Immerse yourself in a daily life of a local family in Öræfim, Iceland

Infos

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  Description

  We are a family of three. I'm a visual artist and a project manager (Eva) and Peter is a beekeeper and working at the local school. Ægir our son is five years old, turns 6 this autumn.
  
  During the summer there are many tasks in relation to the beekeeping. Peter got his first hive in 2018. Since then he has developed a deep interest and knowledge of the bees behaviour and this spring he has 16 hives alive. I started recently to work in Nýheimar knowledge center in Höfn. I work 3days from home but 2days I´m in Höfn, which is 110 km away from our home.
  
  We moved to Öræfi in the year 2016. From 2017 we started a long term artproject which was to shape an exsiting space, an old supermarket, within the landscape and the history my grandparents lived into a shared family space. It was a DIY project where I mostly built myself, although we had carpenters in bigger tasks and Peter was involved at times. This project has come to an end, we moved in 2023 and had a 2months long housewarming party last summer. Nevertheless there are some things that still need to be finalized.
  
  The househistory:
  In 2016 the old supermarket, had been abandoned since the year 1967. Thats the year when the ring road was opened to the east. Before 1967, there was no road for cars over the powerful glacier rivers to get out of the area, called Öræfi (Öræfi means a desolated place which is a name that the area got after the volcanic eruption 1362, when the area transformed from being forest grown and rich of vegetation to a barren desolated landscape). The way to move around before 1948, was by horse or by foot over the rivers or over the glacier. The shore here is not suitable for a harbour. But 1948 airplanes started to land here. By the year 1967, when the ring road was opened to the east, this house we live in was misplaced as a supermarket and a decision made to build a new grocery store close to the main road.
  
  We run an experimental artspace which is in a huge building, operated randomly and always open for use for the workawayers in creative projects if they wish for having a studio space.
  
  We have two cats and I´ve stopped counting the bees.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We will share our house, our habits and life with the workawayers. There will be pleanty of opertunity for creative play with our son, chilling out with our cats, do gardeningand studying the bees with Peter. We live close to spectacular natural wonders; mountains, glaciers, waterfalls and its all a part of the national park here in our backyard. The workawayers will have a great opportunity to see and understand environmental changes and meet people who have become experts in the surroundings, such as rangers in the park and guides on the glaciers. We will do activities together, such as hiking, going for trips to the swimmingpool in Höfn, visiting the local art museum and visit the ocean. My son and I love singing and if there is an interest in language learning I´m happy to provide some basics along the day.

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  Aide « au pair »

  De plus amples informations sont disponibles ici

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  The help we are looking for this summer is in two categories. One is, that we need to find someone that is willing to take care of Ægir during July and August when the kindergarten is off, Eva is working and Peter needs to attend to the bees. This task can vary from day to day as sometimes Peter works at home in relation to the bees while other days he is mostly at home.
  
  The other categories is the beekeeping. To help Peter out in his dayly tasks in relation to the bees. This would provide a great learning opertunity to understand and experinece from a close up the bees behaviour. In addition to this task, we might ask the workawayer to help with some hands-on tasks in relation to maintainance of the houses we have around, depending on the skills and interest of the workawayer.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Icelandic: Courant
  Swedish: Courant
  Anglais: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Eva speaks Icelandic and Peter speaks mostly Swedish at home. A Swedish speaking workawayer would be a great plus, since our son is learning Swedish from his father. Other wise, English is the language we expect to use.
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  Hébergement

  A room in the new house, which we moved into 2023. We provide housing on the second floor in the house we live in. The floor is not completely finished, but its a clean and cozy space, with a room in each end of the house. There are not proper doors, but we use a cloth to hang in front of the space where it is open.
  
  Peter and I are both foodlovers. Its important for us to share a warm meal once every day with our son, and we mostly make vegetarian meals in the evening. We would nevertheless love to introduce the workawayers to Icelandic traditional food if they wish for, which is the food I was brought up on, although its normally not a prominent part of our diet. We are curious of other food-cultures and would be very happy to provide space for the workawayers to share their wisdom and tradition. For some time we have made our own tempeh, which is a tradition we got to know in the Netherland, originated from Indonesia. The fridge will be open at any time during the day and the workawayers will use what ever they want from our stock.

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  Autres infos...

  The location is remote. There is a grocerystore/swimmingpool/service center 110km to the east in Höfn and 90km to the west. We have a cafe/bar in a walking distance.
  
  There is a bus that operates once a day but hitchhiking is quite possible and the people from the community often help out with sharing rides when needed.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have a fiber cable as Internet so it is normally ok.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  There is plenty of space for a campervan and it can be connected to electricity.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  It should not be a problem!

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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