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I live in the city and this was extremely cool to watch actually. The town has a really rich industrial history and is also one of the places where swedish hydroelectricity really began. Cool to see it appreciated!
Amazing to see someone appriciate ”my” city Trollhättan! ❤️ It is truely beautiful, born and raised here. There is such amazing places to go out for a walk with amazing scenery, we’re truely spoiled. XD
First time watcher here, recommended by the algorithm. Nice video. My grandma lived in Trollhättan - immigrated from Finland in the 1960s to work at the Saab factory - and my mum grew up there. Used to visit every year and always looked forward to going to the canals.
Thanks, I find it such a fascinating topic. It was great to see all those old ruins, I can't help but to imagine what life would have been like back then.
Trollhättan has its own ”festival” ”Fallens dagar” in late spring/summer. They cut off and drain the falls, then start to flush a couple of times a day. It goes from completely dried out to full mayhem in a minute. Fantastic sight. That icecream-place ”Lejonet&björnen” (The Lion and the Bear) is probably the best icecream in the west coast. There is the main store on Danska Vägen (Danish Road) in Gothenburg. With a visit. Try Vegan Chocolate with salted Peanuts…..
Thank you, great suggestion. I am partial to a bit of ice cream so I'll keep it in mind. I bet seeing the water rush down at full force is a spectacle. Thanks for tuning in!
Very nice video. But you should really come and visit during summer when the trees are green and the flowers bloom. Very fun to see Trollhättan from a tourist perspective.
Thank you, yes I bet it looks like a different place in the glow of the summer. Who knows, I might make it back at some point. If I do I’ll keep your advice in mind. Thanks 😄
It's off season for boats right now, so the bridge isn't used as often. When the warmer weather starts it will be used plenty and it's definitely a magnificent view to stand close as it's raised up.
Thank you, I really enjoyed my visit and enjoyed discovering it all for the first time. Don't worry about the weather, I'm English so am very use to it! 😃
Great vidoe Matt I hope you enjoyed your stay on that amazing ship one of the best ships of all time but also love your vlog of Gothenburg hope you have a good time
I like your way of finding interest in the smaller and/non-touristy things. But please come visit us in the summer months next time! :-) May and September usually works too.
Can recommend exactly that road trip in sweden as a swed we do it every year in our mobilehome during summer, go upp to dalsland värmland and even further up north it's a bliss. and it's fun to see you in my home town!
Thank you very much, really appreciate you saying. I hope to do some kind of road trip around either central or northern Sweden at some point so if you have any suggestions of places to visit I'd love to hear them?
Well, halfway of Swe (800 km n of Gbg) you have the beautiful province of Jämtland. Mountains (Oviksfjällen, Åre, Sylarna), Rivers & waterfalls, Lake with archipelago (Storsjön) and Östersund (main city) Safe trip & best wishes, Sven
I live here, very cool video. A bit sad you missed the King's Cave where the monarchs of Sweden have carved their names for almost 300 years now, and the Strömkarlen carving on the bridge facing upstream. There is also a 3500 year old bronze age barrow and a 1000 year old runestone in the area but they're a bit more out of the way.
Thanks, the King’s Cave sounds familiar - perhaps I read about it but didn’t end up making it there. Lots more interesting things to see from the sounds of it! Thanks for tuning in 👍
@@MattWhitingsEurope At 11:47 you were just a few meters away from the King's Cave, most likely you walked past it to get to that spot 😀It's not actually a cave though so not sure why they call it that
Thank you for this video - we are big fans of seeking out places slightly off the beaten tourist/travel track! Hopefully we can go to Sweden on our travels in the future and make use of the rail network to find day trips outside of the main cities. Great content!
Another good Vlog with 😎 Drone Footage, Matt👍💯. Beautiful scenery and look forward to a future Scenic Swedish Road Trip. The chains on the receptacle are also in other European countries in Park areas. I looked up photos and they had a few images from Norway and Italy with similar chainlinks. No description however for what particular "trolls" they are hoping to Keep Out... or maybe KEEP IN... 😱😄 Safe Travels Matt✝️🕊️
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it. The idea of some kind of road trip around either the south coast of Sweden or the central area looks like a lot of fun. It looks so remote and inviting up there - I need to do a bit of reading up on it I think. Thanks for the information regarding the chains, perhaps I haven't been looking but I've not noticed it before. Hey I didn't consider that there might be something lurking inside. 😆😂🤣
Hi Matt! I live about an hour away from Trollhättan and have done a lot of touring around Sweden on my motorcycle, from Lappland to Skåne. If you’re coming back for a road trip I’d gladly share some locations you should visit!
Thanks, glad you noticed. I did a bit of reading before I travelled and then a bit more on the train heading up there. Enjoyed the day! Probably could have done with another one to give me a bit of extra time to visit the town centre and Saab Museum. Next time perhaps!
You really chose a bad time of year to come to Sweden my dude haha. In the summertime Trollhättan (i live here) looks like a real paradise, especially around the canal area. I walk it every single day in the summer. This time of year everything is just depressing as hell and gray. Everyone hates it xD. You should've gone to Lappland! Lappland in the winter feels like traveling to another planet, its amazing.
