Arctic Circle by CAMPER - Vanlife EXPEDITION Ep. 7
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- We continue heading north in Norway to stock up and get fuel in order to head along the artic circle through to Finland and finally to visit Santa.
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Heisann John and Mandy. 🐥🐣💛 So great of you to visit Norway on your long journey through Europe. Yes, alcohol and tobacco are expensive in Norway. But your beer Mandy is a Norwegian beer brew from Bergen on the west coast of Norway. Norway's first capital city. Thank you very much for the experience, hope for more great trip experiences from you. Love from Norway and the Helgeland coast in The North Norway. 🐣🐥💛🇧🇻💋🙏🐮🤠
I absolutely loved this episode. As a married man, 54 with two girls, I also would have done what you did. Definitely would have seen Santa. It looked magical and takes us all back to our childhood dreams. Well done John and Mandy, brilliant stuff.
It really really was 😁🥰 thanks for watching Lee
ps providing the 'what three words' is such a great idea!!! 😀 thanks!
I have a short list of things to eat while in Sweden, well, scandinavia. The top of the food, as you were.
1) Kebab pizza. It is Nr 1 on our favorite pizza-list.
2) Ostkrokar /cheese doodles. They are NOT the same as everywhere else.
3) Marabou choclate. ANY kind, my personal fav is Daim.
4) Pölsa. This is a bit out there, BUT it is easily heated, served with boiled potatoes and pickled beeet roots is it just... Very swedish and SOOOO good. If you can find home made, that is devine. It is NOTHING like haggis, even though they look the same.
5) Green mold cheese. In fact, ANY cheese. We do love our cheese. Präst or any moldy one.
6) Smoked sik (white fish, very common) My god, one of those on hard bread with mayonaise? Nomnom. (You have to pick out the fish.)
Have a good trip! /Catta from Sundsvall
I really enjoyed this video, loved the site with saunas and the fjords the northern lights looked amazing, can’t believe how expensive everything is for you. Loved the journey into Finland and seeing Santa, Mandy’s face was a picture. I’m starting to watch your videos again but I’ve away to go to catch up xx
Knew it was more expensive in Norway than Sweden but damn.
Love that campsite, so cozy.
Clothes on in the sauna! Blasphemy!
Thanks for another epic vlog. Some 30+ years ago, a friend of mine was stranded in Oslo for a week and a room in a standard hotel was 111 pounds a night. The shipping agent invited him to his house for dinner, as a thank- you he took a bottle of normal whiskey he purchased on the ferry on the way over, The host said he could come to dinner for a week!! The whiskey was over 70 pounds a bottle in Norway. One of the most expensive countries in the world. Stay safe & enjoy.
We took some over for Ash and Marie and they were telling us how expensive it is in Sweden and more so in Norway.. it’s mind blowing
Hi guys lovely to see you so happy for you looks like you are having a wonderful time nice one
Lovely episode! I love the area between Sweden and Finland, especially during summer time. I spent my childhood in this area. My father is from Övertorneå (Sweden), approximately 50 km south of Pello. And my mother is from a small village just outside of Pello, on the Finnish side. I strongly recommend you to come back in the summer.
We’ll definitely be back, absolutely love that area 😁❤️
@@johnmandy You are more than welcome!
Thank you, absolutely brilliant. Great campsite. Loved the sticker placement.
Stay well and safe travels. All the very best. Cheers.👍🐾😎
Thanks Rob 😁❤️🙌🏻
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I had the pun all ready (I have a bad reputation to maintain!).... and John nicked it right at the end!!
hi john and Mandy brilliant video i would definitely move to Norway,,if it was not for the beer prices ,,john you said why cant all the sites do this can, you imagine that site in uk ,,it would wrecked ,,in a week ,,keep the great vids coming ,,love em ,,
Went to Narvik by train from London a few years back, They were building that bridge then! fabulous scenery and great memories ( you were only a couple of Hours from the famous original Ice Hotel near Kiruna) Enjoy guys
I could only see one suspension bridge in the video (at 1:50 ) which is Skjomen bridge (711 m long and opened 1959 ) and located 20 km south-west of Narvik on E6. That bridge can not be seen from the train that comes in from Sweden to Narvik. I don't know what you put in to "a few years ago".... but there are two suspension bridges to be seen from the train. First the older suspension bridge which is Rombak bridge (756m and opened in 1964) 14 km east of Narvik on E6. Right next to Narvik have they build a new suspension bridge that takes over the traffic on E6 (from Rombak bridge). That one is not shown in the video even they for sure crossed it. It is named Hålogaland bridge and is over double the length of the Skjomen bridge shown in the video. It is 1533 m and is the second longest suspension bridge in Norway ....and it was opened in 2019. So I guess what you saw was the construction of that bridge.
