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Help with family life in Traben-Trarbach, Germany

Hi! We are Inga, Florian, Philea and Linnéa. We have moved to Traben-Trarbach in 2020 in an old house and are busy with all the possible jobs. Inga is a web developer (in home office), Florian is a social worker, Philea and Linnéa are our two ......

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Help a family with gardening and care for the animals while experiencing cultural diversity in Leipzig, Germany

We are a family, Peter and Conny, both around 60 years old. We love life in nature. Our home is in the middle of Germany, on the outskirts of the beautiful city of Leipzig. Fields, forests and meadows are part of it. With the tram you can reach the ......

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Explore the cultural landscape and create change together in Ellweiler, Germany

We - Anna, Christian and our two daughters Marilène (born in 2021) and Améline (born in 2022) - warmly welcome you to the Saar-Hunsrück National Park region, in the primeval forest of tomorrow. Our old farmhouse from the 19th Century, which we are ......

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Learn about self-sufficiency at our 15th century water mill, surrounded by forest and river in Recke, Germany

We live on a beautiful piece of land where we dedicate ourselves to maintaining the buildings, the property, and pursuing self-sufficiency. Our home is a historic 15th-century water mill, nestled beside a small river and surrounded by 14 acres of ......

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Take care of our horses and dog for an animal welfare association/ animal sanctuary in Haunetal, Germany

We are a group of 4 people, 1 dog and 2 cats living together in an old farmhouse in a small village. Our 10 horses live in two pastures 10 km away. The other animals (cows, pigs, and sheep) do not live on our farm either but live with farmers in ......

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Enjoy nature, animals and support a social project in Hamburg, Germany

Our small farm is located in the outskirts of Hamburg (about 30 kilometers to the city center). The surroundings (Nordheide, Lower Saxony) offer plenty of exciting nature and invite to recreational activities, such as horseback riding, biking, ......

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House / pet sitting
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Keep company for two lovely cats while discovering Berlin, Germany

My name is Tamara, and I share my home with two lovely senior cats, Anastasia and Mostaza. While I travel, they mainly need company, care, and a calm presence. They are very relaxed, and Mostaza especially loves people and cuddles. If you enjoy ......

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Learn about homesteading at our old farmhouse in Poseritz, Germany

Homesteading, old farmhouse, beautiful guest room, horses, dressage riding, trail riding, carriage driving, sheep, milk cow, ducks, rabbits, dogs, nice village, baltic sea, car, gardening, cooking,

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Learn new skills and reconnect with nature in Friedland, Lower Saxony, Germany

(please read carefully) Hello, workawayer, About Me My name is Angelika, and I am an educational scientist, psychotherapist and art therapist. As an educator, I train people to communicate successfully and consciously. I founded an association to ......

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Food forest and permaculture project close to Munich, Germany

Hey everybody :) For a long time, i am interested in permaculture, creating a food forest, sustainability and living in harmony with nature and lovely people. I planted numerous trees in my 20 sqms housegarden which grown up and thrive pretty ......

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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 our family with daily life in Wohltorf, Germany

We are a lively family of 3 kids ( 18-14-9) and two adults (49y). We live near Hamburg/Germany (30min by train, directly to the city). We have 3 horses, 25 chickens, 3 dogs and 3 cats - our house is about 100 years old, we totally renewed it in ......

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Help a young and growing non-profit nature conservation organisation in Leutenberg, Germany

Hello lovely people from all over the world! We would like to give you the opportunity to visit the Thuringian Forest in the green heart of Germany. We are a young and growing non-profit nature conservation organization. We work together for our ......

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Join us and experience rural life in Ahrensbök, Germany

Hi there, nice to meet you! We are a couple that bought an old farmstead a few years back and have been slowly turning it into our home. The farm was built in the 1860ies and includes two large barns, an old baking and wash house, a pigsty and a ......

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Learn about horses, cooking, line dance and farming in Rexingen, Black Forest, Germany

After many years of living with guests from workaway I still wait for every new helper with great confidence: Interesting people from all over the world are enriching my life and help me with the work on the farm. A lot of them became friends and we ......

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Join our family and explore the area near the beautiful Rhine Gorge between Cologne and Koblenz, Germany

We are looking for Workaway participants whom we would warmly welcome into our family! We are a large family. Mom and Dad are both teachers and have seven children ranging in age from 22 years to 10 months. The two oldest are studying in Cologne, ......

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Paid position
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Join us on our Uruguay-inspired farm in Walkendorf, Northern Germany

This is a working agricultural farm combined with a touristic holiday resort with horses, located in the North of Germany close to the city of Rostock - we breed Criollos, the native horse of the Pampas and take our guests on rides through nature. ......

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Cultural exchange

Come and help me in the middle of Thuringian forest, Möhrenbach, Germany

I live in the 30.000m ² plot of an old mill in a secluded location in the middle of the Thuringian Forest (3 miles to the road). I have a pig, called "Ellie", a couple of goats, a dog, Chicken and 2 horses. I need help with some projects: The main ......

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Language exchange
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Learn about gardening and experience rural living near Weimar, Germany

I live in a rural house, a former farmhouse, near Weimar. There's a lot of cultural and historical sites to see here. It's quiet, and there's a large garden with lots of fruit and vegetables. --- Ich lebe ländlich in einen Haus , ehemaliger ......

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Practise your German and learn about permaculture in Erfweiler, Germany

Permaculture garden No idea how to translate the garden's name "Betreutes Wuchern" into proper English! It is an experimental garden in the Southwest Palatinate. I practice gardening close to nature according to permaculture principles on approx. ......

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Join our ecological studio and explore Orgiva, southern Spain

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Join our homestead of craftsmen in rural outskirts along the banks of Salaca River, Latvia

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Help our family with childcare and around the house in Umbria near Città di Castello, Italy