I think people thought that by adding the chains, the crows would jump into the bin, afraid of getting wings tangled in the chains. However the crows know they won’t get stuck, but to show their respect to the “ingenuity” of some technicians they stay out of the garbage bins.
Fantastic video! I think you captured Trollhattan well. I live in Vanersborg 10 miles N of Trollhattan and often visit, especially in Summertime. The park with all the locks, old and new, is a perfect place for a picnic. I am just half way through, but it is worth mentioning that Innovatum (correct! an innovation centre) also has a filmstudio that is called TROLLYWOOD. Most of Swedish movies today is produced here and people from Trollhattan and Vanersborg often spot places in the movies that we are familiar with. Even spotted myself …. Also, you may have missed the dots on top of O and A, but your pronunciation of names was very good and things you described was correct, no wild guesses. Must share this one with my dear ones in USA. PS. The SAAB plant is/was located North of the city.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed the video. Interesting to hear about Trollywood - love that name. Cool that you saw yourself and all of the familiar places (to you), you must have needed a double-take when you first spotted the cameo. Glad I got most of the pronunciations right, I found it quite a challenge to work it all out. Thanks for watching!
@ I was an eo teacher in one of the schools and during the autumn break, a film crew came to shoot some clips and as the original “actor” never came, they hired me …. 1 second of fame! The waterfall, btw, is one of the experimental locks. The engineer (Christopher Polhem??) never got it to work. PS. Love it when you stay away from the large touristy places (Stockholm).
Ha I hope they paid you royalties!! Interesting about the waterfall. Sweden is a mysterious land to me. It's not a holiday destination we hear much about in the UK but I like getting off the tourist trail where possible. Sweden appears to me like it's full of forests, lakes and just loads of wide open countryside. I'd like to hire a car next time and head out into some of the even more isolated parts.
10:10 these gates are opened periodicly during the summer when the ices from the mountains have melted and overflowing the Lake "Vänern". the gates are open to lower the water levels of Vänern to stop it from overflowing and flooding the surrounding areas. this river runs all the way to Gothenburg and out to the Atlantic!
Incredible, thanks for the information! Clever engineering if it stops the flooding! Shame I didn’t get to see them in action, would have been a real spectacle.
@@MattWhitingsEurope they have a festival every year to celebrate the openings of the gates called "fallens dagar" ( the days of the falls). there is usually live preformances, a market, and even some roller coasters. the date is 18-20 of july 2025. I'll link a video of the openings! th-cam.com/video/JuxcpCyNUWI/w-d-xo.html
Sounds good, thanks for the suggestion. I won't be able to make it on this trip but I've marked it in my map for next time. Any particular places in Borås to look out for?
@@MattWhitingsEurope Hi Matt, really enjoyed your daytrip to the city where I once was brought up, and actually felt a bit of nostalgia. But today I live in a village 7 km from Borås called Rydboholm. Borås was for a long time known as the foremost textile city in Sweden, and here in Rydboholm a cotton spinning factory was started up already in 1834. You are of course more than welcome to make a visit, and because I'm retired since last year, I'll be happy to drive you around in my Volvo (made in Gothenburg 🙂). It's a bit too long to walk between the most interesting sites.
Thank you, very kind. In a Volvo? Now that's what I call a proper Swedish tour!! Both Borås and Rydboholm are intriguing, sounds like there's a lot of history in both of those places. Thanks for the kind offer and glad you enjoyed the video!
Quite fun that you went to Trollhättan of all places, nothing wrong with Trolhättan, but it has never really been known as a tourist attraction for foreign tourists, unless you are really intrigued by industrial history. If you had asked people in Gothenburg which place you should go to in the local area as a tourist, I don't think Trollhättan would have appeared even in place 30.
Haha that surprises me as I really enjoyed walking around and seeing the place. Loved the park area! Glad I could find somewhere a little off the tourist trail. Thanks for tuning in!
I guess people tend to be attracted to the capital in the first instance but then move on to another country before exploring the areas outside of Stockholm, which is a shame. Looks like there's plenty more to see and I'm certain I'll be back at some point - probably rent a car and see what's out there.
The canal is part of "Göta Kanal" and can take boats all the way from Gothenbourg / Göteborg to Stockholm, very nice trip if you have access to a boat.
I grew up in Trollhättan, cool to have you here :) Fun fact: When i was a teenager i managed to escape from a police car that was chasing me on my moped by driving over that "lifting bridge" 😂😂
my dad is from trollhättan and my brother studies at a university there. also that Indian restaurant is one of my favourite restaurants in trollhättan.
Tell you what, that curry was incredible and after such a busy day it went down a treat! Cool that you've got some family there, if you all go back to that Indian Restaurant send them my regards!