Fantastic trip you’re making 👍 We really love your warm and natural way of doing these films. We are new to your channel, so we have a lot to catch up😃 Cheers from a Swedish family 🍻
Awesome, thank you so much.
One of your best if not the best video you have ever produced. Plenty of factual information and the type of information anyone venturing to the artic circle. Did you not want to visit Nordkap. Well done more of this please
Having a great time watching you all. Hope you had a great day seeing Santa(Mandy's face) xxstay safe
I find it interesting the Norway uses similar Road colour markings as North America, Yellow in Middle and White on outside. Wheres Sweden was White on both like what seems most of Europe. I feel perhaps the Expensive Burger King makes it more of a treat as most Norwegians don't eat out all that often they cook at home and if close enough to Sweden buy groceries in Sweden. Ive been planning to Move to Norway for a few years about a little over one year left and I can go there to finish my University and start a my new life. Tusen Takk "Thousand Thanks" for the video it was fun to watch.
Also note Norwegians close to Sweden also tend to buy their Alcohol in Sweden. As well as meats its kinda like stocking up for the month. So they get a fun little trip out of it.
Norwegian here, you are right, also Finland use yellow in the no passing zones. Sweden had yellow before but changed to white when they went from left to right hand driving. The reason we use yellow is that it is more visible in the winter when snow and ice covers the roads. Also it is easier to see when yuou have opposite traffic.
Happy travels. Stay safe
Bit sad that we didn't get to see what you bought in the Santa store!
The new Narvik bridge. I was like my stomping grounds and then I recognized the rest area by Tornio river as I've stayed in Pello by the river for one summer.
Where in the video did the new suspension bridge - Hålogaland bridge - at Narvik appear in the video? The one at 1:50 is Skjomen bridge opened in 1959.
❤ you guys sooooo much..pls keep doing what you're doing...you bring so much joy to my life..and enable me to see
So much of the world I may never see..Thank you 🤗🙏💞 xxx
Ah thank you so much for watching Joanne 😁❤️
Lovely video once again. The Santa meeting reactions were priceless. Excited for the meeting and so serious on the bench. Just like all the kids with 🎅🏻 😉
Ah thank you, it was super exciting 😁❤️🎅🏻
Brilliant flix guys loved it. Looks lovely. X.
Super boss vlog you two! Thanks for the brilliant Northern Lights!!! 😊
Cheers David 😁❤️
Hari OM
New subby here - came via Alex's van build channel then his connecting up with you - and have now spent a wonderful week binging on all your vids from the past three or four months. Love your style, enthusiasm, generosity of spirit... and as someone who has favoured "one-pot wonders" for many years, am loving the cook-shots!!! Am loving travelling by proxy through so many van life channels and am thrilled to add yours to my list. YAM xx
Ah thank you for coming over and joining us 😁🙌🏻🥰 we’re so glad you like our vids and one pot wonders too 🥳
That was so much fun! The excitement of Mandy was lovely to see. Hugs to you all❤️❤️
Ah thanks Elaine.. I did get a little excited 😁❤️🙌🏻🎅🏻
We went north of the Arctic during June a few years ago and was lucky have clear sky's for 3 days which meant we watched the sun going around the sky for the 3 days, on the second night I recorded the whole event by recording the sun for 15 seconds every 30 minutes giving a 6 minute film. Lovely thing to see and quite strange to have light for 24 hours a day.
We also noticed when wild camping that Saturday night seemed to be when the young ones go a little wild and drunk, they seemed to love doing doughnuts in thier cars (I think they think they are rally drivers) So when we parked up I always had a look at the ground to see if I could see evidence of this lots of beer cans, tyre marks in the ground etc. So Friday/Saturday we always found a nice place well away from anyone and then came out on Monday morning, Happy days ;-)
Don't want to worry you guys, But I stopped in a place called Arvika Sweden (in the south), I parked with a German couple in a van next to the lake, just on the outskirts of town wild camping and made the mistake of doing it on a Saturday night At 1;00am in the morning five guys in a volvo (they all have them) pulled next to my van and throw pizzas all down the side of the van, then screamed and shouted at the Germany van and pulled next to them with music at full blast, the next morning the place was covered in beer cans, pizza, McDonnells rubbish, we both picked it all up and put it in the bins, really sad in a way and we never went back to that town again.
