same situation in switzerland on route Albula (Preda to Bergün) only if the street over Albula Pass is closed ... uphill-part is supported viy RhB-Railway-Line
I must say that if Tim has any reservations about making sponsored videos, have no fear. This is totally a video he could make completely unprompted (and "the Oslo tourism board would like to tell you that their metro system is perfectly good" is a good bit, made even better by the fact that it could be real). As long as Tim doesn't start claiming that a mobile game development/VPN company's HQ is a famous tourist attraction, it's all good. And even then, if it's just a clearly declared ad in an otherwise Tim video, I wouldn't really care.
Take money. Seriously. We spent £400 in a week. And the Oslo Card is well worth it - you get discount off food, free metro/tram travel etc, and of course the usual free entry to all sorts of attractions.
That. I've just added it to my list of Places to Visit Before I Die. Which I better get working on because my doctor just gave me a number for the Before I Die part and it's annoyingly smaller than the one I wanted.
As a former London underground driver I can confirm that water in the cabs is not only unusual but would most likely be the cause for some questions that might be difficult to answer.
@@sirBrouweror possibly the Elizabeth line. The powers that be decided not to install toilets, yet the human passengers still need to go and it's potentially a long journey outside the central bit.
As a current "mainline" driver I can confirm that with through gangwayed stock such as Sprinters, water in the cab is a feature whenever it rains. Not that the gangway door seals (or windscreen seals, or roof seals) are in any way faulty, oh no. It always says "No fault found" in the defect books...
My guess would be that on most lines around the world, as much water in the cabs as described in the video would be due to track flooding, so drivers wouldn't be the ones dealing with it at all since the line would be shut down. :D
Wait. You can use the metro as a trail shuttle? That's AMAZING. Of course Øystein brings a GT Snow Racer for the track. They've been terrorizing the sledding hills for decades.
We call them Stiga-kjelke (to separate them from other types of kjelke) and they are pretty ubiquitous. However, down this hill I've found the more traditional wooden ones to be faster, though it may depend on the type of snow. Especially if it's icy cause then you have no control with the plastic ones.
@@ze_rubenator I disagree, I've never heard it referred to as a Stiga as a Norwegian. I'm from the 90s and we just called it "Snow Racer", they were the coolest toy you could have (other than a Gameboy Color with Pokemon Blue ofc).
That's age related, as a Swede growing up in the 70's, we all dreamt of our parents finally owning up and getting us a Stiga Snow Racer that were endlessly advertised in the country's largest weekly publication, the Kalle Anka (Donald Duck) & C:o magazine. Stiga sports it a Swedish company producing everything from these tol pingpong tables to lawn mowers.
I wonder why Tim Traveller has devoted his life to going to so many different places around the world with such a variety of olde worlde architecture. "When I was a small child in Milton Keynes..." Question answered.
@@veryboringname. Everything I know about Milton Keynes I know from Good Omens (the book), where it is a footnote. It's a city designed from scratch in the 1950s. I think you can guess the rest of the connection to Tim's proclivities from that.
Normally you tell us if the place you're visiting is wheelchair accessible. This may be important for any second attempts if the first attempt doesn't end well.
Every stop on the Oslo metro is wheelchair accessible, except one of the platforms at Frøen (going towards the city center). Although in winter, that accessibility can be... significantly reduced.
in this case toboggan accessible was enough.😁😁 . i thought you were going to try filming someone else in your red coat and yellow scarf and try to pass that attempt off as yours as a comic aside 😁😃🤣
Pedantry corner inside pedantry corner: It is possible to be _quicker_ (as in: less time between two points), not _faster_ (as in: top speed) than the Oslo metro between these two stations in the winter... ;P
Ahhh, the kind of person that likes to point out the difference between speed and velocity as well, I presume. I like those! =) Edit: Haaaa, and a fellow German, with fav channels aligning at least 80% with my subs or so. That might explain a few things...
@@QemeH I removed my answer after thinking about it. I read and thought "suitcase", i.e. "square". Before I went into my philosophical corner and understood. You're absolutely right. Kind regards from Oslo.
"will there be a Norwegian [at the station]?" With the station being in Oslo, I'm going to presume there'd be quite a few Norwegians there. 😜Excellent video as always Tim. Watching Øystein, I've even learned a bit of technique on how to ride a toboggan as a bonus! (Though not sure I'll get to use that much here close to the tropics, but knowledge is knowledge)
@@matthewbarratt4935 Haha, that would have been a nice, unexpected twist. I think I recall him turning up in one of Paul Whitewick's video to do a collab in such a fashion.
@@stefansoder6903In that they are not only in the way on the track, they are also on the racing line and it just so happens that they're all wearing red coats.
@@stefansoder6903 In film and TV productions, and even youtube videos, you will often find that the host has a trademark outfit, to be easily visible/recognizable/preserve continuity. Tim often uses this bright red anorak, which in most situations serves this purpose perfectly. (It makes Tim stand out in a crowd.) However, a bright red anorak is a incredibly common clothing item for Norwegians skiing or doing outdoor winter activities. (pretty much every Norwegian own a bright red anorak.)
@@stefansoder6903 By jokingly calling them not just problems, but “other” problems, he’s tacitly admitting to being one himself. What with stopping to record a bunch of bits while they’re trying to enjoy the tobogganing!
