Askov Højskole is a Danish Folk High School, based on a special pedagogical idea about equality, cooperation, and dialogue by the Danish writer and philosopher, Nikolai Grundtvig. He envisioned Folk High Schools to be a place where young people could meet across social borders, create friendships, and learn to become active and democratic members of society.

This summer, the school wants to share its place with young people from all over the world, who are curious and interested to learn more about the Danish Folk High School tradition as well as helping with manual work for the outdoor facilities.

In the last couple of years, we have not had sufficient capacity to maintain our facilities outside. Therefore, we need your much-appreciated help with upgrading our current facilities to improve the school environment for the students, in a fun and more creative way. This would make a major difference to their daily life and learning experience while staying here.

One of the school's employees, who oversees the buildings and the outdoor facilities, will guide you to learn how to do the work and what to do. Therefore, you do not need previous experience with manual work. You just need a lot of passion for learning and contributing to a social and cooperative atmosphere where everyone feels included and valued for their ideas and efforts, which they put into the work.

Besides working on the different tasks, we are also meant to have an amusing time together where we get to know each other, have fun with social activities, and create a very strong feeling of community, which Danish Folk High Schools are so famous for.