Hi Matt Whiting, Nice you where here and made a notice about Trollhättan. SAAB automobile (Today NEVS) are placed in north of Trollhättans industri zone. Place Called Överby (Over-by). You sadly missed it in movie but it makes it even more intresting to make a re-visit again for you 😄👍.. The SAAB museum is placed in south at NOHAB. However here's a little interesting history about Trollhättan's NOHAB and Nydqvist & Holm that you walked past in this film. Trollhättan had a fairly large positive and contributing role when many were to be saved on the ship RMS Titanic once. Not to forget and nice to know. When the RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank on April 14, 1912, 1,496 passengers died. But 712 lives were saved, thanks to technology from NOHAB here in Trollhättan. It was about daverts, or lifting devices to get the lifeboats into the lake, which was a Swedish invention. Sixteen pieces were delivered by Nydqvist & Holm in Trollhättan to the shipping company that built the RMS Titanic. The däverts were cast at the Kohlswa (Kolsva in Köping) foundry and assembled at Nydqvist & Holm in Trollhättan. The inventor and patent holder Axel Welin who was a Swedish engineer born in Sweden but was mainly active in London. The patent for his lifeboat diverter is in London. In 1900, Axel Welin was able to present his double-acting quadrant diverters. Each davit stood on a rack and could, so to speak, be rocked back and forth to retrieve one lifeboat at a time. It can be mentioned that the demand for Welin's dafters after the Titanic accident became so great that there was a shortage of castings in Sweden. Axel Welin's decks were sent to Belfast to then be mounted on the walking deck of the ocean liner Titanic. The diverters worked perfectly that fateful night. Most of those who were saved were lowered into the lifeboats with the help of Axel Welin's lifeboats. Today, Axel Welin's dävertar lies at a depth of 3800mtr in the bottom of the sea. Of the 123 Swedes on board, 89 perished. One of those who did not get a place in the lifeboats was Henrik Kvillner, a 31-year-old engineer at Trollhätte Kanalverk. He had received a scholarship and was on his way to America to study iron construction. Best Whishes Matt and others from a Troll in Trollhättan 😄
Wow what a fascinating and interesting story, thanks for posting it. I had no idea the city of Trollhättan was so closely linked to the Titanic or all of that technology. Much appreciated! 👍
@MattWhitingsEurope Your welcome and thank you Matt for the nice video..😄👍.. Yes, its a lot of intresting history wich combines England and Sweden. Perhaps its not just a coincidence many like SAAB in both countries and Swedes as 2:nd people after England to understand and enjoy the jokes best of John Cleese. We have same humor also.. We are more alike then we know.. Have a Nice day Ta-rah 🤗❤👍
Thanks, much appreciated. I watched a load of your videos a while back and then your latest one popped up this morning. Crazy situation right there! Hope Amsterdam is treating you well!
Most likely, Näcken (necken) as well as Skogsrået (the forest nymph) were created to prevent small children from venturing too close to bodies of water or getting lost in the woods. So they were protectors of sorts, only portrayed as the opposite.
That would make sense. The more I think about it the more I can see that happening a few hundred years ago. It's probably the root to a lot of folklore and myths worldwide.
Well for once the youtube algorithm works well. Welcome to Trollhättan. Come here during the summer and you will see the bridge go up and down all the time. The islands at 4;03 is called "nail-island" and the area with all the locks will be beautiful during our short summers. The whole main road is being rebuilt so its not a beautiful sight at the moment.
the chains are so that small animals don't get in as much and so that if the wind is blow hard stuff don't blow out, but a human can still reach in to search from bottles, cans and such if they need to c:
Visit Sölvesborg. Small town and it has Europe's longest walking/bicycle bridge. At night it is lit up in different colours. Sölvesborg is further south of Trollhättan.
Thanks for the suggestion, looks like a cool place. I won’t make it there on this trip but have made a note on my map for when I return to the area. Thanks again!!
Sölvesborg "further south of Trollhättan" is stretching the truth quite a bit. Sövesborg is in a different part of Sweden. It´s in Blekinge, Trollhättan is Västra Götaland.
I read somewhere that the Cafe Strandgatan was the meeting place for the first workers union and the site where the first strike in history was instigated. Other fun fact (myth?) the plans for the rather small church in Trollhättan were mixed up and the wrong size church was built here.
If no one has answered your question about why there are chains on the garbage cans, it is to prevent birds from digging up the garbage. I also think it is to prevent people from throwing large garbage in it.
Makes sense, thanks for clarifying. I wondered if it might be something to do with bears but then got thinking that it wouldn't really do much to stop a bear!
Sweden is good in €eonomics, Finland was "ostland" eastland for swedish. Raw materials, soldiers for war, workin power for swedish industry. Tack så mycket.
During “Fallens dagar” (days of the falls) in July, they open the hydro gates to flood the rapids a couple of times a day. This year, 2025, it’s 18-20 July.
How many meters did they have to raise the bridge to get your yacht past? Map makes it seem like you're in an amusement park. Well at least you found where to dock the boat. I don't trust the monsters intentions either.
They couldn't raise it high enough to get my super yacht through so I left it up stream and chartered the old helicopter. Those weren't drone shots!! 😆
Another question: - if you do use a pedometer, what are some of the longest distances you’ve ended up covering during a single day? One day in Brussels I decided I was good to walk and ended up doing 14 without so much as a thought.
