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Help with small DIY tasks and gardening in Ispringen, Germany

Hello workawayer/in, we (my husband and me) are living in a small village near by Stuttgart at the border to black forest. I am working in the house as child minder (Monday to Thursday from 8:00 to 14:30). We have two lovely dogs (little Dachshound ......

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Help in an old farmhouse near the river Elbe, Preten/Amt Neuhaus, Germany

I am a retired teacher (Maths and Politics) (born in 1946), living now after my retirement in this very little village (about 110 people). I am engaged in the activities of my neighbourhood and I am happy to "share" my guests with some of the ......

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Join our community and help in the garden and with the children in Prasdorf, Germany

We live together in an old farm building with a big garden. The sea is 5km from us and a nice lake just 2km. We live in a neighbourhood community with 6 people and guests. You mostly deal with Isa and me (Anika), our children Mo (9) and Anuuk ......

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Join our little family farm in Dissau, Germany

Welcome to the place 🌳 We are living on a little farm with our children (13, 9, 5 and 4 years old).We have chicken, horses, ducks, sheeps and other animals. We want to manage our farm in a sustainable and ecological way. If you want to join us, ......

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Enjoy nature and help me around the house near Cologne and Bonn, Germany

Hey there! I live in one half of an old 270 year-old house with a property of about 1900 m² including a barn, garden, well, two garden huts, a small meadow and some animals. The property covers about 1900 m² and is located at the edge of a small ......

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Be part of our family, share, improve and leave an impact on us for generations to come in Gerbstedt, Germany

Hello we are Justine and Martin and our four years old daughter. We were globetrotters, now settled where Martin was born next to his parents in the heart of Germany. The Region is known for Martin Luther, one of the greatest reformers of the ......

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Join us and experience rural life in Ahrensbök, Germany

Hi there, nice to meet you! Current projects: Very important right now 😉, we will start to get our garden ready for the new season. and / or: We need help with some repair tasks (wooden gates, mostly). We are a couple that bought an old ......

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Learn about animals and basic crafts helping us at our small, romantic place in Thuringia, Germany

Hello! We are living in a little village called Rohna and running a small farm as hobby with one dog (Lana), one cat (Tabbo) and two older horses (Simon and Pirat) receiving their "Gnadenbrot", we also own a few rabbits and two guinea pigs Rohna ......

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Gardening, taking care of animals, projects involving wool and learning self sufficient living in northern Germany

We are a couple living in a small village 8km from the next small town. We bought the old farm house as a family some years ago and now we live here running a wool business and working from home most of the time. We are living almost self sustained ......

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Join us and learn more about sustainable living near Wismar, Germany

Dear people, We want to welcome you from 27/03 -05/04 or 10/05-17/05 in 2026. We had some beautiful exchanges in the past years and we want to continue with that. We are waiting for 1-5 strong, reliable people. We will be mainly outside in the ......

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Come and help in my wild garden while visiting beautiful lakes in the Westerwald, Germany

Hello everyone! My name is Tatjana, and I live in a cosy off-grid house in my wild garden. If you love nature and quiet, if you wish to get away from cities and crowds for a while, if you are looking for physical tasks out of doors this might be the ......

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Breathtaking nature, peace and freedom, helping at an animal shelter in Storkow, Germany

+++please read carefully+++ Time for a new text. We have now been on the road with workaway for 5 years. We've had great people to meet, great helpers and have really made a difference. Lasting friendships and working relationships have developed. ......

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Join our small community project on an old organic farm in Brilon, Germany

We are a small community living on the land just west of Kassel. Our place is an old small Demeter farm, but now we produce just for ourselves and transforming the place for us to live outside and welcome guests, host small community events.

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Cultural exchange at our up-cycling community in Duisburg, Germany

We are an upcycling community consisting of Kim, Torsten, Marvin, Martin, Niklas, Linda, Pieter (9 years old), and Lotta (6 years old). We live in Duisburg, on the border of the Ruhr area. The Rhine River, surrounded by greenery, is 1 km away, and ......

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Help us create a community space out of an old ruin and overgrown park in Drahnsdorf, Germany

I’m Amanda, a Thai-American (1984) originally from California, and my husband, Daniel (1985), is German. We met in Bolivia, where I created a women’s economic development project and social enterprise. It consisted of a hostel and community center ......

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Globetrotter couple, cute animals and awesome garden in Kleines Wiesental, Germany

English My wife and I live on an over 200 year old ecological farm. The Roserhof is located in the small hamlet of Kühlenbronn, in the small meadow valley, in the middle of the Southern Black Forest Nature Park and in the UNESCO World Heritage ......

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Take care of our senior cat in Berlin, Germany

✨ Current Availability ✨ April 9–11 (Possible arrival April 8 in the evening and departure April 12 in the morning or afternoon if absolutely necessary, although ideally departure would be in the morning.) If you arrive earlier or leave later, ......

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Enjoy nature with our open-minded family in Kraichtal, Germany

Welcome to our home in Kraichtal! We live in a beautiful house in the countryside of Kraichtal, a region known for its vineyards and hiking opportunities. Heidelberg and Karlsruhe are just 40 km away, Stuttgart and Mannheim 60 km, and even France ......

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Fantastic activities for you on our community project in Thuringia, Germany

Our winterbreak continues… see you in May, open for applications NOW! ————— So, this is us We are a community of 5 adults and 2 children situated in a very small village in the wonderful woodland of the Thüringer Wald - a nature reserve close to ......

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Join us in the beautiful Mosel valley, Germany

Edit: We're happy to receive applications from volunteers who want to spend at least one month with us for the season of 2026 (May- October)! Thanks everyone!! 💕 Stay with us in Germany's biggest wine region, help around the house and garden or ......

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