Tim started this channel basically as a spoof of the "Wish You Were Here...?" TV series. And now he is the one getting paid to vacation in fantastic places. This has come full circle :-)
I am familiar with the railway, but not with the toboggan run. I laughed at this video so much I cried! Suggestion. You now approach the Graubunden (Switzerland) tourist board and ask them to to sponser a race Preda to Bergun, Man on Toboggan v the Glacier Express train! The road from from Preda down to Bergun is converted every winter into a toboggan run. The road takes a more direct route than the Rhaetische Bahn railway line!, which (literally)goes round in (three) circles!
The RhB drives a bit faster and doesn't stop, I highly doubt it's possible to beat the glacier express. But on the rack section between Nätschen and Andermatt the chances are much better
I used to do this toboggan run as a kid in the very early 90s. Back then, the railway was still the Holmenkollenban which departed from a bay platform at Majorstuen, and not a metro per se. The trains were absolutely gorgeous - vintage single-car teak-bodied units, running off overhead electric cable (not third rail like it is now). The toboggan run had - and presumably still has - street lights throughout, so it was possible to do the run at night, something we often did. I vividly remember the sparks coming off the runners of a proper luge overtaking my mates and me one night - it was so icy that we were helplessly pirouetting down, out of control, as this guy whipped by at incredible speed, with every bit of grit and dirt that came into contact with his blades causing a shower of slightly terrifying sparkles in the dark Oslo night. Fantastic video, thanks for ahaha sparking ahaha the memories.
Ah, this brings me back. Growing up, there was always one day of the year when the whole school had a "winter activity day," and a trip to Korketrekker'n was one of the options. Racing your friends down this thing as a kid was just epic.
That's the thing - Tim made a _Tim Traveller_ video, not a boring commercial for something you are probably not interested anyway. If all potential future sponsors are as cold, er, cool as those Vikings with Tim retaining full creative authority over the content they sponsor, I wouldn't mind if every single video was sponsored on his channel.
I never watch any "traveling" programs. Tim is different. It's all cards on the table, having some fun, often learning something and if it is sponsored by a city and they get some more tourists, all the better! 😃 And I also had a big fat childish grin on my face throughout the whole video! 😁
Definately one of the most fun things to do here in winter! Thank you for showing! ☺️ Tip for others: do not wear jeans, they are going to get suuuuper wet and in -10C that will be very cold 🥶 Wear proper snowpants and sturdy shoes so you can steer and brake your sleigh 👍 Ps.controlling your sleigh as a beginner is simple: left foot down and you turn left, right foot down and you turn right. Both feet down and dig in your heels, you stop ☺️
I don’t know… I did once find about an inch of standing rain water in my cab one cold, rainy day. It was enough that when the train moved it actually sloshed around.
I recently visited Oslo for (I think) my 5th time. Though I'm older and partially disabled now... I'd love to visit in the winter and WATCH people flying down the hill. Thanks Visit Oslo for sponsoring this. If I could visit every year, I would... I love your city so much! Greetings from Seattle, Washington USA.
As you saw Oslo goes from sea level to several hundred meters within just a few kilometers. So during winter you could have "springtime" down at sea level and quite a bit of snow up at Holmenkollen.
This is actually used as part of the advertising for recruiting new train drivers. Usually variations of "Would you like to get paid to drive the World's biggest Porsche?"
@@stoobertbthat’s funny. When Mercedes were pushing the Citaro bus line in the 00s, I remember various bus-drivers-wanted adverts saying that “driving a Merc” would be a bonus 😅
5:40 See that little cliff on the left there? As a kid I tried shoving my mate down there as we went past, but utterly failed and (deservedly) went down it myself. I watched the others go by twice before I'd managed to claw my way back up. Worth it.
Nice to see what that track looks like. In winter, there are always lots of kids taking the metro up from Midtstuen, but I've never tried sledding downhill there myself, so thanks for showing us.
Thank you, Visit Oslo, for sponsoring this! I feel the real urge now to, well, visit Oslo :) Thank you Tim and all the participantsES! (Tim, you're a gem of youtubers!)
Tim, did you know there's another well known race on the Norwegian Bergen line between Myerdal and Flam, racing the train against a mountain-bike? As the train can only run at about 40kph due to the extreme gradient, you'd have a good chance of beating it.
I grew up in the Corskrew ( Korketrekkeren ) with my fater, he on his luge, me on his lap. Three minutes max on the three kilometer ride. Thats an average of 60 km/ph. Exhilirating! And yes, we did beat the metro. (ed: That is the next train up, wich is a completely different race) "It' s not the fart (speed) that kills, its' the smell (crash/bang)" Excellent apple pie at Frognerseteren btw.
The possibility of a similar challenge is possible in Switzerland: there is a toboggan run between Preda and Bergün stations on the Rhetische Bahn in Graubunden. I have no idea how the timings work out, as to whether it is simple, challenging, or impossible to beat the train, though. The railway between the two stations is climbing steeply and has many twists and turns to gain height, and relatively slow speeds, so there is the distinct possibility that the toboggan could win.
TBF Tim was only 3 minutes behind in early runs, and the stiga ended up 5 minutes ahead of a 13 minutes journey, so you can probably get there on a classic toboggan.
Growing up in Canada these were always the best sleds. Marketed here as GT snowracers with hockey players on the boxes, I mistakenly thought they were a Canadian brand.
@@MrKevinWhitestiga also has Tabletop hockey tables, quite popular. There has also been like stigs sled redbull competitions, they put higher like bike control thing on them instead of the wheel and do big air. Protip for a child to do long jump on one of them: tape cardboard on the sides so your feet can't go between the rails when if you go down on it. I think biggest lengthwise air we did was like 3-4 meters off a ramp built from snow. In the woods as you do. Also the old old handbrake stiga is superior for the jumping than the footbrake one. Stiga was finest brand of such sledhill things because of the steel tube construction and being rugged enough to do such jumps without immediately breaking. And you really need a stiga and the jumps to have fun on a small hill for more than 15 minutes, plastic sled just gets so hard to aim and you don't want to jump on them.. And we had time weeks on end. Why not do all that with a snowboard? Maybe if we had them.
