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We're Chris & Charlene currently living & travelling full time in our motorhome 🚐 with our dog Holly 🐾 It's been over three years since we left our home in Malta and we're absolutely in love with Van Life !
On this channel we would like to share a mix of our everyday life - the good and bad, exploring beautiful places, showcasing the importance of spending time in nature and also telling any important stories we come across on the road.
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On this channel we would like to share a mix of our everyday life - the good and bad, exploring beautiful places, showcasing the importance of spending time in nature and also telling any important stories we come across on the road.
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A Taste of Van Life in Finland
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➡️ In today's video we leave Norway and continue our Van Life journey in Scandinavia, by crossing into Finland to get a taste of what this country has to offer !
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➡️ In today's video we leave Norway and continue our Van Life journey in Scandinavia, by crossing into Finland to get a taste of what this country has to offer !
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What We Really Think of Norway
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SHOCKED IN SENJA | VAN LIFE NORWAY
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I Finally Did It | Van Life Norway (Lofoten)
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Van Life Norway | Chasing the Midnight Sun
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Overnight in the Norwegian Forest
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We Have News !
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I Didn't Want To Make This Video
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Van Life Norway is Cheaper Than You Think
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You Won't Believe What We Found Here !! (Van Life Norway)
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First Impressions of Van Life Norway | Journey to the Arctic Circle
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It's Been A Rough Week
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48 Hours of Van Life in Sweden (Calm, Real & Fun)
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What We Really Think of Sweden
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Can't Believe How They Treated Us | Van Life Sweden
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Rainy Day in the Van (but had to leave)
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Van Life - Cooking, Camping & Exploring
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Revealing Our Next Motorhome Road Trip !
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Finnland is lovely isn't it. I think you should defenitely come back one day and show us more of the country. It reminds me very much of Sweeden, what is your opinion?
Was sorry to see you leaving Norway but Finland is impressive. Great vlog!
Thanks Bernardette we loved it too ❤️
Loved your drone footage of Finland, especially the tracking sequences. They perform a ceremony in Rovaniemi when you cross the Arctic Circle - drink a bowl of reindeer milk, then some is poured down your back! Had it done to me in winter, and I can tell you it’s cold and uncomfortable.
Thanks so much Terence ❤️ That ceremony sounds fun 🤣
Thanks for a wonderful video! I was born in Bodø, but have never been to Værøy. I have decided I have to go there next summer. ( I have been to the rest of Lofoten though, but you never get tired of Lofoten, at least in good weather)
Thank you ❤️ Yes definitely recommend + also Rost (the island next to Vaeroy) looked nice too. Indeed never tired of Lofoten ☺️
Love your videos guys and hoping to cash in my pension and buy a motorhome next year. Which month were you travelling through Norway as the weather looks perfect.
Thanks so much Sean, glad you enjoy the vids. Sounds like a great idea, 2025 can't come soon enough for you then !! We were in Norway for about seven weeks in July & August.
When were you there? And almost no mosquitoes???
End of summer. Yes mosquitos but surprisingly not too bad !
There's no such thing as 'Scottish Morris men'. It's from South England and they were just visiting 😂
I think it originated in the south of England. These guys said they live in Scotland
watch out for bears🙂
Thank you. We made it out alive 🙂
Gee what an amazingly beautiful place! So lucky guys x
Thank you ❤️
Wind power plants and ugly architecture destroyed our beautiful country, so we leave for Nouvelle-Aquitaine. That you cannot hike over the Tjuvåskampen Hill in the middle of the Totenåsen Hills anymore, was the final drop for me.
Yeah there will always be good and bad things everywhere I think. You definitely have warmer winters down there 😃
@@TravelTalesVlogs Yeah, I see the Tjuvåskampen Hill from everywhere here at Toten, knowing I cannot enter it anymore, with the new Tivoli of wind turbines dominating the entire south-eastern horizon, just makes me cry. My wife from the Philippines hates the winters here however, including skiing, as she falls all the time. Luckily my daughters started studying French and love the language.
