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Hej!
We are a family of five (my wife, three daughters and myself) who just moved from Belgium to Sweden. We were lucky to be able to buy a large gård, with a large house and several stables and stugor. A lot of things are already fixed, but there is still a lot of projects to be done.
We would like to build up a little farm with small animals (we already have cats, rabbits, chickens, ducks and quails - hopefully a lot more to come!)
We live in Dalarna, which is the most Swedish province of whole of Sweden. There is a lot of beautiful nature in the immediate surroundings of our living place: forests, a vale with a river and waterfall, swamps with particular berries or mushrooms, ... We appreciate a minor level of luxury but try to live conscious of nature and the planet. We try to grow our own vegetables, fruits and meat, but we are sometimes glad there's a supermarket on a 15 min drive and the hot water is provided by an ecological and electrical heat pump.
We like to cook and bake pastry aswell, so a well loaded table is guaranteed!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The whole of our family plays music and it used to take a large part of our lives. We have journeyed a big adventure last year, moving from Belgium to Sweden. Karen has a small background as being a nurse in Haïti, so we have a lot to talk and exchange about!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
At the moment, we need some helping hands on painting the walls (indoor and outdoor) of some stables and barns. We're also taking care of the garden and building up a new glasshouse to grow vegetables and making summer-stays for the rabbits, chickens and quails.
On a later timing (2025 - ....) we'll be coming up to some tasks in the livinghouse itself again:
There is also a lot of tasks to get the stables up-and-running for larger animals and to organise them in a more logical way.
We would like to insulate the attic of our large house and create extra rooms in there, so we have more space for our hobbies (music playing, flower arrangement, ...).
We would like to start a website about our adventures in Sweden and give people the opportunity to use our guestrooms and live the Sweden-dream.
Every room in the house has a particular purpose, and we would like it to be in an esthaetical color that fits to the meaning. So there is some wall- and ceiling-painting to be done, aswell as some minor joinery.
We use licensed contractors for the larger works in the house. We ourselves also provide the necessary working hands for the tasks to be carried out.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Swedish: IntermediateThis 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
We have two guestrooms, who share a seperate bathroom and seperate toilet, so privacy is guaranteed. We share the meals together and talk about who you are, what your intrests are and what brought Sweden upon your lifepath.
The large house provides a common diningroom with a magnificant view, next to the kitchen. We like cooking and preparing food, so you won't have an empty stomach. You don't have to cook yourself, nor do you have to help with the dishes.
The beds are new and comfortable, and you live in your own room for the duration of the stay.
We gladly explain the adventures we lived through, but respect also your time if you prefer reading a good book in the seat next to our large window with a fantastic view to the vale.
What else ...
Orsa is the center of North-Dalarna, right next to Mora. The Orsa Grönklitt Outdoor experience offers aswell in summer as in winter months a large variety of sports (paddel, climbing, hiking, mountainbiking, skiing, langlauf, sledriding, ...) and the Orsa lake is a large skating-area in the winter (snow and ice are guaranteed overhere!).
There are a lot of walks you can make, starting at our house, and exploring the environment.
There are some cultural events now and then, from the hembygård's activities over Orsayran streetmusicfestival till the stenhuggerimuseum. We gladly inform you about what's coming up in the neighbourhood.
You can travel to us bij train (Mora) and bus (Orsa), the busstop is only a few 100 meters away (and daily used by our own daughters)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have a camperplace, wo you're welcome staying in your own house-on-wheels.
Can possibly accept pets
Dogs are allowed on the gård, if they're well-trained.If they are even better trained, you can have them in your own room. Please be polite with them towards the other inahbitants of the house, and be aware that we have cats and animals running to and fro in the gård.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