Absolutely brilliant! Taking us all to see Santa "at home", the dos and don'ts of buying yum-yum and booze in certain countries (ahem!) was joy enough. The park ups were fantastic and of course I'm as jealous as heck but..... to see the Northern Lights AGAIN was just amazing, wonderful and all round bloomin' STUPENDOUS!! I so hoped you'd get to see them again and I wasn't disappointed. I just hope Coops stayed awake. If he was with you and not in bed, was he spooked at all by them?
Thanks again for everything. It's much appreciated. Pam x ~ Cooper!
Ah thanks Pam 😁❤️ Coop hasn’t seen them, it’s been too cold or remote for him to be out
Fantastic video again, seeing Santa, so Chrismassy, my grandchildren would love this and not forgetting the Christmas house, pizza restaurant. The Northern Lights were so magical, what Wonderful Memories you have.
It really was amazing, I’d recommend anyone that likes Christmas even a little bit to go there 😁❤️🎅🏻
Them Northern lights are awesome John & Mandy...........its great seeing you visiting Santa's Grotto.........also I see your are both eating well.........stay safe........thanks for sharing
Thanks Ian 😁👍🏻
Just wanted to say a massive thanks guys! My stickers arrived today all the way from Estonia 😊 really pleased with them, the extra touch of the little photo is a brilliant idea! Thanks again, stay safe Ant n Cat
Ah that’s brilliant!! I’m so glad they made it there safely 😁❤️🙌🏻
Lovely video
Crazy English people,, clothes on in the sauna/bastu,,, 🤪🤪🤪😂😂😂!!!
Love to follow you guys 🥰.
Cheers and huge hugs from Linköping❣❣❣
Just while the camera was rolling.. it was too hot otherwise
Thanks for watching from Linkoping 😁❤️
Fantastic vlog guys , loved and lived every minute, the artic circle is absolutely amazing,, beautiful scenery and great to see santa brought ut the children in ye 🤣
enjoy every moment 👌
Thank you for bringing me along it brightened up my day no end 👌
Santa seemed very happy to meet you all, who knew he was a secret vanlife lover. Must get boring being on a sleigh all the time🎅🛷🦌
Enjoy your travels and can't wait to see your next adventures!
Love you ❤️😘
P. S. Thank you for putting our flag the right way round, our heads were really getting sore 😂😉❤️
Santa was amazing considering how busy he was with getting ready for Christmas Day - I do hope he gets a van though 😁😂
We couldn’t possibly leave it that way with having Dutch family ❤️❤️❤️
As mad as a box of frogs, buts that's what I love about you both.
Love the fact Coop has been immortalised with a sticker 😍 super cute!
Thanks Tony, I’ll absolutely take that compliment, it’s much more fun this way 😁 we had to leave a cooper in the Arctic Circle 😁❤️
Perfect vlog, absolutely LOVED it 💜 The Christmas House looks AMAZING! Can't wait for the next one x
Absolutely brilliant video yet again. I would think the most memorable up to now. Stay safe guys 👍👍
Ah thanks Josh 😁👍🏻
Well what lovely video look's nice over there any way see you next John & Mandy .
It’s amazing, we love it 😁 thanks for watching Robert ❤️
Epic - what a campsite, we did Norway 10 years ago in sports cars but only got as far as the Atlantic Road! We will definitely try this site in 2/3 years time when we get retired!!!!!
Ah you should, it’s amazing!!
Haha when i saw Mandy say Santa i got excited too :) I was shocked to see Caisey Neistat on the wall. Love Coopers stickers and the video .
Ah thank you 😁❤️ it was epic
Brilliant video with stunning footage, and visiting Santa is very funny 😁
Thanks Frank 😁❤️
😍 Thank you dearly for giving us this amazing opportunity and indeed experience if your travels 💕 👍👌🍾
Ah thank you so much for watching 😁❤️
Hi John & Mandy this is a great adventure enjoying your travels great drone shots & those amazing lights loved Santa too safe travel from Australia
Thanks Diane 😁👍🏻
I often wonder whether folk who live in the arctic circle even notice the northern lights. Excellent videoing again John and you all even got to see Santa. Another destination for my bucket list.
We were wondering that too, from what we’ve heard they still do 😁🙌🏻
Thanks for another great upload - with the funniest pun yet to ‘finnish’. 👍
The only thing funnier was the What3Words location for Santa 🤣😂🤣
Look forward to seeing more of 🇫🇮
Haha.. we thought you’d like that 😁😂
Went back to watch the w3w at 24:11 - hilarious!
