Enjoy Norwegian-Icelandic country life in beautiful Namdalseid, Noway

Detalhes

• 

  Descrição

  I need a couple of workawayers to take responsibility for my vegetable gardens! It is a good job for a couple, or two friends since we won't have time to socialize or hang out much with the workawayers during growing and harvest season. Max 4 workawayers.
  
  I am a passionate Icelandic farmgirl running a dairy farm in Norway for the past two decades with my Norwegian husband and our two children, who are now young adults (18 and 26). My husband Arve is a firefighter and hooftrimmer and therefore sometimes not at home. He is easy going and very polite, and you can always have a good chat with him. The household is always busy and lively. We talk, work and laugh alot.
  
  I like metal music and really dark poetry and fairytales. I love food and I would like to learn to prepare (and eat!) food from other countries. I am also the typical middle aged woman who loves her second hand shopping, spinning my own wool, and producing my own meat.
  
  To explain what we do: We are a small farm with around 25 dairy cows, 50 cattle, a few lambs in the summer, hens and cats. We are in the early stages of developing the farm to include a hobby bakery (my dream for several years), specialising in traditional Icelandic bread and cakes, a vegetable garden, and a small animal farm zoo.
  We have a workshop with a variety of tools needed for mecanic and woodwork.
  As you can see, we always have many projects and possibilities for many more :)

• 

  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Prática de idiomas

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral

  Ajuda com computadores/internet
• 

  Objetivos de sustentabilidade da ONU que este anfitrião quer atingir

  ...

  ...

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  O que é isso?
• 

  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  We can offer kayak paddling, rowing boat, fishingoportunities, hikingtrails, familymeals, villagelife experiences, nature experiences and much more if you are good at engaging in village and farm life.
  In aurora season, with the right conditions, it's possible to see the aurora.
  
  A workawayer who is curious and willing to learn will gain lots of knowledge!

• 

  Projetos que envolvem crianças

  Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

• 

  Ajuda

  The projects are diverse and range from outside help in the vegetable garden, light maintenance of the farm like outside painting, fences, small carpentry jobs, and organising equipment in the garage. Help with the few hobby lambs and hens is also welcome.
  
  Main task and focus for workawayers spring/summer 2025 will be carrying on with making and keeping the vegetable garden and building a duckhouse/shelter. As you see, we always have more ideas than hands! We appreciate creativity and a hands-on mentality. You`re more than welcome to contribute with your own ideas on how to make this place even more beautiful!
  
  Flexibility is important, and experience with housekeeping, as we need help to keep the house tidy in the busy summer season. You don`t need to have any special skills to work here, but you should be experienced or at least very interested in gardening and not afraid to get your hands dirty and be able to work physically.
  
  We only host people 26 years and older who are able to work independently. We can also host a couple or two friends. You have to be able to make desicions and find solutions to simple daily challenges on your own.
  The houshold can for some seem chaotic and stressful, and it would be very good if you are a kind of person who is able to feel comfortable with such situations. I call it happy chaos :)
  
  Workawayers will not be asked to help in my business (the dairy farm).

• 

  Idiomas

  Icelandic: Fluente
  Norwegian: Fluente
  Inglês: Intermediário
  Swedish: Intermediário

• 

  Acomodação

  A tiny house: a cozy (footage 10 m2) two story traditional Norwegian «stabbur» which has been renovated to have one bedroom on main floor and one bedroom above. You will have a bed and clean sheets. The staircase is outside and the bathroom (toilet/shower) is in the bakery building a few mtrs away. You will be welcome to join family meals at all times and cook and bake as you like. You have to eat with us at least once a day so we can meet at the kitchen table to talk about what you do during the day, make plans etc. From April-September the routine is completely unpredictable, as it depends on the weather and other factors (usually the cows being mischievous) but we eat 3 or more meals a day and we love snacking ;)
  You are welcome to use the 2nd floor in the house and we expect all to eat together with us in the kitchen. Dinner is important. Ground floor is private.

• 

  Algo mais...

  I expect to have at least one video call with you before you arrive at the farm.
  
  Our farm is located in a walking distance (15 min) to the village center with a gas station, cafe, grocery store, hair saloon, retirement home, healthcare facility, daycare, school, municipality offices, library, and a bus station. There is a bus every hour to Steinkjer, in the south, and Namsos, in the north.( the schedule is different on the weekend) In the vicinity of the farm there are many beautiful oppertunities to hike, fish and swim for nature lovers. Sometimes you can also drive to the city with me or my husband.

• 

  Mais alguns detalhes

  • 

    Acesso à internet

  • 

    Acesso à internet limitado

  • 

    Temos mascotes

  • 

    Somos fumantes

  • 

    Pode hospedar famílias

• 

  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Este anfitrião pode fornecer espaço para vans.

• 

  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

Segurança do site

Comentário (3)