Experience life at the Fjord in Norway

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  Description

  Hi!
  After almost 15 years and countless stays as woofers / helpxers / workawayers we finally are ready to welcome other wwoofers/helpxers/workawayers to our new home here in Norway.
  Richi is a certified electrician and electrical and electronic engineer. Johanna was a team leader at a major company but decided to take it slower and works in the local kindergarden now.
  We have a house very close to the fjord with a ferry connection (30min) to Trondheim. At the moment we live between here and Storås (Orkland), so you might spend some time on the road to go back and forth. Thats why we prefer people with driving experience. While you stay here you will be partly acompanied by Richi. All in all we dont expect you to work more than 4 hours.
  
  This summer is our first summer here and we have some projects that could happen - nothing with a lot of pressure, we just take it easy. Here is a short list of things we could think of. We already started with garden and it is going great!
  
  - Helping to make a little firewood
  - Continuing to make raised beds
  - Help to finish the greenhouse
  - Planting out the garden plants we have raised throughout the spring now
  - Helping to get started with some little projects in the house if the weather is bad (happens sometimes up here ;) )
  
  With us you will eat mostly vegan / vegetarian although self-caught fish from the fjord is eaten here, too.
  
  If you write us and wish to stay with us, please read our no-go's here:
  
  - Drug ab-use, including alcohol - not saying that a beer once in a while is okay ;)
  - Disrespectful behaviour, e.g. not cleaning after yourself (should not be mentioned, right?)
  
  Because we get many general request, like copy-paste-style: Please let us know what you see yourself doing here (from the list).
  Also our internet is not stable in a way that it is suitable for online working (like videocalls and stuff) - so if the internet connection is your top priority please consider somewhere else ;)

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  House sitting
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  Interests

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Technology

  

  Sustainability

  

  Vegetarian or vegan

  

  Plant care

  

  Music

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Gardening

  

  Languages

  

  Photography

  

  Hitchhiking

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Carpentry

  

  Dancing

  

  Camping

  

  Nature

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Winter sports

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Hiking

  

  Cycling

  

  Adventure sports
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are both travelling souls and used to do so for a long time. Now the time has come to host people and share our believes and our way of life!
  We live in a rural community with many different nationalities. We both are learning Norwegian, Johannas diet is mainly vergan and Richards mainly vegetarian (of course we eat locally sourced meat/fish).
  Richard speaks 4 Languages and thrives with cooking and fermenting stuff, Johanna loves to do knitting and to be in the garden.
  So, there is a lot learn and we also are very eager to learn ;)

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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

  Help with building a garden, incl. Greenhouse.
  With us you will mainly learn how to use tool and how to cook easy and healthy meals.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Norwegian: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We are speaking German at home to each other but as soon as open the door to the outside only Norwegian ;)
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  Accommodation

  We have a seperate appartment (not in operation right now) and also two guest rooms in the house. The bathroom is shared as well as the kitchen.
  Johanna is working during the week and here at the weekend, Richard is staying here almost full-time, so depending on you as a helper we can make arrangements with food and general organisation ;)

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  What else ...

  We live in the "Strawberry Capital" of Norway!! That means decent weather in the summertime and a mild climate.
  This place in gorgeous and has many small valleys, creek, and little mountaintops. The fjord view is just stunning and gives us so much energy.
  Fishing is big here. We have a kajak you can borrow. We have bicycles you can borrow. Lots of tour-terrain.
  Of course we have wifi ;)

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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

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Plenty of space for campervans, although we expect you to contribute here in the house, too.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  yes, we like dogs ;) a horse might be a bit difficult but not impossible - there were horses here before ;)

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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