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Working holiday in Norway
Norway – just the name conjures images of majestic fjords, reindeer, ice-blue glaciers, the midnight sun north of the Arctic Circle, and the vast frozen tundra of Lapland. Norway truly is a land of imposing natural wonders. But did you also know that the capital city of Oslo is the sunniest city in northern Europe, or that the Norwegian people themselves are exceptionally welcoming? Come learn more first-hand – live and work on a farm in Norway!
Working holiday in Norway
Working Holiday Norway: Farm work
Most host families operate rather small farms, which often lie far from a large town. During your working holiday in Norway, you will be in charge of various tasks and will learn many new things, such as how to milk a cow or drive a tractor. Your working holiday in Norway will definitely be an experience you’ll never forget!
Example of a typical work day:
7 a.m. Breakfast
8 a.m. Feed the cows and calves
9 a.m. Chop wood, collect stones
12 p.m. Feed animals again
1 p.m. Lunch
2 p.m. Help with harvesting and making hay
4 p.m. Small tasks in the house
5 p.m. End of the work day (Animals will be fed again in the evening.)
Working holiday Norway: Summer tourism work
From June through August, you can spend your working holiday in Norway doing seasonal tourism work. Just as for the farm workers, you will live with a host family, either directly in the host family’s home or in employee accommodation, and meals will also be provided. The difference is, you will be staying at a camping ground or in a mountain lodge, instead of on a farm. You may share your accommodation with other seasonal workers.
During your working holiday in Norway, your tourism work will include helping in the kitchen, cleaning, or working at a reception desk. Aside from working in the tourism industry, some families may also have animals for participants to care for. Tourism jobs for a working holiday in Norway are located in scenically beautiful areas. Working hours, wages, and the terms and conditions for participation match those for the farm work programme, though some tourism workers will not have host families, or will have less contact to the host family than the farm workers.
You do not need to have any practical experience in the field of tourism in order to do a working holiday in Norway, although such experience could be an advantage in various jobs. If would like to do a tourism job during your working holiday in Norway, you should also consider the alternative of working on a farm. There is such a high demand for tourism jobs in Norway, that we are not always able to find jobs for participants in this area.
Working holiday Norway: Work hours and free time
- Work hours: At most 35 hours per week, 6-7 hours a day
- Free time: At least 1 ˝ days a week
- Activities: Making hay, weeding, harvesting, picking fruit, feeding animals, milking cows, doing small tasks around the house, etc. Tourism work in the summer.
- Specifics: You will need to be flexible regarding your work: depending on the weather and season, the family may ask you to work longer hours. In return you will receive more free time in the following weeks. Farm work is usually physically-demanding. You will not be able to pick where you will be working. In the wintertime it is very cold and dark in Norway.
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