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24 Sep 2025
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Description
Hello!
We’re a small family of three—Svein, Purity and our little boy Theo. In our free time, we enjoy being outdoors, especially walking in nature, taking photos, flying our drone to make videos, and working on home renovation projects together.
Our house is about 20 minutes by car from Oslo city centre. If you take public transport, it might take a bit longer. The house is located in a quiet area inside a nature reserve, surrounded by forest and just a few neighbours.
From the house, you can walk about 15 minutes through the forest to reach several beautiful beaches. If you walk in the other direction, you’ll find a lovely lake where you can swim—also just 15 minutes away.
It’s peaceful here, and perfect if you enjoy nature and relaxing walks.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We’re always happy to learn from others and share what we know. We both love to travel and connect with people from different cultures and countries —it’s something that brings us a lot of joy. We believe the world is one big global community, and there’s always something new to discover from each other every day.
Help
Our main focus is finishing building project on our property. There’s always something going on, and we really appreciate help with different tasks. Some of the things we often work on include:
🌿 Clearing bushes and tidying the garden
🌱 Planting and taking care of plants
🔨 Fixing things
🪵 Cutting and stacking firewood
🧼 General cleaning and organizing
If you have some skills from before, that would be s amazing and very welcome! But more than anything, we value people who are kind, willing to help, and don’t mind getting their hands a little dirty. A good attitude and some energy go a long way here!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
German: 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
Two bedroom mini house
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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The house is surrounded by calm nature, with a lake and the sea not far, and it’s also well-heated and comfortable.
They provided food every evening, sometimes sharing meals together which made me feel at home, even though I’m usually quite shy.
Purity,… read more
They are genuine, hard-working, creative people. They are open-minded and it is terrific to feel, with them, that we are one global community.
Their warmth, absolutely welcoming attitude made me even more eager to perform at my best.
Purity had specified that there would be hard work. And… read more
The way she cared for Theodor, played with him, and kept him engaged was truly heartwarming. She's incredibly good with children—you can be 100% sure they'll be… read more
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The house is surrounded by calm nature, with a lake and the sea not far, and it’s also well-heated and comfortable.
They provided food every evening, sometimes sharing meals together which made me feel at home, even though I’m usually quite shy.
Purity,… read more
They are genuine, hard-working, creative people. They are open-minded and it is terrific to feel, with them, that we are one global community.
Their warmth, absolutely welcoming attitude made me even more eager to perform at my best.
Purity had specified that there would be hard work. And… read more
The way she cared for Theodor, played with him, and kept him engaged was truly heartwarming. She's incredibly good with children—you can be 100% sure they'll be… read more
The work was a bit hard there, but I learned a lot about the construction. They offered… read more
In addition… read more
The house felt like a warm bath also with the other workawayers.
We had diners together, great talks and and laughs and they took us on trips like going fishing and a city trip to oslo!
The work we did was very… read more
They already felt like family and we miss them alot. looking forward for the next time we meet.
We wish you well in your future endeavors.
Svein ,Wangechi. ,my little love Theo,Rodrigo, Kim,Serada ,Simon and me , We were the most beautiful workaway family in Norway .. 🇳🇴 ♥️ ❤️
I gonna miss all of you..
Il mio soggiorno di 3 settimane a Svartskog è stato meraviglioso. Svein… read more
