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Hospedagem min. solicitada: mínimo 1 mês
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We are a couple living on a small island in Vesteraalen in Nothern Norway. There are only seven houses on the island and only two are permanently inhabited. There are no paved roads and no cars. The only way to get here is by boat.
In winter we see northern lights (aurora borealis) and in summer the midnight sun. The views around us change constantly as the light is changing.
We also have some Old Norse sheep to keep the arctic landscape open. They are pretty tough, staying outdoor all year, eating heather, the bark of trees and seaweed.
When we go for walks on the shore we always pick up beach garbage and we appreciate if workawayers visiting us do the same. Over the years it has become less, but there is always something washing ashore. -
Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Ajuda em projetos ambientais
Jardinagem geral
Projetos DIY criativos
Cuidar de animais
Ajuda em fazenda
Ajuda a cuidar da casa
Manutenção geral
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Interesses
Sustentabilidade
Mascotes
Fazenda
Velejar/navegar
Carpintaria
Jardinagem
Culinária e comida
Fotografia
Cuidar de plantas
Livros
Animais
Caminhada
Atividades ao ar livre
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Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir
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Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
Travellers can learn about the Northern Norwegian lifestyle, culture and life in the arctic. We often prepare local, traditional food for dinner.
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Ajuda
In spring we need help gardening and tidying up outdoors after the winter. In May we are having lambs.
During summer (mid July to early August) we need help hay-making the old way, by hanging grass on racks to dry. Before hanging the grass, we have to sort it, to get rid of an unfavorable weed that is not good for the sheep. While haymaking we mostly have 4 workawayers staying, two and two sharing rooms. During that time, when the weather is nice we might need to work longer days. To make up for this, you get more than two days a week off when it's raining or in between.
There will always be some maintenance in- and outdoor, painting, in- and outdoor but also restoring furniture as we mostly use second hand furniture. Landscaping like repairing dirt roads and drain the soil around our house. We also need help chopping wood.
Carpentry skills or other craft skills like bricklaying, landscaping or experience with animals are a plus.
You should plan to stay at least for a month or more.
Some of the outdoor help is only possible to be done between May and October.
Workawayers will not be involved in preparing products we sell or working on the apartment we plan to rent out in the future. -
Idiomas
Alemão: Fluente
Inglês: Fluente
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Acomodação
Separate or shared bedrooms (1-2 workawayers per room), you share bath, kitchen and living room with us.
We will have most meals together and expect you to give us a hand with the daily house work, like sometimes preparing a meal and help clearing the table, tidying after meals and cleaning the common areas in the house in addition to keeping your own room clean.
Absolutely no smoking in and around the house. -
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This is a small island with only seven houses, people living permanently in two of them. No paved roads or pavements. So please do not bring large suitcases or other things on wheels that you can not carry easily. There is no possibility to bring a car to the island. Parking is possible at the harbor where the public boat leaves.
Nearest shop is a boat trip away.
You can go for shorter walks on the island and make day trips to islands nearby. Explore coastal history, hike in mountains on neighboring islands, go fishing when weather conditions allow, if you are lucky you might get to see whales.
In clear weather we often see the Northern lights "aurora borealis" during the dark time of the year (September to March). May to August we have the bright nights when the sun never seems to set. Midnight-sun from 23rd of May to 23rd of July.
Make sure to bring a camera with you and have plenty of space on your memory-card.
The Lofoten islands are a couple of hours (by bus) away and are worth seeing all year round.
Public transport: boat to and from the island five days a week (7 days a week from June 20 to August 15,) twice daily only Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and connects on the same days with a bus to the nearest town with shops etc. The public boat also stops at several neighboring islands which enables daytrips. -
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Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?
2
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I spent 2 and a half weeks on (lille) Langøya in the lovely company of Barbara, Gunnar, Steph, Kristin, Brage and the sheep!
The experience is unique for the spectacular sceneries, the thriving wildlife (I saw an otter and Brage a seal !), the … read more
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I spent 2 and a half weeks on (lille) Langøya in the lovely company of Barbara, Gunnar, Steph, Kristin, Brage and the sheep!
