I visited family who live in Dawson city Yukon Canada 🇨🇦 during the summer solstice and it was extremely hard to get used to sleeping when the sun dies not go down. I remember drinking around a campfire and asking what time it was thinking it was early turns out it was around 5 am
The name was first attested in 1194 as Old Norse Svalbarð, from svalr (“cold”) + barð (“edge, ridge, turf, beard”), thus roughly meaning “cold shore,” probably alluding to the treeless landscape mostly covered with grass, although there is uncertainty as to what the name originally referred to
This documentary captures the resilience and adventurous spirit of those who call the challenging Arctic home. It's a testament to the human capacity to adapt and thrive even in the harshest of conditions. Thanks for sharing their inspiring stories of life in Svalbard.
I was lucky enough to visit Svalbard in March 2022. It is an incredible place, one of the few places where you can experience true, raw wilderness. Awe inspiring place and lots of interesting people living up there!
Could you please let us know how is the weather in March and is it possible to see any wildlife and outdoor activities during this time. We have plans to go to Svalbard this coming March.
Appreciative of this documentary. I have fond memories of analyzing the “Triassic Paleopalynology of the Svalbard Archipelago” as part of my PhD curriculum decades ago.
Excellent documentary on life at Svalbard very humbling to see the impact of pandemic on people livelihood and recovery now, Best wishes to all of them
Kahit saan merong Filipino na nagtatrabaho. resilient and able to adapt whatever may come. God bless you Kabayan and thanks DM for featuring one our fellow Filipinos.
I worked my passage on a ship from Tromso but had to camp 18 days till the ship returned. It was an adventure, hitching into town is easy. Greeting from Australia.
Mr. Regato is an amazing housekeeper! I'd love to have him come to my home, lol. What a beautiful place! Too much snow for me, though 🤣 That tour guide is cute, too! Lol!
I watch cecilia bloomdahl on here and ive seen her visit the huskies cafe so it was interesting to see Élise was the owner 😊But this does put some perspective on peoples lives who dont use youtube as an income and work in svalbard and their struggles during the pandemic
Good documentary The Huskey cafe has become a big hit and meeting place. No other dogs are permitted inside though. Grim is tied off when a pop in takes place. I'm surprised DW didn't take advantage of her ties to tourism or videography. Seeing the landscape by water is beautiful. Hope those boys learn the language. Even Swedish is accepted picking up Norwegian in the first two years of study. Drive probably isn't there after five years of gaming. That was sad but their choice. So many other events in that community not mentioned.
It's hard when you don't have the structure to learn the language. And as teenagers their age it isn't that easy anymore. Good thing their english is okay.
My absolute dream is to live and work on Svalbard, but I don’t know how I would be able to stay forever. Having to leave in old age because one can no longer work, when one has grown so fond of somewhere, would be completely heartbreaking.
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I feel both happy and sad for Mr Regato. Happy because he is successful in his business but sad to see his wife left him and his children are not as happy as they should be.
Even Deutsche Welle ( DW ) did not explain the visa requirement more clearly they just told a HALF TRUTH. You need a Schengen Visa to enter Norway and then fly to Svalbard from Norway. SVALBARD: Do not need a visa requirement. NORWAY: Needs a Schegen Visa This is especially for persons coming to Svalbard from African countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroun and also those coming from Asian countries like India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, etc When Svalbard is recommended to us as a VISA FREE TRAVEL DESTINATION on the internet they use the word A ZONE WITH NO VISA REQUIREMENTS. That tend to raise our anxiety and interest on the understanding that we will not go through the rigours of getting travel visa from an EU embassy to get to Svalbard. But a careful thinker will find out more about what they mean by No Visa required to travel to Svalbard.
Good Evening to everybody! I really enjoyed the documentary - thank you! And to Mr. Regato, I am really amazing on your attitude to work, very inspiring :)
Appreciate a lot for those people lives there, that's not easy but they survives even leave behind their original country to find a better job income for their family...wow
I wish to see Cecilia, Christopher and Grim in this documentary. THEY ARE THE REASON WHY I KNOW A PARADISE LIKE THIS EXISTED. SVALBARD IS SUCH A BEAUTY. HOW I WISH I CAN LIVE THERE.
