Tamara & Nienke

Netherlands
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We are currently
At home
Activities we are interested in:
Teaching, gardening, building, caring for pets or children, hospitality, helping around the house. There are many things we like to do!
Our next destination:
United States - from Oct 2025 until Dec 2025
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Description
Originally, we are schoolteachers from the Netherlands. After having taught for many years, we were ready for something else, something new. We really like teaching, but we believe that there is so much more to explore. That’s why we travelled in our van all around Europe and a bit further from 2019 until 2022.
We then went back to the Netherlands for a few years, where our daughter Lune was born in March ‘24.

We enjoy living off the grid and in wide open spaces and we love to be in nature. On the other hand, we also like the ambiance of a city for a while.

We would love to help with renovating, gardening, cooking, teaching English, helping with animals, child care and lots more. We would like to obtain a lot more skills trough Workaway and therefore, we offer our services. We are both open minded, very social and we enjoy meeting new people from all over the world. We have both lived abroad before and know what it’s like to be away from home and our family. Hopefully, we will meet a lot of hosts and more workawayers along the way and make new friends to share our culture, thoughts and ideas with.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
French: Beginner
Romanian: Beginner
More details about my language interests
We are both teachers and are able to teach Dutch or English to both children and adults.
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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Being an elderly companion
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Charity Work
Helping with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Able to teach about:
Babysitting and creative play
Languages
Teaching
More details about your skills
Tamara is a primary school teacher and has taught kids age 4 to 13. She also has a Master degree in Theoretical education.
Nienke is a secondary school teacher and teaches Biology. She has a Master degree in immunology.
We are open to all sorts of jobs and don’t mind getting our hands dirty.
Age
40 & 35
What else ...
We are both very active and enjoy sports such as running, cycling, skiing, snowboarding, swimming. We like to take long walks.
We have always been dreaming about living abroad and off the grid and can’t wait to find our own place to host travellers.

We both feel like Workaway is the best way to actually get to know a country, it’s culture and inhabitants. We would really like to be a part of it, instead of just passing by as visitors. And beside that, we would love to lend a helping hand in every way we can, to give something back as well.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  No
- Special dietary requirements
  No, we are up for anything and really enjoy trying new things

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19 Nov 2021

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Nienke and Tamara were a great help for us and very nice company. They covered a variety of tasks such as cleaning, cooking, baking, dog care, building, painting etc. We found it fascinating how quickly and smoothly they finished all their tasks. Both of them are highly motivated and after a few days almost all the tasks that we had talked about… read more

(Excellent )

16 Nov 2021

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We only stayed at Patrick and Sarah's place for one week, but we easily could have stayed a lot longer. They have created a great place for workawayers and travelers in general. There are a lot of different project you can work on, depending on your interest. On the first day we talked about the jobs that we could do, so that we could do the work… read more

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18 Oct 2021

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We had a great week with Bibi and her family and friends! Even though there wasn’t a lot of work, Bibi still welcomed us into her house. She even helped us out before we even met on WhatsApp!
From the first moment in Gostivar, it felt like we were staying as friends instead of staying as workawayers. Bibi, her friends and family were all so warm… read more

(Excellent )

8 Aug 2020

Left by Workawayer () for host (Help us on our farm and enjoy ...)

We had a wonderful week working on this farm. Although Yasin and his family were on vacation, they still offered to host us, which was really nice of them. The workers on the farm were all very friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, most of them don’t really speak English, but that was really the only downside! We loved feeding the calves everyday… read more

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19 Nov 2021

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16 Nov 2021

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18 Oct 2021

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8 Aug 2020

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3 Jul 2020

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We where glad to host Nieke and Tamara. Even in Corona time they where very relaxed.They fit perfect in our family. It was a pleasure to see how they worked and played with our Kids, Dogs and cats. They are very reliable and we would be happy o host them again one day. We wish them a save and successful trip,
good luck
Elene & Jochen

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13 Jun 2020

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We stayed on Jochen’s farm for two weeks and helped with planting, seeding, weeding and harvesting. We enjoyed working on the land. It was possible to choose whatever we liked to do, so all Workawayers can work on things they enjoy doing. The view from the balcony, where we enjoyed our meals together, is amazing. We would definitely visit again if… read more

(Excellent)

21 Feb 2020

Left by Workawayer () for host (Dog and cat lover welcome ...)

We have done many Workaways in the past, but this one is definitely like no other. Spending time with the dogs and the cats was really amazing; we loved the long walks, the cuddling and being outside a lot. Almost all the dogs are super sweet and many of them stay by your side when you go for a walk around the fields. Lena is a special woman, who… read more

(Very good)

19 Feb 2020

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Nienke and Tamara are very kind, funny and sociable girls, it is very pleasant to communicate with them. They are responsible and very well perform the tasks I gave them. They work hard, love animals very much and know how to take care of them — for me it is very important. Thank you very much for your help!