The experience is unique for the spectacular sceneries, the thriving wildlife (I saw an otter and Brage a seal !), the … read more
Julia is very welcome back any time
While they were on vacation I took care of the sheep and the house. My main tasks were looking after the sheep, feeding them and some other small tasks … read more
Their life is just amazing and unusual. Their house is also beautiful ! 😉
Life on this island is an unforgettable experience, in a wonderful surrounding. Staying on an isolated island away from civilisation is also extremely refreshing and enriching. 🤩
We learned a lot, especially about how to raise … read more
Barbara and Gunnar … read more
Jannik has been staying with us for two months, helping with everything on our … read more
Outdoors he has been moving rocks from the field, chopping wood, building a stack for the wood, drying and packing sheep skin. In the house he has been laying insulation and floorboards on the attic and helped moving and lifting a heavy wood stove in … read more
We had many good conversations, and she contributed many good ideas we can use in our … read more
She saved us when she arrived, because we were stuck abroad and had no one to feed our sheep. With only a few instructions per phone she took herself to the island, found our house and startet feeding the sheep a couple of days before we got home.
Susanna is smiling, friendly and good … read more
My main job was looking after the sheep, which i enjoyed immensely. Their sheep are friendly, cuddly animals and i had a lot of fun taking care of them. Other than that i helped with some smaller projects, like sanding down furniture or insulating … read more
I had to look after the sheep and did some easy handyman jobs. Februar ist the best time if you want to come in winter. The … read more
He also helped us with some carpentry and painting in the barn. The work was perfectly done.
Rüdiger is also very social and we had long … read more
Julia has helped us to plant our stone garden and she has been paving the area outside our barn with slate from an old roof. She removed old soil, filled the area with gravel, dug up form the … read more
Thanks for your help with both hay-making and renovating our barn.
Armin and Felix are good company, they do what they are asked to do and we even got some good agricultural advice.
Beside hanging the grass on racks for drying, in the barn the tasks were sanding the floor and other surfaces, sorting tools, screws and … read more
sorry for the late reply and yes the hay is dry and in house by now.
Max stayed with us during an intensive week of haymaking. He is a good worker who has an eye for things. He's tidy and sees and does what needs to be done in the house as well as at the field.
Thanks for all help with the hay and especially for cleaning the house at … read more
Thanks for one week full of Norwegian experience!
It was quite a lot of work, but view to the fact that we only had some few days.of good weather they hey needed to he done. But after a long working day they.offerd such a good dinner.
You can learn how to make hey.the old fashion way, learn a lot about Norwegian weather … read more
They helped us with many different tasks. During their stay, all of this year’s lambs were born and they helped a lot with the ones that needed some extra care. They also … read more
I stayed 3 weeks there, almost all March, I had time to work in a lots of differents tasks: taking care of the sheep (who are lovely !!) making some wood work in the barn, somme cleaning, some painting... sometimes quite a lot of work but the more work you … read more
Thomas has helped us sanding, painting walls and the ceiling in our barn and in the house. He has done some easy … read more
Good luck with your future plans and travel!
Thanks a lot for this amazing time on your little island, It was great to meet you and help you with the hay ! We did work quite a lot but that's why we where here for.
Thanks for the sharings and showing around !
All the best !
Aymeric and Anna
He also knew how enjoy the nature on and around our island.
Good luck with the rest of your … read more
Her tasks here were fencing, taking care of lambs and sheep, wood chopping, some maintenance tasks and helping to get order into tools and screws etc. She also helped moving a lot of stuff. … read more
The work is great. I took care of the sheeps and lamps and did some wood work and General maintance.
I had a great time and made some really good … read more
Thanks for the postcard you sent after coming back home :-)
They were good company and we laughed a lot. They also prepared some delicious meals.
They are welcome back any time and we hope that we'll see each other again sometimes.
He's been helping us building a plaster ceiling between wooden joices and did an excellent job cutting the plaster plates very precisely. He has also been helping to build a shelter and … read more
