Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Iceland

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Join us around the house and explore beautiful Akureyri, Iceland
** Update for Fall & Winter 2025 Again, I need to update the profile, changes in life and all that. Amazingly we are still 32 years old, but the kids are now 8, 3 and another one has appeared somehow :-) We’re currently looking for help during the ......
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Join us out with daily life and animals in Selfoss, Iceland
We live in a big house on a beautiful farm in Iceland 1 hour away from the capital, 15 min to the next town. The family consist of me and my 10 year old, three very active lovely dogs, five cuddly cats, some chicken, 1 guinea pig and we have some ......
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Share our family life while getting to know Iceland, Akureyri
We are a family of 5 living in a beautiful town named Akureyri, the capital of the north of Iceland. We are looking for a Workawayer. Our family consists of myself Helga (39), husband Bjarki (43), Bergsteinn (3) and Hulda and Ingi (9 months old). We ......
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Join our family and with the children and explore beautiful nature in Sauðárkrókur, Iceland
We are a Icelandic/Swiss family with 4 children, living on a farm on the countryside in the Northwest of Iceland. We have horses with foals, some sheeps, two dogs and a cat. We are looking for someone helping us in the house and with the children - ......
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Immerse yourself in a daily life of a local family in Öræfim, Iceland
We are a family of three. I'm a visual artist and a project manager (Eva) and Peter is a beekeeper and working at the local school. Ægir our son is five years old, turns 6 this autumn. During the summer there are many tasks in relation to the ......
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Join our Switzerland-Icelandic family and help around the house a little outside of Reykjavík, Iceland
Switzerland-Icelandic family with 2 children (8 and 5). 1 cat, 1 dog and many horses. Living a little outside of Reykjavík. We live in a 4bedroom apartment in a house. We search for some german speaking helper. Schweiz-isländische Familie mit 2 ......
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Join a local family home, surrounded with nature and animals near Golden circle, Iceland
We are a family of four, living on a horse farm close to Laugarvatn (an hour away from Reykjavík). Freyja is a high school teacher but Bjarni is a professional horse trainer and breeder. We have a 12 year old son and a 6 year old daughter. We have a ......
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Help on our sheep farm and explore beauty of Helgustaðir, Iceland
Sheep farmer and a fosterparent in our beutiful contry. Our farm name is Helgustaðir and have a many possability to do some out excersise. We have 450 sheeps, 3 dogs an 3 cats. My name is Sólrún and my husban’s name is Ólafur. We have 3 kids and 7 ......
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Help a family in the countryside, Hvolsvöllur, Iceland
We are a family of 5, Martina and Siggi and our kids Elvira, Freyja and Benjamin. We are living on a farm which is located on the south coast of Iceland. Just under volcano Eyjafjallajökull, near the black beach and the sea. We have horses, dog ......
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Help me practise my spanish and help around the garden in small village Bolungarvík, Iceland
I am a teacher who has been fighting against agressive plants for few years. Now my boddy is getting older so it would be good to have someone who can do most of the work. I live in Bolungarvík small village in westfjords with my husband.
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Guesthouse, garden and house help in a small town of Hvolsvollur, Iceland
I just recently moved in my house with an old garden that needs some attending. Also guesthouse. I work more than full time so I also need some help with house chores and projects. Salary for help and free accommodation. Minimum wage provided.
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Help out with maintenance and DIY projects and enjoy incredible views near the fjord in Hauganes, Iceland
We are a Belgian-Chinese couple in our early 40s, well travelled, business minded and nature lovers. During Covid, we changed our lives and decided to settle in north Iceland! No kids, a young giant poodle named Lava (of course) and a new house we ......
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Experience the nature of Kópasker, North Iceland
We are Marinó and Emma. Marinó is icelandic and I’m (Emma) german. We are living in Northiceland on a sheep farm with 300 sheeps, 7 horses, 1 cat and our two dogs, Hrísla and Tara. We are mostly spending outside working the house that's why we ......
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Helping with animals at big sheepfarm in Bardastrond, Iceland
We are a big family of seven living in Patreksfjordur and the husband works at a farm in Bardastrond which is about 20 min drive from our place. At the farm lives his mother and brother along with 3 dogs and about 900 sheep.
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Immerse yourself in nature and get to know a local family life in Egilsstadir, Iceland
Hello dear workaway :) We are a family of four. A couple in our thirtes, a 5 year old daughter and a daughter born in oktober 2022. We live in a farm in the east side of Iceland, 36 km away from Egilsstadir. In our farm we have around 500 sheeps and ......
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Help with mountain cabin project and get to know wild magical Iceland, Kópavogur
I'm an artist and I'm building a cabin in the mountains.Helping hands are needed in building, creating, managing the environment.I am a sculptor and I work with all kinds of materials - wood, metal, stone, cement. I also like to draw and paint with ......
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General help in the house and garden in Mosfellsbær, Iceland
Only persons that know and love cats are welcome! Must love to play with my 3 cats We live in Iceland in Mosfellsbaer very close to Reykjavík. (15km) Our house is on a big land, lots of trees a small river and we have 4 cats. As we are both getting ......
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Help us on our small hobby farm and in our home in the beautiful Hegranes, Iceland
We are a couple Steinunn Arndís and Jóhann. We have a small farm near Sauðárkrókur. We have 14 horses, 10 sheeps, 10 hens, 2 dogs and 1 cat. We also have a small fishing boat.
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Help with small projects for a couple living in a beautiful valley in Budardalur, rural Iceland
We are a couple in our fifties, we opened a work away-account three years ago, but did not have the means necessary to get help back then. Thus the slow reply rate. We live in the countryside in Haukadalur valley, northwest Iceland. We have animals ......
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