Lillehammer: Ski Jump Terror - VANLIFE NORWAY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- This episode was filmed 15th & 16th September 2022.
A new day starts with a visit to the 6,000 year old moose rock carvings near Dokka then it’s time to continue our journey East towards Lillehammer.
Carol does a tour of the Olympic ski jump arena and regrets her rash decision to climb the steep staircase!
Our search for a park up leads us back down into the town where we have a walk round the shops the following morning.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:23 A new day
01:54 Moose rock carvings
02:41 Road to Lillehammer
05:22 Time for a break
07:12 Wasp attack
08:50 Lillehammer
10:04 Olympic ski jump arena
12:14 Search for a park up
15:10 How will we get home?
16:14 Omelette
16:56 Walk into Lillehammer
22:36 Next time …
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The Fall by Michael Shynes 8m 42s
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We know you have told us how to pronounce Lillehammer but sadly this video was already made by then 👍
Yeah, sorry about that.
Just, nice if names are in the ballpark, you know.
That said, I've butchered some English place names in my time too...
So who am I to judge...
@@Luredreier what's the real way to say it?
@@Luredreier we thought Lillehammer would have been one of the easier ones! ☺️
My favourites though were Fagernes and Hirtshals which sound nothing like what you Brits make of it 😂
@@heleenwiegand1650 oh then tell us. Please 😌
I’ve probably said it 1000 times on this channel, but I have to say it again. Absolutely delightful. watching you two ,listening to you two brilliant absolutely brilliant thank you so much
Very kind of you 👍
@Going Mouch
You have written exactly what I was thinking.
What a beautiful country !! 😊😊
the truck you were driving behind is the milk truck that collects milk from the farms and delivers it to the dairies.
at 5.00, The lorry with tank mark "TINE" collects milk from farms and delivers it to dairies, Tine is a cooperative owned by the farmers, "GILDE" is also a farmer-owned cooperative but with meat products.
Does this mean the farmers get a fair deal in Norway 👍
@@LifeistooshortCK We pay about 20 NOK for a liter of milk. Farmers get about 5 NOK pr liter. They don´t consider it a good deal, I believe.
Sorry Ken but watching you leg it from the wasp after a career catching hardened criminals did bring tears of laughter here. Many thanks both !
Criminals any day for me 😁👍
Hope your feeling better now Ken, I did laugh seeing you running from the dreaded wasp. Lovely weather again for you. Take care.
Yes, feeling a lot better now thanks 😊
That made me laugh with the wasp lol
Ken, don't ever put yourself down. I'm over weight but I like to eat what tastes good to me. When I started buying my own groceries at 18 I decided I was only going to buy foods that taste good. My wife can buy any food she wants but don't ask me to eat it.
I know about wasp stings, I was attacked by a 6" nest of them when I was 7 or 8. I don't know how many stings they gave me but it was a lot!
Yes wasps are no joke and hornets even worse. I believe in a bit of what you fancy does you good 😁👍
Love watching your travels, being 60 + it's much more a kin to how I like to travel.
We have watched every video and have enjoyed every single one, we eagerly await every episode, thank you
Wow, thanks for watching John, we appreciate it 🙂👍
Another cracking episode. These are just a joy to watch. You really feel like you're part of your holiday tour :)
Glad you feel that 👍
Living just 30-some kilometres southbound from the stonecarvings and the wasp 😉 it's nice to listen Your perspective regarding the odd sights and experiences along the roads. Love the way You tell the stories of your roadtrip.
Cheers
Nice to see you again,I’ve been on holidays, out in our boat fishing & just floating around. Norway is very pretty & I enjoyed your filming of Lillehammer. Thanks for taking us through the village shops,always nice to see. Elaine from Queensland,Australia.
Welcome back Elaine. Hope you had a good holiday. Don’t forget to check out our other videos on our Norway playlist 😉☺️
Love your chatter, great days and beautiful scenes. 💚
Thanks Michele 🙂
Those glyphs were awesome to be so well preserved. 🤣 @ wasp attack, glad you survived 🙂
Thanks, me too 😂
brilliant night duty in the box and a vlog to pass the time xx
Have a good shift 🙂👍
Last time in Lillehammer was in 1998. Bought a touristy t-shirt with the rock drawings that we had seen before we came into town. Wore it forever. We were on our way from Trysil to Hallingdal, Flå, to be exact. Family members of mine have summerhouses there. By the way, eastern Norway is usually less rainy than the west.