Wonderful, thank you both for sharing 🇮🇲🇮🇲
Thanks for watching Carol
Hi John and Mandy really really great video really enjoyed watching and John jokes lol 😂 really great when you went seeing Santa really looking forward to seeing your next video keep safe 😷👍🏻
Santa was ace 😁 thanks Mark
WOW! The northern lights really are something else! Love seeing Santa in early October ! X
He was very busy but made time to see us, he was so lovely 😁❤️
Great vids! We are from the Netherlands and we were wondering what was going on with the Dutch flag! 😄
Another epic vlog again thanks for sharing John & Mandy.
Beautiful video, Mandy, you’re face waking into Christmas House! 😂 superb 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
It was AMAZING!!!! 😁🙌🏻🎅🏻
Just watched this morning absolutely brill guys keep the puns going .
Thanks Raymond 😁
Lovely trip you made. Can tell you that in Sweden one Carlsberg Export cost 14:50 Sek = 1.23 pund. So yes we are a little bit cheaper than Norway :-D
/ Elisabeth - Naturliv
In Norway you have to look for the cheapest beer, and is not bad. Around 20+ NOK for a half litres in some shops...Most cost around 30
Once again John and Mandy brilliant video keep on trucking 👍 and keep having lots of fun
Thanks David.. that’s our plan 😁❤️
That is a fantastic video and an amazing achievement, to get the Northern light video to such a high standard. 😀😀😀
Ah thank you very much 😁
I'm so surprised that there aren't no snow anywhere. The weather forecast for north of Sweden, Norway and Finland has lately talked about snow, but maybe it,s a bit south of where you are. I hope your journey will continue to be nice!
We left before the snow hit which is why we travelled through so quickly 😁👍🏻
Full winter North Norway now..
Full winther in north Sweden now
Their travelvlog is not LIVE!!
Loved seeing your unedited footage of the Northern Lights - and Santa, of course!
Ah thank you 😁
Wow- northern lights! Amazing!
They really were, these not as mesmerising as the first time but still awesome 😁❤️
brilliant episode....may your aurora keep shining!!
Ah thank you 😁
Another great and informative vlog. Keep them coming guys.
Nice one John and Mandy...Hope you have a great weekend guys :-)
Thank you 😁 you too 👍🏻
So cool to see you post my sticker pack, i recognised it as the only one without an international postage sticker. Välkommen åter 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🤘🤘🤘🤘🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Ah of course..!!! 😁🙌🏻 thank you 🥰
Absolutely brilliant 👏 xx
Hi mandy and John 👍 just us 2saying hi 👋 what can we say 🤔 fantastic video 📹 guys 😃 sue and den👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚌🚌🚌
Cheers guys 😁❤️🙌🏻
Just watched you meeting santa... Its a must no matter what age.. Rovaniemi one of my favourite places... Like to go there for long weekends.. I live 650 klm North on the Barent sea.. So used to the cold weather.. Full winter now.. Just a bit of info for you... Norwegian airline fly direct from Gatwick to Rovaniemi in the winter. October till April I think very good prices if you go midweek.. Hotels are very reasonable maybe 65£ double room. Your grandkids would love it.. You can go on snowscooter trips to see northern lights as well... Just thought I would let you know.. Safe journey.. Enjoying your videos.. Cheers. 🍻🥃
Absolutely, never too old for visiting Santa 😁❤️
What a fantastic trip you guys are having. I can feel your excitement and everything you are doing is something I would do too. I would have thought the What Three Words for Santa's location would have been Ho.Ho.Ho! All the best, Pete
Ah thank you.. that would have been perfect 😂
Great vlog once again, loved the camera footage of the Northern lights
Thanks Stephen 😁
Really enjoying your content now that you are on the move big style.All those places look very welcoming and amazing.
Thanks Steve, they’re amazing!!
300 Nok is my guess for beer on vinmonopolet.
Brilliant guys 👍
Epic!
Thanks Paul 😁👍🏻
Great fun guys 😃That shop Mandy 😍
Oh I know!!!! It was amazing and we spent a bit - I think John didn’t have the heart to say no 😁😂❤️
Whel thanks again folks. Lovly!!!!!
Thank you 😁🙌🏻
That’s was so good! Scenery spectacular. Glad Mandy got to see (I know him!) Santa!
😁 thanks Linda ❤️🎅🏻
Epic, epic, epic wow. So would you say Scandinavian is better then Manchester (careful)😊.John Loved the way you talked to Santa(baby) and Mandy your eyes were uncontrollable 😂🤣😂. Really enjoyed that and actually just had to watch it again, smiling away here and laughing my head off when you’d finished 🤣🤣🤣. Stay safe
😁 thanks Michelle.. haha.. there are subtle differences between the two but my heart will always be in Manchester ❤️ it was brilliant!!
