@@T1DWanderer It's not as dark as one might imagine. I mean it's dark of course, but the snow makes it feel a bit brighter when you have street lights and stuff. And the sky isn't really pitch black, but more of a dark blue. It's very nice. But now, this time of year it's getting to be bright 24/7, and it's nice when the light returns.
@@johnfwilliams5765 The Sun goes down in November and comes back in January, so no daylight at all during that period. It's not pitch black though, more of a very dark blue color in the sky.
Interesting to see Alta from a camera POV. I guess many of us take our homeplace, every building, monument and everything else for granted most of the time. I'd wanna visit if i didnt live here. Alta kirke (the second church you visited) was built in 1858. Its one of the few buildings that didnt get burnt to the ground during ww2. It did take some abuse but was back in use christmas 45'. Anyways...safe travels!
A few churches were not burned down, and 4 or 5 of them in Alta. But the germans burned down to the ground every shools, hospitals, post offices, bridges, hotels, official buildings, lighthouses, meeting houses, fish farms, stores, industry and artcraft senters, barns and residential buildings with everything the people owned in it. Burned the boats. And they killed the cows and sheeps often in bestial ways. And pets.They were brutal and merciless. Some drugged german soldiers were very brutal while they trough people out of their houses. The roads was ruined, too. The population was forced to evacuate. But 25000 people hid themself in the Mountains, illegally. In wintertime without much to eat. In fear to be found, deported and punished. Some young women became gerilliasoldiers angainst german elite soldiers.
First of all, congrats on the 10K subscribers! Glad we have been one for a while and happy to see you continue to grow! Another great vlog for sure. Love exploring these towns with you.
What an incredible weather you had, the best there is in autumn. I don´t know if the Norwegians have a word for the time of the year when forests, mountains and fjords turn to red and yellow, in Finnish it´s called "Ruska". I was in Alta about one week before this Easter. There had just been awful snow storms and avalanches with four persons dead.
Trees are beautiful the landscape is beautiful p I have seen the Northern lights not from Norway but up an Alaskan Canada and they are spectacular hope you get to enjoy that keep up the great work your videos are great
Alta was once called one of the ugliest cities in Norway... because it was built in a sort of compromise location, it was a lot more car-oriented than most Norwegian cities. It still has very broad streets. But I think they must have made it a lot more walkable since then. Today it's certainly a place one would be happy to live (and the real estate prices suggest so too, compared to the rest of Finnmark!).
Heh, didn't know Alta was called that! It seemed nice, though I only really saw this square area and the brief walk to the church. Certainly pleasant enough on an October morning
The car rental was very affordable, surprisingly. Hotels and guesthouses were a bit pricy, about US$100+ a night, but that was for 2 people. All in all, not as bad as I was fearing. Thanks!
@@T1DWanderer watched you getting close to the bad border. Be careful Sir don’t want to have to come and rescue you. No photos, no long lens. Really great show.
Different factors comes into play. Even though Alta is the most populated city in Finnmark country (30.000 inhbs), it is wide spread. Hence Alta were granted status as a city the recent. It is early morning. Shopping centers are built. People flock to the the shopping center. It might have been chill outside. Last but not least it is not a vibrant metro. It's just a small city in the arctics.
@@T1DWanderer correct but the crash was relatively minor. chopper wasn't equipped with fire retardant system and the poor kids all burned to death when fuel caught fire. coroner said that if it had fire retardant system (not required at the time), they all would have survived.
You cant just record crave stones and peek in churches, that's disrespectful. Sorry but I need too say that, by the way I live 1hr away from Alta, is very nice in Alta👍
I see no problem with that, I have many family members buried there, if someone records or takes a picture of their head stone it's fine by me, and I don't think they care
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I live in Alta and now I'm longing for for all the daylight in this video!! Really interesting watch, love your attitude and open mind 👍
Thanks a lot, I'm glad you're watching! So how is life in Alta without the sun?
@@T1DWanderer It's not as dark as one might imagine. I mean it's dark of course, but the snow makes it feel a bit brighter when you have street lights and stuff. And the sky isn't really pitch black, but more of a dark blue. It's very nice. But now, this time of year it's getting to be bright 24/7, and it's nice when the light returns.
Must be very short day light time from November to February. That would be hard to put up with.
@@johnfwilliams5765 The Sun goes down in November and comes back in January, so no daylight at all during that period. It's not pitch black though, more of a very dark blue color in the sky.
Interesting to see Alta from a camera POV. I guess many of us take our homeplace, every building, monument and everything else for granted most of the time. I'd wanna visit if i didnt live here.
Alta kirke (the second church you visited) was built in 1858. Its one of the few buildings that didnt get burnt to the ground during ww2. It did take some abuse but was back in use christmas 45'.
Anyways...safe travels!
A few churches were not burned down, and 4 or 5 of them in Alta. But the germans burned down to the ground every shools, hospitals, post offices, bridges, hotels, official buildings, lighthouses, meeting houses, fish farms, stores, industry and artcraft senters, barns and residential buildings with everything the people owned in it.
