Experience calm life, nature and culture in beautiful Näsåker, Sweden

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  Description

  Would you like to stay for a while?
  During thousands of years Näsåker has been a place that has attracted people to pass by. Many of us get stucked...who knows, maybe you´ll be the next one? ;)
  
  If you´re interested in staying for some days - or a longer period - maybe this could be the right place for you to live while discovering the village.
  Here you will live close to our beatiful nature and I´ll try to help you discovering the area as much as I can.
  The village is crowded with cultural workers so if you for instance are playing an instrument there´s a big likelihood of being welcomed to a jamsession or art exchange. And if you need peace to write on your novel, meditate or practise running in the forest nearby everything´s possible.
  
  I need help with various projects that involves people who could spend some hours a day on helping me doing things that would facilitate my life and make some of my dreams come true.
  Unfortunately I was victim of a pyromaniac in 2024 - and in that fire I lost most of my backyard - stable, woodshed, guest house and fenced garden with plants. Now I need to start from scratch with many things but since I´m in a wheelchair I can´t run around doing everything myself.
  
  So if you would like to spend some days in this part of the world this could be positive for all of us.
  I can do my best to provide a nice workawaystay if you would like to drop by.
  At this place there are no slave drivers ahead and I´m not asking anyone to do outdoor carpentry when it´s freezingly cold. I think that "Freedom & Responsibility" is a good way to interpret what it is to be here on workaway.
  
  Some tasks don´t requiere any previous experience - other tasks need a more skilled craftsperson. But if you feel that you would like to drop by and help some days we´ll sure find something that suits your talents :)
  
  I live in a small village close to Näsåker in beautiful North Sweden.
  Right now I mainly need help with some carpentry, painting and tasks in the garden. Putting up fences for the dogs, stacking some wood, planning out the ground on bumpy parts to make it accessible with wheelchair or pram.
  
  After the fire I´m rebuilding houses (wood shed, guesthouse and so on) so there will be painting needed to be done.
  
  And if you dream of creating a piece of garden art - feel welcome!
  
  My experience of the workaway system is great and I love the idea. I know that many people travel to improve their skills in english (or sometimes swedish!) and I hope that I could be a positive person to talk to.
  
  If it suits your travel plans, you´re welcome to join for a while.
  
  What can I offer?
  
  The accomodation will be in a bunkhouse located in my garden.
  It´s a furnished place on 12,5 ms and has got basic things for cooking.
  Nothing fancy but it works. There´s an outdoor privy next to the bunkhouse, shower and washing machine can be used inside my house. (Later on I want to invite workawayers to live in my guesthouse - but we´re still busy building it up again after the fire.)
  
  I provide food and living. We´ll have dinner together and then I fill up the fridge so you can have breakfast and lunch when it suits you.
  
  I´m not a morning person :p
  
  About myself: An inspiring and experienced person with a great sense of humour ;) Devoted in environment questions since late seventies. Musician in many genres during large time of my life. Author of 9 books and presently working as a dog psychologist. Live together with a bunch of dogs so if you by chance dislike animals you wouldn´t enjoy a stay here.
  
  I moved to this village more than 30 years ago and have never regretted this choice.
  Earlier I´ve been travelling a lot, both as a backpacker and a tour guide. If you´re interested in swedish history and local stories I´d be glad to share my knowledges. People also claim that I´m an excellent cooker (who am I to tell?) but if you want to experience typical swedish meatballs you´ve got to eat them for yourself since I´m a vegetarian since mid-eighties.
  
  I´m a friendly and honest woman who wants to wish likeminded welcome to experience life in my part of the world!
  
  About being here in summer:
  
  In summer some projects could be for instance stacking firewood, painting outdoor walls, cleaning windows, digging for plants, creating beautiful environments in the garden and so on.
  
  PROJECT: Painting.
  Yup. Simple as that. I´ve got some walls that needs paint - a job that doesn´t require any special knowledges.
  
  PROJECT: Putting up a fence for my dogs.
  New fence is needed because the fire last year took it all.
  The fence and the posts are easy to put up.
  It would help me a lot since I´ve got a quite big garden but can´t use very much of it since we live close to a road and I don´t want my dogs to get hurt in the traffic.
  