Parking sign at 18:40:
Weekdays 09-17 + Saturday 09-15 : Max 3 hours parking + parking fee
All days 03-06: No parking.
So it's free to park in the evening + Sunday.
The no parking at night may be due to snow removal and/or preventing RV from staying the night.
You were right to run, our wasps are aggressive and hungry in autumn. Their queen has kicked them out the hive, to prepare for the new hive, and they have no aim or work so they just go delinquent . 😅
So glad it was only one then 😆
The Spanish walk straight across zebra x whereas we Brits wait causing mayhem 😂
It was the same in Norway, no one looked 😵
This is actually hilarious! I never imagined when you arrived in Norway, that you had planned your trip to cut across Norway to the area i grew up!
It's so interesting and amusing to see through your eyes, your experience of the things i see basically every day.
I am looking forward to the next episode, as i know exactly where you're going! 😄
Haha, we shall see 😉 Glad you are enjoying our take on Norway. Great place to grow up for sure 🙂
Where would that be if I may ask?
I'm not really that familiar with the area southwest of Lillehammer.
We usually drove south along E6 turning west further south rather than going "inland" so to speak.
You really must plan a trip to the North of Norway it’s very different to the south and breathtaking
Would love to do that one day for sure 😀👍
Agreed, Lofoten, Nordland, Troms and Møre and Romsdal are all nice places.
Trøndelag, where I live is a bit boring from a scenery perspective, but we have a *ton* of history being one of the main agricultural areas in a country where agricultural land is in scarce supply means that our region where quite populated in early times and played a important role for any potential king.
Trondheim/Trondhjem, or Nidaros (different names for the same city) was even our capital at one point.
No more excuses from Ken now when there's a mountain to climb or something...we've all seen how fast you can move when you have to lol. Wasps can be feisty little buggers can't they. Not sure what your other insect was, although it was definitely a fly of some sort. I'd go for a type of soldier fly if I had to guess. More fab countryside and great scenic park ups. Love it. Enjoy seeing the map too so we can follow the route. Take care x
Looks like you have a beautiful day weather wise? What a view from that landing. Absolutely stunning.
We were very lucky on this trip
I'm assuming what you called 'carbonated mince' is karbonadedeig which traditionally contains less fat than regular mince and also doesnt have added water or salt. Its usually more expensive to buy karbonadedeig over regular mince. Regular mince will have upto 14% fat contents whereas karbonadedeig should be around 4-5%.
Thanks for explaining that ❤️
So miss my beloved Norway. Thanks for the online visit. 🥰
Ah don’t be so hard on yourself because you ran from the wasp. Anyone who has been stung knows it’s something you want to avoid at all cost! It looks like you’re getting towards the end of the lovely Norway trip adventure. Thank you for taking us along. Very relaxing. Mary
Thanks for joining us Mary. Still a few more episodes to come ☺️👍
Hari OM
Wow, lots of energy in this one - Ken running from attack wasps and Carol un-ski jumping! Nice work you two. Working off all those fish fingers... YAM xx
Must be all that high elevation air going to our heads! We certainly need the exercise 😊
Yet another lovely interesting vlog. I just LOVE watching you both! xx
Thanks so much! 😊
My hometown 😍
Enjoyed this video. Glad I’m not the only one who does the ‘wasp dance’ ! Lillehammer looks a lovely place. Well done getting up the steps Carol.
Nice parkup. Great rock carvings. The roads do generally seem excellent. Sorry Ken but the wasp sketch was funny 😄. Would have loved going up the Ski jumps. Amazing manhole covers. Thanks again both. 🙏
Thanks guys. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Another great episode - I like the music you choose with your videos too, it always seems appropriate somehow with the photography.
Thanks Vanessa. Glad you enjoyed it.
Love the wasp race ken best laugh I've had for ages 🤣😂 and carol were do you find the energy to walk up all those steps well done 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Tina. I just can’t resist a staircase, have to see what’s at the top, regardless 😆😁
Great vlog Ken and Carol. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching 🙂
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Love it! Thank you for making me laugh...
