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🏡 Welcome to My Home on Askøy, Norway 🌿
Hi there!
I’m so glad you found your way here. My name is [your name], and I live on Askøy, a beautiful island just outside of Bergen on Norway's west coast. It's a peaceful, rural area surrounded by forests and fjords—a perfect place for those who love nature, silence, and a slower pace of life.
I’ve been living here since November 2020, and have renovated a charming architect-designed house from 1977 surrounded by nature. The space is truly unique, and I’m passionate about keeping it beautiful, a bit bohem and functional.
👩🎨 A Bit About Me
I'm a yoga teacher and ceramic artist, and I always have creative and practical projects on the go—especially outdoors. I love gardening, small-scale woodworking, landscaping, and anything that involves building or maintaining the property.
I live here with two sweet and friendly cats, so if you're going to stay here, you need to be comfortable with animals and like cats 🐾
🛠️ What I'm Looking For
I'm currently looking for a couple (no solo travelers) to help with a variety of hands-on tasks around the property. You should be practical, tidy, structured and independent, with a positive attitude and love for the outdoors.
🔧 Tasks include:
* Garden work (weeding, trimming, planting)
* Chopping and stacking wood
* Clearing up branches, smaller trees, leaves& general tidying.
* Simple carpentry or maintenance tasks, or the ability to Google a task and learn! 😃
You’ll be working independently most of the time, as I have other commitments—but I love to join in when I can, and I’m always happy to share tips and a good conversation 😊
🏠 What You’ll Get
You’ll stay in a private 50m² apartment on the ground floor of the house, with your own entrance, bathroom, kitchen, and living space.
* Free WiFi
* Peaceful surroundings & nearby hikes
* Close to nature – fjord just 5 minutes away
* Bus stop 3 minutes away – approx 75 minutes to Bergen city
You are responsible for cleaning the apartment before you leave. This is not included in your working hours since you have a private appartement. I’ll take care of washing towels and bed linen.
🍽️ Food, 3 meals a day
* Vegetarian food is provided for you to cook your own meals (simple items like pasta, hot pots soup, salad, etc.)
* Breakfast: bread, cereal, oats, muesli (self-serve)
* Lunch: bread and spread.
* Some dinners we’ll share together, when possible. If not I’ll provide so you can make on your own.
* Making dinner & cleaning up is not included in working hours.
* I usually bake bread several times a week! 😀
✅ Important Notes
Please read carefully to see if this is a good fit for you:
1. Couples only (no solo travelers)
2. You must be practical/handy – especially for outdoor work
3. Gardening and light carpentry skills are a big plus
4. You must like cats 🐈
5. Reliable, tidy, structured and able to work independently
6. Non-smokers only
🚫 What I'm Not Looking For
To make sure this is a good experience for both of us, I want to be clear about a few things that don’t work well in this environment:
* ❌ Negative or entitled attitudes
* ❌ High-maintenance behavior or lack of flexibility
* ❌ Constant need to be right or unwillingness to take feedback
Living and working under the same roof requires mutual respect, a positive mindset, and a willingness to contribute. I truly appreciate people who bring good energy, take initiative, and are engaged in the work we do together.
If that sounds like you, you're more than welcome here 😊
🌲 Final Words
This is a quiet and special place where you can connect with nature, work with your hands, and enjoy the peaceful rhythm of island life. If this resonates with you—and you enjoy cats, outdoor work, and a bit of rustic charm—I'd love to hear from you.
Warm regards,
Signe & Julipus & Sølve 😻🐾
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Enjoy both Bergen and Askøy. So much to see, experience, explore and hikes to be hiked. The bus goes often, bus stop is 300m from my house.
Aide
I always have projects going on in and outside the house. Help is both usefull and inspiring!
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Norwegian: Courant
Hébergement
I offer a separate apartment in my house, 50 square meters. The house is on the Island Askøy, right outside Bergen. My house is close to the sea, and surrounded by nature. Many hiking tours in the area.
Autres infos...
Climb mountains, go fishing, visit art gallery Guddal gallery, explore our many green valleys, the Folgefonna glacier, historic sights, the Rosendal barony and renassance garden, kayak, swim, play football, tennis and more.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
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Signe showed so much gratitude for all the work we did… read more
The communication, hospitality, kindness and gratitude was immeasurable from both her and her partner. The place is a dream place straight out of fantasy stories. The tasks were garden maintenance as well as creative and construction/maintenance. In… read more
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Signe showed so much gratitude for all the work we did… read more
The communication, hospitality, kindness and gratitude was immeasurable from both her and her partner. The place is a dream place straight out of fantasy stories. The tasks were garden maintenance as well as creative and construction/maintenance. In… read more
We stayed for 1.5ish months at Signe´s place and this was our fifth workaway experience. Signe´s place is super beautiful and it shows in the workaway-flat! One of the best accommodations so far!
Signe is a cat-loving, ketchup on pizza-eating (actually… read more
Signe is a great host, arranged everything in order to make our stay a pleasant one. She is a very open-minded person, we had nice discussions during the tasty dinners we had together.
Her house is located close to the fjord so in our spare time we could enjoy some swimming… read more
They took care of my house and cat as I had to travel while they were here. They have a true passion for nature and the outdoors. I would really reccommend them as your new workaway guests. Really… read more
The are dedicated and pleasant people willingly to take new tasks and projects, beside other projects they have experience and knowledge.
Do not hesitate having them as your next workawayers.
Signe
We had opportunity to stay with Signe over 2,5 months, and this time was incredible : ) Signe is very creative, open minded and spontaneous person who knows what she wants from life. She is amazing interior stylist yoga instructor, and very good chef ; ) We'll remember our long time conversation about everything with of… read more
She is very nice, warm hearted, spontaneously, easy going but also hard working woman, positiv and open minded, with a lot of ideas and able to let the things happen.
Living on sunny place with beautiful view over the fjord,… read more
