ESC: Volunteer between the fjords at the Maritime Museum

Name: ESC: Volunteer between the fjords at the Maritime Museum
Start: 2024-09-01
End: 2025-08-31
Location: Norheimsund, Norway

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Norway Culture Education Environment European Voluntary Service Culture Education +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

At the Hardanger maritime center is a part of Hardanger and Voss Museum and have about 40 employees. Using Norway’s maritime cultural heritage as a foundation, we run a museum with a diverse operational structure, which includes, running maritime workshops (boatbuilding, ropewalk, smithy), running various vessels and “camp” schools aboard them. We have rowing boats for rental and arrange rowing events and trips with them. - You'll learn about rope-making, woodworking and working with traditional tools - As a volunteer, you will help maintain the ships, such as painting and repairing ropes and sails. - During the sailing season, you will sail along as crew on sailing ship "Mathilde" - You will also help organise events and set up new exhibitions. - In the café/restaurant, you will help prepare delicious dishes, and welcome visitors

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers have one bedroom each and share a kitchen and living room. When sailing with Mathilde the volunteers will sleep aboard with the rest of the crew during the week. The food allowance is paid along with the pocket money once a month. In addition to that they eat lunch in the cafeteria with the rest of the staff every word day at 11.30 or a little later if they are helping out in the cafeteria. Accommodation, food, pocket money and transport will be covered by European Solidarity Corps funding.

🎒 Leisure activities

You'll get the opportunity to learn a lot about sailing, vessels, boats and the maritime heritage. To prepare you for the project, you'll participate in a pre-departure training in the Netherlands. Once in Norway, you will also join the national On Arrival, and Mid Term seminar where you meet other European volunteers who are in Norway.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: No particular skills or knowledge is needed, but we would very much like our volunteers to take an interest in maritime culture, history and craftsmanship. Young people who would like to have a different year and discover new sides of society and culture as well as new sides of themselves will have a nice stay with us.
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

NO39847

01/09/2024 → 31/08/2025

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Norheimsund, Norway

Norway

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Norway Krone (NOK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 NOK = 0.094445 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:03 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Norwegian