You're post reads like you've already sent a question however I can't see anything. Perhaps it will pop up later or maybe I'm imagining things. I use the pedometer on my iPhone which is interesting to look back at. I think my record is something like 40,000 steps but I'm not sure what that is in miles or kilometres. I tend to do most steps when walking around cities, not when hiking. I guess hiking involves walking up and down steep hills (for the most part) so it's a slower process.
40,000 is unusual, I guess it's mostly between 20,000-30,000. No such thing as bad weather, only bad cloths. Mind you my camera isn't keen on the rain so that can be a problem. Luckily I carry my GoPro for such occasions.
Just by Olidan we also have a microbrewery and with the new laws regulating alcohol sales that takes place 1/6 2025 there is a good chance those how pass, can get a beer, water or soda along the walk!
Trollhättan is litterly the most boring town in Sweden. But well done for looking at the most interesting stuff. Sadly, you didn't see the filling of the water for the boats passing by.
Next time maybe! Looked like a cool place to me. Glad I found a lot of the interesting places, shame I ran low on time and didn't manage to film the centre properly.
@MattWhitingsEurope A cat ("Bum-Lasse")which wander to a shopping center daily and he has become famous for begging people for a ride home again😄, in short.
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Trollhättan is my home town, the set of locks you were looking at aero user anymore
@adamalfredsson373 Cool place, thanks for the update!
I live in the city and this was extremely cool to watch actually. The town has a really rich industrial history and is also one of the places where swedish hydroelectricity really began. Cool to see it appreciated!
Thanks for tuning in!!
Amazing to see someone appriciate ”my” city Trollhättan! ❤️
It is truely beautiful, born and raised here. There is such amazing places to go out for a walk with amazing scenery, we’re truely spoiled. XD
I totally agree, it's a wonderful place and I enjoyed my visit!
@ Glad you did! 🥰 Little bit sad you didn’t get to showcase ”Slussarna” deep history there. But I get it, limited time. :)
First time watcher here, recommended by the algorithm. Nice video. My grandma lived in Trollhättan - immigrated from Finland in the 1960s to work at the Saab factory - and my mum grew up there. Used to visit every year and always looked forward to going to the canals.
Thanks for tuning in! Glad you enjoyed the video - sounds like your family is well connected to the city! I very much enjoyed my day there.
Same history with my family. Most of my relatives still live there, and whenever I got time and money I visit my grandma for some kahvi and chit-chat
Cool, I've been pleasantly surprised by how many locals have watched the video. It's certainly a wonderful place to visit!
Just love you enthusiasm for industrial history!
Thanks, I find it such a fascinating topic. It was great to see all those old ruins, I can't help but to imagine what life would have been like back then.
Trollhättan has its own ”festival” ”Fallens dagar” in late spring/summer. They cut off and drain the falls, then start to flush a couple of times a day. It goes from completely dried out to full mayhem in a minute. Fantastic sight.
That icecream-place ”Lejonet&björnen” (The Lion and the Bear) is probably the best icecream in the west coast. There is the main store on Danska Vägen (Danish Road) in Gothenburg. With a visit. Try Vegan Chocolate with salted Peanuts…..
Thank you, great suggestion. I am partial to a bit of ice cream so I'll keep it in mind. I bet seeing the water rush down at full force is a spectacle. Thanks for tuning in!
@@MattWhitingsEurope Fallens Dagar in 2025 will be on June 18-20. 🙂
Thank you!
Wow, was really surprised to see this video recommended by the algorithm. I live only 20 minutes away. Great vid :D
Thanks for tuning in - much appreciated!
Thanks, Interesting film that makes me want to stop and have a look next time I pass by.
Thanks, I can recommend it!
Very nice video. But you should really come and visit during summer when the trees are green and the flowers bloom. Very fun to see Trollhättan from a tourist perspective.
Thank you, yes I bet it looks like a different place in the glow of the summer. Who knows, I might make it back at some point. If I do I’ll keep your advice in mind. Thanks 😄
As someone living in Trollhättan, up on the mountain, this was really fun to see!
Glad you enjoyed it! Wonderful place, really enjoyed my day there. Thanks for tuning in!
It's off season for boats right now, so the bridge isn't used as often. When the warmer weather starts it will be used plenty and it's definitely a magnificent view to stand close as it's raised up.
So it's busier in the summer - makes sense. It would have been wonderful to see it in operation but it just wasn't to be!
Greetings from Trollhättan. Its fun something so familiar through the eyes of a visitor.
(Sorry about the weather)
Thank you, I really enjoyed my visit and enjoyed discovering it all for the first time. Don't worry about the weather, I'm English so am very use to it! 😃
Fun to see, i live in the village next to Trollhättan :D Me and my mum always eat at India Palace!
Thanks for watching! Top marks for the curry, really enjoyed it!
Great vidoe Matt I hope you enjoyed your stay on that amazing ship one of the best ships of all time but also love your vlog of Gothenburg hope you have a good time
Thank you! Yes I really enjoyed staying on the ship - not something you do every day of the week!
@@MattWhitingsEuropewell am glad to hear that hope you got more trips coming soon
Yes indeed. Got some good ones coming up this year!
