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UPDATE FOR MARCH 2023
searching for someone that can help with cleaning some big water tanks (1.000lt each/ 1meterx1meter) one a day during 1 week period ;)
Hello! 😊
We are a family of three, Annalisa & Aron (28) and little Nico (5 years old).
Annalisa is Italian and Aron is Swedish.
We live in a little cabin in the middle of the beautiful Swedish forest.
Our only neighbors are the tall birches and pine trees.
We live as close to our roots (and as "debt free" as we can.
We are completely off grid, with a basic electricity system powered by solar panels and running water in the main house coming directly from our well.
We wash ourselves in the sauna, and we use a dry outdoor toilet.
We have a washing machine powered by bike.
The forest around us gifts us a lot of wood, so we can fire our stoves and keep warm as much as we like.
We grow our own vegetables (this year we are thou more focused on building than hardening) and we have chickens.
As said we fixed some solar panels so we have electricity to a certain degree. We can charge phones and powertools, and we have a couple of LED lights.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn how to live off-grid in the typical Scandinavian weather conditions (a bit more challenging than the Mediterranean!) and we can have a lot of fun discovering together new ways to use all that nature has provided us with. Handicrafts, funny buildings, recycling projects, we are up to try out as much as possible!
You can learn to make beautiful colorful cement tiles to use on the floor and you can refine your drawing skills with Aron ;)
We can also play music together (I play guitar and ukulele) and practice different languages.
You can enjoy the company of the little Nico and share his contagious enthusiasm for life.
Projects involving children
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Help
WHAT IS OUR PROJECT?
As you can imagine, to live off-grid with a small child it is a lot of work!
We need help in different fields like: general maintenance of the buildings, gardening, childcare, wood chopping, animal care.. You can choose yourself what you feel like contributing with. I strongly believe that we give our best when we are fully engaged in what we do, enjoying ourselves and loving the activity we are in.
So, you are not going to have to do anything you don't feel like doing!
And every personal initiative is very welcomed :)
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: BeginnerThis 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
YOUR ACCOMODATION
You can choose to either stay in the barn (very beautiful wooden barn, quite big, equipped with a stove) and share the space with other workawayers or to stay in a caravan (quite basic but nice!) Or in a tent wherever you like around the property. I have a very spacious 6 people tent or you can bring your own. You are very welcome to build your own camp, with fireplace, outdoor kitchen and so on, if you are into this kind of things!
:)
A tiny house is also available, 4square meters of coziness, with a stove and your own kitchen space.
For the food: I would like for us to eat together in the evenings, and during daytime if I am not working :) but otherwise feel free to use what you find to cook.for yourself ;)
We have plenty of organic dry-foods (as rice, beans, cuscus and so on) and we will have the veggies from the land.
We eat pretty much everything, meat, fish and other animal products included. Not so much dairy as Annalisa is intolerant.
We love dumpsterdiving, if you want you can come with us and try it out. If you wish to NOT eat food salvaged from the dumpster we can of course cook something from the store 🙂
If you are vegan/vegetarian/gluten-free/intollerant to something or whatever else I guess that if you communicate it in advance we can come to some good solution! :)
What else ...
WHERE ARE WE?
Although in the middle of nowhere, the location is quite easy to reach.
In fact we are only 20 km away from Stockholm Skavsta, one of the four (!) Airports in the Stockholm's area. It is the one at which all the Ryanair's flights land.
We are about 100km south of Stockholm.
18km from a city called Nyköping.
10km away from the pretty village of Nävekvarn.
4 km from the lake Nävesjön (we live on the border with the natural reserve which includes this beautiful lake)
2,5 km from the sea, if you walk through the forest, otherwise 10 minutes by car.
There are bikes you can borrow for hiking around.
There is so much beautiful nature around here! Natural reserves (like Stendörren) and pretty villages like Trosa and others.. And a few bigger cities also (Stockholm, 1h away and Norrköping also 1h away)
ADDITIONAL INFOS:
It should be obvious but, for the safety of our child and of other workawayers, drugs are not welcome. If you smoke cigarettes, feel free to smoke in your free time in the forest, but we have a drug and smoke-free policy everywhere in our property (including your accomodation), and alcohol (if you drink it) should be consumed only in moderation and not during daytime ;)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The work we had to do was quite hard, lifting heavy wood pieces and many windows, she worked always with a smile on her face and we had a good tempo. We also enjoyed our free time together hiking in the forest and doing many fun things. She is so… read more
I stayed with Annalisa and Nico only a week and it has been amazing!! And it has been enough to realize that you can make it through without many comfort as well... And you live better, in a simpler way and in the middle of the nature!
During my stay I helped Annalisa to tidy… read more
Back in Italy they live in a similar way to us,… read more
All of them were so welcoming that we felt as at home.
Annualisa and Aron are very good musicians and artist in different ways.
They had so exciting experience experience, we really enjoyed spend time with them.
They were very useful to understand the activities to do around the village and in… read more
We are very happy for this time together, wish it had been longer! Freya has been very helpful and a pleasure to be around. She is ready for all kinds of different tasks and very open-minded. Most of all she is a friendly soul, she connected well with Nico and took great care of him when we needed her help. Don't miss the chance… read more
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The work we had to do was quite hard, lifting heavy wood pieces and many windows, she worked always with a smile on her face and we had a good tempo. We also enjoyed our free time together hiking in the forest and doing many fun things. She is so… read more
I stayed with Annalisa and Nico only a week and it has been amazing!! And it has been enough to realize that you can make it through without many comfort as well... And you live better, in a simpler way and in the middle of the nature!
During my stay I helped Annalisa to tidy… read more
Back in Italy they live in a similar way to us,… read more
All of them were so welcoming that we felt as at home.
Annualisa and Aron are very good musicians and artist in different ways.
They had so exciting experience experience, we really enjoyed spend time with them.
They were very useful to understand the activities to do around the village and in… read more
We are very happy for this time together, wish it had been longer! Freya has been very helpful and a pleasure to be around. She is ready for all kinds of different tasks and very open-minded. Most of all she is a friendly soul, she connected well with Nico and took great care of him when we needed her help. Don't miss the chance… read more
He is very kind and always willing to help.
We had interesting conversations and it was such a good experience to get to know someone coming from so far away.
He gave us new perspectives and inspiration.
He was also very independent and responsible in doing the agreed jobs, so we had a good… read more
Thank you for everything!
She has done a good job with daily tasks but also she has lightened up the atmosphere with funny jokes and a sunny attitude to life :)
She stayed with us a month and a half and it was a very beautiful time.
We miss you!
I feel so grateful to have had this experience and learn a bit about the offgrid life.
I stayed for about 6 weeks and I had an amazing time. I stayed in… read more
They are very gentle and respectful. My kid enjoyed very much… read more
I really enjoyed listening to Annalisa’s music!… read more
It has been very… read more
Very self confident, straight forward and with many stories to tell.
We had a good time in the 3 weeks he spent with us. Lots of work done, and many chats by the campfire.
He built a greenhouse from scratch and fixed some bits here and there on the property. He knows what he does when it comes to building.
Just… read more
Annalisa first of all is a kind of superwoman, doing all manner of tasks in lightning speed often with little Nico strapped on her back. And the little guy himself is such a bundle of… read more
We had a very good week together.
I like how you talk about your travels as if it was just a everyday thing. Very humble and down to earth.
I loved how we where constantly mixing up three different languages, and still making a sense out of it.
I appreciate so much your ability to listen.. and listen for real!
And your… read more
What a wonderful experience to get to know you.
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Jed spent a whole month with us and his contribution has really made the difference. He is meticulous, discrete, respectful and a very talented artist. He improved so many things around here, and every day he had a beautiful smile on his face, spreading positive vibes and calmness.
He… read more
At the start i found it super fascinating on how she could live off the grid just surrounded by nature, but after sometime it becomes so natural, using wood to generate heat, getting water from the well and I now really see modern conveniences in… read more
The off-grid-living was very interesting but after a few days it becomes part of your routine so I didn't even notice that there was no electricity and running water and it was really nice to be… read more
The generation gap between us (even if a very short one) gave me an interesting opportunity.
I got a closer look at someone belonging to the so called "millennials"...and it turned out she was great fun!
She has a very uplifting energy,a bit of a naïve look on life but… read more
I was welcomed and felt like part of the family from the first second.
Annalisa is such a warm, open minded person and Nico so smart and cheerful for his young age.
There was always something to do but always in a relaxed and manageable extent and even when we were busy with some task, there was always… read more
Imke has been simply wonderful, by being simply herself. She has a calm attitude towards any task and a very soothing energy that she gladly spreads around. It has been a pleasure for me to host her and spend many evening doing crochet together with her. ;)
My child loved her!
She showed herself to be patient and… read more
Nico is also really amazing! He knows so many… read more
She as been lovely throughout her all stay.
She is definitely a very patient and precise person, loving to bring each job from beginning to end.
After the first day I almost didn't have to tell her what to do, she was busy going up and down and completing all the daily chores that she noticed that needed to… read more
