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Spend a time in spectacular Finnmark in North of Norway with fantastic possibilities for outdoor activities on border of Tana River!
We live in a small sami village by the Tana River, just 4 km from the border to Finland. The village, named Polmak is 18 km from the town of Tana bru where you can find restaurants, shops, Health centre etc.
The hosts, Andreas (80) and Astri (75) main interests are the nature and everything we can harvest from the nature nearby . We also enjoyu Fishing salmon from Tana River, but also from smaller lakes and rivers. Berrypicking is also an Activity we appriciate and we use the berries for the long artic Winter.
Gardening is also one of Our hobbies and we grow potatoes, carrots, Strawberries, tomaoes etc.
Our home has been a small sheep farm 4 years ago, but now we have no animals. During the time of farming we had a little cabin in the Mountains for herding. Still we have it. 7 km from our home.
The last few years we have build Three cabins and a sauna on our farm. The cabins are rented for tourists, and we also offer caonoes, river boating for tourists.Types of help and learning opportunities
Art ProjectsLanguage practiceTeachingGardeningDIY and building projectsCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceHelp with Computers/ InternetUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
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Help
We are looking for all kinds of help at an earilier farm on a very small tourist Company. Main jobs before the winter is help like forest cleaning, painting, fishing, simple carpentry, berrypicking (cloudberries, blueberries, mountain Cranberries), making wood in springtime for the winter.
Languages
Languages spoken
Norwegian: Fluent
Sami: Fluent
German: Intermediate
English: 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
You will get your own room with bath room, TV, Kitchenette, internett
What else ...
Our village is a small quiet place with only 70 inhabitants. The possibilites for out door life are really spectacular. We have famous Tana River with salmon, Polmak River nearby. Our location is perfect for exploring East Finnmark. It is a short distance to the coast. Bus stop one minute walk. Bus from our home 5 days a week when the children are at School. Train station is in Rovaniemi (Finland) 520 km from our home. Airport in Kirkenes (160 km from Polmak) and Ivalo(Finnland, 220 km from our home)
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Minimum 4 hours
Feedback (9)
The place is amazing and full of history, and I had the opportunity to learn so much about the salmon fishing in the river… read more
And I was very lucky.
Andreas and Astri were wonderful and generous people who made me felt home at their place.
They brought me along to their little cabin in the mountains, served me many delicious kinds of fish and told me where I could visit beautiful places… read more
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The place is amazing and full of history, and I had the opportunity to learn so much about the salmon fishing in the river… read more
And I was very lucky.
Andreas and Astri were wonderful and generous people who made me felt home at their place.
They brought me along to their little cabin in the mountains, served me many delicious kinds of fish and told me where I could visit beautiful places… read more
It was our first experience in workaway and just perfect. We saw beautiful landscape, spend lot of perfect dishes, typical food (lot of fresh fish), share discussion about a sapmi culture. We learned a lot.
The work is different every day, picking berries, made jam,… read more
It was an honour
to stay at your house,
to work with you,
to learn about the way of living of Sami,
to share ideas around a table full of flavours,
to enjoy the beauty of your Sápmi,
…
The way you live is beautiful and sensible.
The world needs more people like you both!
Hoping to see you again and wishing you all… read more
They are also very hospitable. They cooked for us delicious dinners of norwegian and sámi cuisine during them we were talking and laughing together. They told us many… read more
Thank you so much Andreas and Astri.
During that time we were given a lot of freedom and trust (and have been fed extremely well); we're afraid that our efforts to be useful weren't still enough to repay all the kindness of our hosts, but we strived to do our best.
Many times we were encouraged to take our time… read more