The fact that you didn't go to North Cape will ALWAYS be nagging at the back of your mind. We as your viewers and you as travelers KNOW that you will regret it for the rest of your life if you don't take the trip. But be warned: The road to/from North Cape is BRUTALLY narrow and the parking lot on the North Cape plateau is full of RVs with missing/or smashed left mirrors. That happened to my RV too. I was as close to the guardrail facing the sea as possible but "Gunter from Germany" felt like he owned the road and there was an infernal bang when both his and my mirror disappeared. It was not possible to stop to look at the damage for either "Gunter" or me so we just continued in our separate directions since you are driving bumper-to-bumper in a convoy with campers both in front and behind. I had to drive 2500km back to Oslo without a left-side mirror since it was impossible to find a repair shop on the road that had the part in stock. Anyone who has driven a motorhome knows that rear visibility is already poor, but try driving with only the right mirror. Anyway, I have now acquired a spare mirror that is always in the cargo area of the motorhome. But the trip to North Cape was worth it and as I said: It is just a matter of time before you regret that you didn't go. But maybe you are trying to give yourself a reason for a new Norway trip ... ?
Indeed so much more to explore, we didn't want to just drive up for one night.. so for sure yeah we need to come again 🙂 sorry to hear about your misfortunes !
The road up to North Cape is not that narrow. But many mirrors are taken because there are a number of campers in the middle of the road.
So Norway, yey or ney?
Yey i guess 😅
@TravelTalesVlogs 👍🏻 I guess that's better than a ney😁
Love your videos guys, you make everything interesting. Had you a lot of problems with mosquitoes in general in Scandinavia? We’ve heard so much about them that it’s putting us off going in summer. What do you think?
Thank you glad you enjoy the videos ❤️ I wouldn't say it's a deal breaker because it's an amazing place to visit. I think the worst for mosquitos was some of the lakes in Sweden but we also had the same problem in Scotland too so don't let it deter you
In Sweden there are even more Raindeers 😅
They're so cute 😊
If you don´t have a heater in your watertank, proper insulation of floor, walls and cieling/roof and connection to heat your engine I do not recommend a wintertour in the north with a motorhome. (I live in Vuollerim...)
Exactly our thoughts !
32:31 if it suits you it will be nice to eat :D
It definitely did the trick !
Don't you have an electrical motor heater, plug is probably in the front.?
No only normal glow plugs and just now got a portable starter which might come in handy. But normally anything up to -5C we're good 😊 it's only when we had -10/15C that we had problems
@@TravelTalesVlogs You might want to install a heater, they cost about 500 euros with installation, but they save the motor from wear, and petrol consumption compared to cold starts. and are worthwhile to use from 10 degrees and colder
@@TravelTalesVlogs maybe you can get a Better Battery with Higher Amps to start better in the cold.
Raindeeer eats the Whit moss on the Hardstone surfice It is called renlav in swedish and in English White lichen
Wow so interesting. It was really cool to see so many of them !!! 😊
12:48 you are refering to Jonna Jinton i guess she is a great TH-camr. And if you drive down thrues sweden on your way down in europe You migth pass Grundtjärn where she lives. and it is a form of Heard Calling when calling for the Cows or whatever animals you have.
Yes it is! Sounds good - so far we only tested it on the reindeer 😊
Welcome back, you should visit us here in Ålesund and the fjordsN =)
Thank you. Ålesund looked amazing on the photos, we will surely visit next time 😊
Nice to see you again!
Enjoy 😊
Enjoy & stay safe !
Thank you Simon 😊
If you are comming back here in the future, I higly recomend that you visit Bondhus lake and Bondhus breen (Bondhus glacier) it is a much better area with stunning view, and also the fjord in the bottom of the hike path, where you can fish salmon and sea trouth, You can stay at Sundal camping. .... Look it up ;) PS: When you said a hairut cost 70 eur here, I have to disagree with you, a normal price in a saloon for a man to v cut his hair is 20-40 eur- @32:30 you should have brought with you a fish rod, here in this fjord you can catsh big fish !!
For sure we will be back. Thank you for your recommendations 😊
😂😂 The midnight sun doesn't set at all and it dosen't get dark...
You're right, it's like stuck on sunset 🌅😀
The weather was really upside down in Noway this summer, totally smashing all the records in the north🌞😎 and shait🌧🌧🌧☔ in the south....
