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A woman reads a book to three children on a couch, with a fourth child standing nearby, in a cozy living room setting.
The image depicts a serene scene featuring a brown house with a tiled roof, a winding driveway, and a dock extending into a tranquil lake, surrounded by lush trees and a blue sky.
The image depicts two children standing in a grassy area in front of a large house with a driveway and a car parked outside on a sunny day.
The image depicts a serene winter landscape with snow-covered ground, trees, and a fence, set against a blue sky with clouds and the sun peeking through the trees.
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Join our family for daily adventures and spontaneous excursions in Dalarna, Sweden

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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Details

  • Description

    Description

    German/Swedish speaking family of six living life and enjoying the Swedish summer at its best.
    The four children aged 8, 7, 3 and 3 (twins) as well as the parents have the whole summer off so come join us in our daily adventures, spontanous excursions, social events and creation of a good life in the village Svärdsjö by the river/lake.

    Svärdsjö is lokated 25km north of Falun and offers a lot for its size and nature is around the corner. We have our own pier and the surroundings are stunning. The region is called Dalarna and is known to be the cultural heart of Sweden.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Language practice
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are happy to welcome you in our family. We can offer language training (swedish, german, english), to learn about swedish culture and heritage (for example, 3 family members will act in a theatre play in august about the first Swedish king), tasting and making swedish and austrian foods, sports/training/outdoor life and a lot about children :).

    In addition we are a very socially active family and very much into societal issues (although not party politics). We are very open-minded and love meeting new people and hear their life stories.

  • Au pair

    Au Pair Help

    Further details can be found here

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    We are equally looking for cultural exchange as we are looking for helping hands!

    It would be awesome to have some german-speaking person/s come and make us practice our german while enjoying the best of Sweden.

    We are open to various activities/projects such as:
    - paint work
    - DIY-projects (if someone is keen on building a sauna or a tree house for the kids for example)
    - working with firewood (sawing, chopping, storing etc)
    - garden work
    - child care (taking the kids on excursions etc)
    - cooking and baking

    Or if you have good ideas!

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Swedish: Fluent
    French: Intermediate
    Spanish: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    I am very interested in all languages! Eager to learn and patient to teach!

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Depending on preference we have different sorts of accomodation. You can have an own room, an more separate apartment (if there are more people coming at the same time) or a whole house if you want to try to live under more primitive cirucumstances (no heat except fireplace/furnace and no water but you can use wc/shower in the main building and of course our pier/the "natural bath").

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    There are a lot of things to do and experience in the proximity. Nature is breathtaking and there are some hiking trails, lots of lakes for swimming and canoeing, a local italian restaurant (as well as two more ordinarie pizza-places), café, cultural events and more. You can also easliy take the bus or drive to Falun which is a larger city 25 km away were you can enjoy most "city-things" as well as the cultural heritage Falu copper mine and many sport events.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    If you want we can arrange so that you can work online from our place. Internet is unlimited and there are many places you can sit to work (work station can be arranged in a quiet area).

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

Host ref number: 945599533723

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Photos

A woman reads a book to three children on a couch, with a fourth child standing nearby, in a cozy living room setting.
The image depicts a serene scene featuring a brown house with a tiled roof, a winding driveway, and a dock extending into a tranquil lake, surrounded by lush trees and a blue sky.
The image depicts two children standing in a grassy area in front of a large house with a driveway and a car parked outside on a sunny day.
The image depicts a two-story house with a large porch, white trim, and brown siding, situated on a lush green lawn with a tree and a clothesline.
The image depicts a serene winter landscape with snow-covered ground, trees, and a fence, set against a blue sky with clouds and the sun peeking through the trees.

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