Join our team in an apple farm in Suldal, Norway
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: 6 May 2025
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Left by Workawayer (Gabrielle & Richard) for host
Thank you Jon Anders and Generosa for hosting us. The landscape and situation of the cabin is incredible, right on the water, and you can catch fish to eat, which two of the workawayers did very successfully to feed all 8/9 of us in the cabin. The cultural exchange happens with the other workawayers and we enjoyed it a lot. We arrived during an
… read more intense harvesting period, so we picked apples every day 8-2 with an hour's lunch break. There was plenty of bread and jam and cheese for breakfast and lunch in the farmhouse. Occasionally Jon asked us to work additional hours, with time off in the future to compensate to help him meet his production deadline. There are approximately 16,000 trees so there is a lot of work to be done and they will always be able to keep you busy. The cabin that workawayers stay in is lovely but only really has 3 habitable bedrooms, we were put in the 4th which has no heating or windows and was very damp. We did some beautiful hikes in the region and met some great people during our stay.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Marie)
Marie stayed in our apple farm, doing different task. From picking apples, making apple juice and making woodchips and so on. Even if it is raining often the time she was here, she is always positive. She is happily doing the task that we were giving to her. Hardworking person with a big heart. Her smile is giving positive energy to everyone.
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:)
We wish you the best in life.
Left by Workawayer (Marie) for host
The farm - what a wonderful place - not only the farm, the cosy cabin, the Fjord and surrounding mountains but most of all the kind people who life there and make this place what it is. Jon Anders and Generosa are so welcoming, caring and always up for a joke, thank you again! I met a bunch of supernice people there and we spent some really nice
… read more weeks together. You will learn a lot about apples, making juice, mushrooms and they take care that you'll have a great time. We could use the familycar to go on hikes and trips on our days off. If you like fishing you will defenitely love it there - we caught a looot of fishes and crabs. And if you are lucky you might also see a Nise (a kind of dolphin ;) from the windows of the cabin.
Highly recommend staying with them, I really enjoyed my time there :)You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Jessica) for host
I helped at the apple farm and stayed together with other fantastic workawayers in the family's cabin for 2 weeks. Farm work involved apple picking (in season), making apple juice (full process until packaging) and wood chipping. Jon Anders took the time to take us around the farm and explain about the apple trees and what it takes to grow and
… read more tend to them. To say the least both Jon Anders and Generosa and their extended family were very friendly, welcoming and took very good care of us. Other than experiencing farm life and the family you can also get to know people from different countries and get to share the experience with others which is great ! Other things you can get to do around the area is hiking, fishing, swimming, mushroom picking. Thanks Generosa and Jon Anders I will always cherish the memories from staying on your apple farm !You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Jessica)
We are very happy and thankful to have met Jessica.
She is a sunshine, always smiling and making everyone laugh. She helped us with apple picking, making apple juice and general work activities in our apple farm..
She is eager to learn, always doing her best. She have done a great job. Fantastic teamwork with her.
We highly recommend her to the
… read more next workawayer host.Photos
My son and wife. Picture is taken in a place called Kammen, not far from where we live.
Arnfinn (my father) and Gullborg (my mother)
Generosa(wife) and Jon Anders(Me)
Picture of the boat and a nice place you can vist nearby.
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Left by Workawayer (Gabrielle & Richard) for host
Thank you Jon Anders and Generosa for hosting us. The landscape and situation of the cabin is incredible, right on the water, and you can catch fish to eat, which two of the workawayers did very successfully to feed all 8/9 of us in the cabin. The cultural exchange happens with the other workawayers and we enjoyed it a lot. We arrived during an
… read more intense harvesting period, so we picked apples every day 8-2 with an hour's lunch break. There was plenty of bread and jam and cheese for breakfast and lunch in the farmhouse. Occasionally Jon asked us to work additional hours, with time off in the future to compensate to help him meet his production deadline. There are approximately 16,000 trees so there is a lot of work to be done and they will always be able to keep you busy. The cabin that workawayers stay in is lovely but only really has 3 habitable bedrooms, we were put in the 4th which has no heating or windows and was very damp. We did some beautiful hikes in the region and met some great people during our stay.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Marie)
Marie stayed in our apple farm, doing different task. From picking apples, making apple juice and making woodchips and so on. Even if it is raining often the time she was here, she is always positive. She is happily doing the task that we were giving to her. Hardworking person with a big heart. Her smile is giving positive energy to everyone.