  PROJECT: Tiny house!
  To get better accomodation for future workawayers I hope to be able to improve the tiny house in several ways. If you´ve got previous experiences of converting "small spaces" into "cosy and functional tiny-houses" you might even get inspired of the possibilities here?
  
  PROJECT: Helping with the garden. (Digging weed, moving soil with a wheelbarrow, creating beautiful "landscapes" in the garden.)
  
  Well - this was a bit about what´s going on here right now.
  
  If you google Näsåker you find my village. (By the way, a great place to see the Northern Light during the winter.)
  Feel welcome to explore it!
  
  Åsa (pronounced like "Rosa with no R")

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide à la maison
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Culture

  

  Écriture

  

  Musique

  

  Histoire

  

  Livres

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Jardinage

  

  Animaux

  

  Nature
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  The area is wonderful with Nämforsens rock carvings, an impressive scenery, a nature that has inspired lots of artists in various fields.
  Today Näsåker is well known for the Urkult World Music Festival and many people have moved here to enjoy the nice village community year round.
  
  I´m a bit of "nerd" when it comes to languages so if you want to learn swedish or discuss the roots and meaning of words you´ll probably find a likeminded soul in me ;)

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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

  I need some help with the garden, painting, putting up a dogfence and carpenting during the summer.
  
  For autumn/winter we can surely find other things to do - but gardening isn´t one of them since it´s cold and snowy in the area.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Swedish: Courant
  Allemand: Intermédiaire
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire
  Français: Débutant

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  Hébergement

  I provide food and living. If you want to share workaway-experience with a friend there´s space for both of you.
  
  From spring 2024 the accomodation will be in a bunkhouse located in my garden.
  It´s a furnished place on 12,5 ms and has got basic things for cooking.
  Nothing fancy but it works and for 2024 my plan is to improve the tiny house in several ways.
  Next to the little house is a "privy" - but you´re of course also welcome to use my bathroom.
  
  A dream would be to make a more private "outdoor place" next to the bunkhouse to give our guests a chance to enjoy breakfast outside close to where they live.

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  Autres infos...

  Number one is the nature!
  
  Enjoy a walk around Nämforsens rock carving area by the river Ångermanälven or use the woodenheated sauna. There´s also a wonderful place called Åkvisslan 4 kms. from my house. There you can have a bath in cavities made my nature after thousands of years when stones have whirled around and created "bathtubes". (It´s a great experience to sit in warm water while the cold river´s rapidly streaming around you!)
  
  Näsåker is also a place with many cultural workers and a living community with lots of people trying to fulfill a dream to live in harmony with nature and in a more off-grid way than the common citylife.
  
  And also, if you appreciate your own company and want a creative environment where you could for instance write a novel, do artstuff or compose music, this is great. (I´m a professional writer and former musician so I talk out of experience :) )
  
  In central Näsåker there are two museums - one about the rock carvings, the other one tells the history of women and earlier cultures where the female power and spirits was way more high valuated than today.
  In the village you can also practise training at what´s considered the worlds most beautifully located outdoor gym overlooking the river Ångermanälven and when this gets to cold you could join the local fightclub and practise capoeira, kickboxing and other sports to reggarythms.
  There are some people meeting in metitation groups and every now and then there are cultural things happening in the village. I´d love to try helping you to find your right environment!
  
  We live about 4 kms. from central Näsåker and 45 kms. from Sollefteå city.
  Bus from Näsåker - but since it´s a sparsely populated region there are not too many departures...
  
  I can arrange that you´ll be picked up by the bus but I can´t promise to drive around to different places in the surroundings every day. For shorter trips there´s a bike you could use.
  Often there´s a possibility to get a ride for instance with a neighbour or other friend of mine. But there´s very little regular busservice.

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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

  I´ve got wi-fi. I´m completely untechnical myself but anyway it works :) For almost 20 years I ran a meetingplace with lots of people passing by and they´ve all had access to my wi-fi with no problems.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Since there are dogs in the surroundings maybe it´s not the best spot for cats. It´s also important to communicate so the dogs don´t run into my own dogs - or the other way around.

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