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30 Aug 2025
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Description
We are a family of 10, living on a self-sufficient homestead in the isle of Samsø. For the past year we have had a brake with work away, but now we are ready to host young people again. We have 8 children aged 0-21 years. We love having young people from other countries, whom can learn us about their culture. We also love it when you cook recipes from your home country.
We live a life centred around our family and farm. Rikke (41 years) Is a stay at home mum, working part time as a designer. Thomas (42 years) works at the local Nature School.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Interests
Sustainability
Farming
Plant care
Gardening
Cooking & food
Books
Animals
Outdoor activities
Nature
Cycling
Beach
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We offer knowledge and experience in small scale farming and self-sufficiency, household and conservation of foods and insight in our way of building a homestead and family.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need help with many different tasks. Mostly we need help in the garden and in the kitchen. Cooking, feeding animals, picking vegetables, watering the plants.
We have different animals that need tending: chickens, ducks, geese, a milking cow, a cat and a dog. You will be able to participate in the work with the animals as part of your stay. We love Leaning us about your culture and maybe cook some of your favourite food .
Languages
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
English: Fluent
German: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We a very interested in learning about language and culture, as the self sufficient lifestyle makes it difficult to travel around the world with our children.
Accommodation
Workawayers will be living in a guest room.
What else ...
Samsø is a relatively large island with many different landscapes. We have fine beaches, forests and great roads for discovering the island by bicycle. Ferry services are good and a trip to Copenhagen or Århus can easily be made.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Berta
Ludvig
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Lysan and I had an amazing stay with them. They are a very welcoming and loving family and have a lovely and lively home, full of laughter.
The tasks were quite easy, usually picking and sorting apples, picking all kinds of berries or doing some household chores. We had tons of time to explore Samso and loved… read more
Rico stayed with us for one month. We felt like she was part of our family from the day she arrived.
Rico is easy going, fun, helpful and heartwarming. She happily helped both inside and outside the house, and easily motivated her self and others.
Rico is a wonderful cook and she has… read more
Rikke replied me so quickly and allowed me to stay there. (Even though it was last minute.) It was sooooo nice of them.
The way they live is so surprising and amazing. There was much to learn from their sustainable way of life. Food was always really great! My favourite was… read more
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Lysan and I had an amazing stay with them. They are a very welcoming and loving family and have a lovely and lively home, full of laughter.
The tasks were quite easy, usually picking and sorting apples, picking all kinds of berries or doing some household chores. We had tons of time to explore Samso and loved… read more
Rico stayed with us for one month. We felt like she was part of our family from the day she arrived.
Rico is easy going, fun, helpful and heartwarming. She happily helped both inside and outside the house, and easily motivated her self and others.
Rico is a wonderful cook and she has… read more
Rikke replied me so quickly and allowed me to stay there. (Even though it was last minute.) It was sooooo nice of them.
The way they live is so surprising and amazing. There was much to learn from their sustainable way of life. Food was always really great! My favourite was… read more
Marika has been helpful in the house as well as in the garden. She has very good skills and even though she is young she has a lot of knowledge from her farm life in Canada.
Marika took part in everyday tasks, and she quickly became a part of our family. She played games with the… read more
The hardest part was to leave.
I worked whenever I could; cleaning, gardening, cooking, doing the dishes, doing the dishes, wherever I felt I could… read more
Their self-sustaining lifestyle is really admirable, every thing they showed us we were very surprised hahaha
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About the children
They are amazing, especially… read more