Any time! 😁
Hilarious snack at 7.05😂
😱😂
@@LifeistooshortCK 🤣🤣
catching up on vids ... we have Aboriginal rock carvings around our area, some close to main roads set up for viewing from boardwalks and it amazes me that they are supposedly 10's of thousands years old and yet are still very visible even thought they are carved in soft sandstone, cheers, Garry from DownUnder
They must be great to discover 🙂👍
5:06
That's milk.
The symbol belongs to the company Tine and is made to look like a object named a "tine"
They're wooden containers used for among other things storing butter butter, peas, grain, porridge etc, the name is only used in the southeast, in the rest of the country they're named a "laup" and where even a old measuring unit for volume as well as a wooden container.
Basically they could store anything not liquid.
Tine the company is a Norwegian dairy product cooperative owned by the farmers themselves and *required* to collect milk from them no matter how far out into the middle of nowhere they're located.
They're our biggest dairy product producer.
Although they *do* have competition, and their competitors don't have to spend money collecting milk from locations so far away that they're unprofitable to visit, or to pay more then they earn to said farmers for that milk (fixed price)
So they're at a competitive disadvantage there.
The other companies have their own areas where they compete when it comes to among other things ethics.
Great video nice views as the tour continues thanks for sharing
Cheers Lee 🙂
Wow…the rock carvings… must be absolutely fantastic to see something like that close up
If they were in the UK it would be walled off and you would have to pay for it 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK Sad, but so true.
@@LifeistooshortCK We have some that are here too, like north in Alta where there's a lot more of them.
These are less at risk of being damaged by hordes of tourists so there's less expenses involved and less money to be made.
Re. your discussion at the start of the video. It's not that much of a big deal to drive in Scandinavia inte winter. The roads are cleared from snow and we use winter tyres and (most people-) drive more carefully. The major roads are mostly completely free from ice/snow.
We would like to experience that one day. More and more TH-camrs are doing it now.
Love the wasp race ken best laugh I've had for ages 🤣😂 and carol where did you find the energy for all those steps? Well done 👍
Glad you enjoyed it 😂 Can never resist climbing stairs for some reason. Just curious to see what’s up there, I guess 😊
5:07 The tanker-truck is carrying Milk 😊 (TINE is the name of norwegian farmers dery-brand)
Thanks for that 🙂👍
Loved the video
Oh don’t you hate it when you have to eat the whole pack of fish fingers 😂😂
We used to watch Lilly hammer on Netflix and always said we’d visit one day 😁
Will have to look that up on Netflix 🙂👍
@@LifeistooshortCK it’s mainly subtitled but it’s funny
Great video again guys , "the great wasp attack " 🤣
Yes Irish pubs everywhere ,you can't get rid of us .
Thanks for sharing ,enjoyed that an looking forward to the next
That wasp was a multiple black belt 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That certainly is some beautiful scenery and aerial shots around the ski slope area. This is a country that seems so welcoming and you would be spoilt for choice deciding where to live if you wanted to.
Couldn't agree more!
3:19
I'm looking forward to you guys hearing a local saying "Lillehammer". :-)
I will try and convert them to my way 😁👍
Love your videos
The rock carvings are amazing and the river beautiful. My late father taught us to snow ski in the 1960s . Much fun. HaHa Kamikaze wasp!
Thank you
You're welcome 🙂
Fantastic scenery, great drone footage and some recent Olympic history! What more could you want?
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video AGAIN ❗❗❗ 🤗
Great trip 😁
Lovely! Lovely! Lovely! Thanks for sharing😉
nice 1 :-)
13:16
What's a "boy racer"?
14:46
Ah, the Norwegian word for that is "råner" i think.
They're mostly common in Telemark in southern Norway from what I've heard.
They *exist* elsewhere too, but that's the only place where they're common.
They don't *race* much, but driving around and making skid marks is definitely common down there, or was when I lived there...
Yes we encountered a lot of those skid marks earlier in our trip. English boy racers turn up in their cars, play loud music and do donuts in car parks - hand break turns in circles!
