Join our family and community projects in Karlsøy, Norway

Infos

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  Description

  We are a small family living on a sheep farm on a small island called Karlsøya in the north of Norway. There are 54 sheep, 26 chicken, 1 dog and 1 cat. We are a family of four, me(Tyra), my partner(Tore-Petter) and our 2 kids, Silas(3yrs) and Sofus(1yr). One of us travels with the ferry almost every day to take Silas and Sofus to kindergarten. Other then that we are working with fixing up the barn and the place surrounding.
  
  We have been living at the farm for 5 years and there is a lot to fix! We love to be with the animals and growing vegetables etc. We are happy people who like to live active lives. Also with the kids there is always action! Karlsøya where we live is a place with positive and social community build up by the people living there. Every summer we have an art and music festival. Usually 200-300 people visits the festival.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Politique/justice sociale

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Culture

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Ferme

  

  Jardinage

  

  Langues

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Musique

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Livres

  

  Arts du spectacle

  

  Auto-stop

  

  Menuiserie

  

  Animaux

  

  Nature

  

  Camping

  

  Sports d’hiver

  

  Montagne

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Randonnée
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  The island we live in is called Karlsøya and there are only 40 others living there. There is one shop and a "common-house" where we have social gatherings. The island is a beautiful little pearl in the middle of the ocean surrounded by majestic mountains and nature. We grow and make a lot of our food locally and try as best we can to live sustainably.
  We have to small kids and life is never boring!
  
  Because of where and how we live we think it is a perfect place to get to know more about Norwegian culture. We live very close to nature(you couldn't get any closer), both to the sea and to the mountain.
  We have a small boat so its possible to go fishing and the island is a great place for hiking.
  
  We are also personally very interested in traditional ways of making, growing, harvesting and refining food. We are happy to share and to have workshops, especially with sheep-meat. Sometime during the winter we also butcher older sheep and we try to use everything from she slaughter, also the skin and the entrails.

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  Aide

  You wont be helping with any tasks related to the farm business, but we have a big garden and several tasks around the house where we need help.
  
  Also there is a local community house used for the festival in the summer, where we go to help out making food, cleaning etc. and we would love to have you join us.
  
  We think that communication is key for you to have a good stay and for us to have a positive experience with visitors. We will try to have an open, ongoing communication at all time. We want to have help with things when you want to help, and we want our visitors to do the tasks that they are interested in or want to do in any way.
  
  Because of the very different seasons in Norway the tasks and the days will be very different depending on when you come. And there is definitely more to do in the summer! Even thought we dont want any help with the farm or the sheep we understand the interest some might have and the excitement about learning to know animals so we welcome you to come with us when we are feeding or doing other things with the animals.
  
  More specific tasks can be building gapahuk, cutting grass, fencing, fixing stuff, making food, cleaning the house, setting beds for non paying guests, digging, planting trees, carry stones etc. In the winter its more stuff inside, but also cleaning snow and doing things together in the festival house(like cleaning, making food etc.)

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  Langues parlées

  Norwegian bokmål: Courant

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  Hébergement

  We can provide a room for sleeping, shared bathroom and kitchen. You can chose to live in the house with us or in a caravan etc.outside, you can both bring your own or we have several). We provide food and will try to help with what ever you need as best we can.
  Please let us know if you have any allergies or food preferences.

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  Autres infos...

  The island is filled with beatyful nature and it is a perfect place for hiking. We also have a small boat wich we use in the summer for fishing etc. There is a 3 hour trip with ferrey and bus to go to Tromsø city.

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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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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Cet hôte a dit qu’il acceptait les personnes voyageant avec un animal.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Mes animaux

  

  Chickens

  

  Sheep

  

  Freya

  

  Benne

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