Arctic Farm Stall Holtaas

WE are gonna HAVE A PAUSE for a few months now regarding taking in new volunteers. I can highly reccomand pr example Nina's Tromsø Mini Zoo.

I would love to have 2 horse/dogpersons to take care of the animals over christmas. Handy or horseperson. ☺️ Both would be awsome.

🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎 If they wanna explore nature in Norway this is a good place to do it. Do you need a quiet place, love animals and nature? Then this is your place.

We take in people with eighter horseskills or handyskills.. People with these skills are also prefered: horseskills, ridningskills, carpentry, building, painters, mechanics and other handyworkskills. Project this spring/summer: painting, fixing/repair of the tractor, fix a cabin roof, rebuild inside our small stable, fix the wooden lavvo, fix the dogyard, removing an old building, taking down old fences and makeing some new fences for the horses and more. Mainly the job is to take care of the horses, dogs and cat. Irregular workhours and can vary from day to day, depending on what we have to do. Regular workday: horses out at 8, clean boxes, food, water, shovel snow in the winter, walk the dogs. Horses in at 8 in the evening. Sometimes: clean airbnb before and after tourists. Other tipical farmwork.

Animals: 3-4 horses (PRE and a fjordhorse), 3 samoyeds and 4 volpino italiano.
They are all sweet and fun to be with.

You can see the Northern lights in the winter (august-may) and midnight sun in the summer (may-july). Hiking here is amazing. You will love our horses and dogs. Most people come here to charge batteries from a tough life. You can do that here. But work at the same time. If you are happy to be outdoor and love animals: you will love it here.

Weather can be a little harsh, but somehow facinating to tourists.

PS! I need someone who have experience with HORSES and that hopefully can stay at least 1 month (not less). You also need to be selfdependent and positive person who can just do the work without me having to follow you around to get things done (it has happened several times). We like people who puts in their best effort in the work and treat the animals like they would treat their own animals. You: have to be positive and nice to the other volunteer. You have to be able to take instructions, do the work, share the work with the other volunteer and be a team-member. We had some that were the opposite and it is not good for anyone with negativity and when someone is not doing their best. So I hope for someone positive and who actually like doing things. The 2 volunteers shares the work and make their own schedule and who is gonna work when. So you have shift work regarding when you work-have days off. And you two have to plan it.

The APPARTMENT: 2 private bedrooms. Livingroom,small kitchen. More pictures will be put on this site: airbnb.com/h/appartmentarcticfarmhouse. We want only people who clean after them selves and are enviremental by not wasting food, water or electricity. 🙌

Food is expensive in norway. So you can only make 1 dinner a day (meaning 1 warm meal). Otherwice we eat bread with something on etc. So you cannot make meat/big warm meals for lunsj and dinner.

For our volunteers we have: bikes, skies, tent, sleepingbag.

Riding is not included in the work so it is not a horsetraining job. First of all it is to take care of the animals, the farm and the airbnb. If you are a good rider: of course you can ride our horses 🐎🤗🌞

We are experienced hosts. We are strick but kind and want volunteers to follow our and Norwegian rules. We want you to be tidy as well. We use to have 1-2 volunteers, depending on the amount of work. We dont eat with volunteers all the time, just now and then.

CLEANESS is a thing that I am strict on. I want the airbnb to not be used because 80% don't clean after them selves. And you have to keep bathrooms, you appartment clean at all times. And you have to start days before departure to do a deep cleaning in what ever rooms used. The new volunteers coming or the host is not suppose to clean after you.

You have to be a positive-yes person so the teamwork is going smoothly. We had some volunteers who is not good at all, negative, not helping and should not travel. It is always really hard on us, the other volunteers and makes the days difficult. So if you are not a positive person who likes doing work and beeing outside no matter what weather: please don't apply. We just want a quiet life.

And volunteers have their own appartment. With 2 bedrooms, small livingroom, small kitchen. Shared bathroom with the rental house Arctic Farmhouse Stall Holtaas. So you really need to keep it tidy. We prefere you stay in the appartment.
Food: all the regular food. Candy and other expensive/spesial food you have to buy your self.

You can also interact with our neighbours volunteer. Norwegian people can be a little private and quiet. And mabye seem a little blunt: meaning if we things are done well we don't say anything. But we correct people, mabye in a direct way. Norwegians can seem to be not as polite as others: we don't say a lot "thank you!" Etc. :)

There is not many people here so there is not many people to interact with. On the other hand: there is not much stress. If you need a lot of persons around you and a lot of sosial life-this will be too quiet for you. There is not many people around so there is not much sosializing with locals. You will have to like your own company.

If you like an harmonic and calm place: this is the place for you.