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30 Apr 2025
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Description
We are a free community hostel In Bern. We are a completely free, non-profit, community-driven initiative.
The idea of our place is to give a home to anyone who wants to meet people (usually for a few days) and just to make people feel comfortable and safe, which is very difficult in general and especially when you're traveling.
You can definitely stay longer, as long as you get along with the other people who are staying longer 🙂
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Teaching
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Like I wrote, many people stay at our place and you will meet a lot of people from all over the world!
Feel free to ask any questions about your stay
Share your experiences or tips with others
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Help
It has become difficult to manage all of our guests alone, we need someone who likes meeting people and being around people so that they can show the guests around the house, explain what behavior might cause us problems with the neighbors, also maybe change and wash the sheets and maybe even coordinate arrivals.
You could also be creative and make some nice videos of the place or just fix some stuff which is broken in the apartment which would help everyone.
Usually we will not ask much for your help but we will appreciate it a lot if you will actively try to find things to do to help, things that you like doing anyway, maybe you like cooking for everyone, maybe you like showing people around the house or maybe you like to fix something technical, whatever you like! If you don't know what to do, just ask 🙃
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Hebrew: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I'm learning Bernese German and also many other languages! French, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Turkish, Dutch, basically anything you wanna teach me...
Accommodation
A mattress/bed/couch in a room, other volunteers will be staying with you in the same room.
What else ...
Our place is around 5 minutes away from the city center walking. There are many beautiful spots in the nature all around Bern, Check out some amazing Swiss tips for staying in Bern by googling "Connect Bern"
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
My Wifi is just called Free WiFi and it has no password, you can also connect to the LAN for a faster connection
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (24)
It was such a joy to have them around 💫 — their energy was so positive ☀️, and the whole experience truly enriching 🌱.
We really enjoyed spending time with them 🧡: chatting 🗣️, joking around 😂, and just being together 🤗.
They even taught me a few Persian words 🇮🇷 so I could wish my Persian friend a happy… read more
Thank you, Chagai, for this incredible experience!
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It was such a joy to have them around 💫 — their energy was so positive ☀️, and the whole experience truly enriching 🌱.
We really enjoyed spending time with them 🧡: chatting 🗣️, joking around 😂, and just being together 🤗.
They even taught me a few Persian words 🇮🇷 so I could wish my Persian friend a happy… read more
Thank you, Chagai, for this incredible experience!
I was nervous coz it was my first work away. But he was very welcoming and people who were staying there were very nice. I had good time with them there and I could meet people from around the world!! Exchanging each cultures was really good and I would like travelers to stay with them if you like interacting… read more
Before going, we made a video call for alignment and he soon explained how it works for my arrival. There is always someone in the house, so when Chagai is not there, just see who can meet you in the group at the time you arrive. Everything is very organized. There is a link to a community so you can do… read more
I hope only the best for you mate, Ka pai!
It's a place that you can always count on to get a spot, but be sure to check on the website how many people are already staying that night when you inform your visit. That way you can decide if you'll be… read more
Every day I had a great day with amazing people.
I couldn't meet Chagai, but next time I should see you! Thank you for everything:)
The place is around 30 mins walk distance/ 10 mins by bus from Bern train station.
Chagai is someone who has special personality and so willing to get in touch with people.
What we need to do in the house just clean up our own mess and some… read more
Chagai is a super positive person to be with, he can be very funny but you can also have very deep conversation with him.
The place il fantastic, if you like having always people around then it's perfect.
There are lots of people coming and leaving.
I had the very precious opportunity… read more
At his place there was a lot of people at the same time, it was quite crowded everywhere, but I could meet other travelers from really around the world. I could go out with some of them:) If you like surrounded by people, I'd definitely recommend Chagai's… read more
The atmosphere was very enjoyable. You'll meet interesting people traveling around the world, and of course thanks to Chagai I have many... Friends around… read more
Lucy was always cleaning and cooking even though nobody asked her to, she just did it, I felt like she was spoiling us 🙂
We met a lot of amazing people together and went out with them to play or walk around or just… read more
We had so much fun together, I got to meet his friends from all around the world, we shared good vibes, played board… read more
Other than that he hung up a nice board in the kitchen so we can write the tasks to do in the flat and he cleaned up quite a… read more
I like to come again :)
We had a lot of fun, would love to… read more
I felt really comfortable having them around and they really helped me clean and even did the washing once!
We also went together to some events which was super cool 😎
I hope you see you two soon!
We had such a lovely time together and we miss her very much!!
don't miss the opportunity to host her!
she is such an incredibly nice person and she is very comfortable to be around :)
me and my grandmother hosted Dahye she helped us so much but I can honestly… read more
I helped them for 5 nights by having a lot of fun. Literally, it wasn't workaway. I 'just' ironed few sheets, sorted very interesting old coins, cleaned sheds and garage, scanned old pictures, and had fun with nice people!
Oma always cooked amazing food… read more
