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Host rating
80 %
Last replied
9 Jul 2025
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Description
I'm Ingrid and I live along the Oslofjord in a house surrounded by around 50 single-family homes, about 40 minutes from Oslo. I'm always up for fun, I like listening to music and I'm interested in art, architecture, nature, wild herbs and growing vegetables for my own needs. I am very social and love having guests, but I also enjoy the peace and quiet at home or in the nearby forest and by the sea, which is a 10-minute walk away.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I am originally from Austria, but have lived in Norway for more than 20 years. So you not only get to know Norwegian culture, but also Austrian culture. We can speak in German, Norwegian, Italian or English. You can choose.
Help
I'm looking for a workawayer who likes to lend a hand and can help me spruce up the garden, fix things. I also want to build a small stone wall, clear out and tidy up the basement. You participate in daily chores like emptying the dishwasher and vacuum cleaning. You are welcome to cook.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
Norwegian: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Italian: 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 have your own room. We share all other rooms.
What else ...
I have Internet (of course), bicycles, fishing rods, a surfboard, a trampoline.
The house is 8 minutes walk to the busstopp, 1 hour by car to the airport.
It is 10 minutes to the nearest small town where you will find 2 supermarkets, a pharmacy, 2 clothing stores, 1 grocery store, a gift shop, a bank, hairdressers, a cafe, pub, restaurant, library, patshop, gym, doctors, dentist, sports shop.
40 minutes by car to Oslo and the same 40 minutes if you go by car and then the bus.
10 minutes walk down to the sea with several beaches, a restaurant and beachvolleyball. There are about 50 houses around.
You can go swimming, fishing and hiking just a short walk from the house. The forest is behind the house and there is a stream right next to the house.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
There is parking space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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Feedback (7)
Right from the first day we met Ingrid, we felt super welcome and knew it was going to be a great time. We stayed with her for about 2.5 weeks in the summer, helping out mostly in the garden – we built a stone wall, painted the terrace and parts… read more
They are a very calm and hardworking pair of brothers. They completed all tasks with joy. The experience they gained sanding and varnishing wood floors has made them experts in renewing wood floors. Thanks to Rostislav and Stepan, the… read more
My tasks were never too demanding and I could divide my working hours freely across the day. I also rarely had to work alone, she worked alongside me most of the time & was there to answer any questions I had about the work.
My room was lovely and she also… read more
She is such a wonderful person. Polite, kind, sweet and very attentive. Charlotte helped me weed, sow vegetables, cut bushes and she was always ready to help in the kitchen and left everything clean and nice.
We went on some excursions and enjoyed… read more
Philippe was with me for 12 days in August and was my last workawayer for this year.
He helped me clean out my basement and it was a good fit that he likes to do physical work. There were a lot of heavy boxes to transport, which I wouldn't have been able to do without Philippe. We managed to collect a… read more
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Right from the first day we met Ingrid, we felt super welcome and knew it was going to be a great time. We stayed with her for about 2.5 weeks in the summer, helping out mostly in the garden – we built a stone wall, painted the terrace and parts… read more
They are a very calm and hardworking pair of brothers. They completed all tasks with joy. The experience they gained sanding and varnishing wood floors has made them experts in renewing wood floors. Thanks to Rostislav and Stepan, the… read more
My tasks were never too demanding and I could divide my working hours freely across the day. I also rarely had to work alone, she worked alongside me most of the time & was there to answer any questions I had about the work.
My room was lovely and she also… read more
She is such a wonderful person. Polite, kind, sweet and very attentive. Charlotte helped me weed, sow vegetables, cut bushes and she was always ready to help in the kitchen and left everything clean and nice.
We went on some excursions and enjoyed… read more
Philippe was with me for 12 days in August and was my last workawayer for this year.
He helped me clean out my basement and it was a good fit that he likes to do physical work. There were a lot of heavy boxes to transport, which I wouldn't have been able to do without Philippe. We managed to collect a… read more
First day, she picked us up at a nearby city, and she was already showing us around that city and telling us some facts about it, she makes sure you get the cultural part from doing the Workaway. From the very first moment, we felt super welcomed at her… read more
Facundo, a language artist and Carola a perfectionist who doesn't stop the work until it's perfect. Both are courteous and conscientious, no matter what work they do. They helped me paint the dining room and bathroom, paint the terraces and doors, mow… read more
Although my stay in this place was very short, I had the opportunity to find the best of my impressions regarding the place and the person.
From the first moment we found excellent compatibility in our approaches to things and in the way we solve them. The jobs were… read more
He loves working in the garden where he helped me a lot with trimming bushes, cutting down trees, planting tomatoes etc. Mariano really "tidyed up" my garden. It was a lot of hard work that he didn't give up until everything was done and I am very grateful to him for that.
Working together with… read more
She welcomed us into her home and she made us feel at ease from the first minute.
Helping her build a part of her house was very inspiring and it became fun thanks to the connection between us.
She made us discover her magnificent land and she shared with us… read more
Anna and Bayan are two wonderful young women with strong, intelligent opinions and… read more
Ingrid gave us a very warm welcome and showed us two places in the area. Later, Ingrid took us on a tour of the peninsula and showed us sights such as: viking graves.
We felt very welcome in her home. We had a great room of our own and had space for our… read more
