Estonia: VIKINGS WAYS EST 01 

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 23/02/2020 - 2/03/2020 

 Additional host fee EUR 100

 6 volunteers 

Project
A real Viking´s Village ( www.viikingitekyla.ee ) lies about 40 km outside of Estonian capital Tallinn.
Guests and families can visit it and spend time there, having a variety of activities such as arrow
shooting, strong hold fights, handicraft workshops, fight and competition events and much more. Village
needs constant attention and work to keep it ready for visitors and to develop further. Both in summer
and winter there are many tasks to be done and volunteers are invited to help these works.
Furthermore, good friends of the Village are Fire Artists community, who organize their trainings and
events there. Fire Artists Association was founded to raise awareness of Fire arts, to offer everyone a
possibility to learn and perform with any kind or type of Fire Arts. They also promote standards of Fire
safety for Fire artists and cooperate with local rescue department. Fire Artists Association will have a
little Festival in Vikings Village this winter. To run it they need some construction and preparation help.
So, they invite international volunteers to help it out. This camp is for people who want to try real
Estonian winter, do not afraid of hard work and wants to feel like a real Viking! ��
Work
Most of the work will be done in Viking´s Village and it will be outdoors. The work involves, for example,
carrying and chopping wood, cleaning wood, some construction and deconstruction works and other
tasks around the Village. Some help will be needed also for the Fire Artists event, that takes place during
the camp. – such as constructing the stage, carrying things to the event area, cleaning area, set up tents
and the whole event area, etc. Be prepared for low winter temperatures outside and being outdoors a lot.
Accommodation
Volunteers will live in the Viking’s Village in a common room. Please bring a warm sleeping bag. Toilet
and shower are available, also there will be sauna. Volunteers will have at least one meal per day
cooked by the villagers, other times volunteers will prepare food by yourselves on a campfire outdoors.
Location
Saula is a small area in Kose Community, about 40 km outside Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. You can
get a lot of information on Tallinn on www.tallinn.ee and www.visitestonia.com .
Terminal
Airport, bus or train station, harbor in Tallinn. Car transfers to Viking Village.
Special requirements
Please bring warm sleeping bag, warm winter clothes, water resistant warm clothes, hat, gloves, socks
and good boots. It is advisable to bring a flashlight. But please take also one set of nicer evening clothes.
Be ready for temperatures from +5 to -20C. Be ready to spend most of the days outdoors with any kind
of weather, do hard physical work, sometimes for long hours but then having warm relaxing evenings
around fire or in sauna! It is good if you have skill with fire, camping, resilience  Motivation letter is
required. Camp language is English.
Leisure time
Volunteers are welcome to enjoy the beautiful area of the Village and winter forest around. You will learn
and experience a lot about Vikings, their traditions and lifestyle. You will also learn some about Fire and
have a Fire safety and first aid training. In the evenings you can expect sitting around a camp Fire or in
hot sauna with new friends. Finally, you can see Fire Artists show by the end of the camp.
Participation fee
Since EstYES neither its camp partner Fire Artist’s Association does not receive any financial support for
this camp from municipality nor from private sources we have to charge participants an extra fee of 100
Euro. It has to be paid by volunteers upon arrival to the camp, and it is to cover food, accommodation
and transportation costs.