… read more :)
:)
We wish you the best in life.
Left by Workawayer (Marie) for host
The farm - what a wonderful place - not only the farm, the cosy cabin, the Fjord and surrounding mountains but most of all the kind people who life there and make this place what it is. Jon Anders and Generosa are so welcoming, caring and always up for a joke, thank you again! I met a bunch of supernice people there and we spent some really nice
… read more weeks together. You will learn a lot about apples, making juice, mushrooms and they take care that you'll have a great time. We could use the familycar to go on hikes and trips on our days off. If you like fishing you will defenitely love it there - we caught a looot of fishes and crabs. And if you are lucky you might also see a Nise (a kind of dolphin ;) from the windows of the cabin.
Highly recommend staying with them, I really enjoyed my time there :)You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Jessica) for host
I helped at the apple farm and stayed together with other fantastic workawayers in the family's cabin for 2 weeks. Farm work involved apple picking (in season), making apple juice (full process until packaging) and wood chipping. Jon Anders took the time to take us around the farm and explain about the apple trees and what it takes to grow and
… read more tend to them. To say the least both Jon Anders and Generosa and their extended family were very friendly, welcoming and took very good care of us. Other than experiencing farm life and the family you can also get to know people from different countries and get to share the experience with others which is great ! Other things you can get to do around the area is hiking, fishing, swimming, mushroom picking. Thanks Generosa and Jon Anders I will always cherish the memories from staying on your apple farm !You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Jessica)
We are very happy and thankful to have met Jessica.
She is a sunshine, always smiling and making everyone laugh. She helped us with apple picking, making apple juice and general work activities in our apple farm..
She is eager to learn, always doing her best. She have done a great job. Fantastic teamwork with her.
We highly recommend her to the
… read more next workawayer host.
Left by host for Workawayer (Fynn )
Fynn is a lovely person who stayed in our apple farm.
He was very helpful and always doing his best when doing the task.
Good in working both alone and with the team.
He is a positive person with a big heart.
We surely miss him here in the farm.
Thank you very much Fynn. :)
Highly recommended to other workawayer host.
Left by Workawayer (Fynn ) for host
I stayed 4 weeks at the farm of family Fuglestein and it was just a great time. The farm is located in beautiful landscape which offers many hiking opportunities and amazing points of view. Jon Anders and Generosa are both very kind, funny and welcoming people who are always up for a joke :)
They really want the workawayers to see and experience
… read more as much as possible. We often worked together with other family members and the support for eachother was great to see. We had many different tasks (fertilizing, cutting trees, making woodships, some painting, etc.) giving us a huge insight into their daily farm life.
The accomodation for the workawayers is amazing! For some time we were 7 workawayers cooking or playing games together or going on hiking trips at the weekends. So I got to know many nice people.
All in all, I don't know how to thank Jon Anders and Generosa. They enable such a great experience for so many people. I will definitely come back! So, everyone thinking about going there, just DO IT! You won't regret it!You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Miriam & Florian)
Miriam & Florian are two lovely people who stayed in our apple farm.
Their presence was surely remarkable because of their positiveness. :)
Always helpful and was interested on what is going one in the farm. They were strong and open minded.
We are thankful to have had them volunteer in our farm.
We highly recommended them to next workawayer
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We wish you all the best guys. :)
Left by Workawayer (Miriam & Florian) for host
We spent only 2 weeks with Jon Anders and Generosa and it was amazing.
Both are very friendly and handsome persons. You can hardly spend a day there without having something funny happening.
The work with the apples is really nice and you can tell that both live for the apple farm. They show and tell you everything you need to know and explain a
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The cabin was a dream and we had a beautiful view over the fjord so we saw dolphins every single day.
