Come join us at our home surrounded by beautiful wilderness in Ridabu, Norway

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  Description

  We are a family of four, Sylvia & Morten, Louis 8 years & Henri 6 years. We also have a dog and some chickens. We live in an big , old brickmill that we have restored. inside the house we have a kitchen, bathroom, livingroom, several bedrooms, a veranda, an textile atelier ect...On our land we have a big greenhouse, chicken house, vegetable garden, a big garage with equipements for house fixing. a river etc...
  According to the season and your skills and preferances we need help to : cooking, housecleaning, dogwalking, gardening, fencing, treecutting, woodstabling, vegetable harvesting, textile work, snowshuffling, soilpreparing and sometimes other bigger projects. Sometimes, specially in the summer we also need housekeeping if we are on holiday.
  We can offer a rural place close to a bigger city (Hamar). In the surroundings from our house you can go hiking, biking, fishing, tenting, skiing (crossountry, downhill), skating,rafting, isfishing, wateractivities (canoe, padelboard, bading) and we can provide you with the equipements for most sorts of outdoor avtivities.
  We also have a small cabin in a remote area were you can stay for a night or two if you like.
  The city of Hamar is 5 km from our house and have severalk train and buss connection. The distance to Gardemoen airport is 80 km.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  House & pet sitting
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are a social family with all our family living nearby and we will of course invite you to join us in our social activities, witch in periods are every day! Sometimes we also might want to do activities with you as hiking or visiting some locals attractions.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  -Gardening
  -Fixing and making fences
  -Fixing the chickenhouse
  -Childcare
  -Dogwalking
  -harvesting
  -Picking berrys in the forest/mountain
  -Making food

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Norwegian: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  I can speak Norwegian, english and french and would be happy to exchange languages:)
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  Accommodation

  We have a own guestroom with a dubble bed and extra bedrooms . You are of course free to use our bathroom kitchen and we will invite you to have all your meals with us. If you have any special needs, diets or allergies regarding food let us know and we will hopefully find a solution.

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  What else ...

  There is a river next to the house on the property, here you can fish or borrow our canoo if there is enough water.
  There are several natural hiking tracks in the area wich is known for a rich birdlife. You can go biking and visit a ecological farm café nearby or just have a look at the rural surroundings. in the winter you can go skiing on the fields if there is enough snow.
  About 20 kilometers from our house there is great possibilities for skiing, hiking, fishing in the nature in the wilderness of Hedmarksvidda.
  Hamar city with cinema, cafés, shopping ,theatres and museums is 6 km away and here is great bus connextions 2 km from our house
  3 km from the house starts Norways biggest lake, Mjøsa, with great possibilities for fishing, canoing.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  We have good wireless internet!

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have a lot of space outdoor to park whatever you want to travel with and can povide you with electricity:)

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Animals are welcome

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

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