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Work exchange opportunities in Germany

18 opportunities found

Homestay Potsdam, Germany

🌍 Sustainable Volunteer and live an Ecological experience in Germany 🌱🚜

20h/week Gardening Child Care Cooking
At least 1 week Private Room 2 meals
  • 5.0

Hostel Leipzig, Germany

Explorer of the greatest city in Germany!

20h/week Kitchen Hand Cleaning Housekeeping
At least 4 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Other Verden, Germany

Make an Old Fram house with Garden alive again in Germany! 🇩🇪

25h/week Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Gardening
From 2 weeks to 2 months Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
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Homestay Cologne, Germany

Come help us and enjoy the small village in the Eifel region

16h/week Painting & Decorating Housekeeping Cooking Gardening
At least 1 week Tent 3 meals
  • High demand

Shared Home Berlin, Germany

Experienced Handyman for Renovation Needed in Berlin, Germany

25h/week Arts Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing
From 1 to 4 weeks Private Room 2 meals

Hostel Leipzig, Germany

Help us at our hostel with the daily tasks

25h/week Kitchen Hand Cleaning Reception Bartending
At least 2 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Homestay Upper Bavaria, Germany

Help with cleaning and household & children

32h/week Cleaning Housekeeping Cooking Gardening
At least 1 week Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • High demand

Hotel Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt, Germany

Enjoy Stuttgart and helping us running our hostel!

30h/week Bartending Kitchen Hand
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 1 meal
  • 4.5
  • Higher approval

Hostel Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Join our team at a centrally located Frankfurt hostel!

25h/week Night Shift Cleaning Reception Bartending
At least 2 weeks Shared Dorm 1 meal
  • 4.5
  • High demand

Hostel Boppard, Germany

Help us with daily tasks and meet alpacas

10h/week Gardening Cleaning Housekeeping Reception
From 2 to 8 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Hostel Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Hostel Breakfast and Bartender

25h/week Cleaning Reception Bartending
At least 4 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • High demand

Hostel Aachen, Germany

Come volunteer and help our hotel in Aachen, Germany

24h/week Arts Painting & Decorating Building & Repairing Gardening
From 4 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 2 meals
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval

Hostel Düsseldorf, Germany

🌞🥐 Join the Team in Beautiful Germany! 🇩🇪✨

20h/week Kitchen Hand
At least 4 weeks Shared Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Hostel Düsseldorf, Germany

Come help us with the painting :)

20h/week Painting & Decorating
At least 4 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Hostel Cologne, Germany

🇩🇪✨ Discover Germany: Volunteer in Vibrant Cologne & Make Lifelong Memories! 🌍

24h/week Kitchen Hand Cleaning Reception Bartending
At least 4 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • High demand

Hospitality Elend, Germany

Quaint hotel and restaurant positions in Harz Forest near Unesco

25h/week Cooking Kitchen Hand Bartending
From 2 to 6 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval

Work and travel in Germany: where to start?

Germany is a vast and diverse country, offering many options for a work exchange. In such a large country you can work in a hostel doing gardening, cleaning, kitchen chores or reception. You can help a farm or sanctuary with animal care and gardening. You can learn all about coffee as a barista. The list goes on! Besides, in your free time adventure awaits in cosmopolitan cities like Berlin, Cologne, and Hamburg or in Germany’s amazing National Parks.

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To work and travel in Germany, it’s important to choose a place that matches you! Work exchange in Germany goes from animal sanctuaries to social media for hostels, with a lot in between like babysitting, bartending, cleaning or reception. To pick the right one, think about natural talents you have or skills you want to learn. In our host list, you can filter positions according to required skills, host types, and other categories, so take your time to explore it and find the perfect place. 

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Work exchange in Germany with Worldpackers

Wanna find a hostel to work away in Germany? Every great journey starts with the first step: make your Worldpackers profile! There you can add the skills you are good at, the ones you want to learn, and those you haven’t mastered yet. Or maybe you want to start by checking our host list to see work exchange positions in Germany. Up to you. Live your life the way you want it! Make your dream trip happen by becoming a member of the Worldpackers community.

How Worldpackers works: the complete guide

Time to prepare for your trip as a worldpacker!

How do Worldpackers trips work?

As a member, you can contact as many hosts and travel safely as many times as you want.

Choose your plan to travel with Worldpackers as many times as you like.

Complete your profile, watch the video lessons in the Academy, and earn certificates to stand out to hosts.

Apply to as many positions as you like, and get in contact with our verified hosts.

If a host thinks you’re a good fit for their position, they’ll pre-approve you.

Get your documents and tickets ready for your volunteer trip.

Confirm your trip to enjoy all of the safety of Worldpackers.

Have a transformative experience and make a positive impact on the world.

If anything doesn’t go as planned with a host, count on the WP Safeguard and our highly responsive support team!

After volunteering, you and your host exchange reviews.

With positive reviews, you’ll stand out to hosts and get even more benefits.

Check out all our plans Learn more about how it works