🐻❄ fantastic cinematography guys, thanks so much for taking us along with you! Those arctic foxes are awesome, love that it just wanted to carry that stick. Pretty perfect day right? Wildlife, lovely people, beer! I'm still scared of stout too though 😂
Thanks lads! It's definitely one of the more obscure places we've been to, but I would 100% recommend it! We really want to go back in the winter to see it when it's covered in snow!
Hey Evan, That is great to hear, glad we have shown a slight different angle on the island :). We are working up the Pyramiden video at the moment which was a crazy place to go with it being ex Soviet, excited to show everyone that one! Think there might be 4 parts all together.
Haha the reindeer are great. There is a sad part to it though, as there is not enough grass inbetween the rubble so they normally wear there teeth down and starve as they cannot eat! Tough world this high up ay!
Dunder Salt is originally made in Årjäng in Sweden, but close to the border with Norway (actually just 120 km SE of Oslo). The depicted troll is a famous statue in Årjäng.
We seem to be struggling to keep to a normal schedule, but everyone loves a surprise, right?! 😅 Haha a fox with a foot fetish, who would've thunk it! - P x
I want an arctic fox especially one that has its own stick. What a great video all that wildlife - except a 🐻❄️ Im glad you didn’t see one in case it chased you and you would have shot it!
Haha, good one! Can you survive it!! (I am Norwegian, with ancestors actually going to Svalbard hunting, and at that time the question was valid, but now???) It is nice that you go to all kind of places though! And. I love the stories you bring to everything and the unexpected little stuff!
Thanks for your lovely comments Trond! To be fair, they have such a lovely supportive community and they seem to have managed to perfect the 'hygge' houses! But I'm not sure I would survive the 4 months of darkness, it takes a lot of mental strength I would imagine! Do you live in the south or north of Norway? - P x
@@RollingRoutes I am North Norwegian but live in the south, although in a valley (World Heritage City Rjukan) with no sun from October to March) so they have built a huge Sunmirror, sending sunbeams from the mountainside down to the town square, but you get the sun only there though.
It’s so fun to watch! I will visit Longyearbyen in December and also stay in Mary Ann’s. But I will experience only darkness. Do you have any recommendations to eat out in town?
Hey Niels, Thanks for the lovely comment :). That will be a real cool time to visit Svalbard in the Polar night! What activities/tours do you have planned? The food at Mary-Anns is Spectacular, so defo try that for an evening meal. Stationen does good pub/bistro style food as well. There is a place called Huset as well that looked amazing fine dining, but we didn't get time for that :)
"..........lets go and find a polar bear"...........Easy to say AFTER the beer tasting!!! 🤪 With a brewery there, I think I could survive Svalbard 😋 🐻❄
Haha yes, the beer did give the confidence to go out and fight a polar bear, that's what good beer is for right? Oh you would do just fine there, there is beer and in the winter you can get your pack of dogs to drag you to the shops!
Hi there! I plan to visit svlabard hopefully next year 2024. I have a couple of questions 1. What time of year was this filmed? 2. Can I rent or buy a firearm while I am there if I want to explore by myself? And if not a firearm what about bear spray? 3. Any places to go swimming in Svalbard? 4. Random question- does Svalbard have a movie theater?
Hi Irving! How exciting that you're going to Svalbard, I hope you'll love it!! In answers to your question: 1. This was early September, the first snow of the year happened the day after we left. 2. I thibk you can rent them yourselves but you have to get a licence (not sure if it has to be a licence specific to svalbard too, sorry!) You have to carry a firearm and flairs, bear spray is not enough to be safe. 3. I know some people do swim in the sea, and I believe there was a swimming pool on the island, though we didn't go there ourselves! 4. Yes there is a movie theatre! It's at the top of town in longyearbyen, they had a literature festival going on there at the time we were there. In the winter months they also have a movie club! Hope that helps! When are you thinking of going?
