We drove over 4000km to get here | The Lofoten Islands, Norway
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Was this month long journey through five countries in our trusty old transit van worth it?!
An early start from Bodø takes us to the southern island, Moskenesøya. Is the hype real?!
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Tom hitch-hiked across Europe and road tripped around Australia whilst Iz studied Environmental Science at York. Iz backpacked around South America with her sister whilst Tom studied Forestry at Aberdeen University. Little did we know we just weren't going to get each other out of our minds! Fast forward 4 years later, we found ourselves in campsite warden jobs, living in a bell tent in a wild flower meadow together! Maybe without realising this was the start of our van life journey!
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Iz and Tom :)
As a norwegian (living in Trondheim), and who has been in Lofoten a few times, I really enjoy your perspective and enjoyment of our country. Make sure to see stop by Henningsvær on your way back, and hope the skies stay blue for you :-)
Norway looks absolutely amazing, I'm pining for the Fjords
You👏guys👏rock👏
Absolutely stunning- as is your photography and commentary!! You can see the effect this place is having on you both - you have such sparkles in your eyes. Thankyou for sharing it.
29 days down !!!
I so look forward to checking out your daily videos. You are both a breath of fresh air, so brave and adventurous.
Everyone knows Isa, she's the fastest Sandwich maker in the west !
That's a great trip & so soon after Ireland. I sure you are the envy of many. Love all the facts & stuff 👍
Brings back lovely memories of one of my most favourite places on earth.
Amazing your excitement is so real. Glad you made it. Our ferry over to Norway tomoz.
We're in our sixth week of eight touring Scandinavia. Denmark, Sweden, Finland then Norway from North to South. It's been amazing and you'll really enjoy Lofoten. We passed you just over a week ago on the road. Really enjoy your videos. Enjoy the rest of your journey.
whats the top place from each country in your opinion?
I love how much knowledge you have got around the places you visit. I am Norwegian myself and I am sure that not all Norwegians know all the facts you are telling us through this video series. I live in a city a bit further north called Tromsø, and I have gone with my bicycle to Å several times (around 530-550km each way), and I love the Lofoten area. Its so beautiful! Your vlogs is like a huge Professional advertisement for Northern part of Norway :)
Thank you so much, such a kind comment
I visited your city on my bicycle in 2010, I rode from Å, as part of a bigger 3 month trip from the UK,. When the sun is out I can think of nowhere better than Lofoten and the route via Senja to Tromsø.
The drone footage from the village of A i Lofoten is fabulous.. Nice informative commentary also.. Bring on Part 2......🚐👏👏☘
Wow, what a place. You’re going to have some amazing memories to look back on.
This is the best time of my day. Still excellent viewing. Stay safe you two.
aww thank you so much that is too kind
You both make me laugh 😹 your so funny 😂 What beautiful 😍 island.
This place looks amazing - Thanks both of you.
Wowwww just been watching your blogs. ThNk you do much for sharing. Just amazing. Xx
It just gets better and better!
So happy for you that you had insane luck with the weather and visibility for your lofoten ferry trip, even for us locals who can get a bit jaded with the fjords Lofoten in that kind of weather is an absolute stunner. :)
You can see that you both really like it in Finland. The groceries are very expensive there. But that doesn't take the smile off your face, thankfully.
Watching your Norway videos brings back so many memories as I did a similar journey through many of the same locations around 2006 with a Seat Inca (WV Caddy), living in the car aside the road. The way you´re letting your viewers follow along your journey is truly amazing and impressive as well, and I love the authenticity and honesty as well :) I wish you a safe and great journey up north, making memories (not only on cam) that will last forever :)
Spectacular scenery snd its awesome seeing Norway through your eyes. Cant wait til tomorrow thank you for all your hard work
Hey guys, have been re watching your Norway trip from a year ago - stunning beauty that you captured so well. Hope you're both enjoying your break from video editing!
How amazing!! What a stunningly beautiful environment. I'm guessing that you would see whales and dolphins at different times of the year. And then there are the northern lights in winter!! Still, you have the midnight sunshine which is almost inconceivable here in Old Blighty. Can't wait for part 2!!!
Yet another brilliant video guys keep them coming please
One day!
One day I’ll go there aswell.
Glad you guys made it, it DOES look epic !!,
Safe travels.
The views just get better and better.👍😊
please do treat yourself to henningsvær.. not only is that beach where you turn off the main road allmost tropical looking, but the town there is a sight to see
Excellent. So entertaining, interesting, and very scenic.
Another brilliant video and so informative!
You guys seem to be following the good weather. We are still waiting for a summer here in the north of Ireland. It’s cool and over cast as usual. That is a beautiful location. Happy travels 👍
I have been to 4 places called Å, but not this one. Good video
I cannot believe you travelled there I cannot wait to go there it looks incredible 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🏴🏴🏴🏴
you two must be blown away by scenery you see everday .both have great information too about places you visit,great too see your channel grow nearly 25k subs whoop whoop lol
Great video guys!👍🏻 Lofoten Isles look amazing, would love to go there someday.😍
Love to follow your Journey. Me and my girl did this same trip during corona. Welcome to norway. Let me know if you need supplies and think about stopping in Trondheim on your way back.
This place looks AMAZING!
Glad you made the ferry, you both should take a flask with you on the ferries;)lol
Awesome views on the ferry and fantastic editing and info Tom ..
Isobel not to forget you i enjoy your input also.. btw i love your recipes and funny dancing :) have a fun time guys.. i always look forward to your videos every day..Greeting from N.Ireland ☘
Norway is absolutely out of this world! What a beautiful place! p.s. love your Irish hat Tom 🇮🇪🇮🇪
Absolutely spectacular
Absolutely amazing
I took the reverse ferry trip when I was in yy teen years, and I was not so lucky with the weather. I have never been so sick on a boat, before or after. iI hope you get some decent sleep soon.
Kia ora guys, Norway is absolutely stunning and beautiful iv always said Switzerland was my pick of the bunch out of all of Europe when it comes to beauty but I'm about to change my mind, not sure about 24/7 daylight though that would do my head in...lol and Tom that place ( A ) it is not middle earth new Zealand is...lol🤣😂🤣 great vlog guys well done mch lov from new zealand💯❤️🤙
Tom’s ‘awesome’ or the vowel sound in ‘course’ (when you don't pronounce the r) is what å sounds like. BTW, it's an a with a circle, which officially eneterd the Norwegian alphabet in 1917. (The letter - not the sound - stems from German, and then from Swedish into Norwegian - and lastly Danish in 1948). For a long time the sound was written as aa - until about 1875 when the system was changed - which could cause confusion because a long a was also written aa. ‘The brook’ could have been written aaa; åa in modern spelling.
As a word, å is quite versatile: it is the infinitive marker ( the ‘to’ in ‘to be’), a small river or brook, as well as ‘oh?’, ‘oh!’, ‘ooooh!’, ‘aaawww’. And, when spoken when inhaling, express mild shock or surrprise.😯
So grateful I found you. I will be in the islands in August. I am watching your videos very closely. Thanks for such a great job
Great vlogs, now I want to go !
About "Å": We have an old norwegian proverb that says "mange bekker små gjør ei stor å", meaning "many small creeks makes a great river". "Å" basically means "river", just like the more commonly used norwegian word "Elv". I really enjoy your videos, so keep them coming! Fortsatt god tur, as we norwegians say! Greetings from Vestfold county
Många bäckar små blir en stor å 😉
The sea can be pretty rough where that ferry goes, so you hit the jackpot regarding the weather. Being born and raised in Vesterålen, right north of Lofoten, I hope you take some time there as well. Most people know about Lofoten, and not Vesterålen. I think that's because they've been a lot better at marketing towards tourists than what we have in Vesterålen. But it's just as nice. :)
Been living all my life up in Lofoten/Vesterålen, but moved south to Stavanger about 4 years ago. I still come back up north every summer.
I don't miss the winters with no sun at all from November to early February. ;)
It doesn't even come above the horizon most of that time, but when it does the mountains are so tall that it blocks the direct sun for another month or so.
I am so enjoying your adventures :)
Stunning!
Norway looks awesome, thanks for sharing your travels. I love your vids
This is insane to watch. I live in lofoten and to see how exited you are to see the mountains and everything. Its sooo cool.
I'm really enjoying this trip norway is a place you don't hear much about for holidays🌈💞
Glorious, just glorious. How will you ever return to conventional life!!?? Great to see you both in such amazing form….take care!
Hopefully we won’t have to 🤞
Stunning guys, soak it up. Love your work.
Probably vitamin D as cot liver oil is rich in it and you also get i from sunlight
it is D i just said the wrong one, well spotted
The sun must be at least 30° above the horizon for the body to produce vitamin D.
If you have low vitamin D levels, your immune system get reduced....
Traditional Norwegian vitamin D supplements is cod fish oil (tran).
You make me laugh your both so funny 😂
Cool outfit Isabelle!
I've often wondered how you pronounced Lofoten! Great videos guys!!
Wow
Top van life vloggers at the mo your Kinging it 😜👍
I like how you say the Norwegian names!
