Enjoy Lofoten while helping us with cleaning our farm house!

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The experience

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join us on our small-scale farm, located in the stunning landscapes of Lofoten!

For this position, we are especially seeking volunteers to help out with keeping our family farm house clean and planting/weeding/harvesting in our kitchen garden. In addition, we run an airbnb where we need help with housekeeping, and you may be asked to contribute for example when we have events at the farm.

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What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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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.

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

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

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Requirements

Intermediate English or Beginner Norwegian

Over 20 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

European Union Passport

Travel insurance

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What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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Program Details

IMPORTANT: Due to Norwegian Immigrant Authorities we can only accept applicants from EU/EEA. Volunteers from non-EU/EEA countries have recently faced arrest and deportation.

About Us:
We are a married couple with four children, living on a small scale farm in the Lofoten islands. We bought the farm, that had not been actively farmed since the 1970s, in 2018 and accidentally startet farming. Now we are working to regenerate the farm and the land, selling our products to the best restaurants in the region.

In 2024 we started welcoming volunteers to help out at our farm. This has been a great experience, with wonderful young people visiting us and making valuable contributions towards fulfilling our mission of creating a sustainable farm.

The volunteers live in a house on the neighbouring property, they cook together and enjoy activities like hiking in their free time.

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Activities & Shift

Shifts are Monday to Friday, 10-16 (including 1 hour lunch) unless otherwise agreed.

Tasks may include:
🧹 Helping with cleaning and keeping the farmhouse nice and tidy, for example cleaning the bathroom, doing laundry, doing dishes, making beds...
🏠 Cleaning our airbnb and making it ready for new guests
👩‍🌾 Seed starting, planting, weeding and harvesting in our kitchen garden
🥙 Preparing lunch for our volunteers/crew
🐶 Taking our puppy for walks

You must be willing to take part in our volunteers community, and help out with cooking and cleaning at the volunteers house.

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Rules

IMPORTANT: Due to Norwegian Immigrant Authorities we can only accept applicants from EU/EEA. Volunteers from non-EU/EEA countries have recently faced arrest and deportation.

Requirements:
👩‍🌾 A passion for sustainable lifestyle and interest in agriculture
🧹Love of keeping a home nice and clean, and ability to see what needs to be done
👧🐶😻 Interest and tolerance of children and pets
🧳 Flexibility and adaptability to life in the Arctic
💚 Being able to take care of your self, set boundaries and tend to your own needs
🗣️ Good communication skills and a collaborative spirit
⛔️ We are a family farm with small children, and have strictly no tolerance for use of illegal drugs or openly drunkenness on the property
🧳 Minimum commitment of 4 weeks
🚗 Drivers license is a plus
👩‍🌾🧑‍🌾 Willing to take part in our volunteer community, and share a room (boys/girls separately)