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Come and live by the ocean
I have a small farm at the island Hitra on the coast of Trøndelag, just west of Trondheim in Norway. Short about me, 66, have a degree in civil engineering, have worked as a researcher for a few years. I have had a fish restaurant for many years. I have also worked for a French oil company and have traveled a lot around the world. Im a host at rental platform, so there will be other guests here. I am social and like to meet new people.
During the spring I need help with building a a service facility for boats and other equipment. Its a good stay for two friends or a couple.
The farm is located by the sea with beautiful nature around. I live here with my cat, chickens, ducks and goats. So here you can pick your eggs for breakfast every day. In the summer there is a lot of things to do with gardening, in the winter there are construction tasks.
Working language is english, so you have to speak fluent english. I do a WhatsApp meeting with all my Workawayers.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
My guests will be part of the family and will meet my friends and family.
Help
I need help with all kind of work with building. I also need help with tasks in the forest, taking down trees, and generally helping outside. There is always a lot to do. You have to be a practical person.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Norwegian bokmål: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Accommodation
You will have your own bedroom. We have a sauna that you can use if you want. We make food together. By the way, making food is not a part of daily work.
What else ...
If you want to experience beautiful nature and sea, you can do it at Hitra. There are many hiking trails nearby. If you have a bicycle or car, you can go on slightly longer trips. If you like fishing then you can do it about 40 m from the house. My place on Hitra is about 20 km from the center of Hitra, Fillan. There you have several shops, library and museum. You can come by bus to Fillan from Trondheim every day. I can pick you up there.
I moved to Hitra 4 years ago and thrive very well here. Here it is a quiet life in harmony with nature and no stress. I have good and nice neighbours
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I have a good internet conection so its possible to work online
Space for parking camper vans
I have a lot of parking space in my place
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The winter is cold, the days are short and the work has to be done, but the joy of working, eating and laughing as a small community marvels everything.
Thank you!
Léonor &Mirko
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The winter is cold, the days are short and the work has to be done, but the joy of working, eating and laughing as a small community marvels everything.
Thank you!
Léonor &Mirko
About the meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner… read more
John is a great host and provides excellent accommodation, provisions and food.
He is very good at providing workawayers with new skills and work experience.
We carried out several building projects together and I carried put some clearance of forestry.
The Hitra area… read more
I stayed 3 weeks in Hitra. The place is really beautiful and the landscapes are breathtaking. It is located on a remote Island, quite wild with a lot of salmon farms.
I was with 5 other workaways. We slept in a separate house from John's house (very comfortable !!!… read more
John provides clear feedback and gives good tipps. Most of the work consisted of cutting trees and sorting/ carrying wood. You can use a chainsaw and a ATV for doing these tasks. Also i helped with renovating the boat house… read more
I had a team of 4 Workawayers here at the same time and Benedikt works well in a team.
Thank you for a very good job and good luck for the rest of your… read more
The project was defined : building a boat house. The aim was to finish the building -at least make it wind/rain/waterproof- before the winterstorms arrived. And that is what we did . As we were concerned about finishing the… read more
I had a team of 4 Workawayers here at the same time and Robin works well in a team.
Good luck in life. Welcome back to Snellvika.
Morten and I were a good team both working outside as also preparing dinner together. The first month was just Morten and me, after that, we were accompanied by Lorena… read more
I spent around 3 weeks there participating to the building of a boat house. I had no experience in building and it was a very good way to learn. Morten has a lot of projects and is a harworking person. It was easy to feel involved in the project.
Also, Morten showed us a lot of traditional… read more
Morten is really friendly and forthcoming. He was easy to get along with and you could laugh well with him.
We lived in a small and cozy cottage and went a few times to the sauna. It is not far to the sea and you could even try to dive for scallops.
Working with him was pleasant and never… read more
I was very warmly welcomed and celebrated a nice Easter together with Morten and his girlfriend, they also took me to a cozy second hand market. Of course we ate a lot of Norwegian waffles at this time, that's a must.
My tasks were cleaning… read more
What a beautiful place than Hitra !! There are a lot of things to see and people are very nice !! During my trip, John made me visit Fillan and Trondheim. He showed me… read more
We have worked on restoring an 80-year-old house on the small farm. We laid ceiling tiles on the 1st floor and installed kitchens on the 2nd floor. We had a full time job for two weeks. I did not have… read more
I received a warm welcome to Johns Paradise in Hitra ! I had everything I needed to enjoy my stay and he was most of the time available and constantly asking if everything was okay and If I needed something in particular !… read more
