Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Switzerland

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Live a self-sustainable life in a beautiful place in the forest, Ticino, Switzerland
For 20 years we live here in the Malcantone, in a generous clearing, with a lot of self-sufficiency, in a simple and sustainable way. Surrounded by forests and small streams, we live, Regina & Stefan in self-renovated stone houses. We are happy to ......
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Sustainability and daily life under the sun of the Riviera, Switzerland
Hello, My name is Gabriel, I'm 32 and I will have the pleasure of welcoming you to my Romany chalet. Ideally located in the Riviera region, you will find here a place just as suitable for rest as for many activities. Close to the Alps and Lake ......
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Share life on our family farm and help in and around the house in Oltingen, Switzerland
We run a small farm with a lot of biodiversity. Flower meadows, hedges, cereals, fruit trees, berries, and a garden surround our farm. We are a family of five (40, 33, 14, 12, 7). Our farm is located at the foot of the Jura mountains, very close to ......
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Join our multilingual family in nature near Lucerne, Switzerland
* Please note that we are mainly looking for girls or women [18—35] since the room is shared, and we prefer a stay of at least six weeks. 🗓 We are looking for someone to join us for a stay between ** 30th of April - 17th of May for house and pet ......
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Volunteer for our non-profit association at the beautiful Lake of Zurich, Switzerland
PLEASE read our complete profile before you contact us. Hi Everyone! We are a family-and-friends based non-profit association who runs this meeting place on a property, which was used as a traditional farm back in the days. It's a beautiful place ......
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Learn self sustainability on a small mountain farm in Ticino, Italian-Switzerland
I am 47 years old, I am a woodworker, musician, farmer and horsemanship-teacher (hyperactive 😜). My daughters are grown up. In my place, there lives also my ex-partner, tenant Lisa and during summertime many friends and guests. We have solar power ......
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Help a family with outdoor activities on their little farm in Luzein, Switzerland
Hello! We are a young family who took over our parents' farm 2 years ago. We feel very much at home on this small and versatile organic mountain farmstead in the Swiss mountains at 1100m above sea level. The farm includes various animals (cats, ......
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Happy to welcome people from all over the world in Rombach, Switzerland
Hello I am a woman with three cats who lives in a house with a large garden. I live centrally (well connected by public transport) and yet in nature. Would be happy to meet new people from all over the world and get a little help with my house.
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Adventure with an active family in the mountains in Grindelwald, Switzerland
We are a dynamic and hospitable family, looking for a nice person to support us in our daily family life. We live in the beautiful mountain village of Grindelwald. Here you can go hiking, mountain-biking, do snow sports (skiing, skitouring, ......
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Sustainable community project in Capriasca, Switzerland
Looking for craftsmen, carpenters and bricklayers.....holistic and wellness operators, actors, street artists, musicians, website developers and SEO professionals, farmers, foresters and lots of love and kindness… We are a nascent reality, which is ......
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Join our family in a beautiful area of Varen in Sierre, Switzerland
We are a family living in a house with garden in the center of Varen. The kids go to school the whole day (Tristan is homeschooled). They are very independent. So your job would be to take care of Sam (8) and Tristan (5 years) + fixing a simple ......
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Help a retired couple with gardening in Aigle, Switzerland
Myriam and Charles Faivre are two retirees aged 65 and 70 living more than 7 months a year in a chalet between Aigle and Leysin in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. We have a few beehives, a large garden, an orchard that we follow with passion and ......
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Join our daily life and family farm in Dietfurt, Switzerland
We have place and work from 1. Feb. 2026 We receive a lot of copy-paste requests, which creates unnecessary work. Please only contact us if you are genuinely interested, If I respond, it means we appreciate your help. We are looking for ......
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Help at our traditional non-profit cultural farm immersed in the stunning nature of Emmental, Switzerland
Hello there : ) My Name is Werner, I'm 55yo and I work as a wood sculptor. I live on a small farm, a typical Swiss farmhouse surrounded by the nature with my intern Simon and, at times, my daughter Jana (30yo). The farmhouse is immersed in the ......
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Join family life in the quiet countryside while helping in and around the house in Aargau, Switzerland
Dear travelers We startet to be hosts at Workaway at 2023 and have already welcomed several adventurers. We are retired parents, five grown-up children and 7 grandchildren. Our dog Najla is also part of our team. We live in a small village in the ......
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Join us with our two kids while enjoying outdoor activities in Lugano, Switzerland
Hello everybody! We're a young family of four: Yanis (2 years old) and Nayan (5 years old) our two Swiss little boys, Nicolo the Swiss father and Myself (Andrea) the Colombian/CostaRican mom. We live close to Lugano city, in the province of Ticino, ......
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Support our family with daily life and care for our kids in Bubikon, Switzerland
We are a family with four children (16, 13, 9, 6 years old). We live in the Zurich Oberland, 25 train/car minutes from Zurich. We live in a house in a village with lots of space and green surroundings. We do homeschooling with our children and ......
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Help a family with two kids and enjoy life in Schüpfen, Switzerland
We are a Small family with two children (9and 11years) and love to play music and games, we have rent an old house and try to renovate, paint, garden and hope to find workawayers to join our journey. There is the possibility to play loud Music, as ......
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Join our family close to the lake of Neuchâtel, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Hello, we are a family of three, with a 5 year old. We are living in a village a few kilometers away from the lake of Neuchâtel and a 5 minutes drive from Yverdon-les-Bains, the nearest city. We have moved into some apartments of an old family house ......
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Enjoy local traditions living in a mountain village with our family in Adelboden, Switzerland
We are a multicultural family living in Adelboden, Swizerland. My husband is 48 years old and I am 34 years old. We are spanish-colombian and we live in Swizerland since one year ago. We have a 3 year old and a new born baby. We live in a wooden ......
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