Honestly, I have gone to Oslo in winter purely for that toboggan run before, and spent hours there at -20C with zero regrets 😄 My best time for Korken is 5:04, because I recorded it on Strava, naturally 🤣
That was SO MUCH FUN!!!! The Metro takes you up the hill, and you get to have the joy of sliding down. I hope you get many more sponsored videos because yours are wonderful!!
Tim "birdy" sound was the top moment on this video. Now I am more interested on this ride, specially about that biggest level change in the world, sorry being pedantic about it 😂. Thanks Visit Oslo for sponsoring this video, you could not find a better endorsement than this guy/channel. Any chances for a Portugal trip? ❤😊
I never knew there was a winter sports possibility so close to Oslo. Now it really is on my wishlist to go there. Awesome! And 'everything is fine, uh, everything is not fine' part broke me up 😂
And if you like cross country skiing, there's prepared tracks all around the city from the metro or bus. It's a great city in the summer as well, like canoeing then Akerselva and you'll end up right in the center of downtown Oslo where you can also rent both kayaks and canoes.
Watching your Channel is always a feel good experience. Unlike some of the "influencers" that rely of over the top drama and fakery beyond the imagination of Disney... you are just a regular guy enjoying the moment and give an honest account of yourself and experiences. Please don't ever change!!! You are the true Diamond in a field of coal.
If you want to be very pedantic, you went _quicker_ but it's not clear if you were _faster._ Ie, you took less time (hence the quicker) but because the route was shorter it isn't clear if you necessarily also had the greater speed, average or max, (hence we don't know if you were faster).
You can do the same based out of Bergün. In the 90ies my husband managed to do all tours of the day with a day pass but one. He and his mates decided they would really like a hearty lunch and passed on one tour. It can be done! However, when we returned with the kids, our little one would regularly pass out into a deep slumber between our knees on our way down and miss the ride! His big sis, however, got the full experience! Btw: Combining our toboggans my husband lying on his stomach on the first with a kid riding him and me on the second one with a small one on my lap we sped down from the Brocken to Schierke thrice in a day getting the most out of our steam train day pass there! Thus prepared we got the best out of a long snowy January weekend tobogganing (is that the verb?) in Engelberg, travelling there from Hamburg by night train and sending the kids off to school Monday morning off the train! Good to know we have another exciting destination to try out!
07:25 What do you mean: "Some of you would have spotted"? Tim, _all_ of your viewers would have spotted that. We just are like that, that's part of why we love you and your videos. Great video again, btw. 😃
As a Canadian, I must out on my pendant hat. Those were sleds. Toboggans are flat bottomed with a curled front, usually loaded with a Canadian family about to ram through the snow fence at the bottom of the hill into the street beyond.
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I scrolled all the way down to upvote this, because I was really surprised by the usage of the word here, and thought I cannot be the only one.
@@hgaarder The term is specifically of Canadian--indigenous, actually--origin to the runner less cargo sled that was the precursor to the modern version. Although apparently it was also applied to the sort of low seated sledges brought over from Europe that were similar to Tom's and the others.
@@andrewweitzman4006 We would never call this a "slede" (sled) in Norwegian, but a "kjelke" (toboggan). A sled has to be pulled by someone or some animal.
This brings back memories, in 2018 my dad passed away and I used the little inheritance to go on a cruise for the first time. It was a Christmas Markets cruise in December and we stopped in Oslo for a day. It was about -11 degrees Celsius, blizzard conditions on and off and lots of people decided just to stay on the ship that day. Me and my now husband though decided to brave the cold, wrapped up in layers upon layers and took the metro up to Frognerseteren and went into that cafe for lunch and hot chocolate and sat upstairs looking out over the city and Oslofjord (well, when we could see them between the blizzards anyway). To this day it remains one of the best days of our lives, it just felt absolutely magical and I can't wait to go back one day (though you'll definitely not get me on a toboggan!)
This was money well spent by Visit Oslo, hah! I'd complain that a Stiga Snow Racer is muuuch faster than a classic toboggan, but it's the proper tool for the job so I won't since it's also much more dangerous with the speeds you can get up to. And do visit Oslo! It's wonderful in summer, lots of parks and stuff to do. And in winter you have... well, you see it in this video. Hills, snow, and yes you use the light rail as your ski lift, basically.
I spent so many winters in korketrekkern. Get up early, buy a 24h pass, and Always get of the train first, so I didn't have to deal with all the slow people :D I rarely was done before it was long since dark. Such a great way to spend a Sunday during winter. Btw, you were a bit lucky. We haven't had this much snow in a few years, so many season the track could get very icy
Tim, I have enjoyed your amusing videos for several years, but this takes the cake - or the Norwegian meat ball! The camera man should get some credit as well.
@TheTimTraveller There is something simular in Munich, where you can swim down the Eisbach and the Tram to get back to the start. So there are a lot of people (dripping wet) in swim wear in the summer, using the Tram to do the next round!
I definitely looked at the number to make sure there weren't any shenanigans, so I appreciate the shout-out to that respect, I felt like you were talking to me individually. Great video!!
