Help us renovate an old school above the Arctic Circle in Muonio, Finland

DISPONIBILIDAD

  2025 

 Estancia mínima:  Una semana o menos

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    Hei and welcome to the most multi-cultural house above the Arctic Circle!

    As former volunteers and still active travellers, my partner Viktor and I, Pauline, started renovating an old school in the Muonio area located in Finnish Lapland, and this is where we need your help!

    The building itself is in a very good state so no actual building skill is required. However we have so many ideas to upgrade it and make it a pleasant place to live and welcome people from all over the world that a little extra help would be most appreciated. But have no worries – it will be well compensated.

    Indeed if you love wilderness, outdoor activities, extreme cold weather, meeting new people from different cultures or learning new skills and developing your creativity, then this is the right place for you.

    This is our first time on this side of the Workaway world! So we are very excited and would be delighted to host you in this project which is also our home.

    We opened this Workaway page to have the chance to host people and get some help renovating our school, but also to help us with general maintenance, cleaning or cooking when we are busy with customers or renovating!

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Proyectos artísticos
    Jardinería
    Construcción y bricolaje
    Cocinar para toda la familia
    Ayuda doméstica
    Mantenimiento general
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    We are always happy to share stories around a good meal, drink or sauna and this any time of the year, no matter the language!

  • Proyectos con niños

    Proyectos con niños

    En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    The help we need varies a lot depending on your own skills and on the duration and time of year of your stay. To give you an idea, we might ask you to:

    - Help building wooden furniture/dock/terrace
    - Clean snow in the yard
    - Make firewood
    - Organize resources
    - Help gardening
    - Clean the common areas
    - Feed the birds and nearby animals
    - Painting
    - Cook

    And for sure a bunch of other chores that we can’t yet think of, so be ready for the unexpected!

    As long as you are willing to learn, we are ready to teach! There's about a million ways to help.

  • Idiomas hablados

    Inglés: Fluido
    Español: Fluido
    Francés: Fluido
    Ruso: Fluido
    Ukrainian: Fluido

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    You will be hosted in a room that is usually for rent and have access to all the common areas including kitchen, bathroom, library, etc.

    All breakfasts are included.

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    The closest town from our place is 33km South. We do groceries about once per week and we can always take you with us. Know that it’s very easy to hitch-hike on this road – we both did it.

    How to get here? There's direct flights from Helsinki and other cities inside Europe landing at Rovaniemi or Kittilä. From both these cities you will find daily buses going to Muonio and Kolari, where we can pick you up. You can also arrive at Kolari by train.

    We are looking for people ready to help about 3h/d, 5 days a week, but for most tasks you can arrange your schedule as you see fit – we are very flexible. This will leave you a lot of time to discover our stunning surroundings where you can:

    In summer go hiking, fishing, paddling on our lake, rafting in the river, play ping pong in the yard while trying to spot our reindeer neighbours, or just chill and enjoy the midnight sun.

    In winter you can go skiing, ice fishing, ice skating, snowshoeing and not far from our place you can also go on reindeer, husky or snowmobile safaris. And if you’re lucky enough you’ll get to see northern lights! When you live as remote as we do the brightest light preventing from seeing them is that of the moon...

    Also for book nerds: the Library bus stops at our place about once per month, and you can read books from our own library or play boardgames with us.

  • Un poco más de información

    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Dos

  • Mis animales / mascotas

    Mis animales / mascotas

Número de referencia de anfitrión: 497555996141

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Un lago sereno, parcialmente helado, rodeado de bosques de hoja perenne. Las montañas nevadas se alzan al fondo bajo un cielo nublado. Pequeñas islas salpican las tranquilas aguas.
La imagen representa un vibrante espectáculo de auroras boreales, con tonos verdes y morados sobre un cielo oscuro, con algunas estrellas visibles al fondo. La escena se enmarca en un paisaje natural.
Una persona con ropa de trabajo y guantes se arrodilla junto a un tronco cortado en un bosque, inspeccionándolo. Cerca hay una motosierra, un bidón de combustible y serrín.
Una persona conduce una moto de nieve por un vasto paisaje nevado. La escena es minimalista, con huellas frescas en la nieve blanca e inmaculada, que evocan la aventura.
Una persona con ropa de invierno está de pie en la nieve, con dos motos de nieve detrás de ella, en el marco de un impresionante cielo al atardecer. La escena es serena y pacífica.
La imagen representa una serena escena invernal con un paisaje cubierto de nieve con algunos árboles y un pequeño edificio, probablemente una casa o cabaña, rodeado de un ambiente tranquilo.

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