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Cat and house sitting in Sweden! :)

The experience

Three cats to feed and cuddle, snow to move, house to sit, sauna to enjoy, fire in the stove - a nice little break in the Swedish winter.

Our farm is located in the middle of silent nature, lakes, mountains, forests, wildlife and in Sapmi, the land of the Sami people. Here you find silence, fresh air and the best place to be.

Helping with every day work in garden, house, housesitting, caring the cats if we need to go away, cleaning, cooking.

What you offer

2 hours of help per day

Pet Sitting: Taking care of and looking after pets.

What you get

2 days off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate German

Between 23 and 75 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Staying with us in our old farm you can enjoy Swedens most famous nature with lakes, forests, mountains, calmness and still some summerlight nights.

We live here with our 3 cats, always poking around the garden, the green house and teach yoga and meditation to people.

Our old farm i located in the middle of silent nature by the lake, mountains, forests, wildlife and in Southern Sapmi, the land of the indigenous people of Scandinavia (Jämtland). We moved to this far out countryside in 2016 longing for and finding nature, silence, fresh air and the best place to be.

Because of our cats you unfortunately can't bring your pets to our place.

We eat vegetarian organic food prepared together with love and respect. We do excursions or show you where to explore the wild nature nearby and visit old cultural places in the area, i e carvings from 5-8000 years ago.
There is possibility to join yogaclasses, gongsessions, mantrachanting, meditation, fascial maneuvers sessions and sauna as our guest of honour.
Our workawayers are not working in the Retreat Center/with paid guests and spaces

The farm is located 20 km from the nearest foodstore, 80 km to the big city where you will find all you need included an adventurous open air museum (Jamtli) and shops, railway station, busstation and airport. There is a bus going into the city with a few departures per day. Pick up from the railway station or airport can be arranged.

Shared rooms and dormitories with equipped beds.
Shared WC/privy and showers. If you stay for a while you can use the laundry for washing.
You will be part of preparing the organic vegetarian food with us.
No use of drugs or alcohol is allowed on the farm.

Activities & Shift

Feed cats morning, lunch and evening.
Provide medicine for one cat (easy).
Move snow to keep the paths open.

Rules

No smoking. No drugs. No pets.
LGTBQiA+ friendly a must.