@@MattWhitingsEuropewell that’s good can’t wait 👍
I like your way of finding interest in the smaller and/non-touristy things. But please come visit us in the summer months next time! :-) May and September usually works too.
Thanks, I'm sure I'll be back at some point so I'll keep in mind that summertime is where it's at. Thanks for the info!
Can recommend exactly that road trip in sweden as a swed we do it every year in our mobilehome during summer, go upp to dalsland värmland and even further up north it's a bliss. and it's fun to see you in my home town!
Thanks, sounds like some wonderful countryside up north. Good to be in Trollhättan, enjoyed my visit!
Normally you find this sort of wild nature, way up north in Sweden.
You captured this dramatic river-landscape very nice.
Thank you very much, really appreciate you saying. I hope to do some kind of road trip around either central or northern Sweden at some point so if you have any suggestions of places to visit I'd love to hear them?
Well, halfway of Swe (800 km n of Gbg) you have the beautiful province of Jämtland.
Mountains (Oviksfjällen, Åre, Sylarna), Rivers & waterfalls, Lake with archipelago (Storsjön) and Östersund (main city)
Safe trip & best wishes, Sven
Thank you Sven, much appreciated and very useful.
I live here, very cool video. A bit sad you missed the King's Cave where the monarchs of Sweden have carved their names for almost 300 years now, and the Strömkarlen carving on the bridge facing upstream. There is also a 3500 year old bronze age barrow and a 1000 year old runestone in the area but they're a bit more out of the way.
Thanks, the King’s Cave sounds familiar - perhaps I read about it but didn’t end up making it there. Lots more interesting things to see from the sounds of it! Thanks for tuning in 👍
@@MattWhitingsEurope At 11:47 you were just a few meters away from the King's Cave, most likely you walked past it to get to that spot 😀It's not actually a cave though so not sure why they call it that
Ah yes, I think I know what you mean. I saw some photos of it before I arrived but couldn't find it whilst I was there. I had no idea I was so close.
Thank you for this video - we are big fans of seeking out places slightly off the beaten tourist/travel track! Hopefully we can go to Sweden on our travels in the future and make use of the rail network to find day trips outside of the main cities. Great content!
Thank you! It's always nice to get off the beaten path where you can. I really enjoyed my day!!
Very interesting channel for those who like to go a little bit off the beaten track. Very well presented too.
Thank you, really appreciate you saying! 👍
As someone who lives just 12km away and regularly takes the train from the same station this is cool.
Thanks for watching!! 😁
Another good Vlog with 😎 Drone Footage, Matt👍💯.
Beautiful scenery and look forward to a future Scenic Swedish Road Trip.
The chains on the receptacle are also in other European countries in Park areas. I looked up photos and they had a few images from Norway and Italy with similar chainlinks.
No description however for what particular "trolls" they are hoping to Keep Out... or maybe KEEP IN... 😱😄
Safe Travels Matt✝️🕊️
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it. The idea of some kind of road trip around either the south coast of Sweden or the central area looks like a lot of fun. It looks so remote and inviting up there - I need to do a bit of reading up on it I think. Thanks for the information regarding the chains, perhaps I haven't been looking but I've not noticed it before. Hey I didn't consider that there might be something lurking inside. 😆😂🤣
Keep doing what you do best! 🌟🎬
Thank you! 😁
@@MattWhitingsEurope you are welcome🤝
Hi Matt!
I live about an hour away from Trollhättan and have done a lot of touring around Sweden on my motorcycle, from Lappland to Skåne. If you’re coming back for a road trip I’d gladly share some locations you should visit!
You visited at the right time as the spillwater is more impressive with the humid air.
Good to know! Thank you.
Well done! Lots of time spent on research I think.
Thanks, glad you noticed. I did a bit of reading before I travelled and then a bit more on the train heading up there. Enjoyed the day! Probably could have done with another one to give me a bit of extra time to visit the town centre and Saab Museum. Next time perhaps!
You really chose a bad time of year to come to Sweden my dude haha. In the summertime Trollhättan (i live here) looks like a real paradise, especially around the canal area. I walk it every single day in the summer. This time of year everything is just depressing as hell and gray. Everyone hates it xD. You should've gone to Lappland! Lappland in the winter feels like traveling to another planet, its amazing.
I think the chains were put up for the crows so that they don't spread garbage. Thanks for taking me along.
Thanks for joining me! Ah yes that would make sense. Thanks for the info!
I think people thought that by adding the chains, the crows would jump into the bin, afraid of getting wings tangled in the chains. However the crows know they won’t get stuck, but to show their respect to the “ingenuity” of some technicians they stay out of the garbage bins.
there is crows and seagulls and so on that goes into the garbage so there is chain there to prevent that.
@@Soundbrigade thats a bunch of BS right there "to show their respect to the “ingenuity”"
@@kokainkalle It's spelled I R O N Y- IRONY! Ever heard about irony?! You must be a Swede ....