It is a very nice place to visit to relax, but to work there permanently it will become very monotonous. It does not have any other industry aside from tourism as it is a very small remote and frozen island.
It has other industries :) I worked there for 4 years as a woodworker. There are plumbers, electricians and carpenters. The university centre (UNIS) employs many.
I love svalbard so much! I visited beginning of november now I watch these videos and tear up because i miss it 🥲 visiting the husky cafe was one of my favorite things
Thats filipino very adoptable,,im proud...But im sad about his love story just we are desame,but i got so inspired like him..Watching from the durian capital city..
Heh, a friend of mine sent me a pic from the huskies cafe a couple of months ago. Looks like the business worked out! Wishing good luck to everyone in this video !
How do I make contact with the people living there? I would love to explore the possibility of working and living in Svalbard. @DW Documentaries, can you possibly with information?
Svalbard is not just a dot in the north at the latitude you claim. It's like saying that Germany is a dot just outside Mühlhausen at 51,20 dgr N ....or something. Svalbard has an area of 61022 sq. km, which is around 50 % larger than the Netherlands. Svaldbard stretches from just above 74 to just under 81 dgr. N. The video is about people living in Longyearbyen ....which is to be found at 78,22 dgr. N.
@@Dan-fo9dk I believe Google returns the latitude of the centre of the landmass. I shouldn’t have used 4 significant figures but I didn’t want to round it up to 78° but I likely should have.
20:01 His wife left him, turning her back on this delightful, vibrant, tranquil paradise? But, life in this town is like something from a glamorous Hollywood movie - "The Shining."
In Cecilia's videos you only see her friends that are mostly the same class as her and also Scandinavian. I assumed the Island was almost exclusively white. Of course, watching Cecilia and Grim a lot, I realose she comes from a pretty wealthy family in comparison. I didn't know so many South East Asians lived there, who go there for very different reasons. For the Europeans it's an adventure, for the South East Asians it's much different. I wish everyone there all the best. May they be able to preserve Svalbards nature.
Interesting documentary! I don't really understand though how one can't decently live by selling insurances. In my country, it's a well paid job. Was he paid only when he sold ? I know some jobs in real estate do that for example.
What about for non eu people who finds a job there and move out after their temporary residency permit expires, can they travel again to the mainland without problems
I read somewhere that are THREE airports (Chicago O’Hare is one and I can’t remember the other two) in the US that can take you DIRECTLY there but I’m not sure if that information was 100% ACCURATE.
I demand to see Cecilia and Grim and Christopher in this documentary!!!
And Fenris
Are these all of your homies there? Haha
@@rreid3689 Yes! Don't forget Fenris. 😊🐕
Definitely!😊
These people work hard, not like youtubers that just live on others expenses!
DW docs are the best. I feel so lucky that we can just open our computers or phones and watch these. There's so many great ones
Agreed!!! I recommend their docs to friends all time.
Good point.
that was I always wanted to tell. thanks, DW
Awesome place to visit. To Mr Regato, what a humble and extraordinary person you are. I really admire your good attitude !
Me too
Hello po kuya! God bless everyone
God will continue to bless this filipino family! very hardworking!
What god
I visited family who live in Dawson city Yukon Canada 🇨🇦 during the summer solstice and it was extremely hard to get used to sleeping when the sun dies not go down.
I remember drinking around a campfire and asking what time it was thinking it was early turns out it was around 5 am
How to visit Filipinos this am. Entrepreneur
Svalbard means : white snow, Natural beauty, Northern lights and holiday destination.
Good documentary by DW.
The name was first attested in 1194 as Old Norse Svalbarð, from svalr (“cold”) + barð (“edge, ridge, turf, beard”), thus roughly meaning “cold shore,” probably alluding to the treeless landscape mostly covered with grass, although there is uncertainty as to what the name originally referred to
This documentary captures the resilience and adventurous spirit of those who call the challenging Arctic home. It's a testament to the human capacity to adapt and thrive even in the harshest of conditions. Thanks for sharing their inspiring stories of life in Svalbard.
I was lucky enough to visit Svalbard in March 2022. It is an incredible place, one of the few places where you can experience true, raw wilderness. Awe inspiring place and lots of interesting people living up there!
Could you please let us know how is the weather in March and is it possible to see any wildlife and outdoor activities during this time. We have plans to go to Svalbard this coming March.
