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We are a family, husband Ulf 59, wife Hilde 57 and our 18 year old son Samuel. We live on an old farm build in 1870, which we bought in 2012. It is a Tradional Norwegian Nordlandslån with a huge barn and the Stabbur (garden house). We have an organic Forestgarden with fruittrees, berrybushes and herbs. We grow different kinds of vegetables and we have some chicken, cats and our dog; border collie Balder.
We live in one of the most beautiful places in Norway. Tingvoll is a historic town, with a very old church and ancient rockcarvings in the surrounding mountains. You can go fishing at the fjord, hiking in the mountains and visit famous spots like Trollstigen, Atlanterhavsroud (scenic coastal road) or Innerdalen.
In Tingvoll it's a short walk to everything; shops, library and healthservice. Tingvoll is home to a research center in organic agriculture: Bioforsk and Norsøk.
We believe in cooperation, where people bring their skills and we can learn from eachother based on equality in a free and peaceful environment. We expect workawayers to respect our values, just as we have respected the many different people from all the world that have lived with us.
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Animal Care
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We believe you can learn a lot about Norwegian culture here. We live in the middle of mountains, fjords and forests, We have a hiketour on our land, the Church mountain. Several other hiking spots are nearby.
This is an old farm from 1870 with a lot of tradition and a historical interior.
Hilde is a chef and, if you like, you can learn to cook traditional Norwegian food and learn how we grow many ingredients in our Forestgarden.
Hilde knows a lot about Permakultur, how to grow the land.She also knows how to have chicken, ducks, goats and lamas, one day in the future when we have became a team here, we plan to have both lamas and goats. At the momente we have our free happy chickens since we have a lot of projects going on renovating this old farm,- One day is just one day:) But when we become a team we can be able to take care of more animals again.
In the barn we have a workshop where it's possible to do woodwork, but also a games room with tabletennis etc. You can find the right balance between work and play time.
We welcome people that love making food and love nature and to work in the garden. On a farm there is always projects like painting, building, woodwork and other farm chores, If you like to help cleaning for the chicken and feeding them we can teach you how to do that,- we do this rutin everyday. We have happy free walking chicken and they give us fresh organic eggs.
People who are special interested and have skills in Permakultur. We have 800 decars land and a lot of possibilities. We have a beautiful Forestgarden, which gives us a lot of wonderful food each year.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
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Workawayers have their own rooms in our house. We live in a big house with two bathrooms. It is also possible to camp or stay in the garden house in the summertime.
Transport from Tingvoll: Bus to Kristiansund and Sundalsøra, it is a 5 minutes walk to the bus stop.
Transport to Tingvoll: You can travel by plane to Kristiansund and further from Kristiansund to Tingvoll by bus. You can travel by train from Oslo to Oppdal and further to Tingvoll by bus. Tell the bus driver to stop close to the Haugen shop and the farm is just 5 minute walk away.
If needed we can arrange to pick you up with our car.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
This host can provide space for campervans.
More than two
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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