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✨ We're Looking for New House & Community Mates! ✨
Two rooms are currently free – ideal for families with kids aged 6–12!
If you're curious about joining us more permanently, feel free to ask for the link to our little questionnaire!
🌿 Welcome, nature lovers, artists & dreamers! 🌈
We are a colorful community in Bernau (Brandenburg), just outside Berlin, surrounded by forests and lakes. Our shared home is a living project rooted in creativity, sustainability, and togetherness.
We’ve been living here for 6 years, and every season brings new magic and ideas. Our place includes:
A large garden and outdoor area
A hot tub and a soon-to-be sauna
A multi-purpose space for film nights, workshops, ping-pong, and cozy gatherings
Two ducks and many dreams 🦆✨
🚐 Vanlife-friendly – we have space to park and plug in.
👨👩👧 Who We Are
A bunch of creatives, queers, parents, and forest lovers:
Ryke (37) – Artist, doula, photographer & mother of Nebel (1)
Max (29) – Biologist, part-time activist & Nebel’s proud dad
Sissi (33) – Tree doctor & jam session enthusiast
Martje (31) – Teacher & activist
Kat (25) – Musician & mom of Neva (0.5)
Hugo (32) – Music creator & dad of Neva
Haike (63) – Fairy energy grandma of Nebel & Freytag, Hypno-Therapist
Ateş (30) – Kindred soul starting life in Germany
??? (??) + 1 () – This could be you! A parent with a child (6–12), or a traveller for a shorter stay until a new family joins.
We also have 3 ducks, 2 cats, and 1 dog 🐾
Our shared values are rooted in love, respect, creativity, and making the world a little brighter – one DIY project (or dance session) at a time.
🤝 What You Can Help With
We’re always juggling different projects and appreciate any extra hands! Here’s what we’re currently focused on:
🌱 Garden & Nature Projects
Light garden care and permaculture-inspired planting
Pond beautification (decor, light planting, and natural design ideas)
Greenhouse TLC: organizing, ventilation setup (non-electrical), and decor
Creating playful nature corners and relaxation spaces
Many DIY projects, big and small
🧼 Home Life & Family Support
playful moments with toddlers
Light household support: cooking, cleaning, sorting
Creating fun activities or educational games for the kids
🍽️ Creative Kitchen & Food Projects
Fermenting vegetables
Brainstorming and experimenting with plant-based recipes
Organizing shared pantry or helping plan weekly meals
Sharing food traditions from your culture!
🎨 Music, Events & Art Facilitation
We regularly host informal community events – small music jams, poetry nights, film screenings, and art sessions. If you love creating cozy atmospheres or co-hosting events like these, we'd love your help in shaping them. These are not commercial events – they’re for joy, bonding, and expression within the household or among friends.
Note: No experience required – just a curious, kind spirit.
🧘 Community Rhythm & Practical Info
Minimum stay: 2 weeks – max open end
Trial period: 10 days in, we check in to see how everyone feels
Meals: We cook one plant-based meal daily. You can cook for yourself anytime using shared basics. Bring your own extras if you like (BIO meat is okay occasionally)
Weekly community meeting: Please join – it’s how we stay connected
Bikes & bedding: Available! Hammock life welcome too
Sleeping options: Shared guest hut (max 4 people), or a private room for singles/couples
Best time to leave: Weekends = smooth transitions
💬 Final Words
We're a house of freedom, intention, and exploration. If you're seeking meaningful connections and don’t mind a little garden dirt or a toddler giggle mid-conversation, we might just be your next stop.
