The Silo Youth Project - build the new cultural landmark and urban space festival
Denmark
Environment
Manual work
Festival
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About the project
The Silo Youth Project - build the new cultural landmark and urban space festival
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Silo Youth Project is set in the industrial part of Struer Harbor. close to the Fjord and beautiful nature. The core mission is to create a broad organization where the Youths can do what they love, pursue their passion, inspire each other, exchange their ideas, and embark on new initiatives. Our goal is to convert the old industrial silo to an urban cultural venue where you can experience music, dance, theatre, art, workshops and a whole lot more.
The work camp will be centred around setting up and building temporary structures for the Silo Youth Project and festival ground at the harbour.
Struer - The City of Sound is a small town with about 10,000 inhabitants. The local society is built on a strong philosophy working around sound, innovation and technology. Sound became an important part of the city’s DNA due to the large impact from the audio industry, which arose from the establishment of Bang & Olufsen in 1925.
The silo project is non-profit and is organized by a local youth organization, with backing from Struer Municipality and Struer Library. We have a broad backing of creative youths, residing in or around Struer or locals who have moved to the major cities who are returning to participate in the Silo Project.
With this project, you will take part in converting an old abandoned silo into the new creative landmark for Struer.
💼 What the programme involves
At the Work Camp, you will be building, designing and decorating the youth environment/ festival in collaboration with other volunteers, backed by local designers and architects.
Building is hard work, but incredibly fun and rewarding. The tasks will vary from day to day, but mainly manual work to prepare the framework for the silo. We\'ll be assembling pre-built structures, pitching big top tents, setting up walls and preparing an event/festival for all the fabulous youngsters in the local society.
If you are into creative work or have a keen sense for branding you can take part in creating the visual identity for the silo as well. We need to build and design the brand, so it is appealing to our demographic, we also need to decorate and style the interior and exterior so that it underlines the rough industrial silo parts with a creative and young vibe.
However, you will have free time during the camp where you can enjoy the music and cosy atmosphere, meet the locals and enjoy the nature.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Sleeping facilities:
We will have made all the sleeping arrangements before you arrive in Struer. We will set you up a local school where you will be living in 2 people dorm rooms. However as the weather will hopefully be much sunny and dry, you will also have the possibility to set up a tent outdoors. All you need to bring is a sleeping back and an inflatable mattress.
Kitchen + bathroom facilities:
You and the other participants are responsible for making your own breakfast throughout the Work Camp. However, all expenses are covered by the camp host. There is a local supermarket close to where you live and there will be a kitchen where you can cook.
You will have lunch and dinner during the days of constructing, and during the festival, you will receive two meal+drink vouchers each day, that you can use as you wish. In other words, there will be no extra expenses related to meals, unless you are in the mood for snacks, which you will have to pay for yourself. Vegetarian food will be available.
📍 About the location
The camp is located in a cosy local area with beach and forest, so there is plenty of room for a lot of fun outdoor activities. The camp hosts would like to lend the groups some bikes so that you can all enjoy the lovely area together.
⚠️ Requirements
OBS! To participate in this Work Camp, we require you to provide:
A clean criminal record
A motivational letter
Travel information
COVID-19:
In regards to COVID-19, it is our ambition to complete our Work Camps this summer, but it is essential for us, that our volunteers feel safe during the time they spend at our camps. This is why we constantly keep ourselves updated on the situation and we follow the Danish government's instructions. Furthermore, we are ready to answer any questions that you might have, and we will keep all our volunteers updated right up until the start of the Work Camp.
As of March 2021, there is a few important things to mention:
- it is free for foreigners to take a COVID-19 test upon arrival in Denmark
- with the current vaccine plan, most Danes will be vaccinated at the end of June 2021
Your Work Camp host will have guidelines on how to handle COVID-19 during your stay, including how to handle isolation and enforcement of government guidelines.
Unfortunately, we cannot take participants with disabilities due to safety risk working on the harbourside.
ℹ️ Additional information
Much of the work will be outside and it is expected that you do have some experience with manual/practical work. It is also important that you bring practical clothing for all kinds of weather.
The Silo Youth Project is a non-profit, which makes our volunteers essential for creating a youth environment. Also, the project aims to promote social and personal development through cultural exchange.
You’ll meet new friends and have an experience of a lifetime!
The host and all our Work Camp leaders are fluent in English, which will be the language used during the camp. The camp will have two leaders and at least one will be present at all times. This means that sometimes they are both present and sometimes they will take shifts.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
MS13
20/08/2021 → 04/09/2021
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–35 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Smedegade 1, 7600 Struer, Denmark
Denmark
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Denmark Krone (DKK / kr)
Exchange rate
1 DKK = 0.134370 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 22:21 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Danish