Right way round now 😂👍. Keep up the good work 🖐️👌
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Brilliant series guys we are loving it. This is the best episode so far epic 👋
Very enjoyable 🇧🇻😊👍🇸🇪🚐
Thanks very much Mark 😁👍🏻
Fantastic, I really enjoyed this video, making amazing memories x
Ah that’s great, thanks Catherine 😁❤️
Hi guys that was so good 👍 thanks and keep safe
Thanks Stan 😁👍🏻
Great pics of the northern lights
Thanks Sue 😁
New Subscriber to the Channel...... Thoroughly enjoying catching up on all the back episodes at the mo.....
Many thanks for the what3Words listings - will make good use of these when we venture off to Sweden / Norway in our van in 2023 (hopefully!)
Keep up the great work, and enjoy Finland!
Thanks for joining us J B and glad you’ve enjoyed catching up too ❤️
W3Ws is an amazing tool, we’re looking forward to releasing the map when this trip has finished 😁
Norway have started to mount Camper clean automats at rest stopps, they emty and clean your toilet cassettes for free.
That’s great 👍🏻
Great video. Had lots of fun watching it. Pity it’s FINNISHED now 😅 🇫🇮
Haha.. it’s never going to stop 😁😂🇫🇮 thanks for watching 👍🏻
Great video -- thanks. Norway is a very sparsely populated, high trust society with vast wealth from oil and gas exports. They have high wages and so have high spending power, hence everything is relativley more expensive compared to most other "wealthy" nations. I once met some enlisted sailors from their Navy visiting Orkney and they were earning £50K a year but only on duty for six months!
Wow.. can’t complain about that then. I was speaking with the vet about cost of living and wages in Norway and it was an eye opener 😁
Norwegian here, yes we have generally high wages. I saw in some research that we spend no more than other countries on food compared to the wages. Alcohol and tobacco though, thats another story.. The state want us not to drink and smoke to much :( So we buy in othe countries when we can :)
the whole trip looks amazing and the camp sites look very nice and well worth stopping at.
Oh yes..! Arctic Wilderness camp was amazing!!
@@johnmandy I can't wait to visit myself
Love it laugh my head off it was great 👍keep safe 😍Maggie Manchester xx
Fab..! We like a good laugh, thanks Maggie ❤️
Great place, and OMG that Christmas shop 🤩 and seeing Santa was amazing 🥰
It really was amazing ❤️😁🎅🏻
I loved this one guys. We are going to do this trip next year, so it’s exciting to see what it’s like. You just would not have got me out of the Christmas shop. I start my Christmas shopping in July each year. I just love it 🎄 xx
I ran out of money 😂 it’s not the cheapest shop (as you can imagine..) but I adore everything I bought.. 😁❤️
Another stunning video guys.. your having so much fun ...should have gone skinny dipping in the fjord...🥶
Thanks Terry.. maybe next time 😁😂
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@@johnmandy ..When's the Finland video premiere ?
Hi, if you want to try Swedish food, you should not go to Lidl. For us, it is foreign food. Swedish food can be found at ICA and COOP, among others
We were having a little joke at ourselves with the Lidl visit as it was Bavarian week there 😁 we do however, love COOP 😁❤️🙌🏻
My best man arranged a mini trip before my wedding to Oslo. The flight from Newcastle was so much cheaper than the bus into Oslo, we had to stay at a youth hostel that was a bit the same price as a hotel in uk. Pint of coke in Pizza hut 11 years ago a tenner. Large pizza 30 pounds. The McFlurry that was 99p at the time was nearly 2 pounds so around double.
Eeeek.. it is mighty pricey
Fab fun watching this one. Loved the Buddy the Elf references. Really great to see you with Santa and Mandys face. Fab!
Ah thanks guys.. I was hoping the quotes would make it 😁🙌🏻😂
Brilliant vlog as usual guys! We won’t go Norway if booze is that pricey haha brilliant views too x
awesome! thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching 😁
Hi John and Mandy, and not forgetting coop, my partner and I have been following you for months now and briefly met you both(and daz) in Canterbury a couple of months ago, we were wondering how you get on with the Internet now that we’ve left Brexit we spent five weeks in Europe but our Internet was capped at 12 GB we were wondering how you get round that, if at all, keep up the good work stay safe and enjoy
All the best John and Claire
Our contract has never been capped like other networks, but we’ll all find out in February if Brexit has brought new problems.
@@johnmandy Thanks for taking time out to reply, looking forward to the next episode take care the three of you :-)
Superb video again guys
Thanks Gordon 😁❤️
Another 5* vlog. Loved it
Thank you 😁
Great skies
Thanks Terry