Emil & Solveig

United States & Belgium
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Travel information

We are currently

Travelling

Our next destination:
New Zealand - from Apr 2026 until Sep 2026
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Description

We are a couple from USA/Sweden and Belgium currently on a working holiday in New Zealand. We enjoy traveling everywhere and are always looking for new and unique experiences. We both love hiking, nature, photography/videography and running to catch the best sunsets.
Interests

Videography

Van life

Carpentry

Music

Photography

Cooking & food

Nature

Camping

Outdoor activities

Sailing / Boating

Mountain

Hiking
Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Dutch: Intermediate
Polish: Intermediate

More details about my language interests
We both love learning languages and the struggle and reward that comes with it. We think it's very cool how languages are all so different and also the ways they all connect. Always open and wanting to learn new things. We can also both teach the many languages that we speak.

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

Some knowledge of:

Light gardening

Creative DIY projects

Life at a Farmstay

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Babysitting and creative play

Helping around the house

Light maintenance

House & pet sitting

Animal Care

Teaching

Languages

Able to teach about:

Hospitality/Tourism

Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills

Solveig has a masters in advertising and social media marketing, experience gardening, handiwork, and dairy farming. Emil has a masters in economics and finance and experience with renovations, handiwork, dairy farming, and cooking.
Age

24 & 24
What else ...

Emil is big into aviation and love flying whenever possible, dreaming to become a pilot but now satisfied flying my drone. Solveig loves admiring wildlife and is big into wildlife photography.We are both very interested in learning to sail and navigating the seas. We absolutely love animals, and your pets would probably become our best friends for the time we're there :D
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- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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24 Aug 2026

Left by host (Join us on our rural ...) for Workawayer ()

Emil and Solveig were absolutely amazing. Warwick and I enjoyed their company very much and were amazed at their work ethic. They are incredibly hard working and went the extra mile in whatever we asked them to do. They helped build a glasshouse ( which isn’t quite complete yet) and we were very impressed by their ability and willingness to learn … read more

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24 Aug 2026

Left by Workawayer () for host (Join us on our rural ...)

Lorraine and Warwick were absolutely amazing hosts! They are have huge hearts, are very social, and Lorraine was a great cook. We felt spoiled by their hospitality :). During our week there we had the chance to build a greenhouse from scratch (among other small jobs), and it barely felt like we were working it was so fun. They were also very … read more

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24 Aug 2026

Left by Workawayer () for host (Join us on our lifestyle ...)

We spend a very nice week at Mike and Lyn's beautiful lifestyle block. They are both very nice, patient, and interesting people which made it easy to get along with them. They even took us out for fish and chips by the sea (thank you again!). During the week we did a multitude of jobs centered around getting their dome accomodation closer to … read more

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