Luleå In Northern Sweden Is Home To Some Incredible ICE ROADS, Join Me On A Walk To An Island!
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- I arrived here with only 2 hours of daylight left and ended up doing one of the coolest things I've EVER done. Join me for a walk with a difference in Luleå.
Filmed on Thursday 12th January 2024
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#SteveMarsh #Sweden #IceRoad
Hi Steve - I came across your channel about a week ago and I’ve been binge watching ever since I find your travels Absolutely brilliant - I suffer with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and I live in a rehabilitation centre. I’m either wheelchair bound or bedbound - your channel and your travels. I can only dream about. So thank you very much for making me smile - sending love and hugs ~ Xxx Xxx
Thank you so much Louise!
That’s a beautiful comment to Steve ❤
Another brilliant video Steve, thank you for taking us along on another very interesting journey.
@@steve-marsh The
First Mall in World The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - was first designed in 1861. It took 12 years to complete and was finished in 1877. It's a four-story double arcade named for the first Monarch of Italy. The Galleria Vittorio's vast stores, cafés, and restaurants complement its magnificent architecture.
I think I'm bad when my arthritis flyers up. My thoughts are with you and our minds follow these wonderful travels 👍
Just a correction. It's not a river or a lake, it's the baltic sea. A secluded bay of it. Technically you could walk all the way over to Finland if it wasn't for the fact that they keep a few shipping lanes open further out in the sea.
It is the end of the Luleå river though, let's be honest =) It's where the Luleå river meets the baltic and Gråsjälören is technically in the inner fjärd.
Resident of Luleå here. If you had come here about a month later you could have watched the yearly ice skating competitions and the half-marathon run around the ice road. The ice skating competition is ran by the Dutch ice skating league in cooperation with Luleå City as the dutch canals where the ice skating competitions use to be held won't freeze over due to climate change, so they decided to move the competitions up here instead of cancelling them.
Whoa, as a Dutch person who loves Sweden I didn’t know this. It’s awesome that both countries cooperate like this. I would love to see the competition
And lo! Steve Marsh did walk on water! Fantastic! 😃🙏🏴🇮🇪🥶
Now Steve, don't think you are the reincarnation of Jesus just because you walked on (frozen) water.
@@leonb2637
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Oh, not sure someone else has commented: The building at the end is heated with “left over” heating from the district heating. After heating houses (and by the way the pavements in the city centre outside your hotel as well), they try different things to use all of the remaining heat.
The red writing says "Here we grow on return heat"
Thank you, I noticed the pavements were free from snow, but didn’t realise that they were heated!
@@barrybrown6923 it does, but in English that needs explanation
The light through this entire video is just awesome.
I love the Swedish skies - in summer/winter the colours are immense and I never see anything like it in the UK - must be something to do with their (relatively) cleaner atmosphere or something.
I love the sound of walking on snow as much as some people love the sound of crunching leaves.
I loved that sound through out the video.
@kes251 Thinking back I enjoyed it too while we lived up North. Walking in the forest in the fall, when it was really cold walking in winter. Living in Florida (for 43 years) we shiver at 63 degrees but it is a nice remembrance.
Just add a bass riff to it and you're dancing!
That’s what we call in Canada squeaky snow.
ASMR Is the new thing.
Brilliant. As an Aussie in Sweden for 7 years now I’ll say that feeling of surreal walking to an island doesn’t fade away. And I’d say Swedes love the ice as much as anyone. It’s an energy kick in the gloom of winter.
Clarion hotels never let me down, definitely a tiny room but does the job.
Thanks for this! Fantastic. I live in the Caribbean, so this is like another planet for me! Beautiful.
Hi Steve I came accross your video and had to watch it as I live in Luleå. The island you went on is very busy at the weekends and the cafe is open then. You can get a hot drink and hot dog usually. You were very lucky as you missed the cold spell we had just after you left it got down to -40°. I loved the video that you did its always nice to see a visitors view of Luleå it reminds me of when we first moved here. Really nice film - going to pass it on to a few friends and rellies!
Thanks so much! Sorry if I got any info wrong :) oh I would have loved a hot drink and snack over on the island!
"Missed the cold spell"...My goodness, it looked pretty cold anyway, but minus 40! That must just about freeze the (well, you know what I mean 😉)
lucky? or unlucky? For a tourist who never experienced those artic temperatures, -40 might be an adventure, especially because you can retreat in a safe warm hotel and don;t have to worry about the things you locals have to deal with . He would need to buy a complete set of gear to go outside though
@Nostalgia-That was uncalled for. I’m sure Sweden has refugees and poor people who find the climate challenging.