There you can cook by yourself the dinner and meals during the weekends, while there is a shared breakfast and lunch during workdays to get to know each other and to have time for all kind of conversations.
You need to go on hiking trips if you stay there. There are short ones - perfect for after work - and also longer ones that are all amazing.
We are so glad to have stayed there and wouldn't hesitate to go back.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Megan)
Megan & Pia spent two months in winter with us in our apple farm.
Despite the snowy cold days, they were still positive and smiling.
They were outside helping us cutting/trimming the apple trees among other things. They were very helpful, hardworking and putting their hearts to what they do. We are very lucky to have them during this time. They
… read more were also good in making food and baking.
We are very thankful and please to have met you both. We appriciated everything you have done for us in the farm.
We wish you all the best. We definitely would like to visit you someday. :)
Left by Workawayer (Megan) for host
We spent two months (February and March) at the apple farm. It was our first workaway experience and it was Amaizing. We were treated like part of the family by Jon-Anders and Generosa.
Breakfast and lunch were always up at the farmhouse together with everyone (Jon-Anders, Robert, Generosa and all the other workawayers). We usually made dinner in
… read more the cabin we lived in with the other workawayers (as four pm when the family had their dinner was a little too early for us).
At Breakfast we were always told the tasks for the day, although sometimes Jon-Anders came to get us to do something else or Robert needed us to help with something. It is all very spontaneous ;)
We spent most of our time pruning apple trees and learned a lot about trees from Jon-Anders. He really pours his heart and soul into the apple trees and the products. Btw. their apple juice is THE BEST (and we can say that even though we have had fresh apple juice at home quite often), you should also really try the Apple-ginger jelly!! Generossa even showed us how to make the jelly because we loved it so much :).
On days with really bad weather we cleaned the house or worked inside, tidying the Barn.
We also helped cooking and creating family meals sometimes which we also did during the working hours.
Don’t worry, Jon-Anders has so many projects he wants to do, there will always be work, even if it is not pruning or picking season. That being said, we never had to work extra hours and due to the short working hours you still have lots of time to explore and go hiking. There are so many great hikes which you can do from the farm without needing a car. (you can borrow the car for trips further away on days the family doesn't need it though). Natur is just amazing there and there are so many beautiful hikes.
If you are trying to find a place and you are a spontaneous person who loves being with other people this is definitely the place for you.
Thank you again Jon-Anders, Generosa and Robert for the amazing time and all the best with the apple Farm!! We hope to see you again at some point.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Laurine & Clémence)
Laurine & Clémence stayed in our apple farm for 7 weeks in winter time.
In the cold winter time, came this two lovely people in our farm. :)
They were very helpful, kind and did not hesitate to do every task that is around the farm.
They were always smiling and giving positive energy to everybody. :)
The food they make is fantastic. We were lucky
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We are very thankful for all the helps, good laugh, exchange stories and everything.
We highly recommend them to other host in workawayer.
Left by Workawayer (Laurine & Clémence) for host
In our 8 months Europe trip doing workaway, this one was our BEST experience so far.
We stayed 7 weeks in this amazing Apple farm owned by Jon and with his beautiful family: Generosa, Brage, baby girl, the grandparents and Rob. The most caring and friendly people we've ever met.
We were treated like friends or even members of their family. They
… read more always made sure that we had everything we needed. We were living in their cottage with a breathtaking view of the fjord (where you can see daulphins quite often!). Every lunch was in their house and we could spend time together. We were regularly cooking cakes, dinners to enjoy all together as a family. We didn't get the time to have karaoke, movie evenings but there are open to do it!
About the work, it's only 4 hours per day (2 days off per week) and they make sure that you're okay with the work and Jon is putting his heart into his Apple trees. He will teach you with passion how to take care of the trees and how it is to run an Apple farm.