Was it a polar change for you or where are you from?
“One of the few places” uhhh let me introduce you to 90% of Canada
Dangerous land Dangerous animals & bloody freezing. Well done for living there. I'd rather be homeless on the beach. 😂
@@bhargavimeka7670 How was it
I admired that Filipino that moment I listened to his part... Genius.
How much they are getting paid an hour Filipino families.
Wonderful experience.
Such an interesting, insightful documentary on a remote island in the Arctic.
Appreciative of this documentary. I have fond memories of analyzing the “Triassic Paleopalynology of the Svalbard Archipelago” as part of my PhD curriculum decades ago.
Why don’t you go move there if you like them so much
Would you go back?
Wow!
Hello, I am Luke and I am Watching from from Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines😀😀 God bless you all Kababayan!
Excellent documentary on life at Svalbard very humbling to see the impact of pandemic on people livelihood and recovery now, Best wishes to all of them
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Kahit saan merong Filipino na nagtatrabaho. resilient and able to adapt whatever may come. God bless you Kabayan and thanks DM for featuring one our fellow Filipinos.
that's why i truly believe... that in every corner of the world...there's a FILIPINO...😊😊😊🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
True,round the globe na ang pinoy.
They are escaping from the dirty country of the Philippines that's it
Also Bangladeshi
This man from the Philippines is a good person. I hope he wins a lottery so he doesn't have to work anymore. 🙂
He’s an excellent worker. So meticulous and thorough!
This is the life! Excellent documentary 🏔 The Huskies Cafe is absolutely brilliant, and so sweet! 🐺☕
I worked my passage on a ship from Tromso but had to camp 18 days till the ship returned. It was an adventure, hitching into town is easy. Greeting from Australia.
That orange sky was beautiful 😍
America sends warm wishes to the people. May your new year be full of love, laughter and peace.🎉
Mr. Regato is an amazing housekeeper! I'd love to have him come to my home, lol.
What a beautiful place! Too much snow for me, though 🤣
That tour guide is cute, too! Lol!
Thank you DW for introducing Efren for he analogizes “indigenous.”
Such an awesome documentary. Im in Saskatchewan, Canada and today feels like minus 40 but at least we have proper summers.
Minus 40?? That's crazy. Welcome to Nairobi Kenya 🇰🇪. 😊
Fugget about it 😅
Fascinating. I wouldn't want to work there now at my age but I'd love to visit.
It seems like a great place to see. But that life is tough.
I watch cecilia bloomdahl on here and ive seen her visit the huskies cafe so it was interesting to see Élise was the owner 😊But this does put some perspective on peoples lives who dont use youtube as an income and work in svalbard and their struggles during the pandemic
❤❤❤ Cecilia and Christopher!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for doing this documentary!
Thank you for watching and for the positive feedback!
Good documentary
The Huskey cafe has become a big hit and meeting place.
No other dogs are permitted inside though. Grim is tied off when a pop in takes place.
I'm surprised DW didn't take advantage of her ties to tourism or videography. Seeing the landscape by water is beautiful.
Hope those boys learn the language. Even Swedish is accepted picking up Norwegian in the first two years of study. Drive probably isn't there after five years of gaming. That was sad but their choice.
So many other events in that community not mentioned.
Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback!
They are too busy gaming and complaining. They don’t even help their dad in his business. After he works he has to come home and make dinner for THEM.
It's hard when you don't have the structure to learn the language. And as teenagers their age it isn't that easy anymore. Good thing their english is okay.
That Filipino guy looks like he does a really good job
My absolute dream is to live and work on Svalbard, but I don’t know how I would be able to stay forever. Having to leave in old age because one can no longer work, when one has grown so fond of somewhere, would be completely heartbreaking.
soo0 do i bro
As always a great documentary by DW 👍
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@@DWDocumentary where is Cecilia Christopher and Grimm ever heard of them
Hopefully i will be visiting Svalbard by the end of November. My kind of weather ❤
Kuya Proud ako sayo kasi nakakayanan nu ang sobrang lamig sa bigat ng trabaho nu
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I'll go live there soon😊 am so excited to get ready
Did you go??
Where’s Grim and Cecilia ?
I have just asked myself the same question 🤣🤣
And Kristofer
Lol...at the cabin getting ready for christmas!❤😂
Another interesting, insightful documentary coverage video was shared by my favorite DW documentary channel ... Thanks for sharing....
