Kid friendly wooden home with garden

Norway - Innlandet - Lillehammer

Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,The front of our home seen from the garden.
The front of our home seen from the garden.
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Lillehammer city centre
Lillehammer city centre
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Livingroom.
Livingroom.
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,living room detail.
Living room detail.
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Kitchen seen from diningroom. Open solution.
Kitchen seen from diningroom. Open solution.
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Kitchen seen from livingroom.
Kitchen seen from livingroom.
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Dining room. Table can be extended to fit 12 pers.
Dining room. Table can be extended to fit 12 pers.
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Main bedroom.
Main bedroom.
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Children's bedroom with bunk bed (for 2).
Children's bedroom with bunk bed (for 2).
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Children's bedroom: One mini-bed + one regular bed
Children's bedroom: One mini-bed + one regular bed
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Toilet upstairs (also bathroom downstairs).
Toilet upstairs (also bathroom downstairs).
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Separate room for laundry.
Separate room for laundry.
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Lillehammer town. Our house (see arrow).
Lillehammer town. Our house (see arrow).
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Lillehammer town centre, view across Mjøsa (lake).
Lillehammer town centre, view across Mjøsa (lake).
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Maihaugen outdoor museum. Garmo stavechurch.
Maihaugen outdoor museum. Garmo stavechurch.
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Maihaugen outdoor museum (20 min walk from home)
Maihaugen outdoor museum (20 min walk from home)
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Hiking in the mountains around Lillehammer.
Hiking in the mountains around Lillehammer.
Home exhange in,Norway,Lillehammer,Hunderfossen amusement park (30 min drive).
Hunderfossen amusement park (30 min drive).
  • Sleeping capacity7
  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2

Non-simultaneous Home Exchange

Simultaneous Home Exchange

Smoking Not Allowed

Children Welcome

Use of Personal Car is not possible

We are looking for a home exchange in ...

Open to all dates Danmark

Our Home For Exchange

Description of the home we are offering for exchange

Kid friendly home with fenced garden in the quiet town of Lillehammer, a region with lots of mountains, nature and hiking oportunities.
Our house is built in 1907 of wooden logs, but has been newly renovated. The house is a a charming old house with a soul, with modern facilietes, and a 800 m2 garden with appletrees, a swing set and a trampoline.

Inside: Spacious entry, livingroom - kitchen - dining room, two bathrooms, four bedrooms, laundry room and storage room with freezer. Aditionally there is a resting corner with a bed and lots of cusions, where we love to read books and relax. This can also be used as a place to sleep, but doesn't qualify as a bedroom.
The kids rooms also functions as play rooms.
There are 7 proper beds. Also there is a couch that can become a double bed, a baby nest (upto 2 years), and this resting corner bed, in total 11 spaces to sleep.

We have two bikes for adults and a kid bike size 5 years +/-
The house is strictly non-smoking. Feel free to smoke outside, but not inside.
We have no pets, but we have some plants in the livingroom and in the garden that will be happy for water once in a while.
There is wireless internet in the house.

Type

House - 2 or more floors/ Main Residence


Amenities

  • Air Conditioning
  • Dishwasher
  • Clothes Washer
  • Clothes Dryer
  • Extensive Grounds
  • Fireplace
  • Privacy / Seclusion
  • Equipped for Children
  • Garden
  • Baby Equipment
  • Garage
  • Private parking
  • Terrace / Patio

Entertainment

  • DVD
  • TV
  • Wireless Internet (WiFi)
  • Family Room / Playroom

Extras

  • Use of bicycle(s)

Setting

  • Small Town or Village
  • Mountains

Neighbourhood

Description of our neighbourhood and surrounding area

Our house is placed in a fenced garden with three apple trees, a plum and a cherry tree, a swingset, a playhouse, and a trampoline. The house is placed in the cosy main street of Lillehammer, in a sheltered garden. You can walk into the town centre in 3-5 minutes. Lillehammer is a tranquile, charming town surrounded by a lake, mountains and cultural sites. 27.500 people live in Lillehammer.

Close to our house you find a nice playground for kids of all ages. There are exercise sets for adults who wants to do some workout while the kids are playing too. This park just recently opened in October 2019.

In town you find charming and historic buildings, a shopping street with several specialty shops and a great selection of everything from cozy cafes to quality restaurants. The city has many museums and cultural centers. Other useful things available are the public library / Litterature house, the cinema, the Visual Art Museum, Maihaugen open air museum, the boat Skibladner from 1856 travels the lake inbetween Lillehammer and nearby towns, and ofcourse Lillehammer also has a Olympic museum, and several olympic sites from 1994.

Outdoor Activities

  • Beach
  • Biking
  • Cultural Events
  • Canoeing / Kayaking
  • Fishing
  • Gym / Health Club
  • Tennis
  • Skiing
  • Hiking
  • Horseback Riding
  • Lake
  • Public Swimming Pool
  • River

Leisure

  • Park / Playground
  • Cafés
  • Gym / Health Club
  • Restaurants
  • Shopping
  • Park / Playground

Cultural Activities

  • Galleries
  • Museums
  • Popular Monuments

Transport Nearby

  • Bus
  • Train Station
  • Car Necessary

Neighbourhood Services

  • Bakery
  • Corner Shop
  • Pharmacy
  • Supermarket

Attractions

Our home exchange - places to go and things to do while staying in our home

Olympic Winter Park from OL-94. Our favourite attraction is to try the bobsleigh on wheels - in the olympic bob trails from Winter Olympics 94.

Maihaugen - one of Norway's largest outdoor museums with more than 200 buildings from different eras - Cultural history at its best (20 min walk).

Within 30 min drive: Hunderfossen amusement park, Kid's farm Hunderfossen and Lilleputthammer Miniature town and Family Park.

If you like hills and mountains, this is a great starting point for a lot of adventures. Hiking day trips, riding, biking, down hill biking, mountain lifts and more are easy to access within 30 min drive.

Lillehammer hotel has an outdoor pool which is free and open to the public in the summer season. This is one of our favourite stops on a hot day.
Close by there is also a natural pond by the river, where you can take swims and have a piknik.

On rainy days:
Climbing: Tyrili klatresenter is a 10 min walk from our house - fun for kids and adults alike.
Escape room is also 10 min walk from our house - solve puzzles together.
Lekeland Hafjell: Indoor play area 900 sq.m (30 min drive)

Our favourite restaurants


Cafés & bars


Leisure and cultural activities


Interesting day trips


Our Preferences

Our home exchange - here are our Preferences and House Rules

When we are exchanging we prefer a primary home with at least two bedrooms, rather tree. We prefer a garden, and don't mind watering plants.
We are comfortable with caring for a cat or goldfishes.
We don't smoke.

In our home smoking is not allowed. We prefer that you don't bring your pets.

Depending on the time of year, it would be great if you could water plants. Feel free to eat fruits and vegetables from the garden.

Conditions

  • Children Welcome
  • Pets Not Allowed
  • Smoking Not Allowed
  • Plant care is needed inside
  • Plant care is needed outdoors

Use of Personal Car

  • Use of Personal Car is not possible

Home Exchange Type

  • Non-simultaneous Home Exchange
  • Simultaneous Home Exchange
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