Fantastic video! I think you captured Trollhattan well. I live in Vanersborg 10 miles N of Trollhattan and often visit, especially in Summertime. The park with all the locks, old and new, is a perfect place for a picnic. I am just half way through, but it is worth mentioning that Innovatum (correct! an innovation centre) also has a filmstudio that is called TROLLYWOOD. Most of Swedish movies today is produced here and people from Trollhattan and Vanersborg often spot places in the movies that we are familiar with. Even spotted myself ….
Also, you may have missed the dots on top of O and A, but your pronunciation of names was very good and things you described was correct, no wild guesses.
Must share this one with my dear ones in USA.
PS. The SAAB plant is/was located North of the city.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed the video. Interesting to hear about Trollywood - love that name. Cool that you saw yourself and all of the familiar places (to you), you must have needed a double-take when you first spotted the cameo. Glad I got most of the pronunciations right, I found it quite a challenge to work it all out. Thanks for watching!
@ I was an eo teacher in one of the schools and during the autumn break, a film crew came to shoot some clips and as the original “actor” never came, they hired me …. 1 second of fame!
The waterfall, btw, is one of the experimental locks. The engineer (Christopher Polhem??) never got it to work.
PS. Love it when you stay away from the large touristy places (Stockholm).
Ha I hope they paid you royalties!! Interesting about the waterfall.
Sweden is a mysterious land to me. It's not a holiday destination we hear much about in the UK but I like getting off the tourist trail where possible. Sweden appears to me like it's full of forests, lakes and just loads of wide open countryside. I'd like to hire a car next time and head out into some of the even more isolated parts.
10:10 these gates are opened periodicly during the summer when the ices from the mountains have melted and overflowing the Lake "Vänern". the gates are open to lower the water levels of Vänern to stop it from overflowing and flooding the surrounding areas. this river runs all the way to Gothenburg and out to the Atlantic!
Incredible, thanks for the information! Clever engineering if it stops the flooding! Shame I didn’t get to see them in action, would have been a real spectacle.
@@MattWhitingsEurope they have a festival every year to celebrate the openings of the gates called "fallens dagar" ( the days of the falls). there is usually live preformances, a market, and even some roller coasters. the date is 18-20 of july 2025.
I'll link a video of the openings!
th-cam.com/video/JuxcpCyNUWI/w-d-xo.html
Thanks once again for the useful information and video, incredible to see that water rushing through. Festival sounds like a lot of fun!
Hi Matt, you should make a trip also to Borås, some 65 kms from Gothenborg. Also here is a lot to see. Greetings from Christian in Borås
I'm not from there. But good idea, since Elfsborg are meeting Tottenham next week
Sounds good, thanks for the suggestion. I won't be able to make it on this trip but I've marked it in my map for next time. Any particular places in Borås to look out for?
@@MattWhitingsEurope Hi Matt, really enjoyed your daytrip to the city where I once was brought up, and actually felt a bit of nostalgia.
But today I live in a village 7 km from Borås called Rydboholm. Borås was for a long time known as the foremost textile city in Sweden, and here in Rydboholm a cotton spinning factory was started up already in 1834. You are of course more than welcome to make a visit, and because I'm retired since last year, I'll be happy to drive you around in my Volvo (made in Gothenburg 🙂). It's a bit too long to walk between the most interesting sites.
Thank you, very kind. In a Volvo? Now that's what I call a proper Swedish tour!! Both Borås and Rydboholm are intriguing, sounds like there's a lot of history in both of those places. Thanks for the kind offer and glad you enjoyed the video!
Quite fun that you went to Trollhättan of all places, nothing wrong with Trolhättan, but it has never really been known as a tourist attraction for foreign tourists, unless you are really intrigued by industrial history. If you had asked people in Gothenburg which place you should go to in the local area as a tourist, I don't think Trollhättan would have appeared even in place 30.
Haha that surprises me as I really enjoyed walking around and seeing the place. Loved the park area! Glad I could find somewhere a little off the tourist trail. Thanks for tuning in!
Nice since 90% of all Swedish videos, are about Stockholm.
I guess people tend to be attracted to the capital in the first instance but then move on to another country before exploring the areas outside of Stockholm, which is a shame. Looks like there's plenty more to see and I'm certain I'll be back at some point - probably rent a car and see what's out there.
about the chains on the trash cans, they are there to keep birds away looking for food scraps
The canal is part of "Göta Kanal" and can take boats all the way from Gothenbourg / Göteborg to Stockholm, very nice trip if you have access to a boat.
Sounds like an exciting trip! I wonder if it's possible to hire a canal boat or something similar. Thanks for the info and thanks for tuning in!
...my town 💕
Wonderful place!
I grew up in Trollhättan, cool to have you here :)
Fun fact:
When i was a teenager i managed to escape from a police car that was chasing me on my moped by driving over that "lifting bridge" 😂😂
Thanks, enjoyed visiting! Well worth a day trip. Crazy story about the moped. I won't ask what they were chasing you for 😬
@@MattWhitingsEurope it was only because it was going faster than allowed, nothing serious 😁
Phew! Thought you might have robbed a bank or something! 💵🏦🔫
my dad is from trollhättan and my brother studies at a university there. also that Indian restaurant is one of my favourite restaurants in trollhättan.