Lena&Friends

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24 Jan 2020

Left by host (Come and exchange cultures ...) for Workawayer ()

Nienke and Tamara are open minded and great people and we had quite fun with them. They are responsible and hardworking and did every duty quite well. They have such a nice heart that they adopted a baby stray dog and taking good care of him (Sparta). One of the volunteers needed to take care of him in cafe working hours in the bedroom and it was… read more

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15 Jan 2020

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We stayed at the cafe for almost one month and had a great time! Emre has done a great job creating this place to help locals (mostly students) improve their English. He is a very sweet host, who even took us snowboarding one day! Don’t expect to spend much time with him though; he has a young baby and a fulltime job. He comes in often during cafe… read more

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26 Dec 2019

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There girls are much more than guests or workawayers... They are superfriendly, well educated, easygoing people. They brought the light and laughter to our home in our most difficult times ... they have energy and the soul to play, to discover and to see to read and to laugh... They took care of Ada very well. Together we planted 2 fruit trees in… read more

(Excellent)

17 Dec 2019

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Deniz and Ada, thank you so much for opening up your house and your hearts to us!
Unfortunately, we weren't able to meet (2nd) Deniz, because she passed away very recently. However, Deniz asked us to come over and spend some time with him and their beautiful and intelligent daughter Ada. We could only stay for one week, but we felt at home… read more

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23 Nov 2019

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18 Nov 2019

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We had really nice experience with Nienke and Tamara. They were really friendly. They helped us for house cleaning, drop Defne off from school and picked her up too. Also they did more English practice with our child Defne. They were very hard-working and challenging. We went for a ride to the Taksim, Galata, Karaköy etc. And they seemed like our… read more

(Excellent)

7 Nov 2019

Left by Workawayer () for host (Come and help with playing ...)

We stayed with this wonderful family for one and a half week and had a great time. They were very kind and sweet and made us feel really welcome. In the first couple of days they showed us a part of Istanbul and we also went to one of the prince Islands together. Thanks to them we got to know the different sites of Istanbul really well! The work… read more

(Excellent)

19 Oct 2019

Left by host (Permaculture, natural ...) for Workawayer ()

We lived together with Tamara and Nienke for almost a month. We are really happy that we met them and worked together. These girls were always full of energy, always willing to fill up their day with meaningfull work,meaningfull discussion, observation or sports and other activities . They exceeded our expectations with all the challenges we put… read more

(Excellent)

11 Oct 2019

Left by Workawayer () for host (Permaculture, natural ...)

We stayed with Andreas and Peggy for 3.5 weeks only, but we learned new skills that will last for a life time! Thank you for that! There is so much to see, do and learn and Andreas and Peggy really take the time to teach you everything you would like to learn!
As there is a lot to do at their place, we think it’s fun for every workawayer! You can… read more

(Excellent)

21 Sep 2019

Left by Workawayer () for host (Welcome help with animals and ...)

Barbara has an amazing place overlooking the Ionian sea and she’s a lovely person to spend time with. Although there are only two dogs left, the amount of really cute cats has definitely made up for that! We loved taking care of all the animals, which is a daily job (no exceptions). However, we only stayed for one week, because the task… read more

(Good)

30 Aug 2019

Left by host (Active outdoor help in the ...) for Workawayer ()

Tamara & Nienke were among our best workawayers and we were happy to met them. They helped us a lot and they will be forever in our memories as very good friends. Hopefully they will come back some day. We wish you best of luck in your life trip.

(Excellent)

30 Aug 2019

Left by Workawayer () for host (Active outdoor help in the ...)

We had a great time here. All the workers are really nice and the project is very cool. They are creating a fun activity center and are doing a nice job at keeping the environment clean. We helped them finishing some hiking trails that lead up the mountain and in the area. We also picked up many cans and bottles for recycling. They were all left… read more

(Very good)

12 Aug 2019

Left by host (Help us with the slow ...) for Workawayer ()

Two Teachers on Tour absolutely rock:) we had privilage to host Tamara and Nienke and be their first Workaway hosts. This two girls are simply wonderful. They helped us a lot with all kind of tasks...there was nothing they wouldn't make it with 10/10...the amount of wood they helped us to paint&oil has no end...as our new friendship that kindeled… read more

(Excellent)

8 Aug 2019

Left by Workawayer () for host (Help us with the slow ...)

Staying with Andrej, Lasrisa and Minoush was ‘awesome-nice’ (an inside joke, you should ask them when you get there :-) ).
The drive up with the narrow windy roads and our campervan was a bit scary at first, but it’s totally doable. When we reached their beautiful house, they welcomed us with open arms. Very soon it just felt like we were visiting… read more

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