Another great video, loved the wasp dance, ill miss these when the tour ends
Excellent use of the drone. The footage gives a totally different perspective on what we see with our eyes. Nowt wrong with eating all the fish fingers as they were already defrosted, a fish finger butty is delicious 😋 even the wasp was showing an interest 😂 question for you Ken: are you a good 'passenger' or do you prefer driving 🤔 Excellent vlog on a quiet Sunday morning with tea 🍵 & dunking biscuits 👌😀
I am a good passenger if I have confidence in the driver. I have confidence in Carol as she is aware of many of the things I look out for. I have been with many who have scared me to death mind. If I don’t feel comfortable I let them know. Rather that than after a crash. I have had the pleasure of being driven very fast by some very capable drivers, much better than I will ever be 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK Carole comes across as a very patient person that reflects in her driving Ken..I've noted on a few vlogs when you're driving you say some things that you have learnt from the experience of being on the force..little things like winding the window down to listen for traffic if visibility isn't 100 %. Now that's the sort of thing simple it maybe but not every one has what I term commonsense as you already know having dealing with the public 😉
Great video 👍 beautiful scenery once again 😊 thanks for taking us along for the ride 👌❤️
Wonderful stuff yet again. Thanks guys.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching 🙂
Looking forward to next week. I worked there as a guide, many, many moons ago. Those were three fun summers😊
Lovely video. Don't think I have seen your move so fast before Ken 🏃🏃, It is lovely down through Sweden if you are going that way. I hate those type of steps as well Carol.
Love the hat looks so comfy ❤️❤️
Thanks Linda ☺️
Once again, loved the video, thank you for sharing it. :-)
Glad you enjoyed it!
So very special to listen to you two talk while driving through the countryside. You two are great together. I hit the year mark yesterday and went out to dinner with my girls. It's supposed to get easier now I hear. Somehow I don't believe it. Cheers 😘🥂😘
You made it through Christmas and now the first anniversary so keep strong. Glad you have your girls for some support. Sending our love as always ❤️
The tanker you were driving behind was transporting milk, most likely. Tine, the name on the back, is the biggest milk and cheese company in the country.
And the Egon chain, funnily enough, is based upon a character from a crime comedy movie franchise from the 70's-90's, named The Olsen Gang (It was originally a Danish show, but adapted and remade in Norway. . . as many classics in Norway, it's origine came from other countries).
Anyway, the character's name was Egon Olsen and he always had a bowler hat and a cigar. Hence the logo and name.
Thanks for all the info. We didn’t know that ☺️👍
Another lovely vlog. I love the sections of drone footage and music very mindful ❤
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
So Enjoy your videos. Look forward to seeing them. Thank you so much keep going
Thank you! Will do!
An impressive turn of speed, Ken.
Yes I was not flat out of course because that’s a national secret 😁👍
I don't know with a wasp, but I heard from a bee keeper that bee's attack more people in black/dark sweaters/t-shirts because they mistake you for a bear to protect their honey 😄
A very slow moving bear 😁👍
I’ve heard that they are more aggressive in fall beginning they are about to die.
Bees you mean. Wasps do not make honey.
I went to lilihammer Dec 2012thick snow and could not see the top of the ski jump because of the snow storm and fog. The town is beautiful in the snow I know were you are going next week great place to visit.
As you were saying that the stairs looked steep but they really weren’t, I was thinking ‘I don’t know, because you are breathing much harder’. My bet is that the riser for each step was a comfortable step so you weren’t ‘climbing’ up. You made it up, though! Well done. Great video! It was a nice break in a busy day. Thanks!
5:08 its milk :D
😁👍
Sorry but I did laugh at Ken running from the bee😂😂 That was a good walk up the ski slope Carol , I wouldn’t have done that steep walk up those steps!! Another good vlog. X
It’s good to laugh 😁👍
The "Tine" truck is carrying milk..
As far as I know, the ''Egon'' restaurant chain is named after ''Egon'' the main character in a Norwegian TV series/movies called Egon Olsen from a show known as ''Olsen Banden''. (Losely translated to: The Olsen Gang)
Thanks for the info, we had not heard of that. This is why we like to travel, you learn so much 🙂👍
you should check out the video of the ski Jump in Iron Mountain in Michigan... it's the big boy on our side of the pond. great video
The Egon resturant chain is themed after a Danish/Norwegian movie series "Olsenbanden" with 13 films made between late 60s and early 80s about three thieves and their mischiefs. The leader of the gang is named Egon Olsen, and he wears a bowler hat. The Egon logo is that hat. And the theme inside are things and pictures from the movies.
Didn’t know that. We love that kind of backstory 👍
Think the Swedes also has a series based on it. Jönssonligan or summat like that.