Tell you what, that curry was incredible and after such a busy day it went down a treat! Cool that you've got some family there, if you all go back to that Indian Restaurant send them my regards!
River. Nice. Trollhättan!
Cool place for sure!
Hi Matt Whiting, Nice you where here and made a notice about Trollhättan.
SAAB automobile (Today NEVS) are placed in north of Trollhättans industri zone. Place Called Överby (Over-by). You sadly missed it in movie but it makes it even more intresting to make a re-visit again for you 😄👍.. The SAAB museum is placed in south at NOHAB. However here's a little interesting history about Trollhättan's NOHAB and Nydqvist & Holm that you walked past in this film. Trollhättan had a fairly large positive and contributing role when many were to be saved on the ship RMS Titanic once. Not to forget and nice to know. When the RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank on April 14, 1912, 1,496 passengers died. But 712 lives were saved, thanks to technology from NOHAB here in Trollhättan. It was about daverts, or lifting devices to get the lifeboats into the lake, which was a Swedish invention. Sixteen pieces were delivered by Nydqvist & Holm in Trollhättan to the shipping company that built the RMS Titanic. The däverts were cast at the Kohlswa (Kolsva in Köping) foundry and assembled at Nydqvist & Holm in Trollhättan. The inventor and patent holder Axel Welin who was a Swedish engineer born in Sweden but was mainly active in London. The patent for his lifeboat diverter is in London. In 1900, Axel Welin was able to present his double-acting quadrant diverters. Each davit stood on a rack and could, so to speak, be rocked back and forth to retrieve one lifeboat at a time. It can be mentioned that the demand for Welin's dafters after the Titanic accident became so great that there was a shortage of castings in Sweden. Axel Welin's decks were sent to Belfast to then be mounted on the walking deck of the ocean liner Titanic. The diverters worked perfectly that fateful night. Most of those who were saved were lowered into the lifeboats with the help of Axel Welin's lifeboats. Today, Axel Welin's dävertar lies at a depth of 3800mtr in the bottom of the sea. Of the 123 Swedes on board, 89 perished. One of those who did not get a place in the lifeboats was Henrik Kvillner, a 31-year-old engineer at Trollhätte Kanalverk. He had received a scholarship and was on his way to America to study iron construction.
Best Whishes Matt and others from a Troll in Trollhättan 😄
Wow what a fascinating and interesting story, thanks for posting it. I had no idea the city of Trollhättan was so closely linked to the Titanic or all of that technology. Much appreciated! 👍
@MattWhitingsEurope Your welcome and thank you Matt for the nice video..😄👍.. Yes, its a lot of intresting history wich combines England and Sweden. Perhaps its not just a coincidence many like SAAB in both countries and Swedes as 2:nd people after England to understand and enjoy the jokes best of John Cleese. We have same humor also.. We are more alike then we know.. Have a Nice day Ta-rah 🤗❤👍
Beautiful city :)
Yes indeed. Shame I didn't get to see a bit more of the city centre but I loved my walk along the river - that was something special!
Greetings from Amsterdam. I saw your comment, so I checked out your channel.
Thanks, much appreciated. I watched a load of your videos a while back and then your latest one popped up this morning. Crazy situation right there! Hope Amsterdam is treating you well!
Most likely, Näcken (necken) as well as Skogsrået (the forest nymph) were created to prevent small children from venturing too close to bodies of water or getting lost in the woods. So they were protectors of sorts, only portrayed as the opposite.
That would make sense. The more I think about it the more I can see that happening a few hundred years ago. It's probably the root to a lot of folklore and myths worldwide.
Well for once the youtube algorithm works well.
Welcome to Trollhättan. Come here during the summer and you will see the bridge go up and down all the time.
The islands at 4;03 is called "nail-island" and the area with all the locks will be beautiful during our short summers.
The whole main road is being rebuilt so its not a beautiful sight at the moment.
Thanks for the welcome! Sounds like I need to come back in the summer time!! And perhaps to see the improved city centre!
If you want to see the northen part of sweden i got a friend in Blattnicksele, just outside sorsele.
Thank you, I'll keep that in mind. Anywhere in particular you would recommend?
That canal crosses the whole sweden, some part are dug out and some are natural lakes its called göta äv/göta kanal
That's great, thanks for the info! Always good to learn a bit more about the places I visit 👍
the chains are so that small animals don't get in as much and so that if the wind is blow hard stuff don't blow out, but a human can still reach in to search from bottles, cans and such if they need to c:
Got it. Thanks for letting me know, seems like a sensible idea.
14:07 Those are the old sluices and aren’t used anymore, they built new ones in 1916 and they are replacing them with even newer ones around 2030
Very interesting, thanks for letting me know 👍
Nice to se my home town
Nice to visit! Cool place.
Its a real shame that you didn’t visit there in the summer!
Yes a few people have said it's very different in the summer time. Who knows, maybe one day I'll return!
Visit Sölvesborg. Small town and it has Europe's longest walking/bicycle bridge. At night it is lit up in different colours. Sölvesborg is further south of Trollhättan.