@@RollingRoutes Thank you so much for answering my questions. I am beginning to plan my trip for next year 2024, just not sure which month I should go. I've been reading that a good time to go is May through Septemeber.
Contrary to popular belief, Europeans (not him) from a few earlier centuries never liked to live in frigid places all year long, and years in the northern reaches of the geographical Inuit areas of their countries where it's forever frigid and icy almost all the time. Only Eskimos / Inuits liked such places of those three countries and Imperial Russia all year long and all around the north pole actually from just north of the Arctic Circle. . During the time of Peter the Great, North Sweden and North Norway and North Finland exported or deported all their Inuit Eskimo populations living there 300 years ago or so, living around the Arctic Circle to Imperial Russia and north Russia and Siberian Russia, in exchange for money paid to Imperial Russia. This was how Sweden the other two countries got rid of their Inuit populations and Eskimo populations about 300 years ago, in exchange for money. They were exported to Imperial Russia in exchange for money. The Eskimos were replaced by whites with a Nomadic lifestyle in North sweden and Norway and North Finland in places closer to the North Pole. I forgot the name of that ethnic group, like Sami white Inuits or white Eskimos, which had a similar lifestyle to Inuits. Like Inuits, the Sami white tribes likes fish and reindeer meat. All Inuits / Eskimos of North Sweden and North Finland and north Norway were deported to Imperial Russia in exchange for money paid to Imperial Russia about 300 years ago.
No, Svalbard is not international territory. Svalbard belongs to Norway. The Svalbard Treaty The Svalbard Treaty was signed on 9 February 1920 and entered into force on 14 August 1925. The treaty was ratified by The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Denmark, USA, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway and Japan. It was later ratified by many other countries, including the Soviet Union (Russia) and Canada. There are now 46 parties to the treaty. “The Svalbard Treaty recognises Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard, including Bjørnøya (Bear Island), and that Norwegian law applies within the archipelago. The treaty also provides certain rights for the other signatories, including that their citizens may reside and engage in business activities, hunting and fishing in the archipelago.
Hi Steinar! Thanks for your comment, you are correct (a slip of the tongue, sorry about that!). We go into the Svalbard treaty in a lot more depth in our latest video about Pyramiden!
I've watched 10 seconds and already found two mistakes... Great start 🤦🏼♀️ Please somebody who managed to watch the whole thing tell me they at least mention it's only visa free for people coming from spitzbergen treaty member states?
Hi Charly, thanks for your comment. I think your comment may be wrong, and the treaty members have right to engage commercial activities on the island, but is open to all entirely visa free. (We did meet a Mexican on the island who is not part of the treaty countries who was doing exactly this). Do you have other information to correct us on this? Also interested to know what the other mistake was. Big hugs, Chris.
@@RollingRoutes they might be allowed to come as tourists, but legally they are not allowed to live or work here. And this kind of misinformation is causing a lot of frustration with us locals here, as we keep getting flooded by "job applications" (literally some of them are just a "hire me or you suck" email) from people that have no right to live here and only have watched videos like yours spreading misinformation due to bad research. And watch the first few seconds and then look up the actual date for sunset and rise and you'll see there is weeks of difference between those dates. As a svalbardian, I stop watching any video about my home town, if the first minute already contains bad research, granted usually it's more along the lines of "3000+ polar bears", so at least the wrong start and end of the polar night was a new one
Hi Charly, thanks for the reply,! Are you able to send some links to any official sources stating people can only come as tourists and cannot live and/or work on the island, because we can't find any information of the sorts even on the governor of Svalbard website. Happy to be corrected but we cannot find this info anywhere currently 😊. It doesn't sound nice about getting job applications like that though, why would you hire someone who is rude to you even in the application, sorry you have to deal with that! And apologies about the polar nights dates being off, it was more for example purposes of the length of time, but you are right we were off on that one.