A fun episode :) that wasp had it in for you. If you ever decide to go to Finland that is about the size of their mosquitos :)
One day we will see those mozzies 😁👍
Ken and the Killer Wasp, coming soon to a cinema near you !
It will be a good movie but the producer is insisting I get a spray tan.
That building with all the windows is very cool! I wonder is city inspectors would gripe about those here in LA. Jc n Red
I should think it would be OK in downtown LA ☺️
Ken has MOVES!!
Sadly I wasn’t available for Saturday night fever so John Travolta got the gig
👋 Hi So enjoy your vlogs actually love them💖 getting chased by that hornet brought back a childhood experience when our cousin Lee on his horse took a stick and hit a wasp nest to the ground and we had the whole nest chasing probably 15 children to the pond where we all jumped in and held our breathe the younger kids got the most bites. Thankfully the man on the tractor had cigarettes and used his tobacco for the bites.
Carolyn those were a lot of steps. You're in great shape. Norway is beautiful. Love the drone shots. Angels all around you and your home on wheels. From New Mexico🌶️🌵
Angels all around you as well. I didn’t know tobacco can help with stings
@@LifeistooshortCK yes but he spit on it😲but it worked however Now I do homeopathic meds. Apis Mell 6x little soft white sugar pills under the tongue..I take 6 every 20 min for 4 times then every hour. Usually it's gone on a couple of hours.
Very nice video, thank you! We have now been in winter in Lillehammer with the camper. Should you also try times. Many greetings from Hamburg - Chris
Cheers Chris 🙂
Nothing better than drinking a coffee and consuming a bourbon or two while watching your travels. Norway is a beautiful country, but is it just me, where are the people? So much space. Fish finger sarnie for lunch methinks🫢
That wasp was very annoying 😉. Thank you for showing Lillehammer. It's been over two decades ago I visited. I do enjoy this series very much and I wish it will never end 😅.
That’s very kind of you. Hope we recalled some good memories for you 🙂
@@LifeistooshortCK you did, thank you 🙏
Hej you two, same for me, enjoyed the Lillehammer trip, trip to memories long time ago. Thanks for all the work you put in.
I feel like I've watched so many Norway videos of yours now, but never seen the sun out. This is making the country feel somewhat depressing. Strange how the weather has such a big effect on people.
Love the vlogs as always xx
West of the mountains (the pretty part of Norway) is really exposed to everything that the sea can throw at us, so you'll see little sunlight here.
East of the mountains it's usually fairly dry, but it can get cold there in winter and warm in summer.
We had a lot of sunshine earlier in the trip, especially in Kristiansand and Bergen.
Hey Ken I see the boss is driving today.
😁👍 in her dreams.
@@LifeistooshortCK lol.
Hello carol and Ken have you thought of a bigger RV I love the way you clean and cook as well as the places you walk love Annie ✨✨✨✨✨
We used to think about bigger vans but have now realised being small has many advantages. Never say never though
The truck you was driving behind about 5 min in the video was a milk truck from Tine.
Thanks for the info 🙂👍
You would think they would protect those moose carvings but also good they are so accessible
Made me laugh about that suicide wasp ….
Good effort with the steps Carol you just needed a couple of planks strapped to your back and you could of re enacted a winning jump 😂
I may get Carol some planks for her birthday but I also want that little fishing rod you use. Difficult choices 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK go mad get both
The chair lift is for the jumpers in competition and practice. Not for the public😅
Thanks. Hope you've shaken the chest infection, Ken. Its a bit like that pesky wasp - out to get us oldies!
Almost there now 👍
"Carbonated mince meat" 😂😂 "Karbonader" is the Norwegian name for meat patties. The "carbon" in the name comes from them getting a bromn/black colour when grilled or fried!
Ah that explains it 😅 Thanks for letting us know 🙂👍
He was carrying Milk…..Tine is a milk company
Hi Ken & Carol, That was interesting seeing the ski tracks for the Winter Olympics outside of winter. And the city of Lillehammer looks awesome. Do you have any playlists abt your trip to nz. Would love to watch the vids. Regards from downunder, 💗🙋♀️🙋♀️
This is the New Zealand trip made way before our TH-cam channel. New Zealand Road Trip 2013 - Life is too short
th-cam.com/video/SggjhmnsYF0/w-d-xo.html
@@LifeistooshortCK thank you for that. 😊
Norway is good in winter ❄️ sports 🎿