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Work exchange opportunities in Germany

29 opportunities found

Other UNNA, Germany

Travelling and earning money

24h/week Music Arts
From 2 to 8 weeks Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0

Homestay Görlitz, Germany

Help with House Renovation, Gardening & Animal Care 🌱🐾

25h/week Farming Building & Repairing Gardening
At least 2 weeks Private Room 3 meals
  • Higher approval

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
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval
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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
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Other Stemwede, Germany

Help care for a forest festival location in Germany

30h/week Building & Repairing Pet Sitting Cleaning Housekeeping
From 2 to 12 weeks Private Room
  • Higher approval

Homestay Freden, Germany

Help Us with the Garden and Kitchen 🌿🍲

25h/week Gardening
At least 2 weeks Private Room 3 meals

Hostel Dresden, Germany

Painting rooms. Small maintenance jobs.

25h/week Painting & Decorating
From 4 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Hostel Arnsberg, Germany

Come help out at our hostel in Dortmund, Germany.

30h/week Kitchen Hand Cleaning Housekeeping Reception
At least 4 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 3.5
  • New

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 Private Room 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval

Hotel Landstuhl, Germany

Housekeeping

20h/week Cleaning Housekeeping
From 1 to 12 weeks Private Room 1 meal
  • 4.5
  • High demand
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

Hotel Landstuhl, Germany

Customer service help

20h/week Cleaning Housekeeping Reception
From 2 to 12 weeks Private Room 1 meal
  • 4.5
  • High demand
  • New

Hostel Dresden, Germany

Room checks in our hotel in Dresden, Germany

25h/week Housekeeping
From 4 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval
  • Needs help immediately

Hostel Dresden, Germany

Help us with Customer Relations in our hotel in Dresden, Germany

25h/week Party Promoter
From 4 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval

Hostel Leipzig, Germany

Help us with lending a hand in the kitchen or at our bar

25h/week Kitchen Hand Bartending
From 2 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • High demand

Hotel Landstuhl, Germany

Furniture Moving & Organization

20h/week Building & Repairing
From 4 to 12 weeks Private Room 1 meal
  • 4.5
  • High demand
  • Needs help immediately
  • New

Hostel Leipzig, Germany

Help us with lending a hand for houskeeping/cleaning tasks

25h/week Painting & Decorating Cleaning Housekeeping Building & Repairing
From 2 to 12 weeks Team Dorm 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • High demand

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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How to work in exchange for free accommodation in Germany?

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