WOW ! An excellent video that brought back memories of my own time as a train driver on the Oslo Tube. Line 1 (Holmenkollbanen) was my favourite. I actually started off in the mid 80s driving the small wooden trains to Frognerseteren. You got to know most of your passengers and often people recognised my in the far corners of the globe! You have an excellent series of videos Tim ! Keep up the good work. Cheers Suresh/Copenhagen
Thoroughly enjoyed this one Tim - not least of course the genius move of bringing in the theme tune from Gladiators during the actual race (for those not in the UK, Gladiators is back on UK TV screens on BBC One.) It certainly did seem pretty scary if you're not a toboggan expert heading down though, so definitely having Øystein do it was the right move.
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the fact that the metro can pick you up at the end of your run and take you back up is amazing
same situation in switzerland on route Albula (Preda to Bergün) only if the street over Albula Pass is closed ... uphill-part is supported viy RhB-Railway-Line
@@oxmoxtatze The RhB should sponser a Man v Train contest between Preda and Bergun!
I was going to write "Only in Oslo", but it seems they have competition!
@@svennoren9047 For example between Preda and Bergun in Switzerland.
Also works in Zurich - you can take the train up Uetliberg, slide down the 3km run and take the train back up
Surely the best sponsored video I ever watched.
Money well spent
And effective. Researching cheap flights to Norway as we speak!
Seconded.
Incredible value for money. They are going to encourage a niche but devoted band of nerds to go to Norway at their earliest convenience.
I must say that if Tim has any reservations about making sponsored videos, have no fear. This is totally a video he could make completely unprompted (and "the Oslo tourism board would like to tell you that their metro system is perfectly good" is a good bit, made even better by the fact that it could be real).
As long as Tim doesn't start claiming that a mobile game development/VPN company's HQ is a famous tourist attraction, it's all good. And even then, if it's just a clearly declared ad in an otherwise Tim video, I wouldn't really care.
The alarmed Tim toboggan noises absolutely killed me 😂
I thought it was a Norwegian Blue parrot at first before I realised he was making them.
The subtitles were even better!
Very Masculine! Grunt, grunt! @@Idylla
It's like a duck being administered a suppository.
"... Help ..." 😂
If somebody at Visit Oslo is reading this: Well done, this video just put Oslo onto the list of places I'd like to visit.
I was with you until -15°C!
Take money. Seriously. We spent £400 in a week. And the Oslo Card is well worth it - you get discount off food, free metro/tram travel etc, and of course the usual free entry to all sorts of attractions.
Their Ttoboggan Shuttle is quite the rage.
That. I've just added it to my list of Places to Visit Before I Die. Which I better get working on because my doctor just gave me a number for the Before I Die part and it's annoyingly smaller than the one I wanted.
@@michaelocyoungtake as much cigs and booze as the customs allows to bring in too.
As a former London underground driver I can confirm that water in the cabs is not only unusual but would most likely be the cause for some questions that might be difficult to answer.
simple answer, that is no water. That is from Bill who is pissing against the cabs door again.
@@sirBrouweror possibly the Elizabeth line. The powers that be decided not to install toilets, yet the human passengers still need to go and it's potentially a long journey outside the central bit.
As a current "mainline" driver I can confirm that with through gangwayed stock such as Sprinters, water in the cab is a feature whenever it rains.
Not that the gangway door seals (or windscreen seals, or roof seals) are in any way faulty, oh no. It always says "No fault found" in the defect books...
@@atraindriver Difficult to find water leaks when you're in a nice dry shed or workshop.
My guess would be that on most lines around the world, as much water in the cabs as described in the video would be due to track flooding, so drivers wouldn't be the ones dealing with it at all since the line would be shut down. :D
Wait. You can use the metro as a trail shuttle? That's AMAZING. Of course Øystein brings a GT Snow Racer for the track. They've been terrorizing the sledding hills for decades.
We call them Stiga-kjelke (to separate them from other types of kjelke) and they are pretty ubiquitous. However, down this hill I've found the more traditional wooden ones to be faster, though it may depend on the type of snow. Especially if it's icy cause then you have no control with the plastic ones.
@@ze_rubenator I disagree, I've never heard it referred to as a Stiga as a Norwegian. I'm from the 90s and we just called it "Snow Racer", they were the coolest toy you could have (other than a Gameboy Color with Pokemon Blue ofc).
@@fh5kskalf Hah, well I've never heard it referred to as a "snow racer" before. You live and learn.
That's age related, as a Swede growing up in the 70's, we all dreamt of our parents finally owning up and getting us a Stiga Snow Racer that were endlessly advertised in the country's largest weekly publication, the Kalle Anka (Donald Duck) & C:o magazine. Stiga sports it a Swedish company producing everything from these tol pingpong tables to lawn mowers.
@@andershansson2245 Yeah they make lots of fun stuff. I had a Stiga hockey game too.
I wonder why Tim Traveller has devoted his life to going to so many different places around the world with such a variety of olde worlde architecture.
"When I was a small child in Milton Keynes..."
Question answered.
Hahaha I had the exact same thought
Hahaha how rude you both are :DD
Can someone help those of us who don't know anything about Milton Keynes?
@@veryboringname.A mystical place of roundabouts and nondescript office blocks.
@@veryboringname. Everything I know about Milton Keynes I know from Good Omens (the book), where it is a footnote. It's a city designed from scratch in the 1950s. I think you can guess the rest of the connection to Tim's proclivities from that.
This was a joy to watch
Haha HalfAsleepChris :)) Nice to see you here :)
I am seriously putting this on my bucket list, it looks fun as heck!
You need to do this @HalfAsleepChris!
Normally you tell us if the place you're visiting is wheelchair accessible. This may be important for any second attempts if the first attempt doesn't end well.