Hej Steve. Im from Stockholm Sweden, 84 year old, but glad I founnd jour site. Will be walking with you for a long time now
Welcome to the channel, thanks for watching!
The water you are walking on is the Gulf of Bothnia and is actually a part of the Baltic Sea. :)
The Swedish tourist board should pay you, Steve! I’m sold! That looked like great fun!
Another day, another fascinating adventure. Thanks for taking us along Steve.
Love the bit of “Scot’s” closed doon
Haha yeah I caught that too. The 'phone' voice got turned off for a sec there 😂😂😂
You're great at finding such interesting places, Steve.
Thanks once again Steve for taking us to ‘another worldly place’. Your efforts are much appreciated.
Steve.. it gives a whole new meaning to walking on water! And your comment about -8C being relatively mild made me chuckle! You must go back in the summer!!
Yes, please, Steve, go back in the summer so that we can all marvel at the contrasting beauty. It looks to be a wonderful place to live when all the problems of the world have been corrected😊
...gorgeous, Steve, there is a magic about white landscapes and crossing large bodies of water on foot... brings up the time when I lived in Berlin... sometimes in Winter, when we had ongoing wind from the north-east, temperatures would drop down to between -10 and -20 C, and after just a few days you could walk across canals, rivers and the lakes around the city... my flat was only heated by coal ovens, which were hard to get going through the night... well, I was young and robust then, and the rent was cheap... good memories... 😸
This reminds me of ice road truckers with Lisa pulling those heavy loads over the ice.
Squeak squeak, crunch crunch...Wow! Amazing, Steve - and such beautiful light. Thank you. Enjoyed every minute of that!
Wow. All of these shots are spectacular ... the crane and the ice road with the sun going down behind it, and then turning around to pan the Luleå shore bathing in the sweet light. Love it. Cheers!
Hi Steve, like a previous respondent, I too have been binge watching your videos, but this one is one of your best. A very different experience for us here in the UK. The variety of your content is really engaging and your channel is now one of the ones I look for each week. Keep ‘em coming and happy travels!
You think it's a different experience for you, I'm watching from Australia! We complain if the daytime temperature drops below 15C - what a bunch of wusses we are 😆
Absolutely amazing place Steve. Thanks for taking us.
i could totally live there happily.
Cool video Steve. "Watch out where the huskies go, don't you touch the yellow snow. " Frank Zappa
I'm watching this video because its so wonderful! And I do believe that even I could walk in that snow! I'll get me sled! And that sjopping Mall,! Woohoo! Yeah! Overdraft here we come! 😃🙋👍🇨🇮🏴🙏
Hearing that crunch crunch crunch reminds me of the cold winter weather I grew up with as a child gives me shivers.
And like Alicja your community, Steven, says: "be careful out there!" ❤
This was fun to watch, being swedish :-) the green house sign said "here we grow on recycled heat". Quite a long walk to the island, wasn't it? If you've had a chat with the locals there I'm sure they've given you a snowmobile ride back.
From Las Vegas, NV, USA ....My husband and I are loving your videos, and we both marvel at your bravery in taking on these challenges so often. Thank you very much for allowing us to be with you, as you learn about these faraway places, and what it takes to get there and then return. You are enabling us to become familiar with places we would never get to see otherwise! Because you do spend so much time walking through these locations, in a way, it makes us feel as though we have been there. Thank you sooo much, and please stay safe!!
Fun and nice seeing someone from vacation mecka Las Vegas watching a Luleå video 😃
I held my breath the whole time you were on the ice, you sure were brave
Hi Steve 😊 two videos a week. You're amazing and I appreciate your hard work in sharing your trips. You remain my favourite TH-camr and when your good lady joins you my favourite TH-camrs. Take care and thank you
Thanks so much mate!
Iv found your channel with this film and I’m living on Luleå and it’s really amazing that everyone can go out and walk on the ice roads, every Saturday in the winter when the ice road are open there are a group of older people that makes hotdogs and such and you can buy some coffee/ tea/ chocolate and I usually go at least 2-3 times every winter and have one or two hotdogs and coffee and just sit and enjoy myself with my dogs
Thanks Steve for the "extra" vlog. Well worth it. That walk on the snow and ice to the island and back was great. Wouldn't fancy it in the dark! Glad you got back to the hotel ok . Room was fine for the price. A pretty big town for being so far north. Would be great to revisit in the summer! 😊 👍
locals didn't seem to mind the dark, when he returned some still started their walk the other way
@@Blackadder75 Yeah, some with dogs and some with a stroller 😅
I love that the snow and ice has remained pristine and clean. None of that dirt and soot on the snow you would find in an urban setting.
You’re spoiling us Steve! 👏
Crunch crunch crunch. Wow! What a great video Steve! You are so spoiling us. Thank you.
Ice roads are great fun. When I was younger, so much younger than today, me and my friends used to drive cars on the ice (much further south in Sweden to where you were). Extremely fun. Nowadays I settle with skating and skiing. Once again a great video.
I loved the mid-week bonus. The sound of the snow “squeak-crunching” was oddly comforting. Looks like a beautiful day there. I think your winter adventures are so great! Cheers and ATB!
Steve Marsh, Lets Make a trip, Planes trains and everything. 3 must watch channels.
"don't eat yellow snow" is a song by Frank Zappa. I must go to Sweden.Good vid
Even though it's 65 degrees Fahrenheit right now where I am in Mexico, I had to go put on a jacket while watching this video.
🎶Watch out where the huskies go🎶🐺 Great video Steve
OMG Steve! 😦 There's no way I could walk on those clear icy bits, I actually felt ill & had to look away! Brilliant video but freaked me out a bit 🤣
Fantastic, it's another place that's on my list this year. Then on to Rovaniemi and back across to Narvic. Thanks for great video Steve.
dear Steve.......thats wintertime................the sound of your shoes over the snow,the iced sea............wonderful........thanks for showing.....Blessings and Greetings and take care of you.........Daggy,Kiel,Germany☘☘☘
That’s good advice Steve, yellow snow ❄️ is always sketchy 😂
That room was nice, all the necessities. It looked cold and hearing you crunching through the snow, yup it was cold!! But it was fun to watch and see you getting to the island, nice!! Ready for another adventure. Great video!!!
Those looked like tomatoes in that little house at the end. Thank you to the commenter who explained they were being grown with leftover heat from keeping the sidewalks cleared.
I like the noise of knispering snow under your feet, specially in the evening 😊
Love a bit of Midweek Marsh!
That was neat! All of this is so unique to say the least! Very fun Steve, It's fun is not knowing what's coming. Thanks for a brilliant destination! Merry Ann from Minnesota
That giant crane - first thing I thought of was HG Wells' War of the Worlds. Not the dumb TC movie, the Orson Welles radio broadcast. The scenery and light is amazing. Thanks for sharing your travels with us.
Watching you since the start mate...but got to comment, that was magic 🎉
Excellent Steve, I love the crunching sound of the snow when you’re walking
How fun Steve to come along on your journey of discovery in Luleå, my hometown, I live in Stockholm now. Unfortunately, they have ruined "Shopping" both inside and out. The old, genuine and cozy Shopping now belongs to history, unfortunately, it's so sad...
In the Northern U.S. state of Maine and this year we can't catch a break with warm temps...but usually frozen lakes are the norm, ice fishing is a big deal...nice to see your enthusiasm...reminds me how amazing it really is.
I must say a bit of a nail biter when I saw you on that body of water. Brave is all I can say. Awesome sunset and some sunlight is always appreciated. You are missing a tea kettle in your room, glasses, cups, etc. time for my cup of ☕looking forward to your next adventure Cheers
Whar a lovley place and that sunset.and walking on the iced river that would be great.but i too would have to keep on the snow part.i don't think these old bones would stay upright ha ha. Thank you Steve another film .❄️🌨☀️
That was beautiful Steve thank you❤
Thanks Steve! Really nice video and journey. So cool to follow you and I love your enthusiasm! 🙋♀️☀️❄️
Great video Steve. The ice road was cool but scary and when you returned to Lulea the picture of the town was stunning. Had to smile at the Lions club on the island, probably the strangest place to have one. Thanks Steve
There is no Lions Club on the island, but a local Lion's Club chapter aids the up keep and buildings and cafe on the island.....
@@peroldenThank you.
Thank you for the information. I bet it is just as beautiful in summer@@perolden
Steve, thanks for another interesting video. I visit Sweden fairly regularly and for the past couple of years I have found that I now have to set the network manually rather than allowing automatic selection whilst roaming on my UK network based mobile phone sim. I just try the networks on offer until one works and then keep that for the duration of my stay. Hopefully this helps for when you return. Stockholm really is an absolute must, particularly in the Summer. One of my favourite cities in the world. Summer Night City as a certain pop group called it is 100% accurate !!
This was awesome experience. Thank you for putting a smile on my face😊
Oh wow Steve I really envy you. It looks absolutely beautiful
Great update Steve , me and my wife Pat loved this one , like you say it was a bit different but very enjoyable, keep up the good work 👍
Stunning, could listen to that ice crunch all day x
loving the scrinch, scrunch when you're walking
I have never seen such a small room in Scandinavia for that price, and expecially windowless. wow.