I feel both happy and sad for Mr Regato. Happy because he is successful in his business but sad to see his wife left him and his children are not as happy as they should be.
I have been several times in Svalbard. It's a wonderful place. 😢 🇵🇭
Thanks for this mate
Thank You for this Documentary.God Bless my fellow filipino there.
Great documentary. Happy New Year to all.
Thank you, we wish you a happy New Year to you too!
i think the artic is a good place to find some inner peace for a short time or maybe even a long time like these people
Even Deutsche Welle ( DW ) did not explain the visa requirement more clearly they just told a HALF TRUTH.
You need a Schengen Visa to enter Norway and then fly to Svalbard from Norway.
SVALBARD: Do not need a visa requirement.
NORWAY: Needs a Schegen Visa
This is especially for persons coming to Svalbard from African countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroun and also those coming from Asian countries like India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, etc
When Svalbard is recommended to us as a VISA FREE TRAVEL DESTINATION on the internet they use the word A ZONE WITH NO VISA REQUIREMENTS.
That tend to raise our anxiety and interest on the understanding that we will not go through the rigours of getting travel visa from an EU embassy to get to Svalbard.
But a careful thinker will find out more about what they mean by No Visa required to travel to Svalbard.
I havent heard of this place before I watched this video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
My next vacation in svalbard...excited to go out there
Good Evening to everybody! I really enjoyed the documentary - thank you! And to Mr. Regato, I am really amazing on your attitude to work, very inspiring :)
Appreciate a lot for those people lives there, that's not easy but they survives even leave behind their original country to find a better job income for their family...wow
I never see real snow, i hope someday i can touch real snow from the sky in Europe
🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely divine 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 but too cold for me 🤍🤍🙏
I have always been curious about Svalbard because is visa free but I don't think it is for me. Thank you DW.
Whatever your opinions is of Filipinos, they are some of the hardest working people you'll ever meet.
Especially women! Men are a little more lazy😂
if you want to find out more about Svalbard there is a youtuber called Cecilia Blomdahl.
She has maybe learned about some of the life in Longyearbyen.....but her understanding of the Arctic is not overly impressive.
she is taking crazy risks and one day will regret her foolishness
@@Dan-fo9dk Her channel is about living in Longyearbyen and adventuring on Svalbard not about being an expert about the arctic. 😂
@@cleopatra1633 No she’s not. 🙄
Agreed!@Dan-fo9dk
The remote archipelago of Svalbard | DW Documentary 27.12.22 1603pm sounds good. until the novelty wears off.
I wish to see Cecilia, Christopher and Grim in this documentary. THEY ARE THE REASON WHY I KNOW A PARADISE LIKE THIS EXISTED. SVALBARD IS SUCH A BEAUTY. HOW I WISH I CAN LIVE THERE.
No documentary on Svalbard is complete without Grimm, Cecillia and Christopher
Or without the archipelago’s large Slavic (mostly Russian-speaking) population when compared to much of Mainland Norway.
Giving me the 30 days of night vibe
It is a very nice place to visit to relax, but to work there permanently it will become very monotonous. It does not have any other industry aside from tourism as it is a very small remote and frozen island.
It has other industries :) I worked there for 4 years as a woodworker. There are plumbers, electricians and carpenters. The university centre (UNIS) employs many.
@@jimofthenorth8090 I also want to work there,can you help me,thanks
I also want to work there. Help me
I love svalbard so much! I visited beginning of november now I watch these videos and tear up because i miss it 🥲 visiting the husky cafe was one of my favorite things
Thats filipino very adoptable,,im proud...But im sad about his love story just we are desame,but i got so inspired like him..Watching from the durian capital city..
Can i ask how to apply
I am pilipino
Iwanted to work cold weather if what feels like.
And to Kuya, nakakaproud maging pinoy. ❤
This is a very beautiful docu.
Thanks for watching!
People have such fascinating lives. I need more information about everyone 😂
I hope to spend a year here in my lifetime.
I can see it being huge in the future when skiing gets explored there
Heh, a friend of mine sent me a pic from the huskies cafe a couple of months ago. Looks like the business worked out!
Wishing good luck to everyone in this video !
Excellent documentary thank you.