I’m certainly not trying that in my wheelchair 😅
Every stop on the Oslo metro is wheelchair accessible, except one of the platforms at Frøen (going towards the city center).
Although in winter, that accessibility can be... significantly reduced.
in this case toboggan accessible was enough.😁😁 . i thought you were going to try filming someone else in your red coat and yellow scarf and try to pass that attempt off as yours as a comic aside 😁😃🤣
two out of the four times I have been to Korketrekkeren someone in my group ended up in the hospital so this is spot on
@@sitron7224 Most of the automobile accidents I have had in 56 years of driving have been in rental cars. I probably won't rent a toboggan.
I must say, I love the swift switch from "I will do this" to "someone who knows what they're doing will do this."
I think this might be the first time a sponsorship has actually worked on me. I really want to visit Oslo now!
0:29 - BBC Ski Sunday Theme
1:33 - "Going For Gold" Theme
2:38 - Morning Mood - Edvard Grieg
3:42 - Holmenkollen March - Allan Johanson
7:19 - Gladiators Theme (Muff Murfin/Storm & Phil Bates)
8:39 - Holmenkollen March - Allan Johanson
9:11 - Slide Away - Oasis
It's not Die Fledermaus, but the Holmenkollen March (Allan Johanson)
Am I the only one who initially read Grieg's piece as Morning Wood???
That rendition of the Gladiators theme was brilliant.
I thought 1:33 was the theme song of Going for Gold.
@@Yeenuwu You're right. Corrected. Thanks for your help!
When Tim revealed that he rode a toboggan in Milton Keynes as a child, my first reaction was: no wonder he became a traveller.
Hey you can go skiing on real snow in Milton Keynes all year round!
Those were some very brave and masculine noises
Pedantry corner inside pedantry corner:
It is possible to be _quicker_ (as in: less time between two points), not _faster_ (as in: top speed) than the Oslo metro between these two stations in the winter... ;P
Ahhh, the kind of person that likes to point out the difference between speed and velocity as well, I presume. I like those! =)
Edit: Haaaa, and a fellow German, with fav channels aligning at least 80% with my subs or so. That might explain a few things...
@@fonkbadonk5370 I said speed and I meant speed. Obviously the velocity will be different if they take vastly different paths ;)
Well, depending upon your tobogganing, it might also be possible to be faster, though probably not simultaneously safer. 🙂
@@frue1763 The race is still between two stations. If the metro chooses to stop on the way, while I don't on my toboggan, that's on them... ;)
@@QemeH I removed my answer after thinking about it. I read and thought "suitcase", i.e. "square". Before I went into my philosophical corner and understood. You're absolutely right. Kind regards from Oslo.
"will there be a Norwegian [at the station]?" With the station being in Oslo, I'm going to presume there'd be quite a few Norwegians there. 😜Excellent video as always Tim. Watching Øystein, I've even learned a bit of technique on how to ride a toboggan as a bonus! (Though not sure I'll get to use that much here close to the tropics, but knowledge is knowledge)
There might not have been a Norwegian. There could have just been Geoff Marshall filming Least Used Station in Oslo.
@@matthewbarratt4935 Haha, that would have been a nice, unexpected twist. I think I recall him turning up in one of Paul Whitewick's video to do a collab in such a fashion.
I love that Tim had time to say, "Everything's not fine!", AS he begins to crash 😂
"Turns out there are a few other problems wearing red anoraks today." 😅
I don't get the joke! Help me!
@@stefansoder6903 the other people are the other problems.
@@stefansoder6903In that they are not only in the way on the track, they are also on the racing line and it just so happens that they're all wearing red coats.
@@stefansoder6903 In film and TV productions, and even youtube videos, you will often find that the host has a trademark outfit, to be easily visible/recognizable/preserve continuity. Tim often uses this bright red anorak, which in most situations serves this purpose perfectly. (It makes Tim stand out in a crowd.)
However, a bright red anorak is a incredibly common clothing item for Norwegians skiing or doing outdoor winter activities. (pretty much every Norwegian own a bright red anorak.)
@@stefansoder6903 By jokingly calling them not just problems, but “other” problems, he’s tacitly admitting to being one himself. What with stopping to record a bunch of bits while they’re trying to enjoy the tobogganing!
Tim is such a great comedian and editor. That, "What can go wrong?" about riding a toboggan to a guy who grew up in Minnesota? Got me ROLLIN'!
Tim started this channel basically as a spoof of the "Wish You Were Here...?" TV series. And now he is the one getting paid to vacation in fantastic places. This has come full circle :-)
I am familiar with the railway, but not with the toboggan run. I laughed at this video so much I cried! Suggestion. You now approach the Graubunden (Switzerland) tourist board and ask them to to sponser a race Preda to Bergun, Man on Toboggan v the Glacier Express train! The road from from Preda down to Bergun is converted every winter into a toboggan run. The road takes a more direct route than the Rhaetische Bahn railway line!, which (literally)goes round in (three) circles!
Maybe leave that one to the pros (and locals)?
The RhB drives a bit faster and doesn't stop, I highly doubt it's possible to beat the glacier express.
But on the rack section between Nätschen and Andermatt the chances are much better
Somebody mention this to TH-camrs Rail Relaxation or Lorirocks777. A race between a toboggan and a RhB train?
Do you really want to start the War of the Tim Traveling Tourist Boards? Are you insane?! The world won't live long enough to see WW3!
@@57thorns ok, You can sponsor a race Preda to Bergun, Man on Toboggan v the Glacier Express train that Tim will document. but to each their own.
