Off-grid living with an Arctic NGO at a lighthouse in Vesterålen, Norway

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Si no tienes la ciudadanía europea ni noruega y vas a viajar a Europa para trabajar, hacer tareas de voluntariado o estudiar, NECESITARÁS EL VISADO O PERMISO DE AU PAIR ADECUADO (en caso de ser necesario). Si quieres más información, ponte en contacto con la embajada de tu país ANTES de viajar.

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  2026 

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    This is a lighthouse on a small island in the Arctic part of Norway, called Vesterålen, just north of Lofoten. The lighthouse premises are the only buildings on the island. Elena has been living here year round for 20 years. She welcomes volunteers who want to help if you are ready to spend 1 - 3 months at this unique place in the Arctic north.

    This is a non-profit organization in the process of turning the lighthouse into a special guest place. We are off grid and self sufficient with water, energy & boat transportation.

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
    Jardinería básica
    Proyectos creativos DIY «hazlo tú mismo»
    Ayuda doméstica
    Mantenimiento básico
  • Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

    Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

    Objetivos de las NU
    Fin de la pobreza
    Hambre cero
    Salud y bienestar
    Educación de calidad
    Igualdad de género
    Agua limpia y saneamiento
    Energía asequible y no contaminante
    Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
    Industria, innovación e infraestructura
    Reducción de las desigualdades
    Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
    Producción y consumo responsables
    Acción por el clima
    Vida submarina
    Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
    Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
    Alianzas para lograr los objetivos
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Volunteers staying here will first of all learn how it is to be living off grid; as we are producing our own energy and collecting rainwater. We have some water flush toilets and some dry toilets. We need to go to the mainland to do our shopping and get rid of our garbage, even if we compost & recycle as much as possible. We have our own boat, handled by Elena, who goes out at sea in most weather, but we prefer to avoid the real storm.

    We are the only persons living on the island, so we have quite a lot of space, but we are sharing a limited house space so you'll learn to be considerate and to keep the spaces clean.

    Elena is the only Norwegian and fellow volunteers normally come from all around the world.

    Some keywords; the sea, the changing weather, the constant change of light through long summer nights and short winter days, various fish types, always fresh sea weed, wood collection, wood burning all winter through, Northern lights, midnight sun - and all the shades of light in between. Coastal history & culture going hundreds of years back. And even today; weather, season and tides needs to be coordinated with many activities at the lighthouse island.

    Life here takes more time to live than in an ordinary society; particularly because many things have to be done the old fashion manual way. The boat transport of goods, wood and food adds to this. Also, be prepared that it demands a certain amount of energy to get used to life and routines here. We recommend that you don't bring important projects with deadlines on the top of the volunteer work.

  • Charity

    Organización benéfica registrada

    Este anfitrión es una organización benéfica registrada en su país y busca voluntarios para ayudar en su(s) proyecto(s).

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    WE URGENTLY NEED SOME STRONG & HANDY HELPERS! Generally, we welcome various assistance in the caretaking of the historic lighthouse buildings. Any relevant experience is welcome. But we also love to share the work in our Arctic garden. Life here is physically quite demanding, so we do need persons who are fit and enjoy an active life. Volunteers coming here should be interested in a self sustainable life at the edge of the ordinary comfort zone. We are looking for responsible persons. It is necessary that you respect the physical facilities made available to you and do your daily and weekly share of cleaning - for respect of yourself, the house and the others. Please describe the experience you have relating to any of these, and the period you are available.

  • Idiomas hablados

    Inglés: Fluido
    Francés: Fluido
    Norwegian: Fluido

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    Our volunteers share a small house by the sea which used to be a boathouse. Now it is pretty much as an old "Rorbu" or fisherman's cottage. It has a nice living room, a small bathroom and a kitchenette on the ground floor; the first floor is sectioned into 4 separate sleeping spaces.

    We normally share lunch together in the lighthouse keepers' house; breakfast and dinner is often made in the boathouse. Our food is home-made and sound. We do use local and fresh fish quite often, sometimes also meat. We make our own bread & jam and are experimenting with seaweed.

    Due to our off grid location in the Arctic and our daily routines WE CANNOT ACCEPT VOLUNTEERS WITH SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS (i.e. vegans, different allergies & intolerance, etc).

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    When applying please consider the travel expenses before contacting us! The cheapest way to come here is normally with plane from Oslo (Gardermoen) to Harstad/Narvik (Evenes). Check out the website for Norwegian or SAS. On an ordinary week day the airport shuttle bus to Sortland town is coordinating with flights if you're not arriving too late. Then bus from Sortland to Steine in Bø where you're picked up by boat. The absolute best is to start early from Oslo, otherwise you'll arrive too late to reach the poor bus connections!
    ALSO: REMEMBER TO SIGN UP FOR A TRAVEL & HEALTH INSURANCE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN!

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    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Más de dos

  • Mis animales / mascotas

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