With love,
A bunch of humans trying to make life a little more beautiful 💛
P.S. We stand in solidarity with people affected by conflict – from Armenia to Palestine, from Sudan to Ukraine. Peace everywhere. Always.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Culture
Movies & TV
Farming
Events & social
Politics / Social justice
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Van life
Plant care
Music
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Gardening
Performing arts
Drawing & painting
Carpentry
Team sports
Sailing / Boating
Camping
Cycling
Nature
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are cooking and eating together, taking small trips around the beautiful area (on bikes mostly) and sit by the fire place talking about culture, fears, dreams, plans with heart and mind
Au Pair Help
Further details can be found here
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We would love some help on overall DIY projects, permaculture garden, explore and create with a 8 and 2 year old :)
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Arabic: Beginner
Russian: 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
There are several options for sleeping, free rooms in the house, small cabin in the garden (that may need a bit of love before though) or you can bring your own tent or camper.
What else ...
Important: we start with a stay of 2 weeks and then extension is of course possible. But since we are quite a few people its important for us that the energy is right :)
Nobody is forced to help any specific hours, you can take days off as you wish, just be thought- and respectful, walk around with your eyes open and enjoy the tasks you do, if you hate helping with your hands there is no point of coming to a place that tries to live of the land and garden :)
There are a lot of beautiful lakes and forests around, easy to get to by bicycle. City of Bernau is 10 minutes by bike, but theres also a busstop right in front of the house. Berlin is super close too :) And of course the city has everything to offer one can dream of.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Wifi, Kitchen, A living room.
Space for parking camper vans
Yes, there is space for Vans and Campers. (we have 5 ourself)
Can possibly accept pets
We love to have pets around as long as they are friendly :)
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
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In this community,live 3 generations of people:Max is a genuine,kind soul, flexible and generous host.His wife is a beautiful caring hardworking and generous woman.Their two daughters are… read more
it was great.
Sofia is a godess in tidying up, in organizing and setting systems up. very kind and talkative. enjoy your travels
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In this community,live 3 generations of people:Max is a genuine,kind soul, flexible and generous host.His wife is a beautiful caring hardworking and generous woman.Their two daughters are… read more
it was great.
Sofia is a godess in tidying up, in organizing and setting systems up. very kind and talkative. enjoy your travels
you are a gem. and hope all can enjoy the beauty that you are! (to other host, if you turn Anna down, be sorry to miss out on an opportunity)
What a treat for been my first workaway experience and one of the best in my life.
Thank you very much for everything you have done with and for me.
I’ll see you soon
The work was flexible, and we usually spent time helping out in the garden or with various other small tasks. The house and… read more
He is an easy going human, full of good intentions, witty, big hearth, big smile and eager to learn something new.
Good vegan cook, with sound communications skills in many languages, it was good to meet you:)
Enjoy your castle trip and see you soon
The people living here are so different but so amazing in their own way! I learned a lot about a bunch of different topics, met amazing people, beautiful cats and the best pair of ducks that I've ever seen in my whole life.
Thanks… read more
We were working in their big garden planting, recollecting and weeding and it was… read more
Thanks Ryke + the… read more
I helped in the garden, watering, planting, removing the old deck, painting the kitchen for Robin &… read more
Because everyone was very busy with studying and working, I could manage my own working hours.
Most of the time I worked in the garden, creating parts between the… read more
We started building an amazing peoject of a green house and I can't wait to be back to finish it.
Thank you so much for everything, it was a lovely time. Big hugs and see you soon again!
Paul has been with us for quite a while during a not so easy time in the beginning of our project, when everything was still totally out of place.
He was an outrageous help, since he's enormously dedicated in helping to make any place more practical and also aesthetically valuable.… read more
The work was fun and I could develop some precious skillset during my stay which i mostly put in Reference with paul and his patient, motivating… read more
The place is a quite big house with a garden in the German countryside, though close to Berlin (20 min by train). Some of the rooms are being… read more
I did a lot of different jobs around the house : from helping Magali in the kitchen (and learning a looot of good recipies from her :) to more manual work ! During the time I was there, I helped cleaning and renovating a cabin in the garden, made some things for the chicken hut, cleaning a roof,… read more
Would always be happy to have her here again :)
Food is plentiful, there is generally one hot meal per day, sometimes two,… read more
Everyone here fell in love with her with no exception :)
Definitely recommend having her around.
