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Hi there!
We are looking for someone to join our family for some time. We are an Icelandic-german family with 2 kids. My daughter is 6 years old and my son is 5years old. They speak both Icelandic and German. Especially in the summertime it is nice ......
Me and my wife live on a farm, have eider farming , a few horses and a dog. The farm is located in Önundarfjörður 20 km. from Ísafjörður through a tunnel.
Family in quiet town in East part of Iceland is looking for help with household and baby sitting. Be a part of our family and enjoy the life in Egilsstadir. We have two dogs which love to be taken out for walk any time of the day.
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 ......
We are a middle aged couple that run a horse farm in Iceland. We also have a few sheep as a hobby, for fun, and very friendly dogs.
We've had international helpers in our home (and living on our farm) since 1998, and the wife in the house was a ......
Hello :) We are Hildur, Kristján, Heiðar Ágúst and Ársæll Rökkvi, family of 4.
Our family consists of me and my husband and our two lovely boys (five and seven years old) and our dog Vala. I am a teacher in an elementary school, and my husband ......
Hello. We are a family of 5. Elísabet 30 y/o nurse, Helgi 35 y/o carpenter, Heiðbrá Erla 4 y/o and twins Hugrún Úa and Hersir Óskar 1.5y/o. We live in the south of Iceland, 7 minutes from Selfoss, biggest town in the south. We live in the ......
Hello we are Icelandic family livining on a farm just few kilometers from Akureyri city. We have four children and the fifth on the way three boys, one girl and a dog named Númi.
Hafsteinn Þór born 2013
Guðmundur Þór born 2015
Sóldís Fjóla ......
We're a lively family of five seeking a kind soul to join our home in Húsavík, northern Iceland. We are a couple with three kids, spirited 6 and 9-year-old girls who both speak basic English, and a charming 6 month old baby boy.
I’m on maternity leave and in school. I could use some help around the house and with the kids. I have a 2- and-a-half- year old, very energetic son and an infant daughter. Mostly play with us and join us outdoors or at the library.
My ......
Report for 2024 - updated 29th of February 2024
Our volunteer time in 2024 will be in from 20th of May to 16th of June
I prefer volunteers that can stay all the entire time of a given period. Applications for dates outside the given dates are of ......
We are a family of four from Akureyri, Iceland. Álfheiður who is a 27 years old nurse, Kristján who is a 28 year old police officer and our two daughters, Andrea who is 10 and Mæja who is 4. We have a dog named Atlas and 5 horses.
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 8 year old, three very active lovely dogs, five cuddly cats, some chicken, 2 rabbits, 2 guinea pigs and we ......
Hello!
We are a busy family of six. Young couple, Thora and Andri. We have four kids, age 13, 9, 3 and 1. We are very busy and have a lot on out plate since we recently started our own company and Thora studying masters in law.
We live in the ......
We are a lively family of five (four kids aged 11 - 19 years) living in a farm house right outside a small village in Southern Iceland (100 km from Reykjavik), running a guesthouse in the basement of our house.
Welcome to our cosy home! We're Georg, Kitti, and our little explorer Valentínus (3 years old), living in Hvolsvöllur, South Iceland. As owners of a restaurant and guesthouse, we stay busy but love exploring our beautiful surroundings. We're excited ......
We are a German/Icelandic family of 4 and live with a dog, a cat and 10 horses on a farm on the south side of Snæfellsnes near Snæfellsjökull National Park. The relatives live in the neighboring house on the same farm with their 2 children, 4 and 9 ......
Hi! We are Diddi (Icelandic) and Editka (Slovak).
We discovered workaway as volunteers when we travelled together for about half a year... we loved it and are loving the hosting side of it just as much!
Since 2021 we've been living in a modest ......
We are family of five that live near Breiðdalsvík. We are sheep farmers and we own around 400 sheep and 3 border collie dogs they are working sheep dogs. We need no help with the farm.
I am 28 years old and my husband is 33 years old, our children ......
Hello everyone :)
We are a family of four living in Akureyri, Iceland (northern Iceland).
My name is Linda and my husband’s name is Andri. We have two little girls, aged 5 and 2 and a cavalier dog named Lotta. We live in a small town, in a quiet ......
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