Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in Germany

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Hessen, Germany

Help out and find lots of nature and space for you and your energy in Söhrewald, Germany
We're a binational, patchwork family: Samuel, 37, originally from Guatemala, and Marieke, 42, from Germany. We have two children, Jette (nine) and Enno (seven) — the younger of whom lives with a disability and is looked after by a team of caring ......
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Brandenburg, Germany

Breathtaking nature, peace and freedom, helping at an animal shelter in Storkow, Germany
+++please read carefully+++ Time for a new text. We have now been on the road with workaway for 5 years. We've had great people to meet, great helpers and have really made a difference. Lasting friendships and working relationships have developed. ......
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Thuringia, Germany

Join us at a renaissance castle in Thuringia, Germany
Hallo Leute! An archeologist and a now-retired elementary teacher/theater enthusiast combined their passions and created a non-profit in 2007. They revived the abandoned castle with art, theater, and musical performances while simultaneously ......
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Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Help with our daily activities in the Harz, Germany
Welcome WorkAwayer! How lovely that you’ve found your way to our profile! We are Edward (55) and Ingrid (58), two adventurous Dutchies who fell head over heels in love with an old, abandoned train station in Ballenstedt back in 2020. The history, ......
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Brandenburg, Germany

Looking for gardening help and to restore our old farm house in Brandenburg, Germany
Hey there I am Holger living on an old Farm near Berlin, I am as much self sufficient as I can means I have Solar Panels, heating with wood in winter, I repair the cars on my own, growing vegetables and fruits in the garden without any chemicals, I ......
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Berlin, Germany

Come and help around the houseboat in Berlin, Germany
We will be thankful for help in the spring with various help - painting, maintenance and garden. Tasks will include outdoor jobs such as sifting the compost, cleaning the deck, or indoor - painting, cleaning maybe looking after the cats for a day or ......
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Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Be part of our family, share, improve and leave an impact on us for generations to come in Gerbstedt, Germany
Hello we are Justine and Martin and our four years old daughter. We were globetrotters, now settled where Martin was born next to his parents in the heart of Germany. The Region is known for Martin Luther, one of the greatest reformers of the ......
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about 7 hours ago

Bavaria, Germany

Enjoy positive vibes in the beautiful mountain landscape of the Bavarian Alps, Germany
We are Lea and Fredi, a nature-loving young and curious couple with an old farmhouse in the beautiful nature of the Bavarian Alps. We left the big city life behind back to our home region and for about three years now, we have been renovating the ......
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Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Co-create a global movement for human animal relationships while diving into daily farm life in Gernsbach, Germany
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It´s not your job to make it happen, its your job to dream it and let it happen." Abraham Hicks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello dear animal-loving ......
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Help with our garden while living in harmony with nature in Zahren, Germany
Hello, my name is Maik, I am 49 years old and I have a small farm with horses (Friesians), sheep, dogs, cats, a few cattle and poultry. I live alone. At the moment I have a few mares with foals on foot. My house is located in a small village ......
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about 16 hours ago

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Help our community living on a cheese farm in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Hello together, We are located next to a forest with lots of open space around, but also close to the city of Kaiserslautern (20 km). The nearest train station is in the village of Enkenbach-Alsenborn (3 km). As we are always busy with our farm, ......
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Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Help us with daily tasks and garden projects at our ashram in Sasbachwalden, Germany
Hello, Namaste :-) We are Bharati, along with my daughter Ananda (12years old) and son Gabriel (9 years old), plus our beloved cats Anton, Antonia and Shakti. Sabine also lives in her own flat here with us in our large seminar house. Most of the ......
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about 17 hours ago

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Get a break in the countryside near Ulm in the wonderful South of Germany
Please always check important (travel) details on "what else":-) before writing us! Thanks:-) We are a friendly couple with one cat Henry, living at wonderful countryside South of Germany half between Stuttgart and Munich, a little quiet village 15 ......
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Hamburg, Germany

Help our family at our home in Hamburg, Germany
We are a bilingual English/German family of 5 (plus a dog) living on the outskirts of Hamburg (the S-Bahn is an 8-minute walk away). We have 3 children (22, 24 & 25) who are now only at home sporadically. We are looking for support with general ......
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about 15 hours ago

Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Countryside lifestyle in an historic pharmacy with goats and cats in Cochstedt, Germany
Hi guys, - we actually have capacities from december on 😊 In december we're seeking for someone who loves to join us handle things inside and outside the old pharmacy - some sweat-inducing, dusty tasks for guys that are not afraid of dirty hands. ......
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about 19 hours ago

North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Join our family life with a toddler and a cat on the outskirts of Cologne, Germany
We are a small family consisting of Hannah, Kevin, our toddler and our cat Muckel. After Hannah herself was a Workaway volunteer in Austria, Switzerland and Germany several years ago, we are now looking for support in our turbulent everyday family ......
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about 21 hours ago

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Join our daily family life and connect with the local community near Ravensburg, Germany
welcome travellers, We are a familily of four me (51) my husband ( 47) and my children 19 and 16. We live in a village near by Ravensburg ,easily reachable with the train, in a house with garden. and there is a field with some trees nearby. Also ......
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Lower Saxony, Germany

Gardening, taking care of animals, projects involving wool and learning self sufficient living in northern Germany
We are a couple living in a small village 8km from the next small town. We bought the old farm house as a family some years ago and now we live here running a wool business and working from home most of the time. We are living almost self sustained ......
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Saxony, Germany

Join musical and creative family in the Lusatian Lake District, Germany
Hello everyone. Are you creative, love nature and enjoy learning with children? Then you'll fit right in with our family. We live in a very rural/village setting in the Lusatian Lake District. We live in a house. You will stay in the holiday flat ......
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Lower Saxony, Germany

Join our family on an old farmhouse in Bienenbüttel, Northern Germany
We are a family of four – Birte (41), Johannes (40), Otto (8) and Carla (2) – living in an old brick farmhouse in a tiny village in Northern Germany, together with our golden retriever Malou and about nine chickens. Johannes runs his own cabinetry ......
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