed.
The area is a touristic area with Finish measurements, meaning it is never crowded but still many things going on during summer. The closest and cutest little town is Ekenäs/Tammisaari, where we often go to the market, for restaurants or shopping. Also the cute little village Fiskars is close by and definitely worth a visit.
Otherwise you are of course welcome to enjoy the farm's nature. We are surrounded by forest, have a little beach by the sea where you also could go for a swim or kayak tour.
We are all non-smokers, and smoking is not allowed due to high fire risk in summer.
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?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (6)
Both are a very nice persons to have around, very openminded, cheerful and easy to communicate with.
They were not only very helpful with our projects but also added a lot of value in our everyday life. We loved the easy but also sometimes… read more
A little about the work. We painted a little, beach sauna that they’d been building for a while and were lucky enough to be… read more
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Both are a very nice persons to have around, very openminded, cheerful and easy to communicate with.
They were not only very helpful with our projects but also added a lot of value in our everyday life. We loved the easy but also sometimes… read more
A little about the work. We painted a little, beach sauna that they’d been building for a while and were lucky enough to be… read more
He is a very nice person to have around, he is calm and polite and easy to communicate with.
Sampo is also very good with animals and took over some animal routines. He found a good friend in our cat and was also very confident with our other… read more
It was my first workaway experience and I was very nervous but Anna and Teresa made sure I was comfortable and had everything I needed. I felt very welcome the whole time and perceived them as very kind, caring and open minded people who valued my opinions both on private topics and also on… read more
He was supporting us with garden work and was not shying away from any kind of work.… read more
Their farm is such a beautiful place, with its rich green garden, big… read more
