📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Gerlev Play Park is a part of Gerlev Sports Folk High School and a unique place for traditional games and plays.
In Gerlev Play Park our guests can try more than 140 different games from the past. Gerlev Play Park is the only place in Scandinavia which has gathered games from the past and is presenting them in an active way. You can experience the game culture of the Viking Age, Middle Age and Industrial Age.
The different game areas cover an area of 3 football fields.
We also have a small café and our own workshop.
The Play Park has existed since 1999 and we still try to find more games from the past – we look forward to hear about and try some traditionally games from your country.
You can visit our webpage: http://www.gerlevlegepark.dk/
Or the webpage of Gerlev Sports Folk High School: www.gerlev.dk - But it is in Danish, unfortunately!
💼 What the programme involves
We want to make a new lane in the Play Park which will inspire people to move and play with their body.
You will build it with help from our practical stuff here at Gerlev. The work will manly be building and creating and maybee painting. There will also be some recreational work in the Play Park!
You work everyday from 8.00-15.00 – incl. a lunch break.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Sleeping facilities:
You will be accommodated in the Gerlev Play Park building. You will sleep together with the other participants in one big room. There will be madrasses but please bring your own sleeping bag!
Kitchen + bathroom facilities:
You will have breakfast, lunch and dinner at Gerlev Sports Folk High School, which is 200 meters from Gerlev Play Park.
Bathrooms, toilets and washing machine are also at Gerlev Sports Folk High School.
📍 About the location
Gerlev Play Park is located 1 hour from Copenhagen, on the Western part of Zealand.
There is many culturel things going on in this part of Denmark – we have some very beautifull placess as Trelleborg – a Viking castle, beaches and old cities.
Our girl Astrid who will take care of You doing Your stay here at Gerlev, will make sure that You will come around and see some of this locations!
Besides the work, we will of course have time to use Gerlev Play Park game facilities and Gerlev Sports Folk High School swimming pool, sauna, big gym, spring gym and participate in cultural events in the local area and do smaller trips to the sea.
There is a bus going directly from Gerlev to Slagelse where you can find all kind of shopping!
ℹ️ Additional information
At Gerlev Playpark summer camp You need to come with good mood, a creativ and playfull mind and social skills. We are a creative place with a lot of different people which work together.
You have to be ready for changes and new ideas and you have to like to be outside.
The work will be outside every day - and not every day in summertime in Denmark is warm and sunny. So bring practical and warm clothes for working.
It will be perfect if you have some experience in carpentry but it is not a requirement!
English will be the only language spoken. All participants must be willing to speak English, even though being from the same country or having troubles with the English language. Try your best!
You can have a look at the Youtube film from the volunteers from 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOvWaLGswYo