Nice, I have diabetes too. My mother was born in Narvik in 1935, and I have been to Narvik a couple of times. The first time in late 1960 and the last in the early 2000. Nice movies!!
Amazing choice of commenting about the beds and deferring the most glorious views between Narvik and Kiruna to a short postscript. I prefer trains over other forms of transport in large part because of the views of non-urban environments.
The route from Narvik and over to Sweden is probably the most scenic railroad in all of Scandinavia. I’ve traveled by train between Björkliden or Riksgränsen to and from Narvik as a kid when being up in the north on vacation by car and caravan. We’d have the caravan at the camp site in Björkliden or Riksgränsen and mum and I would take the train over to Narvik on a day trip while my dad would have a day to himself to go up a mountain to photograph mountain flora. For me back then, taking that day trip over to Narvik was very special as it was often the only time in a year that I had the chance to go anywhere by train as trains didn’t stop in my town back then. This was in the late 80’s and early to mid 90’s. In 1996 trains started to stop in my town again and it has been a huge success both for locals and the train operators. I live in a small town close to Gothenburg so getting the train stops again meant better ability for people to commute to work in Gothenburg (or other cities) and it also opened up for college or university students to commute to university both in Gothenburg and in Skövde instead of almost being forced to move due to lack of transportation and there’s now also more frequent buses to Borås which also has a college. Not to mention that I have easy access to 4 Scandinavian capitals, there are trains to Stockholm from my town and from there it’s easy to hop onto a ferry to Helsinki, and from Gothenburg it’s easy to take the train to Oslo or Copenhagen (and then from Copenhagen you can easily take a train Amsterdam or Paris too, and cities in Germany) Despite the pretty good transportation here, I do however take the car when I go places most of the time and actually haven’t been on a train at all since early November 2019 😂 I’m physically disabled though and deal with chronic pain so the movements of a train are often rather painful. I do however want to take the train to or from Narvik just to go back to my childhood vacation stomping grounds, take the ski lift up on the mountain in Abisko again and just enjoy the view with Torne Träsk to the left and Lapporten and other mountains to the right
@@T1DWanderer Even going by car on the E10 from Kiruna and out to the mountains, occasionally seeing the iron ore trains in the distance is just magical. There’s just something about the mountains up there
I agree with Kerim that you are a great narrator. At times your silly comments remind me of my favorite ( legendary) radio humorist, Garrison Keillor. Thank you so much.
Great video. I have done this trip a few times, but it was mostly Luleå to Narvik. Train is a great way to travel, doing this in the winter up north and the sun trying to come up but it is a blue light
If you've seen our channel you know we love trains. Always gotta love a train shower. At least the water was warm! Great idea to overnight train. Saves hotel money.
Jeremy, I always have the same reaction to your videos -- I wanna go! Looking forward to Blue Ridge Parkway. I've driven the full length of it, including that Skyway section, a few times. It's a marvel! --charlie, sacramento CA
I watch your videos with excitement and you have great narrative power :))) , can you please visit the Faroe Islands and Iceland in your future videos :)) thank youuu! -kerim, MSc architect student, Istanbul TUR
WWII April-June 1940 Siege of Narvik was the Wehrmacht's first defeat in the WWII. Polish, French, British and Norwegian troops defeated Wehrmacht. Hitler then decided to attack France as the allied troops were withdrawn from Narvik, letting the Wehrmacht taking over Narvik and Norway. The Norwegian 6th Brigade fought in Narvik meanwhile they had to watch the border against the USSR. Glory to the heros!
The monument you mention at 19:15 is dedicated to the navvies who built the line Kiruna-Narvik. In case you're not familiar with the word ""navvy": it derives from navigeer. That's how the men were called who in the late 18th century dug canals with pick and shovel. Later they switched to building railways (railroads in America) but were still called navvies. They were a rough type of men who respected no one except te engineer they happened to work for, and caused fear in the localities they passed through. Some navvies were able to set themselves up and hired their own men. But many passed away in accidents while blowing rocks or digging tunnels, or drunk themselves to death.
@@T1DWanderer They are called "Rallare" in Sweden and i think in Norway too. There is a restaurant in Narvik called "Rallaren" and between Björkliden and Riksgränsen they have their own graveyard. In Tornehamn. They had a small town there in the middle of nowhere. And a harbor. Still a small outdoor church there in the forest.
My friends and I watched your videos, We plan to take train from Narvik to Stockholm this August, Can I know how early can we buy train tickets? and where did you buy your train ticket ? Thank you !
I bought my tickets directly from the official website www.vy.se - you should also check there to see how early you can buy them and what's available. Enjoy!
One thing that always puzzels me is why Americans persist calling it "bathroom" even when it's quite obvious there's no bath in it. The only explanation I can think of is that they are ashamed of calling things by their right name - somehow I think they imagine it sounds better saying they're going to take a bath instead of taking a dump (although everyone knows what they will do in there).
Another question, if you don't mind please. The compartment is for 3 people. So it means that a couple could have to sleep with a stranger in the compartment?
I don't think that all tickets are private sleepers; there are regular seats so I don't know why they don't offer it to you. Maybe sold out that day? And I'm afraid I don't know about the second question - I *think* you can just buy up the entire room and not have to share? Not sure, because when we took the train there weren't enough passengers for that to be a factor. Good luck!
Nice, I have diabetes too. My mother was born in Narvik in 1935, and I have been to Narvik a couple of times. The first time in late 1960 and the last in the early 2000. Nice movies!!
Thanks for watching, fellow diabetic! Narvik is great
Amazing choice of commenting about the beds and deferring the most glorious views between Narvik and Kiruna to a short postscript. I prefer trains over other forms of transport in large part because of the views of non-urban environments.
I made a video about the ride up that focuses more on the scenery too: th-cam.com/video/0MjVWIEqb80/w-d-xo.html
The route from Narvik and over to Sweden is probably the most scenic railroad in all of Scandinavia. I’ve traveled by train between Björkliden or Riksgränsen to and from Narvik as a kid when being up in the north on vacation by car and caravan. We’d have the caravan at the camp site in Björkliden or Riksgränsen and mum and I would take the train over to Narvik on a day trip while my dad would have a day to himself to go up a mountain to photograph mountain flora. For me back then, taking that day trip over to Narvik was very special as it was often the only time in a year that I had the chance to go anywhere by train as trains didn’t stop in my town back then. This was in the late 80’s and early to mid 90’s. In 1996 trains started to stop in my town again and it has been a huge success both for locals and the train operators. I live in a small town close to Gothenburg so getting the train stops again meant better ability for people to commute to work in Gothenburg (or other cities) and it also opened up for college or university students to commute to university both in Gothenburg and in Skövde instead of almost being forced to move due to lack of transportation and there’s now also more frequent buses to Borås which also has a college. Not to mention that I have easy access to 4 Scandinavian capitals, there are trains to Stockholm from my town and from there it’s easy to hop onto a ferry to Helsinki, and from Gothenburg it’s easy to take the train to Oslo or Copenhagen (and then from Copenhagen you can easily take a train Amsterdam or Paris too, and cities in Germany)
Despite the pretty good transportation here, I do however take the car when I go places most of the time and actually haven’t been on a train at all since early November 2019 😂 I’m physically disabled though and deal with chronic pain so the movements of a train are often rather painful. I do however want to take the train to or from Narvik just to go back to my childhood vacation stomping grounds, take the ski lift up on the mountain in Abisko again and just enjoy the view with Torne Träsk to the left and Lapporten and other mountains to the right
Thanks for your thoughts. That does make the trains up north sound like nirvana. Such a nice area
@@T1DWanderer Even going by car on the E10 from Kiruna and out to the mountains, occasionally seeing the iron ore trains in the distance is just magical. There’s just something about the mountains up there
That' looks like a blast thanks for let us tag along with you 👍
Indeed it was, I'd do it over and over if I could, stopping at various places along the way...
Lol....the announcements..😂...love the snow covered mountains!!!!
Stunning!
I agree with Kerim that you are a great narrator. At times your silly comments remind me of my favorite ( legendary) radio humorist, Garrison Keillor. Thank you so much.
Heh thanks. Yes I know Garrison Keillor - heard him a lot back in the day. Maybe it seeps in...
Another wonderful video. I love your channel.
Great video. I have done this trip a few times, but it was mostly Luleå to Narvik. Train is a great way to travel, doing this in the winter up north and the sun trying to come up but it is a blue light
If you've seen our channel you know we love trains. Always gotta love a train shower. At least the water was warm! Great idea to overnight train. Saves hotel money.
Sure does, and always an adventure
Jeremy, I always have the same reaction to your videos -- I wanna go! Looking forward to Blue Ridge Parkway. I've driven the full length of it, including that Skyway section, a few times. It's a marvel! --charlie, sacramento CA
My bucket list is driving Natchez Trace Parkway to blue ridge parkway and up to Skyway / Shenandoah Valley 🚙🚙🚙 one day hopefully 🙏🙌
Great drives in that area
I'm glad that's your reaction - I wanna go! To be honest, when I watch these I kinda want to go back and see the places again too :p
I watch your videos with excitement and you have great narrative power :))) , can you please visit the Faroe Islands and Iceland in your future videos :)) thank youuu! -kerim, MSc architect student, Istanbul TUR
Thanks Kerim! Yes I'd love to go to Iceland and the Faero Islands someday - hopefully eventually I will
Nice vintage Ving key cards! These were the norm before stripe or contactless cards.
They were really cool
WWII April-June 1940 Siege of Narvik was the Wehrmacht's first defeat in the WWII. Polish, French, British and Norwegian troops defeated Wehrmacht. Hitler then decided to attack France as the allied troops were withdrawn from Narvik, letting the Wehrmacht taking over Narvik and Norway.
The Norwegian 6th Brigade fought in Narvik meanwhile they had to watch the border against the USSR. Glory to the heros!
Thanks for the info
The monument you mention at 19:15 is dedicated to the navvies who built the line Kiruna-Narvik. In case you're not familiar with the word ""navvy": it derives from navigeer. That's how the men were called who in the late 18th century dug canals with pick and shovel. Later they switched to building railways (railroads in America) but were still called navvies. They were a rough type of men who respected no one except te engineer they happened to work for, and caused fear in the localities they passed through. Some navvies were able to set themselves up and hired their own men. But many passed away in accidents while blowing rocks or digging tunnels, or drunk themselves to death.
Thanks for the info. What an interesting group of people they were, wow
@@T1DWanderer They are called "Rallare" in Sweden and i think in Norway too. There is a restaurant in Narvik called "Rallaren" and between Björkliden and Riksgränsen they have their own graveyard. In Tornehamn. They had a small town there in the middle of nowhere. And a harbor. Still a small outdoor church there in the forest.
Very interesting video, greetings from Siberia)
Thanks
15:12 I'll have the snowball with super glue please! Nice video as always👍
lol! Can't fault their selection
looks like it is a boiled egg with caviar tube
You missed the warm rats on the swedish menu😂 varme ratter
Mmm, Swedish cuisine!
Why should the cats have all the fun. Yummy.
My friends and I watched your videos, We plan to take train from Narvik to Stockholm this August, Can I know how early can we buy train tickets? and where did you buy your train ticket ? Thank you !
I bought my tickets directly from the official website www.vy.se - you should also check there to see how early you can buy them and what's available. Enjoy!
Google “The man in seat sixty one” for really good advice on this.
One thing that always puzzels me is why Americans persist calling it "bathroom" even when it's quite obvious there's no bath in it. The only explanation I can think of is that they are ashamed of calling things by their right name - somehow I think they imagine it sounds better saying they're going to take a bath instead of taking a dump (although everyone knows what they will do in there).
I suppose in summer, you can see the scenery all night.
Otherwise it would be better to take the day train (if there is one).
Summer is probably the time to go. Although knowing me, I wouldn't get any sleep 👀
Hello, we are trying to buy that very journey, but when trying to buy it they don't offer the private compartment. Is it included in all tickets?
Another question, if you don't mind please. The compartment is for 3 people. So it means that a couple could have to sleep with a stranger in the compartment?
I don't think that all tickets are private sleepers; there are regular seats so I don't know why they don't offer it to you. Maybe sold out that day? And I'm afraid I don't know about the second question - I *think* you can just buy up the entire room and not have to share? Not sure, because when we took the train there weren't enough passengers for that to be a factor. Good luck!
I would hate to be in the top bunk, if you have to go at 3am. 😮
Definitely a hassle!
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