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Description
I am father with two small girls 8 and 11 years old, their mother died a few years ago. We need support of family duties. We love outdoor activities in the local scenery. We try to get aerobic training on a weekly basis, hopefully we can do it together with the children.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Meet Swedish Lapland and the world Heritage area of Laponia. Mountain hiking in the last wilderness of Europe. Experiencing the local community life north of the polar circle. Jokkmokk has about 3000 inhabitants and are the place of the famous Sami wintermarket. It is an important village for the Sami culture width a nice museum. Opportunities to spot animals like reindeers, elk, lynx, bear and wolverine.
As I mountain guide I have some gear I can lend (tent, sleeping bag, cooking utilities, rucksack,skis etc). I can help you a lot with planning your own adventure.
You will get a good insight of the life in the reindeer herding community.
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Help
During spring and summer we have renovation project with a boat and a house. If you have fine carpenter skills we would love to host you.
Looking after household, cooking are the most important task. Others are keeping the house neat and clean, do the laundry. Assisting with the children together with adults.
You can spend time with the reindeers.
If you are interested we have some renovation jobs if it is the right season.(Carpenter)
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Accommodation
Room in house
What else ...
We need assistance with household work such as to be responsible for cooking and planning the meals, keeping things in order, cleaning and laundry. Most important are your cooking experience, formal education are a big plus. Being experience with kids are important but baby-sitting will only be short moments and mostly with an adult close by. You need to be independent and actively seeking opportunities to see where the help needs to be done.
We would like if you can communicate and do creative activities with children now and then despite language barriers. We are really glad if you speak some Swedish, Norwegian or Danish but it is not a demand. In the wintertime there is a lot of fun outdoor activities for you and us.
We live in a house in a small town were the nature are always close by. We try to do much things in nature with family and friends. You are of course welcome to follow us as we like to see you as natural part of our family during your stay. "Our house is your house"
Sometimes maybe you will follow us when we work with our reindeer's or on a trip up in the mountains. We may also travel to other parts of the Barents region and you can follow.
Me and my daughters are really social and like you to have the stay of your life.
We cook healthy (no sugar and processed food, minimize gluten) and eat our own reindeer, fish and berries (here is blueberries,lingonberries and cloudberries in abundance) together with vegetables and healthy fats.
When you are off work you have Europe's last wilderness at your hands. Just go out experience! In the summertime there is midnight sun and you will likely to stay up all night long. In the wintertime you have the immense polar darkness with the sky beautifully decorated with stars as you never seen them before. Some cold nights you will see the Aurora Borealis, the best nature "movie" you can see.
There are trails and tracks for skiing,snowmobile,hiking or mountain biking.
Sometimes during the year you can follow us to reindeer gatherings in the mountains. You will be able to follow us on these adventures.
This stay will be perfect for people fond of wild life and being outdoors. I am glad if you know some Swedish, it's funnier for the kids. But you don't have to.
Cold weather clothes are needed, I can help you evaluate what to bring and what you need to buy for a convenient stay. Some things you may borrow. Normal winter temperatures are -10 to - 25 degrees Celsius but can drop a few day to -40. Summer temperature are between 15-25 degrees.
We will start with one week evaluation time.
You need to stay minimum 4 weeks.
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
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (16)
I have loved every moment of these months, Bjorn knows so many things and is happy to explain them to you if you ask him!
He trusts you completely from day one and that gives you… read more
I got to check clients in and out of the huts and I prepared them some breakfast!
A nice big house with fast Wi-Fi.
Beautiful all around nature… read more
I am grateful I could get to know this family. The girls, Maja and Helga (soon 8 and 11 years old) are always engaged in an activity, it can be a… read more
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I have loved every moment of these months, Bjorn knows so many things and is happy to explain them to you if you ask him!
He trusts you completely from day one and that gives you… read more
I got to check clients in and out of the huts and I prepared them some breakfast!
A nice big house with fast Wi-Fi.
Beautiful all around nature… read more
I am grateful I could get to know this family. The girls, Maja and Helga (soon 8 and 11 years old) are always engaged in an activity, it can be a… read more
She was also a great chef to my delight.
As a friend she is very interesting to exchange ideas with.
Your are always welcome back to us.
As we are… read more
I can really recommend him for a stay because he has a really high work ethics and can do tasks totally by himself without… read more
THe other thing is to live… read more
Lots of differents tasks (cooking, baby-sit, laundry, care of house, help renovation house by painting especially) surrounded by excursions in… read more
We stayed in the house we renovated. But mostly only to sleep or work. The most free-time we spend in the house of Björn on the couch or eating, talking and so on.
We did a fun trip to a lake near Jokkmokk for a Barbecue and Björn lend us his Skiing-equipment.
I say we because we… read more
She is fun and caring. The girls loved her and already wants her back in the… read more
The family is open minded, welcoming, funny and really caring. They introduced me to their culture, many interesting people,… read more
