12-Hour Arctic Sleeper Train Journey through Finnish Lapland

[@adriennethenomad]

Congratulations on your wedding! 🎉❤🎉🍾🥂

[@chloeandludvig]

Thank you so much 😀

[@JustinWatson23]

Love the bear, bare, beer joke :-) I really want to do this one day. I've been to Helsinki and loved it, but need to see more of Scandinavia.

[@chloeandludvig]

Hahaha it always frustrates Ludvig coz he never knows which one I’m talking about! You should definitely pop it on your list!😁😁

[@JustinWatson23]

@@chloeandludvig if in doubt assume beer :-)

[@pasifinland]

Finland is not part of scandinavia 😊

[@JustinWatson23]

@@pasifinland Sure i get that Finland is culturally not part of Scandinavia and never said it was. But geographically its just easier to say Scandianavia rather than saying each country seperately or add Finland to the end of everything. I've never been to Norway or Sweden and only been to Helsinki, so yeah i need to see more of that part of europe.

[@mikrokupu]

@@JustinWatson23 Nordic or Scandinavia, I think not a biggie really. "Scandinavia" is often used as a synonym for the entire Nordic region, though officially only the 3 monarchies DEN NOR SWE are called Scandinavia. Finland has always have a close connection to Sweden, Finland was a part of the Kingdom of Sweden for 700y and the Swedish language still is the 2nd official in Finland.

[@meddyven]

Venturing up to Santa Claus Vilage and Lapland would be an amazing experience. It is on my list. Kiitos!

[@Nickel1911]

Congratulations on your wedding! Take great care of each other

[@chloeandludvig]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@Olbear040]

yall are so much fun. thank you

[@chloeandludvig]

No, thank you!!

[@adventureswithuncledave]

Chloe and Ludvig, you 2 are absolutely amazing, I LOVE following your Journeys......

[@chloeandludvig]

Why thank you!!! I don't know about amazing, but cheers for watching and always being one of the first to comment!! ;)

[@coreyjeffries]

I Love The Bear Bare Beer Joke & I Truly Enjoyed Watching The Video & I Hope Yours & Ludvigs Journey Continues To Get Incredibly Amazing For The Both You Chloe ❤🥰

[@chloeandludvig]

Hahaha, it never gets old. The Kiwi accent cracks me up. Thanks for watching!

[@NiiloPaasivirta]

Nice view! 😆 (At 7:34!)

[@NiiloPaasivirta]

It's funny you can lock your cabinet - in Finland, it's almost unheard of anyone going in and stealing anything. Finns are on the same level as Japanese in honesty. E.g. if you drop your wallet somewhere, it will likely be returned to lost & found with even the money intact.

[@gozamite]

The phone booth in the train is needed mainly because the connection is usually very bad when the train is moving! Inside that small room your connection is much better. And yes ofcourse it's also about privacy.

[@chloeandludvig]

Ahhh very interesting!🧐

[@JeffDahl-p1v]

I’m of Swedish ancestry and my maternal grandfather’s middle name was Ludwig (I think with a w) so I love hearing that name throughout your very entertaining videos. Would love to travel to the home of my ancestors

[@chloeandludvig]

Aw that’s very cool! Glad you can appreciate hearing Ludvig throughout our content - very cool!

[@ytMFOS]

By the way, did you notice that the interior door handles of the VR train carriages have a picture of a palm and it has six fingers. It's on purpose, and already from the 1980s. It can be seen in the video at 17:25

[@KalleKilponen]

In case you were wondering, the announcement in the morning was for people traveling with cars. (Reminder to get up early and instructions on how to get their vehicle.)

[@chloeandludvig]

Ahhhhh, very interesting.. we never knew what that announcement was all about haha

[@rustyspace900]

7:54 ''Timber Chicken Trolls'' Gotta love your accent! :)

[@chloeandludvig]

🤣I had to replay that bit a few times to hear it!!! I understand now

[@robinhealey7542]

Loved this video! You both do an amazing job of explaining everything while keeping it lighthearted and humorous!😊

[@chloeandludvig]

Yay thanks Robin! Thats' awesome to hear :D

[@nicolelazotravel]

Wow! That looks awesome! I haven’t been on a sleeper train yet.

[@chloeandludvig]

It was so awesome! This one’s a good one to try 😍🥰

[@mustwereallydothis]

If you were to have told me that you were traveling through my little corner of northern Canada, I would have believed you without hesitation.