Burned the boats. And they killed the cows and sheeps often in bestial ways. And pets.They were brutal and merciless. Some drugged german soldiers were very brutal while they trough people out of their houses.
The roads was ruined, too.
The population was forced to evacuate.
But 25000 people hid themself in the Mountains, illegally. In wintertime without much to eat. In fear to be found, deported and punished.
Some young women became gerilliasoldiers angainst german elite soldiers.
Interesting info, thanks for watching!
Kirsti, thanks for filling in the story with more details. Unbelievable era in Norway...
First of all, congrats on the 10K subscribers! Glad we have been one for a while and happy to see you continue to grow! Another great vlog for sure. Love exploring these towns with you.
Thanks a lot! yes I'm excited and thankful for the 10,000-subscriber mark :D
Very informative. Thank you
4:00 This is a memorial for the people killed in a terrorist attack on Utøya July 22, 2011.
Thanks. I did see these here and there, didn't realize that's what they were
I believe equal memorials were erected in the home towns of each and every victim of that madman.
@@Muchoyo That's correct☺
Great video. I learned a lot about Alta from you and your followers in the comments. The weather did look amazing that day.
Glad you watched. I quite liked Alta. Wish I could have gone in that record store though...
What an incredible weather you had, the best there is in autumn. I don´t know if the Norwegians have a word for the time of the year when forests, mountains and fjords turn to red and yellow, in Finnish it´s called "Ruska".
I was in Alta about one week before this Easter. There had just been awful snow storms and avalanches with four persons dead.
Yeah the weather was great then, an unusual look at the landscape
22.07.2011 was the date of the Utøya massacre. Kraft in Norwegian means power/force.
Nice video.🎉❤
👌👌👌✌️beautiful trees 🌲
I've always enjoyed walking around cemeteries. So much history. Just not after dark 🪦👻
You haven't seen the last cemetery in this video series!
Greatings from Alta!
Hello in Alta!
Trees are beautiful the landscape is beautiful p I have seen the Northern lights not from Norway but up an Alaskan Canada and they are spectacular hope you get to enjoy that keep up the great work your videos are great
Thanks Larry. As a sneak peek, yes we do see the northern lights, a few times, coming up in other videos!
Alta was once called one of the ugliest cities in Norway... because it was built in a sort of compromise location, it was a lot more car-oriented than most Norwegian cities. It still has very broad streets. But I think they must have made it a lot more walkable since then. Today it's certainly a place one would be happy to live (and the real estate prices suggest so too, compared to the rest of Finnmark!).
Heh, didn't know Alta was called that! It seemed nice, though I only really saw this square area and the brief walk to the church. Certainly pleasant enough on an October morning
thank for video.. shaloom from indonesiaa
Love you view of Norway.
Thanks Edward
@@T1DWanderer how did you find hotel and car rental prices in Norway? Really enjoy your travel
Channel.
The car rental was very affordable, surprisingly. Hotels and guesthouses were a bit pricy, about US$100+ a night, but that was for 2 people. All in all, not as bad as I was fearing. Thanks!
@@T1DWanderer watched you getting close to the bad border. Be careful Sir don’t want to have to come and rescue you. No photos, no long lens. Really great show.
Did you get to see the Northern Lights?
Oh indeed!! They're coming soon - keep an eye out for the video about Nordkapp for the first one :)
Why the cities so empty 😢
Ishav directly translate into ice ocean.
Oh, thanks. I thought it was maybe "ice have", like something 'has ice'. Ice ocean is pretty poetic
@@T1DWanderer Kraft means power in this instance. They likely supply electric power. Hence - Is-hav-kraft. Ishavkraft. :)
I am a customer of Ishavskraft. They supply power to the apartment I own in Oslo, no kidding.
3.52 in.. The monument is in memory of the victims of terrorism commited by the one we dont mention by name...
I did see these around in various places. Thanks for the info
Why nobody is walking on the street empty
Hmm. Maybe they were sleeping in on this day
Different factors comes into play. Even though Alta is the most populated city in Finnmark country (30.000 inhbs), it is wide spread. Hence Alta were granted status as a city the recent. It is early morning. Shopping centers are built. People flock to the the shopping center. It might have been chill outside. Last but not least it is not a vibrant metro. It's just a small city in the arctics.
What mounth is it?
This was around early October
looked up the helicopter crash on wikipedia and it sounded pretty gruesome.
It turned out to be in relation to a music festival, right?
@@T1DWanderer correct but the crash was relatively minor. chopper wasn't equipped with fire retardant system and the poor kids all burned to death when fuel caught fire. coroner said that if it had fire retardant system (not required at the time), they all would have survived.
Such a pity
You cant just record crave stones and peek in churches, that's disrespectful. Sorry but I need too say that, by the way I live 1hr away from Alta, is very nice in Alta👍
Thanks for the feedback. Alta is a great place
I see no problem with that, I have many family members buried there, if someone records or takes a picture of their head stone it's fine by me, and I don't think they care
4:14 Whitney Houston poster from the 80s 🙂
Not high on the list of things I expected to see on the shores of the Arctic Ocean