That's amazing! The squeak of footsteps on ice was travel asmr!
Well Steve another excellent video😂. Have been waiting patiently for your next video Be careful walking on ice.
I mean I'm watching it again! Oh yeah! Thanks again Steve! Its great! 🙏🙋🇨🇮🏴
Absolutely brillant thank you Steve spoiling us again the sunset just can't the words to describe it
If you take the train west into Norway, you can take the boat to Svalbard next!
Oh I wish!
Incredible - quite a journey and expense to get there but what an experience. What a bonus video that was
I’ve been binging your videos for a couple of days. This ones amazing. I live in Australia so this is right off the beaten track for me. Somewhere I guess I’ll never go. Thanks for showing me 🌻
What a great wee video Steve 👌 Thanks for the bonus video this week. 💙🏴
What a beautiful place. And what a time o day to capture it
The sound of the snow tells me just how cold it is...
It's not a lake nor a river - it's the Botnian sea.Enjoy mate - it's magic!
Hi Steve, well that certainly was something different. Great video, everything looked cold but very lovely. Looking forward to your trip further north. Thanks again. Take care.
Wow! Fab video. I always knew you could walk on water!!! Thanks very much ❤❤❤
Great video Steve if you have never watched a lady that lives in Sweden called Jonna Jinton who puts her videos on here are well worth watching, she records the sound of the frozen ice it’s amazing also takes dips in that frozen water .
Amazing, loved the ice walk Steve, “closed doon” made me laugh, speaka my language 😊😅
The crunchy snow sounds so cold 🥶
Hello Steve mick from Hull another lovely episode hope you are enjoying yourself and I will look forward to your next episode 😊😊😊
As someone from a place rarely snows, ( not even once a year)it is really amazing to see this. Thanks for the great content Steve.
I use to ice fish back in the day, all you need is 4 inches of ice. Clear blue or black ice is the strongest. 👍🏻🙏🏻
Wooow amazing. Thank you for showing us this expirience.love these midweek bonuses.xxxx
I really loved your videos from Lulea! I lived there myself back in 1965-66 as a toddler on 2-3 years old. Last year when I celebrated my 60th anniversary, I traveled back to see where I lived back then. I even found the apartment on Mjolkudden! To see this movie was kind of a memory lane of a memory lane! Nowadays I live in Visby on Gotland. Why not make a reportage from here?
Welcome! 🇸🇪😄👍🏻
Thanks for this! Everybody else is doing some beach destinations which I find extremely boring. Thumbs up
Thanks, Steve. Nice to see real winter again. 👍🙂
That was so cool, Steve! I would love to go out there with a pair of skates ⛸️. I have to plan that trip next winter.
Stive love this video looks incredible with all the snow😁😁
That was so "cool" Steve . Just listening to the snow crunching under your boots was making me shiver...
Another masterpiece Steve...:):):)
I’m going there in February I can’t wait
Mind if i ask what are you gonna do when you get there?
@@kingboss1279 going to do a few excursions like husky sledging and going to go to kiruna for the day on the train
@@adamcolins5410 Okay that sounds lovely, If im not mistaken you can go on a snowmobile safari lead by a tour guide aswell!
I love this video..this is a country I have always wanted to visit and thanks to you I have. It is beautiful and I can only imagine how beautiful Spring and summer would be. You have guts walking across the frozen lake or river. Thank you 🤗❤️
10cm hard ice like that there you can see through it is all you need to walk on it really safely.
@@charinajohansson3890 yes , it;s far thicker here, but 10cm is already enough for walking or skating. (not for motor vehicles)
@@charinajohansson3890 No shit... You didn't understand what i was saying!! It's a answer to @lauraautry6992 "You have guts walking across the frozen lake".
Oh my giddy aunt.was cringing when you walked over the ice.you are right.we would not do this confidently in scotland although lake of menteith used to hold the curling competitions..look forward to next video steve.👍
It´s thick enough to carry a lorry and a bus. Probably safer there then on land.
Loch Lee Glenesk,had a bonspeil last, in 1979 i think
Wow, what an amazing place! (I loved the train journey too, all the sights and sounds.) I haven't even finished watching yet, but as you were walking over that clear ice, well it gave me the willies just looking at it. I don't know if I would be brave enough to walk on it. Nothing like it in my part of the world.....back to the video... Footnote. It sure would be cool/surreal to visit again in the summer time to see where you walked over the water.