We expect participants together with the camp leaders to plan and execute leisure activities. All activities will be outdoors at or near by the beach.Activities can be for example participant's native games and sports activities and athletic competitions, artistic or similar. Cultural activities including music and dance may also be part of the activities. All depending on participant's ideas and availability of equipment (which there is no shortage of). Your ideas and personal forces will be essential for the project. The activities will be held approximately from 12 pm to 16 pm Monday to Friday. Plus time to prepare and packing up after. Evening activities are possible as well at the camps discretion, but not mandatory.
Accomodation & food:
Sleeping facilities: Lodging will be in one of our Youthclubs that are closed for summer, so that your group has it to yourselves. That includes access to pc's, internet and all other facilities. Please, bring your sleeping bag and sleeping pad, or similar.
Kitchen facilities:
Kitchen available. Shopping for all food and preparing all meals will be done and coordinated by the group and group leaders. Washing machine and dryer available.
Location & leisure:
Tårnby Kommune is right on the outskirts of Copenhagen. It takes less than 30 min by bus to the center of Copenhagen with all its cultural possibilities. A day or evening trip to Sweden (Malmø) is also possible. We will sponsor some leisure activities depending on the groups wishes.
Requirements:
A motivational letter is required for this Work Camp. Please write 1/2 page about yourself, explaining why you are motivated for this camp. A copy of your criminal record is mandatory
Age:
18-25
Location:
The activities will take place at or near the beach, which is only few minutes of transportation by bike or bus from the accommodation. taarnby is a suberb of copenhagen.
Language(s):
English
Airport:
CPH: Kastrup (Copenhagen, Denmark)Vegetarian food will be available
The work will consist of building up and taking down the festival. During the festival – you will not work and you will have time to enjoy the music, the ambience and the party. The festival lasts Thursday to Saturday night - the 21.-23. julyBuilding up and taking the festival site is manual work and you will be a part of the Musik i Lejet site-coordination-crew. Experience with handtools (hammer, screwdriver etc.) is not a requirement, but definitely an advantage. You will work as a Work Camp-group among other groups. In total there is 80-200 volunteers each day at the site, who mostly come from local cultural organizations or sports associations. The work you will be during shift from day-to-day, as the festival site changes. One day you paint, another day you set up a bar, the backstage, the stage and so on.
As a part of the festival-site-coordination-crew we all work the same hours 9:
30 am – 18:00 pm. There will be breaks during the day. Every day we eat breakfast, lunch and dinner together, and therefore we quickly get to know one and other. It gives you the opportunity to meet new people and get a lot of new Danish friends. We often refer to the site-coordination-crew as a big family – because there is a certain feeling of being part of making something become reality – and a feeling that we depend on each other.
Accomodation & food:
Sleeping facilities:All participants will be accommodated at the local school in Tisvildeleje. There will be indoor housing in the classrooms with up to 6 persons in each room. We will provide mattresses, but you will have to bring your own sleeping bag. Kitchen + bathroom facilities: The kitchen chefs at the festival site will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner all the days during your stay except the three days when the festival is going on. You will not work during the festival.
Kitchen:
There is a kitchen at the school, where you will be able to cook you self. Washing machine will be available too.
Bathroom facilities:
Both at the festival site and at the school there are bathroom facilities, shower and so on. There is of course also the big sea just by the festival site – so you can also take a swim
Location & leisure:
Musik i Lejet is situated in the old fisherman's town Tisvildeleje. The festival site is contemporary and is located on a big parking lot between the forest and the sea. Tisvildeleje is a very small, cosy town. It is just next to the sea and the forest so you can of course enjoy taking a run, a walk in the woods and the take a swim in the sea. At the school, there is table tennis, a yard where you can play football or basket.We will also have a projector, so you can watch movies on a big screen at bedtime.
Requirements:
A motivational letter is required. It is an advantage if you know how to use a hammer, a pain brush or a screwdriver, and that you have a mentality where you like things to happen.
Age:
18-32
Location:
Hovedgaden 112,3220 tisvildeleje.
