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Hi!
We are an easygoing, musical and sporty family of four. I am a school teacher, my husband is an engineer and our kids are funny and independent 10 and 12 years old boy and girl.
We have two cute little dogs and a lovely house with garden! Our home is only 10 minute car drive from Tampere City center, but still right next to forests, lakes and interesting tracks to explore!
We need help with our basement renovation and generally extra hands around the house with gardening, cleaning, cooking, taking care of the dogs etc.
We hope that you are quite independent and effective while working.
We offer you a private room, shared bathroom and shower, bike to get around, WiFi, breakfast and dinner with us and welcome you to share our home and daily life and at the same time a great possibility to get to know Finland!
We would love to hear more from you!Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
New people and places
Finnish culture and language
Animals
Renovating
Cooking good, healthy food
Organizing their own work and schedules
Being with kids
Doing sports and taking care of yourselfProjects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are renovating the basement of our house and helping hands would be amazing. So if you
-know your ways of doing renovation, building etc. and are willing to learn more
-can help around the house with light/easy household chores
-like cooking healthy meals
-like getting to know new places and people
-like doing various sports
..you are warmly welcome to visit us!Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Finnish: Fluent
Swedish: Intermediate
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
In September - One of my highest hopes is to learn more Spanish so hopefully you are fluent or native speaker of español! :)Accommodation
Peaceful private bedroom with 120cm bed, table and wardrobe. Shared bathroom and shower. Free use of the common space, kitchen, WiFi etc.
What else ...
Fly straight to Tampere airport (10min from the house). We can pick you up.
Fly to Helsinki, two hours by train to Tampere where we can pick you up.
Good local bus connections in the city to get around
We can offer you a bike to get around
Beautiful lakes, hike trails, forrests, ice skating, fishing, skiing, cultural places to visit in the city like museum, art galleries, movies, shopping centers...
The amazing Lapland is only couple of hours away with train if you want to see the northern lights, the snowy hills, reindeers and of course Mr. SantaClausA little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a fast internet connection for you to use! Just have your device with you and do your thing :) Toni is willing to help you out with all the digital difficulties you may have.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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She was an open-minded power girl and always ready for anything new. She helped with house chores and basically cleaned everything there is around the house including the car during her week! Her work was efficient and all her doings she made with great… read more
Everybody is so kind and I felt very welcomed and at home from first second.
The days are well organized, the amount of work is fine and there is still plenty enough time to explore surroundings by yourself.
Johanna really does everything to make you a great time while you stay and also taking… read more
This was my first experience with doing Workaway and I was pleasantly surprised how welcoming, generous, kind, and sweet of a host Johanna was. Look forward to many great conversations over tea.
Volunteer tasks were clear and organized. I enjoyed working on the construction tasks with Toni, especially when we could work… read more
Also he was a great worker always ready to help out with what ever was needed help with! In the family Amanzi worked mainly with renovational stuff.
He has great values of life and he's really interested in people and culture around… read more
We had the honour to have you in our family for six weeks and it was amazing 😍!
You are a smart, independent, funny and caring dude. Always ready for everything new, always (I mean constantly!) working and helping out in every way you can!
We had many good laughs and also interesting conversations about language, culture, food,… read more
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She was an open-minded power girl and always ready for anything new. She helped with house chores and basically cleaned everything there is around the house including the car during her week! Her work was efficient and all her doings she made with great… read more
Everybody is so kind and I felt very welcomed and at home from first second.
The days are well organized, the amount of work is fine and there is still plenty enough time to explore surroundings by yourself.
Johanna really does everything to make you a great time while you stay and also taking… read more
This was my first experience with doing Workaway and I was pleasantly surprised how welcoming, generous, kind, and sweet of a host Johanna was. Look forward to many great conversations over tea.
Volunteer tasks were clear and organized. I enjoyed working on the construction tasks with Toni, especially when we could work… read more
Also he was a great worker always ready to help out with what ever was needed help with! In the family Amanzi worked mainly with renovational stuff.
He has great values of life and he's really interested in people and culture around… read more
We had the honour to have you in our family for six weeks and it was amazing 😍!
You are a smart, independent, funny and caring dude. Always ready for everything new, always (I mean constantly!) working and helping out in every way you can!
We had many good laughs and also interesting conversations about language, culture, food,… read more
Miguel helped us walking the dogs,… read more
It was my first time leaving Spain traveling alone and even if I was quite scared about how I would get out, it wasn't a negative thing at all. It has helped me a lot to know myself better as a person,… read more
You flew to our family like a warm breeze from across the world.
From the first message on, you were firm, open, respectful, easygoing, super independent, capable and fun!
You helped us with everyday chores in the house, were precise and accurate, cooked amazing dinners and were always ready to work hard, help and try new things, laugh… read more
She did the things we agreed and took good care of the house and the dogs.
Antonia was open and flexible with her plans and it was easy to communicate with her :)!
It was great to meet you Antonia and we wish you great adventures in… read more
I needed a place to stay (quite literally needed) and they helped me out with a week.
My experience was different from Johanna’s usual Workaway experiences, as I looked after the home and the dogs while the family was on vacation. Tasks included daily dog walks and… read more
Johanna and her family are very open minded, lovely, friendly, funny and polite. This was my first Workaway-experience and I am happy to have made such a good one.
Starting the first moment we met we had a good connection and it… read more
From the first messages I felt strong connection with her and when we met she was just as we had imagined her!
Lena helped us with everyday chores and Christmas season stuff. Her work was independent and focused! She did amazing job organizing our kitchen to a new level! Her stay included… read more
He helped us to take care of the everyday chores in the house. He was very friendly and open to everything new. He was positive and talked always nice with everyone.
He took care the things we agreed and was wery independent with all the time tables. He also took time to explore Tampere and… read more
Johanna is a very active person, and as a host, she would do her best to make you feel comfortable. She would ask about how you feel and how your day has been.… read more
From the first message on he was the most polite, open, smily and active person! Everything went so smoothly with him.
Mark stayed with us for two weeks and was always ready to help, try a new sport or meet new people. He made friends easily and was super cool and easygoing with us, our kids and our dogs.… read more