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Hej,
My name is Christina and together with my husband Anders I live on a small farm close to Lärbro on Gotland. We have a bunch of chickens and Muscovy ducks, three horses (the local breed, Gotland ponies), sheep, cats, and a dog. Anders is also running a small mechanic workshop and I run a “loppis”, a small second-hand shop.
The chickens and ducks provide us with eggs and the sheep we rear for their meat and skin. As you can understand, this may not be a suitable place for you to work if you don’t approve of eating meat and other animal products.
What we mostly need help with is taking care of the animals: Cleaning the stable, feeding them, filling up water, and collecting eggs. Since I have an illness called MS (multiple sclerosis) that is restricting my mobility and strength, some help with daily household chores like cooking is also appreciated.
Besides the work we would of course like to have some fun together as well, have interesting conversations, and learn about your language and culture. I would like to be able to count to ten in every language from those who visit us!
We can only accommodate one workawayer at a time. We prefer people who have an interest in being social with us.
If this sounds interesting to you, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we can tell you more about our life on this beautiful island in the middle of the Baltic Sea.
Välkommen!
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Bénévolat
Pratique d’une langue
Jardinage
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Gotland is an island in the Baltic Sea with Visby being the largest town. Visby is part of the world heritage and has many sights from mediaeval times, like for example the town wall around the old center. With bus it takes about 30 minutes to get there from Lärbro. We even live close to Fårö, the island in the north of Gotland, with its famous “raukar” stone formations. Everybody speaks English and people are generally very helpful around here.
We are an ordinary Swedish family and can give you an insight into the Swedish (food) culture and our everyday life. A former workawayer even told me that I cook “extraordinary, amazing food” and we would love to taste some food from your culture!
Aide
We mostly need help with taking care of the animals. That includes cleaning stables, fixing fences, feeding them, and so on – the normal farm life! Other tasks are household chores like cleaning, cooking, and baking, doing the dishes etc.
If you have the interest and knowledge or want to learn you are welcome to work with our horses and even go carriage driving with them.
The workload changes with the seasons. The wintertime is slow, mostly we just take care of the animals and there is a lot of time for great conversations. During spring and fall, minor projects can come up, depending on the weather. Summertime is the busiest time of the year. We spend most of the days outside with tasks like preparing wood for the winter and harvesting food for the animals.
From the 1st of May until 30th of September, the farm is open for visitors. During that time, I also run a second-hand shop and donate the profit to a local charity for people with visual impairments. Daily tasks here are cleaning, sorting and displaying the items.
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Allemand: Débutant
Hébergement
You will get your own room and share the rest of the house with my husband and me.
Autres infos...
The farm is about 35 km north of Visby, Gotland.
Good communication with buses to the rest of the island, close to the supermarket.
Gården ligger ca 35 km norr om Visby, på Gotland.
Bra kommunikation med bussar till övriga ön, nära till butik.
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 decent internet connection and working hours are flexible, so that coming here can be combined with distant studies or work.
Espace pour garer des vans
We have a calm place in the back of the farm for one campervan.
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Nombre d'heures attendues
Maximum 1-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Christina… read more
They live in the beautiful countryside in Gotland.
I spend my time there feeding chickens, looking for eggs, walking with Clabbe, taking horses to the paddock, and so on. The work was always enjoyable and Anders always told me to “take it easy”.
They have such a great sense of humor, so I enjoyed… read more
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Christina… read more
They live in the beautiful countryside in Gotland.
I spend my time there feeding chickens, looking for eggs, walking with Clabbe, taking horses to the paddock, and so on. The work was always enjoyable and Anders always told me to “take it easy”.
They have such a great sense of humor, so I enjoyed… read more
Especially using the car to explore the island was really nice, It's such a… read more
I really appreaciated that you could help me get around by driving my car.
You also did a great job sorting all the things from the loppis.
No problems at all with the language and you are a really fast learner, learning swedish and we would really like to see you again.
We wish you all the best going forward.
It was really nice to have you staying with us, we really appriciated all your help.
Even after you convinced us to clean our whole house :) it was very appreciated and we can't thank you enough.
Kathi and Linus helped with everything expected and more!
We wish you all the best going forward.
Christina and Anders
During our stay we were busy taking care of the animals, helping with the "loppis", and cleaning around the house. We were allowed to take their car for shorter trips, and explored the neighborhood together with their dog… read more
Christina, Anders, and Ebba are very kind persons. I stayed at their place for 2 weeks. We always ate together and talked a lot.
They have many kinds of animals and I feed them every morning and evening. And sometimes cleaned up their huts. But during autumn didn't so much to do so I could enjoy beautiful… read more
What should i say? i had a wonderful stay at your farm! i really enjoyed the short time and i will come back! You are very lovely people and i really Kept you all in my heart very fast ♥️ and also all the animals especially clabbe, strumpa and nisse ♥️ i liked the work (mostly feeding and cleaning for animals) and… read more
My time was too short but I really enjoyed it.
In the morning and the evening I feed the animals then I often take the Dog Klabbe for a walk. One day I had to clean the Chicken and the Pigshouse.
It´s an nice area around the Farm and I really liked the Party at Karinas Place (a really nice… read more
It was my first time staying on a farm and I didn't really have any experience but they welcomed me and took me in and taught me a lot about animals and animal care.
Christina will always show you how to do something and you can… read more
Christina really wanted me to have a great swedish experience and I loved it ! Always trying to teach me some swedish words, to cook traditionnal swedish food, to bring me to places I should see ... As for the work, it was mainly feeding the animals, and I could often enjoy the… read more
i saknar Karina du såg vad som behövde göras sa jag något gjorde du det direkt, våra djur blev… read more
The work is great and daily and it’s always fun! I also cooked and baked, visited Visby, went on bike tours, walks and their friends let me ride their horses which was amazing !! The… read more
The work included feeding the animals, cleaning the stable and in the house, picking berries (Slånbär) and other fruits.
I also… read more
The work was easy and had mostly to do with the animals (feeding them, filling up their water, cleaning the… read more
You did it.... Gratings to Elke
I know I repeat me, but I'm so thankfull for the time with you. I had a great time with this lovely family. They helped me so much and accept me how I'm. Christina learn me a lot of Swedish and Shows me some beautiful places.
I promise you, I will visit you again in the summer.
Kram Jasmin
I grew up in a city and never really knew countryside life. As such, I ignored how a farm worked. Of course, I could imagine, but really being there and caring for all animals was new to me. Though, Christina took all the… read more
When our daughter would go to the island's capital, you were concerned about her like a big sister would be.That was really nice.
You were always glad to take initiative in doing things on the farm.
They welcomed me and made me feel like home and both are generous, direct, honest and friendly people.
You can do a lot of things like feeding the animals, repair fences, cleaning the house and the stables, boil potatoes or do the dishes.
In your free time… read more
