📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Arnsdorf is a small village, but there is a lot going on here: 1,500 people visit the countryside cinema every summer in which miscellaneous films have been screened for 20 years. In the lovingly designed pilgrims' hostel next to the cinema, up to 350 pilgrims per year hiking the ecumenical pilgrimage to Spain, Sanitiago de Compostela, and are warmly welcomed to the village. Both are self-organized by the residents, the Protestant church, the Association for Church Construction and Village History and they provide a wonderful communication site for everyone. Experience the tranquility of the countryside and support the village with its innovative ideas.
💼 What the programme involves
Construction and install new direction signs at the pilgrims path (physical work).
Support during the preparation and implementation of the movie-nights (assembly, decoration, food preparation, catering, dismantling).
Green area maintenance around the landmarked 'Dreiseiten-Hof' with the cinema, the pilgrims’ hostel and the rectory.
Creation of your own video about the work camp and the experience in the village, which can be screened at the Landkino.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In the cozy equipped barn in beds or on mattresses, sanitary facilities, shower and toilet
Cooking together in the barn kitchen, on some days you will be served lunch by the project partner, on the movie evenings you can enjoy the culinary specialties served during the movie nights.
📍 About the location
Arnsdorf is located in the municipality of Vierkirchen, in Upper Lusatia, 20 km from Görlitz, the beautiful German-Polish border town.
⚠️ Requirements
Interest in physical, manual work and culture.
ℹ️ Additional information
The cinema nights will take on the weekend evenings. Local guides will show you the village and the most eastern city in Germany - Görlitz - and walk with you over bridges to the Polish part of the city. During leisure, you can also play football, volleyball and tennis on the sports ground of the village or table tennis at the vicarage, possibly undertake bicycle tours, hiking a piece of Via Regia or take a trip to Dresden.