@@RollingRoutes and since apparently using Google is to hard here is the passage from Wikipedia "All citizens and all companies of every nation under the treaty are allowed to become residents and to have access to Svalbard including the right to fish, hunt or undertake any kind of maritime, industrial, mining or trade activity. The residents of Svalbard must follow Norwegian law, though Norwegian authority cannot discriminate against or favour any residents of any given nationality." And yes, that includes work laws as that is considered undertaking industrial and trade activities.
lol, you actually pronounced "lange bein" which means long legs in Norwegian 😆. - The letter Y is tough for most non native speakers I guess, so that's to be expected 😅
The arctic fox carrying a stick is the cutest 💛
We were laughing so much when Ida sent us the phot of the fox still carrying it a week later! Adorable little guy!
🐻❄ fantastic cinematography guys, thanks so much for taking us along with you! Those arctic foxes are awesome, love that it just wanted to carry that stick. Pretty perfect day right? Wildlife, lovely people, beer! I'm still scared of stout too though 😂
Hey! Sorry been a bit Awol on here. Haha stout can be a bit scary, any plans to ever visit Svalbard? Defo should add it to the list!
@@RollingRoutes No plans in the near future but it's def on the longlist!
Leave a Polar bear emoji if you enjoyed this video! 🐻❄🐻❄🐻❄
What did you think guys, fancy moving to Svalbard with us?
What a great watch! Love seeing the wildlife and how unique the town is! Love it guys 🎉 the Arctic fox is adorable 😅
Thanks lads! It's definitely one of the more obscure places we've been to, but I would 100% recommend it! We really want to go back in the winter to see it when it's covered in snow!
making amazing videos as always! well done showing the best sides of Longyearbyen! you guys are the best🎉
Thanks Ida, you showed us an amazing side of Longyearbyen so thank you too 🙌🙌🙌.
Great video once again! Felt like a different side of Svalbard from all the other videos I’ve seen, filming was on point!
Ready for part 2 👌🏼
Hey Evan, That is great to hear, glad we have shown a slight different angle on the island :). We are working up the Pyramiden video at the moment which was a crazy place to go with it being ex Soviet, excited to show everyone that one! Think there might be 4 parts all together.
@@RollingRoutes Love that! Can’t wait 👍🏼
The wildlife shots were my favorite! Especially the stubby reindeer 😂
Haha the reindeer are great. There is a sad part to it though, as there is not enough grass inbetween the rubble so they normally wear there teeth down and starve as they cannot eat! Tough world this high up ay!
Wow amazing ❤❤
It's an amazing place isn't it!
We just uploaded our latest adventure here if you are interested - th-cam.com/video/VL_b6MFWwok/w-d-xo.html
Dunder Salt is originally made in Årjäng in Sweden, but close to the border with Norway (actually just 120 km SE of Oslo). The depicted troll is a famous statue in Årjäng.
Loved all the wildlife especially the Artic Fox 🦊 so cute carrying his little stick around 😀we’re you tipsy after all that beer ha! 🍺🍺🐻❄️🐻❄️xx
Very cute the fox right!? Got a name we could call it?
And Yes Paloma had a hangover off about 2 pints worth of tasting haha
@@RollingRoutes snowflake ❄️
@@RollingRoutes 😋🥲
Lovely name!
I’m partial to that wine rack! Those reindeer were adorable! Great video!
Its a nice driftwood wine rack right ha! And yes the wildlife is a bit mad here, loved it. Fancy a trip to Svalbard!?
@@RollingRoutes absolutely!
🐻❄️ what a treat to watch this with my lunch. I was sure the fox had a flip flop 🩴
We seem to be struggling to keep to a normal schedule, but everyone loves a surprise, right?! 😅 Haha a fox with a foot fetish, who would've thunk it! - P x
I want an arctic fox especially one that has its own stick. What a great video all that wildlife - except a 🐻❄️ Im glad you didn’t see one in case it chased you and you would have shot it!
Carrying a stick makes the even more adorable than they already were! Yes hindsight it was a good thing we didn't see one!
Great video about Svalbard.
Thank you Steinar! Are you from Norway?