The free days are just amazing because you have such a beautiful nature to explore. There is so many hikes to do, even without a car you have nice mountains to hike around the farm. But if you don't have a car, no worries, the family is absolutely adorable and they will give you their cars if they don't use it. (And you go on groceries shopping with it)
Plenty of things to do, we barely did everything we wanted. Time flied.
Oh... How can we forget... They have a cabin in the wood, view of a lake. It's near the farm, you can go by walk. It's great and you can ask to have a weekend there. We did it in a snowy weekend. It was magical.
This farm has a huge potential. We won't be surprised that in a few months they will have a great success. (with workaway and so with their business). We could write a book to tell you about everything. We felt so good and happy in this place. We want to visit them again soon!
Just GO THERE, they need your help and investment, you won't regret it.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Alessa) for host
I stayed at Jon Anders' and Generosas apple Farm for one month and what can I say, it was an incredible experience.
This was my first Workaway and I think I couldn't be more lucky!
I met wonderful people at this place and felt welcomed the second I arrived. Throughout my stay the whole family did everything, so that everybody feels comfortable.
… read more The farm itself, the cabin and the nature is so beautiful. There are so many hiking opportunities and you can even borrow the family car for your trips, when you ask.
During my stay I learned so much about apples and what you can do with them.
The work is quite physical but also very doable and fun, especially because Jon Anders and Generosa where always down for a joke or two.
I totally recommend this Workaway, especially if you love the outdoors and spontaneous people;)
Thank you so much to the whole family for these wonderful four weeks!
AlessaYou can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by host for Workawayer (Alessa)
Alessa stayed in our apple farm and helped us with apple picking, making apple juice, general work in the farm and so on..
She is a positive person, kind, and always smiling. She is putting her heart with what she do, happily doing the work. :)
Very helpfull and good in both working alone and team work.
And she make a very good apple cake. :)
We
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Left by Workawayer (AngiClems) for host
It was our first Workaway stay and it was fantastic. Jon and his family are very friendly and take good care of everyone. The workawayers stay in a house directly by the fjord which has an awesome view from the living room and some of the sleeping rooms. When we were there, we were at least four workawayers at the house. We cooked dinner together
… read more with all the workawayers most of the evenings. There are also two boats in a little harbor next to the house that can be used to go fishing.
With Jon we usually had breakfast together and talked about the tasks for the day. When we stayed with Jon from february until the end of march it was mostly cutting the trees.
Robert is a friend of the family and works most weekdays on the farm. He is a very helpful and friendly guy.
Jon also has a cabin by the lake that we stayed in for a night which was a very cool experience.
Since workawayers only work a little more than four hours a day on weekdays, we had a lot of time to go hiking and and do longer trips on the weekend. Preikestolen is somewhat close by and Stavanger is about an hour away by ferry from Jelsa and Jesla is only a ten minute drive away.
All in all we were very glad to stay with Jon and help hin around his applefarmYou can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Barbora & Anežka) for host
This was our first Workaway experience and it was amazing! We stayed there for 5 weeks and we didn't want to leave.
Jon and Generosa are such a nice people. They are very kind, openminded and help you whenever you need it. We felt there like at home, with all the delicious food, which was Generosa cooked and the fun, we had all the time.
During
… read more the work we learned a lot of new things. We were picking up apples, making apple juice, digging holes for new trees,...
We lived in cozy cabin overlooking the sea and beautiful nature. We had also a lot of free time to explore surroundings, so we never get bored. Thank you for everything. We will come back one day.You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
Left by Workawayer (Rémi) for host
Just the best experience of my life! The cabin is magic. You have a beautiful view of the fjord and you can often see dolphins from your bedroom. You can get more food than you need.
The job is really interesting to learn different things about apples. You will often work with Robert, a family’s friend. He has a lot of knowledge in different
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Jon Anders and Generosa are really welcoming. They like to laught and are really understanding. Generosa prepares really good meals !
Activities in your free time are extensive. You can drive a boat in the fjord, fish in some lakes or hike in the mountain around the farm.
I can say that we became more friends than workawayer and hosts ! They will definitely see me again !
Thank you again for everything!✌️😁You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
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