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Description
8 adult huskies, 4 puppies, 2 horses, a cats, alongside my girlfriend, 34, and me, 54, make up the members of our small farm in Telemark. My daughters sometimes (21 and 23) come home from their studies.
We try to use tools and equipment that others would consider to be exhausted or old but that are still useful to build and develop the place with simple means and local resources. We look for couples/friends that want to stay for a minimum of 6 weeks.
If you are looking for a party spot, this might not be it.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Different types of practikal work, outdoor skills, conversations about philosophy, culture and politics, Norwegian culture, war history, music interaction if you play an instrument.
Our destination is Morgedal, the cradle of modern skiing. We do also have some south pole expedition history.
The heavy water history can be seen at Vemork museum, not so far from here.
The Telemark channel, and many lakes and rivers is in the area.
Outdoor climbing and hiking is very close from the farm, you will never run out of mountains to explore!
Projects involving children
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Help
A year here could look like this:
Autumn:
Dog training with carts and ATV, hunting for deer, elk, producing firewood, building projects, ice sculptures and skating.
Winter, spring:
Mushing at the Hardangervidda plateau, skiing, keeping the tracks around the farm with skidoo, snowplowing, timber and firewood, tenting out.
Spring, summer:
Fixing the roads and fences, fixing cars and tractors, making firewood, gardening, trip to northern Norway, fishing, canoing, climbing.
Skills as dealing with animals and people, mechanic, building, playing instrument, outdoor skills and cooking are welcome and much appreciated!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
German: 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 a private room of good standard, a full kitchen and bathrooms that you could share with one or two other guests.
We eat normal healthy food. We also like to taste and try out food from all over the world. Some of our food is from hunting. We are not vegan.
What else ...
the Hardangervidda plateau is 55 km south east, Helgelandskysten 1000 km, Airport Torp 180 km, Oslo 200 km.
These are the closest towns:
Kvitseid is 14km away, Seljord is 20km, and Morgedal is 7km away.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a strong and stable fiber connection. We also have an office space.
Space for parking camper vans
I`m into VW T4 and have a garage with plenty space for parking.
Can possibly accept pets
Huskies/ dogs are OK. Horses as well :-) We need to reach an individual agreement.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (3)
This couldn't be better. We felt at home and we didn't want to leave. Olav Kjetil his place is really beautiful and it's surrounded by nature. We were here in September 2020 for a whole month.
We did a lot of different tasks like feeding the dogs and horses, painting the house, working in the garden and… read more
She takes nice pictures and makes good vegetarian food.
She acts like she is at home.
She likes to try new tasks.
We did some dog sledding, animal care, building maintenance and logging etc. when Maja was here.
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This couldn't be better. We felt at home and we didn't want to leave. Olav Kjetil his place is really beautiful and it's surrounded by nature. We were here in September 2020 for a whole month.
We did a lot of different tasks like feeding the dogs and horses, painting the house, working in the garden and… read more
She takes nice pictures and makes good vegetarian food.
She acts like she is at home.
She likes to try new tasks.
We did some dog sledding, animal care, building maintenance and logging etc. when Maja was here.