@@RollingRoutes Yes. I live at the end of the Sognefjord - Norway's longest and most beautiful fjord. 😊
Haha, good one! Can you survive it!! (I am Norwegian, with ancestors actually going to Svalbard hunting, and at that time the question was valid, but now???)
It is nice that you go to all kind of places though! And.
I love the stories you bring to everything and the unexpected little stuff!
Thanks for your lovely comments Trond! To be fair, they have such a lovely supportive community and they seem to have managed to perfect the 'hygge' houses! But I'm not sure I would survive the 4 months of darkness, it takes a lot of mental strength I would imagine! Do you live in the south or north of Norway? - P x
@@RollingRoutes I am North Norwegian but live in the south, although in a valley (World Heritage City Rjukan) with no sun from October to March) so they have built a huge Sunmirror, sending sunbeams from the mountainside down to the town square, but you get the sun only there though.
Wow we just checked out your town, very interesting place to live Trond! Next time we are in Norway we want to visit ha!
Come back in a couple of months from now.
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my best is beer testing part stout is 10 :D
Beer time is always the best ha! Which brand of stout do you like the most?
It’s so fun to watch! I will visit Longyearbyen in December and also stay in Mary Ann’s. But I will experience only darkness. Do you have any recommendations to eat out in town?
Hey Niels, Thanks for the lovely comment :). That will be a real cool time to visit Svalbard in the Polar night! What activities/tours do you have planned?
The food at Mary-Anns is Spectacular, so defo try that for an evening meal. Stationen does good pub/bistro style food as well. There is a place called Huset as well that looked amazing fine dining, but we didn't get time for that :)
"..........lets go and find a polar bear"...........Easy to say AFTER the beer tasting!!! 🤪 With a brewery there, I think I could survive Svalbard 😋 🐻❄
Haha yes, the beer did give the confidence to go out and fight a polar bear, that's what good beer is for right? Oh you would do just fine there, there is beer and in the winter you can get your pack of dogs to drag you to the shops!
@@RollingRoutes Iceland?
Hi there! I plan to visit svlabard hopefully next year 2024. I have a couple of questions
1. What time of year was this filmed?
2. Can I rent or buy a firearm while I am there if I want to explore by myself? And if not a firearm what about bear spray?
3. Any places to go swimming in Svalbard?
4. Random question- does Svalbard have a movie theater?
Hi Irving!
How exciting that you're going to Svalbard, I hope you'll love it!! In answers to your question:
1. This was early September, the first snow of the year happened the day after we left.
2. I thibk you can rent them yourselves but you have to get a licence (not sure if it has to be a licence specific to svalbard too, sorry!) You have to carry a firearm and flairs, bear spray is not enough to be safe.
3. I know some people do swim in the sea, and I believe there was a swimming pool on the island, though we didn't go there ourselves!
4. Yes there is a movie theatre! It's at the top of town in longyearbyen, they had a literature festival going on there at the time we were there. In the winter months they also have a movie club!
Hope that helps! When are you thinking of going?
@@RollingRoutes Thank you so much for answering my questions. I am beginning to plan my trip for next year 2024, just not sure which month I should go. I've been reading that a good time to go is May through Septemeber.
How exciting! There's so much to do there, I absolutely loved it! I hope you have an amazing time, do let us know how you find it! P x
Contrary to popular belief, Europeans (not him) from a few earlier centuries never liked to live in frigid places all year long, and years in the northern reaches of the geographical Inuit areas of their countries where it's forever frigid and icy almost all the time. Only Eskimos / Inuits liked such places of those three countries and Imperial Russia all year long and all around the north pole actually from just north of the Arctic Circle. . During the time of Peter the Great, North Sweden and North Norway and North Finland exported or deported all their Inuit Eskimo populations living there 300 years ago or so, living around the Arctic Circle to Imperial Russia and north Russia and Siberian Russia, in exchange for money paid to Imperial Russia. This was how Sweden the other two countries got rid of their Inuit populations and Eskimo populations about 300 years ago, in exchange for money. They were exported to Imperial Russia in exchange for money. The Eskimos were replaced by whites with a Nomadic lifestyle in North sweden and Norway and North Finland in places closer to the North Pole. I forgot the name of that ethnic group, like Sami white Inuits or white Eskimos, which had a similar lifestyle to Inuits. Like Inuits, the Sami white tribes likes fish and reindeer meat. All Inuits / Eskimos of North Sweden and North Finland and north Norway were deported to Imperial Russia in exchange for money paid to Imperial Russia about 300 years ago.