Haha yes exactly but loved the whole journey. It was nice to have a mix of everything ☺️
It's the rain that makes it lush and green
So beautiful !
Sad, but someone had to tell the truth so tourists aren't tricked to visit sweden. Fact is that Sweden is a forest and insect / snake infested place with shy and dangerous natives that aren't used to behave in a civlized manner. Luckily you haven't seen the worst yet as people I know have been followed for hours and harassed by local people. They are too weak to confront you directly but will follow you or start making noises with car / mc motors in the middle of night. Better go to Norway, where the nature is wonderful and people are friendly!
We loved exploring both countries tbf. I think Norway was our favourite though !
It is the Rain that makes nature green and lush.
Indeed !
Norway is amazing. But Sweden is only 1 hour away from where you were.. Here's how you can make a "Sweden simulator" at home. Place a camping chair in front of a cluster of trees and a kiddie pool filled with water, flies and mosquito larvae. To simulate driving on winding swedish roads, gently rock the chair from side to side while reading out the names of random Swedish places. THERE is what it feels like to drive through Sweden. All you see are trees and lakes filled with insects and random forest cities where no man should live. BTW: In which shop did you buy that amazing hamburger? Do you remember the product name? I kind of want one now ..
Haha the simulation sounds fun 😀 No idea what they were called but I think we bought them from Rema 1000 !
Chritians can do nothing but crying lol😂😂😂
Well, even if more than 20 glaciers in Norway have disappeared the last 20 years, we must not forget that only 30 years ago, they were growing. Climate change is mostly a scam, that the climate changes, that has \always happened, and pollution was much worse 30 years ago, when our glaciers grew. They built a glacier museum 200 meters from the end of a glacier in the 1980s, in the 1990s, the glacier swallowed the museum and car park, they never talk about that, it does not fit their agenda.. I appreciate the glaciers on a hot day here in Norway, but only then. How old are the ice? We do not know, but they find things that are only a thousand year old, like shoes, arrowheads, knives and whatever in the areas that the ice covered, so those are surely not more than a thousand years old. Yes, some of the one in higher elevations might be thousands of years old, we don't really know. Some says that the shoes and knives were lost ON the ice, but there is not much to support that idea, as one sees old horsepaths there..
Nature is so interesting, we really loved it there at this glacier, the hike, we were there on our own... everything was just epic !
Lyngsalpene (21:17 ish) is the mountain where famous Norwegian war hero Jan Baalsrud escaped the nazis during WWII. If you haven't seen the movie "Den 12. mann" (The 12th man), I would recommend it.
Interesting will check it out !
read truth. kristians sold her for money. like most churches all over the world. no Muslim sell their masjed. you removed history. great amount of GOLD was as from Sultan Fateh, the most disciplined human on earth. He hv conquered the whole land but he respected priests und other people believe as ISLAM ordered us to und gave them yr priests mega amount of gold und lands. please follow correct history not yr baseless emotion. if you love Aga Sophia, no one stop you from going here. it's yours as well as anyone on earth. FACT. I promise you.. when lastime you go church near you ?
Amazing! I need to explore my own country more, I guess🙂
For sure 😃 glad you're enjoying the videos !
Not sure if anyone has said this yet, I haven't read all the comments, but Å is not an A :) Å is its own letter in the Norwegian alphabet and it's pronunced like the A in "thAw". Å (á) is an old norse word that means small river, so all the places called Å are likely near a river or a river outlet :) Beautiful footage!
So cool, it's definitely the village with the shortest name for sure 😃
Experienced something similar a few years back in the Swedish forest (in Dalarna county). A car was parked on the side of the road and a guy was waving as if he needed help, just as we came to a junction on the road. 3 more guys were inside the car and it all looked suspicious so we didn't stop. As soon as we passed he got in the car and started following us for miles. At one point we stopped with the engine still running to see if they really were following and they stopped too (behind us). All of them got out of the car and walked toward us, was watching them in the side mirrors. As they were almost at the back of the motorhome we quickly drove off and called the police and gave them the license plate number. The police said they would check the number and call back. After that the car with the guys passed us and they were all waving and signaling for us to stop and proceeded to drive in zig zag in front of us, then sped up and went off. At this point we were sure they would try to block us further ahead. We quickly took a different route as they were now out of sight and in front of us.The police called back and informed us they were driving a stolen car and that they had a warrant on them as an organised gang of romanis that were robbing people, typically by pretending to have a flat tyre. It was so scary that we decided to go back to Norway without stopping, so we drove all night. Never heard back from the police after that, but hopefully they caught them. Sorry you had a scary experience in the Swedish forests too! Can understand the fright you felt. I've never felt unsafe here in Norway and I hope it will stay that way.