4:58 "Norwegian balls are bigger." 😳😆😆😆
Nä, nu jävlar. Friendship ended with Norway. Finland is our best friend now
Just kidding, Finland was always our best friend. Norways the little brother.
Hell of a flex, eh? 🤣
Hvor nuttet, mine yngre brødre slås. @@Oktobermedia
Surely big balls can be a significant disadvantage when riding a toboggan?
I used to do this toboggan run as a kid in the very early 90s. Back then, the railway was still the Holmenkollenban which departed from a bay platform at Majorstuen, and not a metro per se. The trains were absolutely gorgeous - vintage single-car teak-bodied units, running off overhead electric cable (not third rail like it is now). The toboggan run had - and presumably still has - street lights throughout, so it was possible to do the run at night, something we often did. I vividly remember the sparks coming off the runners of a proper luge overtaking my mates and me one night - it was so icy that we were helplessly pirouetting down, out of control, as this guy whipped by at incredible speed, with every bit of grit and dirt that came into contact with his blades causing a shower of slightly terrifying sparkles in the dark Oslo night.
Fantastic video, thanks for ahaha sparking ahaha the memories.
Ah, this brings me back. Growing up, there was always one day of the year when the whole school had a "winter activity day," and a trip to Korketrekker'n was one of the options. Racing your friends down this thing as a kid was just epic.
Big smile all the way through. Quality video Tim. Here's to many more tourism organisations paying for your adventures!
That's the thing - Tim made a _Tim Traveller_ video, not a boring commercial for something you are probably not interested anyway. If all potential future sponsors are as cold, er, cool as those Vikings with Tim retaining full creative authority over the content they sponsor, I wouldn't mind if every single video was sponsored on his channel.
I never watch any "traveling" programs. Tim is different. It's all cards on the table, having some fun, often learning something and if it is sponsored by a city and they get some more tourists, all the better! 😃
And I also had a big fat childish grin on my face throughout the whole video! 😁
I live in Norway since 2015, but in Stavanger. Now I really want to go and check out this track. Good promotion, I know my plans for next winter now.
Ah! Finally what the people want to see! Man vs machine! Suspense! Action! Red anoraks!
Definately one of the most fun things to do here in winter! Thank you for showing! ☺️
Tip for others: do not wear jeans, they are going to get suuuuper wet and in -10C that will be very cold 🥶 Wear proper snowpants and sturdy shoes so you can steer and brake your sleigh 👍
Ps.controlling your sleigh as a beginner is simple: left foot down and you turn left, right foot down and you turn right. Both feet down and dig in your heels, you stop ☺️
I don’t know… I did once find about an inch of standing rain water in my cab one cold, rainy day. It was enough that when the train moved it actually sloshed around.
I recently visited Oslo for (I think) my 5th time. Though I'm older and partially disabled now... I'd love to visit in the winter and WATCH people flying down the hill. Thanks Visit Oslo for sponsoring this. If I could visit every year, I would... I love your city so much! Greetings from Seattle, Washington USA.
As a resident of Oslo, may I ask what it is that has kept you coming here so many times? I’m genuinely surprised to hear that!
@@Presidentofthepresidentat a wild guess, similar weather but better winter sports? And better pubs.
As you saw Oslo goes from sea level to several hundred meters within just a few kilometers. So during winter you could have "springtime" down at sea level and quite a bit of snow up at Holmenkollen.
Oystein is a mad man on that toboggan ! I would love to try the run! Fun episode to watch!
The metro says 'Porsche Design" on the front. So you can race a Porsche downhill on a toboggan and win!😎
Nice catch! 😆
This is actually used as part of the advertising for recruiting new train drivers. Usually variations of "Would you like to get paid to drive the World's biggest Porsche?"
@@stoobertbthat’s funny. When Mercedes were pushing the Citaro bus line in the 00s, I remember various bus-drivers-wanted adverts saying that “driving a Merc” would be a bonus 😅
Porsche Design designed the metro trains for Oslo and Vienna. They are quite nice.
Utterly bonkers video Tim, but what superb fun... Tell the Oslo tourist board they can genuinely expect my booking very shortly!
5:40 See that little cliff on the left there? As a kid I tried shoving my mate down there as we went past, but utterly failed and (deservedly) went down it myself. I watched the others go by twice before I'd managed to claw my way back up. Worth it.
Well done Tim, the crow impression is really comming on.
Nice to see what that track looks like. In winter, there are always lots of kids taking the metro up from Midtstuen, but I've never tried sledding downhill there myself, so thanks for showing us.
Thank you, Visit Oslo, for sponsoring this! I feel the real urge now to, well, visit Oslo :) Thank you Tim and all the participantsES! (Tim, you're a gem of youtubers!)
What a powerful stance on that toboggan!! AND a powerful train driver!
Tim, did you know there's another well known race on the Norwegian Bergen line between Myerdal and Flam, racing the train against a mountain-bike? As the train can only run at about 40kph due to the extreme gradient, you'd have a good chance of beating it.
No way I would beat the train. I would spend too much time looking around. That has to be the most scenic railway line in the world.
I grew up in the Corskrew ( Korketrekkeren ) with my fater, he on his luge, me on his lap. Three minutes max on the three kilometer ride. Thats an average of 60 km/ph. Exhilirating! And yes, we did beat the metro. (ed: That is the next train up, wich is a completely different race)
"It' s not the fart (speed) that kills, its' the smell (crash/bang)"
Excellent apple pie at Frognerseteren btw.
