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I am Katarina and I live in Swedish Lapland together with my 2 children and my partner. We live in an old manor from the 18th century. Our neighbour is the beautiful nature surrounding us.
Me and my familey is now looking for one or two enthusiastic volunteers to join us in May, June, July, August and September. 4 weeks or more would be suitable. 3 months in a row would be awesome!

The manor, where we live, is an old works manor and is placed in a beautiful and undisturbed location. There are walking trails where you can see historical reminders of the Melderstein works era. In our surroundings we also have the forest, some small mountains, the river, lakes and the sea! The closest supermarket is 15 kilometres away. We have three cities about 50 kilometres from our home.

The manor is nowadays a small venue and hotel. I am the owner, and this is my full-time business as well as my home. We have 13 rooms and are open all year for groups and parties as well as private reservations. The restaurant is open in July.

We think that you are a person that is flexible, positive, and like to have things to do. We are mainly looking for someone that can do outdoor tasks in our garden, cutting the lawn, take care of flowers and easier maintenance like painting. We need help around our private home but also our summer house and my fathers home. No experience needed.

Get in touch, we'd love to hear from you!
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
This is a great opportunity for you if you would like to explore Swedish Lapland during the summer.
Aide
As a volunteer with our family you will do a bit of everything that is required. Most of the tasks will be outdoors. Examples of things to do could be: cutting the lawn, gardening, easier maintenance as painting.
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Swedish: Courant
Hébergement
You will have your little cabin with a seating area and beds. Shower, and toilet will be in a separate building close to the cabin. You will also be able to cook in our guest kitchen. When the restaurant is open you will get meals from there. Somtimes we will dine together. You will have free food and accomodation. You will also have access to our facilites such as sauna, hot tub, bikes, car.
Autres infos...
In your spare time you are more than welcome to use our car for excursions on your own. Maybe you would like to hike, go fishing, swimming, shopping, biking, paddling. There are a lot of outdoor activities to do. We also have e-bikes, fat bikes and canoes.
Informations complémentaires
- Accès Internet
- Accès Internet limité
- Nous avons des animaux
- Nous sommes fumeurs
- Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
We have a good wi-fi connection.
Espace pour garer des vans
We would fit any size of a campervan or motorhome in our parking.
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
We can accept pets if you stay in your own campervan or motorhome. Small pets in their own hutch might also be possible.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

N° de référence hôte : 326566873955

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7 janv. 2024

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I have been with this family from the last of May until the middle of September. The family has a big manor. The name of this is Melderstein manor. Melderstein was formed from the names of two principal owners Melder(creutz) and Stein(holtz). The place built on 1741 for work pig iron in iron rods. It is near Luleå, northern part of Sweden.… read more Gällivare ores (place near Melderstein) contained phosphorus wich had to be purified. Also the transports were difficult because they had to be used reindeer, sleds, horses and wagons. Meldercreutz arrived for to solve the problems purchasing earths. He remained owner until 1785 then was followed by a series of owners. The zone was built with many buildings (house of inspection, small house of inspection, dam, ruin of sawmill and forced conduct to operate water mills to move hammers). The bars of iron were first warm up in the ovens to make them soft and then worked under the big hammers powered by water mills. the process removed waste and carbon. Iron rods were shipped from Sweden for export. The present owners have manteined the history of this place for party, wedding and conference. They have built a chapel and a pond in front of the hotel. The hotel has 13 rooms with one dining room for up to 100 people. There is one hot tube, a sauna with shared shower, a guest kitchen and two conference rooms. The garden has parking for camper and caravan. The owner, Katarina, lives in the manor with her partner and two boys. I did general manteinance of the property. I painted different areas outdoors, like the wooden deck. I cleaned the tables and seats before the guests arrived every day. I took care of the flowers in their big garden. I filled up pot holes in the road with gravel. I fixed some woods for to walking, cleaning rooms, maintenance of the garden, tidy of the chapel and the dining room after the events, throw away the waste and bring them to the recycling. I learned to use the lawn mower and the stremmer with sharp blades. I learned to make beds in Swedish system. I always had breakfast with the family and also lunch and dinner. When the owners weren't I cooked myself in the guest kitchen. When the restaurant is open (july) you can savour national and international plates. For breakfast you can choose national or international breakfast. The owners have some bikes for guest. I used the fatbike to explore the zones around the hotel. I did kilometers and kilometers with very few cars on the roads. The owner gave me the her private car for to visit Råneå town, Luleå town and some natural and cultural interesting places likes Gammelstad, a swedish world heritage or hiking Luleå. You can go fishing in the beautiful lakes and rivers near the place called Råne river but be aware of the mosquitoes from the middle of june until the end of july. You can find ferry boats in Luleå town to visit Luleå archipelago with its islands. I could visit Småskär island very wild but very pretty with the fishermans town. You can admire the midnight sun phenomenon in the last part of june otherwise when the long part of the winter season start, more or less the end of september, you can see northern lights phenomenon. I participated at midsummer Swedish national fest with traditional clothes and custom. Is very common to do second hand private markets wich the name of this is "Loppis". I hope to return for one holiday of for another experience because I stayed very well.

One loving bye bye to the whole family

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5 nov. 2023

Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Enrico)

We had Enrico staying with us for about 3 months. He came here early spring and stayed until autum. During this time he helped us with many different things. Mostly work in our garden, like planting and taking care of our flowers, cutting our big lawn and make sure everything looked pretty outdoors. He also got assingned some maintenance that made… read more

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