Language(s):
English
Airport:
CPH: Kastrup (Copenhagen, Denmark)Vegetarian food will be available
You will be part of the festival crew preparing for the many activities. Work will include: building outdoor furniture and infrastructure such as a bar and lounge area, setting up outdoor signs and other decorations that will communicate the festival, raising tents for the performances, checking tickets at venues, selling festival passes in the streets, handing out festival programmes and other work that involve the festival.You will be part of a dedicated team of festival workers where we all help each other in order to make the festival a huge success. We look after each other and are always willing to help.
Accomodation & food:
Sleeping facilities:The volunteers will sleep together in one large room at the School of Music in the city centre; only 2 minutes walk from the festival centre. We will provide mattresses, but you need to bring your own sleeping bag, pillow and towel. There are kitchen facilities, toilets and showers, and it will be possible to wash clothes elsewhere for free.
Kitchen facilities:
You will be cooking your own meals; both breakfast, lunch and dinner, so be prepared to cook.Sometimes it will be necessary to bring a packed lunch, since the work is spread out in the city.
Location & leisure:
Helsingoer is a small, old and beautiful town located at the North coast of Zealand. Here you can find sandy beaches, large forests and amazing sites such as the castle Kronbrog – home of Hamlet, and close by the famous Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Moreover, you will of course be able to visit Sweden, which is only 20 min on a ferry from Helsingoer. You can reach Copenhagen within 40 minutes in train and discover the vibrant city, hang out at cafes and do shopping. During the festival, you will see plenty of street theatre and be part of the cosy nights at the festival centre with music and shows. Bring playing cards, music, films, and computer for the evenings before the festival begins.
Requirements:
A motivational letter is required for this Work Camp.Please write 1/2 page about yourself, explaining why you are motivated for this camp.You will be working outside so bring clothes for practical work. Also keep in mind that the Danish summer weather can change a lot and be rainy, so bring waterproof shoes and jackets.A lot of the work will be manual work, so it does require some talent or interest for this. You have to cook lunch and dinner for the other participants in turns, so it is required that you know how to cook.
Age:
18-30
Location:
The festival centre:helsingoer theatrehavnepladsen 13000 helsingoeraccommodation:helsingoer musikskole (music school)svingelport 7a3000 helsingoer
Language(s):
English
Airport:
CPH: Kastrup (Copenhagen, Denmark)Vegetarian food will be available
You will be part of the work to Kerteminde to a better city for the tourist. At visitkerteminde.dk , you can see what already is going on from tours with the night watchman, booking a guide, festivals, booking dinner at a local eatery, buying fresh fish or enjoying one of the many specialty shops. We also got a couple of museums, and a very attractive nature. You can be a part of some of those activities or you can make “Your own” tourism activities.
Accomodation and food:
Sleeping facilities:
We will sleep together for 3 or 4 in a tent. We have mattresses for everybody, but you need to bring a sleeping bag yourself Kitchen facilities: There is a kitchen with all kitchen equipment, and also a fireplace and barbecue available for cooking, and there are bathrooms including a washing machine. The volunteers will cook for each other and make breakfast, lunch and dinner together with the two camp leaders.
Location and leisure:
Besides the work, you also will get time to be a tourist in Kerteminde, and we are going for a smaller trips in the local area.
Partner Kerteminde The Garden by the Sea. A coast destination in the heart of Denmark. Everything is close to the harbor within a walking distance. Visiting Kerteminde is like going back in history with old half-timbered houses. The city invites to shopping in small special shops with local products e.g. Visit the seven harbors in Kerteminde and take a “tour” into history, from the small fishing village, Renaissance harbor to the more modern fisher harbor. Be surround by nature, water, history and romantic… In Kerteminde, we welcome you to a municipality with an age-old maritime history, steeped in tradition. The town of Kerteminde has no fewer than seven harbours, dating from way back when to the present day. In 2014-2015, Kerteminde Marina underwent refurbishment and the service buildings now offer modern, improved facilities, including good accessibility.
Meeting point:
Meeting point and Time:
Langeskov train station at 2 o` clock pm. Kerteminde bus station at 2.30 o` clock pm.
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