The possibility of a similar challenge is possible in Switzerland: there is a toboggan run between Preda and Bergün stations on the Rhetische Bahn in Graubunden. I have no idea how the timings work out, as to whether it is simple, challenging, or impossible to beat the train, though. The railway between the two stations is climbing steeply and has many twists and turns to gain height, and relatively slow speeds, so there is the distinct possibility that the toboggan could win.
Tim's alarmed squawks of panic while riding the toboggan were hilarious. Fantastuc video as always!
Pedanterihjørnet 😂 (I've just taught my trilingual phone this word and I may never use it again but I love it!)
It's the Stiga sled, Tim. That's the magic.
TBF Tim was only 3 minutes behind in early runs, and the stiga ended up 5 minutes ahead of a 13 minutes journey, so you can probably get there on a classic toboggan.
Growing up in Canada these were always the best sleds. Marketed here as GT snowracers with hockey players on the boxes, I mistakenly thought they were a Canadian brand.
@@MrKevinWhitestiga also has Tabletop hockey tables, quite popular.
There has also been like stigs sled redbull competitions, they put higher like bike control thing on them instead of the wheel and do big air.
Protip for a child to do long jump on one of them: tape cardboard on the sides so your feet can't go between the rails when if you go down on it.
I think biggest lengthwise air we did was like 3-4 meters off a ramp built from snow. In the woods as you do.
Also the old old handbrake stiga is superior for the jumping than the footbrake one.
Stiga was finest brand of such sledhill things because of the steel tube construction and being rugged enough to do such jumps without immediately breaking. And you really need a stiga and the jumps to have fun on a small hill for more than 15 minutes, plastic sled just gets so hard to aim and you don't want to jump on them.. And we had time weeks on end.
Why not do all that with a snowboard? Maybe if we had them.
You did alright by Visit Oslo, you earned your keep! What a delightful video!
Such a great video Tim! 👏Glad to see you had fun! 😆
8:20 "Please Mind The Gap"
Love the "Slide Away" cover at the end, I'd happily listen to an whole album's worth of that!
I knew I remembered that from somewhere! Good thing I can always count on the comments to catch the music references I miss.
I thought it sounded more like "stop crying your heart out"
❤fantastisk! Tusen takk. Gratulerer så mye, Øystein🎉
Has anybody made the joke about "this channel is really going downhill?"
Normally I'd discourage jokes like that Jago. But on this occasion, I'll let it slide
The best video about Norway! Eager to go there first time.
Well i guess now i need to go to oslo - we only drove through it on a roadtrip to the coast. I'd say VisitOslo made the right call here
It's Tim Time
Wow, Øystein really was a tobogganing Gladiator!
At least you give it a good go, Tim, and only three minutes slower is no mean feat.
Tim keeping his squeaks and groans in the video plus the meatball jokes are TH-cam gold.
Honestly, I have gone to Oslo in winter purely for that toboggan run before, and spent hours there at -20C with zero regrets 😄 My best time for Korken is 5:04, because I recorded it on Strava, naturally 🤣
That was SO MUCH FUN!!!! The Metro takes you up the hill, and you get to have the joy of sliding down. I hope you get many more sponsored videos because yours are wonderful!!
God dang Oslo is the BEST city in Europe. I've been to the top of that ski jump and it is TERRIFYING. No one warns you about the wind...
The noises you made going down the hill were hilarious - looked like great fun - and, good news for visit Oslo; I now want to go there!
The extremely brave and masculine noises are the soul of this video
Tim "birdy" sound was the top moment on this video. Now I am more interested on this ride, specially about that biggest level change in the world, sorry being pedantic about it 😂.
Thanks Visit Oslo for sponsoring this video, you could not find a better endorsement than this guy/channel. Any chances for a Portugal trip? ❤😊
Tim's sounds were at once both feral and fowl.
Best.Promotional.Video.Ever! I want so much to visit Oslo right now!
I never knew there was a winter sports possibility so close to Oslo. Now it really is on my wishlist to go there. Awesome! And 'everything is fine, uh, everything is not fine' part broke me up 😂
I believe this is the only capital city in the world with an actual ski center in the city itself
And if you like cross country skiing, there's prepared tracks all around the city from the metro or bus. It's a great city in the summer as well, like canoeing then Akerselva and you'll end up right in the center of downtown Oslo where you can also rent both kayaks and canoes.
Dude, Homie is flying!!!!! The flying Norwegian!!!! LET"S GO!!!!
Watching your Channel is always a feel good experience. Unlike some of the "influencers" that rely of over the top drama and fakery beyond the imagination of Disney... you are just a regular guy enjoying the moment and give an honest account of yourself and experiences. Please don't ever change!!!
You are the true Diamond in a field of coal.
You've got the Holmenkollen march in there! Wonderful musical Easter egg!
If you want to be very pedantic, you went _quicker_ but it's not clear if you were _faster._ Ie, you took less time (hence the quicker) but because the route was shorter it isn't clear if you necessarily also had the greater speed, average or max, (hence we don't know if you were faster).
This made me smile so much; thanks Tim!
And good call, Visit Oslo: you chose a great channel to attract people to Oslo.
so fun, thanks Tim, and thank you Visit Oslo!
You can do the same based out of Bergün. In the 90ies my husband managed to do all tours of the day with a day pass but one. He and his mates decided they would really like a hearty lunch and passed on one tour. It can be done!
However, when we returned with the kids, our little one would regularly pass out into a deep slumber between our knees on our way down and miss the ride! His big sis, however, got the full experience!
Btw: Combining our toboggans my husband lying on his stomach on the first with a kid riding him and me on the second one with a small one on my lap we sped down from the Brocken to Schierke thrice in a day getting the most out of our steam train day pass there!