Wow that's a crazy experience. Glad it also ended well for you ! That's what we were thinking at first, something like this would happen, so you can imagine the relief when we finally got to the police and they told us it was a misunderstanding
The weather in Norway can vary quite a bit from one year to the other. This year was very rainy in the south, but very sunny and warm in the north. It can be different other years though.
Exactly, we loved it all though. It was nicer in the north true !! ☺️
At 12:22 you look towards the home of my grandparents. I have lots of wonderful childhood memories from there. It is called Dalselv. Thanks for a very nice video. Even though nighttime can be pretty, I would say it still is better to drive during the day time.
Wow that's amazing, some great memories up there for sure ❤️
Our calendar arrived yesterday, looks absolutely wonderful, and a lot of the images recognisable from your videos! We have enjoyed watching your posts from Sweden and Norway, and they are now on our bucket list of places to visit. Best wishes from Kim and Glen
That's amazing😊 Thanks so much guys and glad you're enjoying the videos and the calendar ❤️
The sketchy part of this story is: If what the pick-up truck driver said is true, why did he not call the police himself? I call BS on this one (his story).
The police told us that he also called them, not sure at what point he made the call but that's what they said so I think it's true
Her: You will never die of hunger in Norway, the forest provide so much. * Amanita Muscaria appears * I guess you are right after all
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Lol not true. Poverty is on the rise here.
This is another very stunning video. It is such a pitty that you are leaving Norway, as each of your Norway Videos was so inspireing that the only thing I wanted to do is to pack my bags and follow your fooisteps. As for which area I liked most, well, that is very difficult. All videos had something special. I liked the islands, but also the great glaciers, the fjords and gorges and the yurt-like tent you stayed in. However, the last Video is very soecial, as rhe landscape seemed that much more secluded. So now back to Sweden and then Finnland, i am very excited. Also the Russian part of Scandinavia would be very interesting, it is such a pitty you can't go there at the moment
Thank you Volker, Norway was really special for us 🙂 now the journey continues !
nice video
Thank you ❤️
Another great video. Norway is so beautiful. ❤
Thank you, we loved it 😊❤️
Its a weather ballon one of those ultra light ones. It seems to be standing which is an optical Illusion. I know you want to say its extraterrestrials. But UFO stands for Unknown Flying Object.
Hey C2H! How fantastic is Norway? You have inspired many of us to 'put it on the list' of must see places (soon)! So clean, fresh, beautiful, & scenic - I've really loved the whole Norway series guys ... Thank you so much 👏👏👍😜 Safe onward journey to Finland & I shall look forward to the next one! N1S Kev x
Thanks so much Kev Norway is epic indeed 🙂 Cya in the next one ❤️
Another great video from scenic Norway. Sad that you are now leaving the country as the further north is another fantastic landscape to see. For me, all the videos have been very good, from when I started following you in Sweden when something scary had happened, until now. So all of them are my favorites. Have a good trip further into Finland, and welcome back to Norway another day.😄😄😄😄😄
Thanks so much ❤️
Absolutely stunning views and video 💋's for Holly X X X ❤ Take care X X X
Thank you Susan ❤️
It’s a worry how much the Worlds Glaciers are retreating isn’t it ? I remember a trip to chamonix in 2019 where we took the train up to the Montenvers hotel looking up the mer de glacé- you take cable car down to the glacier then there’s a few hundred meters of metal steps to the glacier floor - it’s signposted as you go down height of the glacier years gone by - very sad -- stunning place to see if you’ve not been there yet 👌
Yeah it's pretty concerning, but still so beautiful to see those solid chunks of ice that are left ! We actually passed from there, but never up the mountain 😊
Good work!
Thank you ❤️