Thanks for the suggestion, looks like a cool place. I won’t make it there on this trip but have made a note on my map for when I return to the area. Thanks again!!
Sölvesborg "further south of Trollhättan" is stretching the truth quite a bit. Sövesborg is in a different part of Sweden. It´s in Blekinge, Trollhättan is Västra Götaland.
Sweden is a massive country when you think about it!
7:00 it’s for birds, so that they don’t eat the trash
Ah that makes sense. Thanks for the info!
I live in Trollhättan. The chains on the trash bins are for the birds (and probably also the wind) not to pull the garbage out of the bins.
Makes sense, thanks for letting me know 👍
the chains cause The noise deters small animals from entering and spreading the contents.
Thanks for the info, very useful.
I read somewhere that the Cafe Strandgatan was the meeting place for the first workers union and the site where the first strike in history was instigated.
Other fun fact (myth?) the plans for the rather small church in Trollhättan were mixed up and the wrong size church was built here.
Thanks for the info, that church story is funny😂. Fact is quite often more remarkable than fiction.
If no one has answered your question about why there are chains on the garbage cans, it is to prevent birds from digging up the garbage. I also think it is to prevent people from throwing large garbage in it.
Thanks for the info, someone had mentioned to the first part but not the second so appreciate you saying. Thanks for watching! 👍
the chains are for birds so they dont eat the trash (im from sweden and i live 30min away from where u were
How would chains stop birds?
they dont like the sound of it and they cant reach in then
Makes sense, thanks for clarifying. I wondered if it might be something to do with bears but then got thinking that it wouldn't really do much to stop a bear!
Sweden is good in €eonomics, Finland was "ostland" eastland for swedish. Raw materials, soldiers for war, workin power for swedish industry.
Tack så mycket.
Thanks for the information.
During “Fallens dagar” (days of the falls) in July, they open the hydro gates to flood the rapids a couple of times a day. This year, 2025, it’s 18-20 July.
Very interesting, thanks for the info. Someone else posted a video of the spectacle - looked amazing!
The chains on the garbage bins are there to stop seagulls
Thanks for the information, I knew there would be a reason I just didn't know what it was.
How many meters did they have to raise the bridge to get your yacht past? Map makes it seem like you're in an amusement park. Well at least you found where to dock the boat. I don't trust the monsters intentions either.
They couldn't raise it high enough to get my super yacht through so I left it up stream and chartered the old helicopter. Those weren't drone shots!! 😆
@MattWhitingsEurope 🛥🚁😂😂
Another question:
- if you do use a pedometer, what are some of the longest distances you’ve ended up covering during a single day?
One day in Brussels I decided I was good to walk and ended up doing 14 without so much as a thought.
You're post reads like you've already sent a question however I can't see anything. Perhaps it will pop up later or maybe I'm imagining things. I use the pedometer on my iPhone which is interesting to look back at. I think my record is something like 40,000 steps but I'm not sure what that is in miles or kilometres. I tend to do most steps when walking around cities, not when hiking. I guess hiking involves walking up and down steep hills (for the most part) so it's a slower process.
@ you’re very fit.
And I like how you don’t seem fazed by weather or winter
40,000 is unusual, I guess it's mostly between 20,000-30,000. No such thing as bad weather, only bad cloths. Mind you my camera isn't keen on the rain so that can be a problem. Luckily I carry my GoPro for such occasions.
How many locks do they have?
4 locks.
Totally 44 meters, 6 locks (Brinkebergskulle and Lilla Edet)
Just by Olidan we also have a microbrewery and with the new laws regulating alcohol sales that takes place 1/6 2025 there is a good chance those how pass, can get a beer, water or soda along the walk!
Sounds good, must have missed that one. Thanks for the information. 👍
hey i work there
Cool place!
I hope you didn't missed the Troll in Trollhättan
I think I may have done!
bro I take that train every day
Decent service, very convenient. 👍
Why? Just Why?
Why not?
Trollhättan is litterly the most boring town in Sweden. But well done for looking at the most interesting stuff. Sadly, you didn't see the filling of the water for the boats passing by.
Next time maybe! Looked like a cool place to me. Glad I found a lot of the interesting places, shame I ran low on time and didn't manage to film the centre properly.
Boring? I love trollhättan.
Vänersborg (10 miles North): hold my beer …
🤣 Säg till dom haha vi har nog bättre än många städer
Trollhättan= the hat of the troll
Ah yes, makes sense! 👍
Bro you gotta start putting something on your bread
Ha I can handle filling or no filling when the circumstances require. Quite like them plain though 😂
@@MattWhitingsEurope haha i feel you Matt! Welcome to Sweden
Thank you!!!
If you go to Trollhättan again, don't miss out on Luffar-Lasse😊
What’s the Luffar-Lasse if you don’t mind me asking?
@MattWhitingsEurope A cat ("Bum-Lasse")which wander to a shopping center daily and he has become famous for begging people for a ride home again😄, in short.
Well I didn't expect you to say that! Sounds intriguing, thanks for the information.
Swedens most famous cat. He is an orange tabby i believe
I don't recall seeing him, next time maybe!