Thanks for watching and for the feedback!
Thank you for this very fascinating documentary ! It’s an eye opening and very informative, I never knew existed .
Thanks for watching and for your constructive feedback! :-)
How do I make contact with the people living there? I would love to explore the possibility of working and living in Svalbard. @DW Documentaries, can you possibly with information?
I too was unaware this place existed and am in awe of these people.
Thank you for such a great documentary.
REally ENjoed THis
18:35 supermarket, supply ship every 10 days
21:43 Norwegian companies got subsidies during Covid
Love❤ from India🇮🇳.
No please. We don't want Europe overpopulated.
💚 from Florida
@Breeze Anonymous but Europeans are well known for their culling of population, right?
@@breezeanonymous6034 Indeed
Dream place to visit
Did residents of svalbard take shower frequently or ...
Wow, from one hard life to another. Great documentary though.
how u get water inside? and where toilet waste removing? i dont get it honestly
Svalbard is 77.87° N. VERY far north.
Wow, I’ve only been 67 degrees N
Yes. In contrast cities like Oslo, Norway, and Anchorage, Alaska lie at around a mere 60 degrees north.
Svalbard is not just a dot in the north at the latitude you claim. It's like saying that Germany is a dot just outside Mühlhausen at 51,20 dgr N ....or something. Svalbard has an area of 61022 sq. km, which is around 50 % larger than the Netherlands. Svaldbard stretches from just above 74 to just under 81 dgr. N.
The video is about people living in Longyearbyen ....which is to be found at 78,22 dgr. N.
@@Dan-fo9dk I believe Google returns the latitude of the centre of the landmass. I shouldn’t have used 4 significant figures but I didn’t want to round it up to 78° but I likely should have.
Very beautiful
Life Here at
Like a Dream
But where are Cecilia, Christopher, and Grim?! They are a local celebrities.
At 6:30 you can tell she may not really want to be there.
20:01 His wife left him, turning her back on this delightful, vibrant, tranquil paradise? But, life in this town is like something from a glamorous Hollywood movie - "The Shining."
Why did his wife left him?
5:05 2 years? In Florida we lost 4 months.
Quarantine in the ice could have been a good slogan.
Fair play to the guy! People don't want to do jobs like this nowadays!
The cleaner? True. Which makes it easier for cleaning lovers like me to get those jobs. :)
In Cecilia's videos you only see her friends that are mostly the same class as her and also Scandinavian. I assumed the Island was almost exclusively white. Of course, watching Cecilia and Grim a lot, I realose she comes from a pretty wealthy family in comparison.
I didn't know so many South East Asians lived there, who go there for very different reasons. For the Europeans it's an adventure, for the South East Asians it's much different. I wish everyone there all the best. May they be able to preserve Svalbards nature.
How can I apply for a job that side?
Someone to help me please😢
Interesting documentary! I don't really understand though how one can't decently live by selling insurances. In my country, it's a well paid job. Was he paid only when he sold ? I know some jobs in real estate do that for example.
What will be the procedure for going to Svalbard? DW guide us
What about for non eu people who finds a job there and move out after their temporary residency permit expires, can they travel again to the mainland without problems
Omg it’s the husky cafe. As seen on cecilas channel
Hello Everyone. Svalbard is really beautiful.
2023/7/13
Love how the Filipino cleans the toilet with his gloves then runs the gloves through his hair and wipes his face.
I’m sure he changed his gloves. He did other kind of cleaning afterwards. I did cringe when he did that though.
I love Svalbard women ❤
From morocco
How can one go live here?
Awesome
I spent many days in Svalbard as Eivor of the Raven Clan.
Im poor af right so ty for having documentaries in youtube
Hi DW, thanks for a wonderful documentary. How can one travel here on vacation, or a therapy visit?
You have to go to Norway first, then get a flight too svalbard
@@YodaDiedWeCried so it's not visa free afterall?
@@walterwinetechnically you could get there by boat visa free
I read somewhere that are THREE airports (Chicago O’Hare is one and I can’t remember the other two) in the US that can take you DIRECTLY there but I’m not sure if that information was 100% ACCURATE.
Awesome!
This is Cecelia’s territory, I was hoping to see a wild Grim and Fenris running around 🐺
Pano po makawork dian nasa pilipinas po ako