Thus prepared we got the best out of a long snowy January weekend tobogganing (is that the verb?) in Engelberg, travelling there from Hamburg by night train and sending the kids off to school Monday morning off the train!
Good to know we have another exciting destination to try out!
It's really lovely to see you getting invited to places by cities/countries :)
07:25 What do you mean: "Some of you would have spotted"? Tim, _all_ of your viewers would have spotted that. We just are like that, that's part of why we love you and your videos.
Great video again, btw. 😃
As a Canadian, I must out on my pendant hat. Those were sleds. Toboggans are flat bottomed with a curled front, usually loaded with a Canadian family about to ram through the snow fence at the bottom of the hill into the street beyond.
I scrolled all the way down to upvote this, because I was really surprised by the usage of the word here, and thought I cannot be the only one.
@ It might be how a folding kayak like the Klepper is called a "canoe" in British parlance, especially in the Special Boat Service.
I believe that the use of the word differs between Candada and Norway then.
@@hgaarder The term is specifically of Canadian--indigenous, actually--origin to the runner less cargo sled that was the precursor to the modern version. Although apparently it was also applied to the sort of low seated sledges brought over from Europe that were similar to Tom's and the others.
@@andrewweitzman4006 We would never call this a "slede" (sled) in Norwegian, but a "kjelke" (toboggan). A sled has to be pulled by someone or some animal.
This and the previous video make me want to visit Oslo now
2:30 Statements like that are tempting the Gods and just begging for a holiday in hospital.
Ahh, tremendous a Norwegian Nürburgring for toboggans. Well done Norway!
This brings back memories, in 2018 my dad passed away and I used the little inheritance to go on a cruise for the first time.
It was a Christmas Markets cruise in December and we stopped in Oslo for a day. It was about -11 degrees Celsius, blizzard conditions on and off and lots of people decided just to stay on the ship that day.
Me and my now husband though decided to brave the cold, wrapped up in layers upon layers and took the metro up to Frognerseteren and went into that cafe for lunch and hot chocolate and sat upstairs looking out over the city and Oslofjord (well, when we could see them between the blizzards anyway).
To this day it remains one of the best days of our lives, it just felt absolutely magical and I can't wait to go back one day (though you'll definitely not get me on a toboggan!)
This was money well spent by Visit Oslo, hah! I'd complain that a Stiga Snow Racer is muuuch faster than a classic toboggan, but it's the proper tool for the job so I won't since it's also much more dangerous with the speeds you can get up to. And do visit Oslo! It's wonderful in summer, lots of parks and stuff to do. And in winter you have... well, you see it in this video. Hills, snow, and yes you use the light rail as your ski lift, basically.
this is so genuine, that's why they pay you to talk about their train. well done
This continues to be the cutest travel channel on TH-cam. I don't make the rules, it's fact.
Grew up doing this all the time, funny how you take for granted something that really is quite amazing. Thanks Tim, I'm homesick now
That first test run looked pretty scary, particularly when you don't know how to stop it. 😂
Impressive pronunciation of "Øystein" 🤩
I didn't even notice, that's how impressive it was. My name is also Øystein.
@@ysteinfjr7529 So is mine. 😀 oalsaker = Øystein Alsaker
I spent so many winters in korketrekkern. Get up early, buy a 24h pass, and Always get of the train first, so I didn't have to deal with all the slow people :D
I rarely was done before it was long since dark. Such a great way to spend a Sunday during winter.
Btw, you were a bit lucky. We haven't had this much snow in a few years, so many season the track could get very icy
Did this 20 years ago and was blown away how fun and accessible it was. Beautiful up there
Great fun! Very nice rendition of Slide Away too. This is the kind of light but wholesome content I enjoy on this platform.
The Oslo videos have been delightful. I didn't know about these things to do here. Hope you visit again Tim!
Using a Norwegian composer at 2:39 is a nice touch!
Also - you do look like you're about to die at every bounce!
But that was "Morning Mood", and I thought maybe "Auses Death" would better reflect the risks.
Tim, I have enjoyed your amusing videos for several years, but this takes the cake - or the Norwegian meat ball! The camera man should get some credit as well.
@TheTimTraveller There is something simular in Munich, where you can swim down the Eisbach and the Tram to get back to the start. So there are a lot of people (dripping wet) in swim wear in the summer, using the Tram to do the next round!
I definitely looked at the number to make sure there weren't any shenanigans, so I appreciate the shout-out to that respect, I felt like you were talking to me individually. Great video!!
WOW ! An excellent video that brought back memories of my own time as a train driver on the Oslo Tube. Line 1 (Holmenkollbanen) was my favourite. I actually started off in the mid 80s driving the small wooden trains to Frognerseteren. You got to know most of your passengers and often people recognised my in the far corners of the globe!
You have an excellent series of videos Tim ! Keep up the good work.
Cheers
Suresh/Copenhagen
Oslo just went to a high spot in my list of places I would really like to visit!
Thoroughly enjoyed this one Tim - not least of course the genius move of bringing in the theme tune from Gladiators during the actual race (for those not in the UK, Gladiators is back on UK TV screens on BBC One.) It certainly did seem pretty scary if you're not a toboggan expert heading down though, so definitely having Øystein do it was the right move.
I always get a smile on my face when I hear Tim say: Hello! and ...!
I'm not even mad at watching a 10 minute travel ad :)
very well done and hugs to Visit Oslo
Having experienced Trondheim in -15 C temps.... not sure I'll be rushing to try it. Well done Tim & VisitOslo
This is indeed one of your funniest ones, Tim, especially the manly voices paired with Grieg. Thank you, you made my day.