Cozy eco-home near nature & city life

Germany - Brandenburg - Eberswalde

Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,Sandpit &new swing (different seats for all sizes)
Sandpit &new swing (different seats for all sizes)
Home exhange in,Germany,Eberswalde,House photos, home images
  • Sleeping capacity6
  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms2

Simultaneous Home Exchange

Weekend Home Exchange

Hospitality Exchange Wanted

Homesit Offered

Pet Care Needed

Smoking Not Allowed

Children Welcome

Use of Personal Car is not possible

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We are looking for a home exchange in ...

Open to all dates Deutschland | München, Bayern, Deutschland | Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
Open to all dates Europa | Germany
Oct 19, 2024 - Nov 2, 2024 Open to all destinations
Open to all dates Nordsee | Dänemark | Schweden

Our Home For Exchange

Description of the home we are offering for exchange

*Exchanges for 2024 almost planned. Looking for swaps for an exchange in Fall 2024 (19th Oct.-2nd Nov) and for next year 2025 (especially for the summer). Please write us your proposals, even if your region is not listed in our listing. We will answer every request. :)*

We built our family Home in 2018. It was custom-designed by an archictect and ecologically friendly (green roof, made of regional wood, solar heated water). The house has 4 bedrooms (3 can be used by guest family), an open-floor living room with kitchen and fireplace (will be installed in November 2022), and 2 full bathrooms (upstairs with tub&shower, downstairs with shower). We have floor heating (natural stone tiles & cork tiles). Outside, you find a nature friendly garden that we still design more and more. Up until today, we have two terraces, an inground trampoline, a mobile fire place, the possibility to barbecue, a small herb garden & flower beds, fruit trees, two sheds & one parking spot.
Kids love to play in our garden & it is super close to both a new large playground (across the street) and the beautiful woods (with sand dune and climbing tree, also highlights for kids).
On demand, it would be possible to use our 2 e-bikes, 2 regular bikes & bike trailer (for 2 kids until 6y).

Type

House - 2 or more floors/ Main Residence


Amenities

  • Balcony / Deck
  • Dishwasher
  • Clothes Washer
  • Clothes Dryer
  • Microwave Oven
  • Extensive Grounds
  • Fireplace
  • Equipped for Children
  • Garden
  • Heating
  • Baby Equipment
  • Private parking
  • Terrace / Patio

Entertainment

  • DVD
  • Internet access
  • TV
  • Wireless Internet (WiFi)

Extras

  • Use of bicycle(s)

Setting

  • Urban
  • Suburban

Neighbourhood

Description of our neighbourhood and surrounding area

We live on the edge of the town Eberswalde (60km north of Berlin). It is close to the center (3km), accessible with public transport (bus station 5min walk, bus leaves every 15min to center and train station). In Eberswalde, you have everything you need and more (see description below), both touristically and for everyday life.
The trains to Berlin leave twice per hour and take 35min to Berlin central station (Hauptbahnhof); you can also go directly to Berlin Gesundbrunnen, Südkreuz, Lichtenberg).
In our neighbourhood, you find supermarkets close by (10 minute by foot), gas stations and a local bakery. We live in a quarter of new builds, so there are many families and children living all around us; it is next to an "older neighbourhood" with some original GDR-houses to check out (for the historically interested). Our house is situated across a large new playground with children's ropeway, jungle gym, swings, sandpit and a small soccer pitch. It is 100m to the woods, with direct access from our street and multiple hiking paths, a sand dune, climbing tree a tiny forest lake (possible to dip in for children, but not for real swimming & you can fish there). Also, it is very nice to bike in the woods and we have some attractions/nice bike tours you can do.
Eberswalde is a family friendly town (40,000 people) and has amenities such as a cinema, indoor swimming pool (with water slides, baby pool and multiple saunas), a zoo with both wild life and regional animals, a theme park for families and garden-interested folks ("Familiengarten"), a great botanical garden ("Forstbotanischer Garten"), a large indoor childrens playground ("Fitolino") and many festivals and cultural events (e.g. a Jazz festival). Thanks to the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Developlment, we live in a fair trade certified city that is ecologically aware, many students and families live here and hence we also have many cool shops and spots to check out (2 coffee roasters, an eco-bakery, a cocoa-speciality shop, second hand stores & maker spaces).

Outdoor Activities

  • Biking
  • Cultural Events
  • Canoeing / Kayaking
  • Fishing
  • Gym / Health Club
  • Hiking
  • Lake
  • Public Swimming Pool
  • River

Leisure

  • Park / Playground
  • Cafés
  • Restaurants
  • Shopping

Cultural Activities

  • Popular Monuments

Transport Nearby

  • Bus
  • Train Station

Neighbourhood Services

  • Bakery
  • Corner Shop
  • Supermarket

Attractions

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

Apart from the attractions that Eberswalde in itself offers (Zoo, indoor pool, theme park, botanical garden), it is the gateway to the nature park "Schorfheide" with many many lakes, beautiful forests, bike and hiking trails and many (historical) sights.
To name a few:
- You can bike to the old and take a tour at the old and new "Schiffshebewerk" ship lift/hoist, that lift huge ships on the Oder-Havel-canal and is one of only a dozen or so worldwide.
- Visit the great lakes nearby by car (20 min), e.g. lake Werbellin, lake Liepnitzsee, lake Parstein or lake Grimnitzsee; you can swim, dive, rent a pedal boat or take a boat tour on a greater ship.
- Hike through the ancient beech forest Grumsin that is a classified world heritage sight.

Of course, you can also visit Berlin and it's many sights, shopping opportunities and cultural events.
It is even possible to take a day trip by car or train to the Baltic Sea (2hours to the island Usedom, 2,5hours to Rügen) or to the polish city Szczecin with interesting cultural scene (1,5 hours).

Our favourite restaurants


Cafés & bars


Our Preferences

Our home exchange - here are our Preferences and House Rules

It is important for the guests to leave our home in the same state it was upon arrival (though we might arrange for a cleaning once per week by our own cleaning lady who works on Thursdays normally).
Smoking is not allowed, neither inside nor outside please.
We would be most appreciated if the guests could feed our outside cat (he does not live inside the house) and water the potted plants on the terrace during dry days/summer.
If that is a problem, please tell us ahead, so we can arrange for our neighbours to do these chores (as they help out when we are on vacation, anyways).

Conditions

  • Children Welcome
  • Pets Not Allowed
  • Smoking Not Allowed
  • Pet Care Needed
  • Plant care is needed outdoors

Use of Personal Car

  • Use of Personal Car is not possible

Home Exchange Type

  • Simultaneous Home Exchange
  • Weekend Home Exchange
  • Hospitality Exchange Wanted
  • Homesit Offered
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