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No, Svalbard is not international territory. Svalbard belongs to Norway.
The Svalbard Treaty
The Svalbard Treaty was signed on 9 February 1920 and entered into force on 14 August 1925. The treaty was ratified by The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Denmark, USA, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway and Japan. It was later ratified by many other countries, including the Soviet Union (Russia) and Canada. There are now 46 parties to the treaty. “The Svalbard Treaty recognises Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard, including Bjørnøya (Bear Island), and that Norwegian law applies within the archipelago. The treaty also provides certain rights for the other signatories, including that their citizens may reside and engage in business activities, hunting and fishing in the archipelago.
Hi Steinar! Thanks for your comment, you are correct (a slip of the tongue, sorry about that!). We go into the Svalbard treaty in a lot more depth in our latest video about Pyramiden!
And at that same treaty conference, Israel was assigned its land from the Jordan river to the sea.
I've watched 10 seconds and already found two mistakes... Great start 🤦🏼♀️
Please somebody who managed to watch the whole thing tell me they at least mention it's only visa free for people coming from spitzbergen treaty member states?
Hi Charly, thanks for your comment. I think your comment may be wrong, and the treaty members have right to engage commercial activities on the island, but is open to all entirely visa free. (We did meet a Mexican on the island who is not part of the treaty countries who was doing exactly this).
Do you have other information to correct us on this? Also interested to know what the other mistake was. Big hugs, Chris.
@@RollingRoutes they might be allowed to come as tourists, but legally they are not allowed to live or work here. And this kind of misinformation is causing a lot of frustration with us locals here, as we keep getting flooded by "job applications" (literally some of them are just a "hire me or you suck" email) from people that have no right to live here and only have watched videos like yours spreading misinformation due to bad research.
And watch the first few seconds and then look up the actual date for sunset and rise and you'll see there is weeks of difference between those dates.
As a svalbardian, I stop watching any video about my home town, if the first minute already contains bad research, granted usually it's more along the lines of "3000+ polar bears", so at least the wrong start and end of the polar night was a new one
Hi Charly, thanks for the reply,! Are you able to send some links to any official sources stating people can only come as tourists and cannot live and/or work on the island, because we can't find any information of the sorts even on the governor of Svalbard website. Happy to be corrected but we cannot find this info anywhere currently 😊.
It doesn't sound nice about getting job applications like that though, why would you hire someone who is rude to you even in the application, sorry you have to deal with that!
And apologies about the polar nights dates being off, it was more for example purposes of the length of time, but you are right we were off on that one.
@@RollingRoutes it's literally in the text of the Spitzbergen treaty.
@@RollingRoutes and since apparently using Google is to hard here is the passage from Wikipedia "All citizens and all companies of every nation under the treaty are allowed to become residents and to have access to Svalbard including the right to fish, hunt or undertake any kind of maritime, industrial, mining or trade activity. The residents of Svalbard must follow Norwegian law, though Norwegian authority cannot discriminate against or favour any residents of any given nationality."
And yes, that includes work laws as that is considered undertaking industrial and trade activities.
lol, you actually pronounced
"lange bein" which means long legs in Norwegian 😆. - The letter Y is tough for most non native speakers I guess, so that's to be expected 😅
Haha sorry about our pronunciation 😅😅. Long legs is still a good name for a place right!? Where abouts in Norway are you from?
@@RollingRoutes 1 hour south of Oslo. - yup long legs is a pretty epic name 😁