Stunning. Yep, that'll do as I've run out of superlatives! 😅
Wow some scenery
Welcome to my backyard! ❤️
U have to try the fishburger at Anitas Sjømat in Reine (Sakrisøya). Its the best!! And go to Henningsvær and hike Festvågstinden. Maybe take sauna at Trevarefabrikken in Henningsvær after the hike😊
Hi Guys. I loved Lafoten 3 years ago. Check out Nyksund. Orca have been seen in the Habour. I landed there in June at 3am to a wonderful heated cabin. Just the best. Come back to Sligo when you get a chance. Keep your batteries charged. 😄
Great vid👍 By the way It’s vitamin D not C
Your view from the ferry really was like Tolkien mountains, like the Pelóri of Aman! And Jiggeldy Higgeldy Piggeldy is a very Tolkien way to describe them 😂 ...
Oh but the Lofoten landscape looks as alien as it is beautiful, it really looks how I imagined the Arctic to look, AND you still have beautiful weather!
Hang on... "Tune in for part 2" ... a cliffhanger ?!?!?! 😳
Really, I want to go to Norway now!
Fisher village Å, well, you both got it perfect. Usually I'd tell English speakers something like English Aw (aw-some ofcourse individual variations, dialect and accent maybe). 'Rorbu' where fishermen hired room, in English 'row cabin' just to put it into a context. Before the industrial revolution fishermen either sailed or did row their boats. Also not far from Svolvær is a place called Trollfjord in which were a famous sea battle around 1900 between traditional fishermen and bigger boats with steam engines. The sea battle is called The Battle of Trollfjord.
Was stationed in Bodo. off and on, with RAF Coastal Command On USSR Submarine patrol Long,Long ago🍾
please go to henningsvær.. you wont be dissapointed!
Epic.
Vitamin D innit? Love your journey
Every day is better and better. Thank you thank you thank you. But write out 100 times “ cod liver oil contains vitamin d not c.” Safe travels guys.
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3:21: Not bad! Very polite and nobody would ever have any problems understanding. Yes, Å in Norwegian is an old word for river. We have an expression «many brooks small makes a big å», where the letter Å is pronounced exactly like the "a" in "small". We also have the word "Ø", which means an island. I don't know how to explain that sound, except to say that if I wanted to write the sound "hors d'oeuvre" in Norwegian, I would write "årdøvr". Norwegian is dead simple if you're willing to go a bit Benjamin Franklin with your English. :)
Nice Car
Ferries in Norway is where you get robbed of money in the kiosk\cafë. usually 2x the price at least
Vitamin D not C
Cod liver oil/Vitamin C Amount: 0 mg, Vitamin D Amount: 10 000 IU
You're codding me 🙊
😀
Wow that is far
When you slept in the Car Park did you have a toilet anywhere?
You guys still in Norway? - if you're crossing the Moss-Horten. connection plz gimmi a Ring!❤️
What kin of gloves do u have issy,hard to drink coffee with them.😲
Wow awesome... ❤️ Visit India
We would love to!!!!
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nice
Nice vidéo, wich drone do you use?
The mavic mini 2
Just a couple of notes:
The excellent UK youtube channel Name Explain did an episode on the name of Å including its use in the town you visited: th-cam.com/video/_R2o3f08k04/w-d-xo.html
You didn't mention it in the video but the description says you ended up at Moskenesøya. Although the more famous tidal current is Saltstraumen which you already visited, there is also Moskstraumen, which actually forms in the open sea close to the southern tip of the island you're on. This was a great danger to boats and ships before they became powerful enough to drive out of the whirlpool. Therefore its reputation spread through much of Europe, and possibly as early as antiquity -- the Norwegian wikipedia page mentions that a Greek fella is possibly referring to it as early as 300 BC. There are more definitive references to the phenomenon going back to the 1300's when the Norse saga collection _The Prose Edda_ were written.
Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe and Herman Melville all wrote about it in literature. Poe described it as the "Maelstrom", and checking this word in the Merriam-Webster dictionary I see a "did you know" section that explains that Moskstraumen is the _original_ Maelstrom, and that this word soon got applied more broadly to powerful whirlpools in general.
I suppose it is weird that the much more powerful Saltstraumen, which is not far away, was less famous. But my own guess is that Saltstraumen was only a danger to locals, while Moskstraumen could be a danger to anyone travelling in the area, and could suprise seafarers as the ocean will generally not show much sign that it is moving fast -- until you're stuck in the whirlpool.
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How much was the ferry across?
How Long are you still on the Road?
There is evidence of human settlement extending back at least 11,000 years in Lofoten.
On what months are you here? Is it early july?
This vlog was filmed on the 10th of June
Hi what do you think about Rothschild?
The reason why it looks fake or staged from the boat, is because the curvature of the earth. The bottom of the mountains, including the coastal line, is hidden from view, from the ferry.
Less van interior / talking and more of Norway's stunning beauty please lads 👍
And stops saying Cods lol
Why are you so stressed ...