[@chloeandludvig]

Really? I bet it’s beautiful up there!!

[@mustwereallydothis]

@@chloeandludvig I certainly is! Especially in the area where I live. We are tucked into a lovely river valley and the views all around are amazing. It does get a tad dreary during parts of the spring and fall but the summers of almost constant daylight and the winters with trees coated in magical looking frost (hoarfrost we call it) often take my breath away. Of course I could do without those -30° to -55° cold snaps we get for a few weeks every winter but we can't have everything.

[@BrianBorges-ez3ls]

Hey guys! Ludwig's bunk gymnastics are hilarious, but at least the shower has more headroom than the bunk!😂 I love train vlogs and it was while searching for them that your channel popped up in my feed. I am sooo glad that it did; you guys are great! May your many travels be accompanied by much wedded bliss!❤💕 (And enough room for Frost-Giant Ludwig.)

[@chloeandludvig]

Yay so happy our channel found its way to you! I’m glad Ludvig has been entertainment for you haha - Thanks for joining us for the journey!

[@mgrizz2386]

From one railfan to another, i totally understand your excitement ♡ that was a lovely journey and a beautiful train. Thank yoh for taking us with you!

[@chloeandludvig]

Yay another rail fan! ...Ludvig will get there one day.... maybe. Haha. Thank for watching! So glad you enjoyed it as much as I did!!

[@anshsingh2044]

Addicted to this channel 😌😍🫶🏽

[@chloeandludvig]

Aw love that!!!!

[@toniheikkila5607]

Trivia: For some unfathomable reason there are six fingers in that image of a hand in VR's restaurant carts' door handles.

[@Valtteri88]

ET tresspassing only.

[@gothichinata4332]

Gravity Falls Easter Egg

[@eemeli1744]

I think the designer wanted to troll people

[@herhere4714]

Always love your positivity

[@chloeandludvig]

Thank you! Me too ;) The only way to be!

[@Paltse]

Some trivia that might enlighten the secret about night trains on the main track being on schedule. They stop or at least used to stop for a couple of hours near Tampere if they had the time to do so.

[@patrick8035]

Very cool! I was wondering when you took the trip so glad you shared that and were lucky enough to still have snow then! Not meaning to be a downer, but with Finland being so close to Russia, was there any sense of unease or alertness to do with that? I’d love to do that train trip one day, and I think around the same time so it’s not dark the entire time

[@chloeandludvig]

Yes we were very lucky to have lots of snow! A staff member at Santa’s village says the best time to visit Lapland is March. Still get winter weather, everything’s open, yet a lot less crowded. We were very aware in the back of our minds, but I guess since we were only there for less than a week❤️

[@patrick8035]

@@chloeandludvig thank you! Well sounds like you’ve had a good time judging by the video of the huskies 👍 look forward to the next installment!

[@henriikkak2091]

Honestly, no. Nothing that travellers should worry about. Finland is a fortress.

[@jacquihughes6172]

Great views and great video

[@chloeandludvig]

Thanks for watching 😁

[@The-Day-Off]

Dude that price for the cabin and breakfast is amazing. Way better than Amtrak cabin prices. I’m thinking of doing a 65 hour Chicago to LA Amtrak in coach 😂😂😂 cuz of the room prices

[@chloeandludvig]

It was really decently priced! For such a modern train too. That sounds like so much fun!!! What an experience that would be haha

[@philipstolk]

Nice video! Where do you book for the santa express train?

[@chloeandludvig]

I booked directly on the VR website

[@philipstolk]

Thank you❤

[@louise7552]

Hi new subscriber from Australia 🇦🇺 here. Congratulations 🎊 on your nuptials. Just discovered your channel, enjoying adventuring along with you guys from my lounge room in Forster. NSW. ❤❤ NAMASTE. Ps, your eyes are stunning.

[@chloeandludvig]

Woohoo welcome to the channel Louise!!! Awesome to have you here! Thank you so much!!😊

[@Rick-ov5jm]

Love the bathroom espicially moving the wall to b a shower that is soooo bad (means good American slang)

[@chloeandludvig]

It’s really cool right? Such a great idea! And I’ve never heard that slang haha

[@Rick-ov5jm]

@@chloeandludvig yes it is .

[@moonliteX]

Timber chicken trolls 🤣🤣🤣👌

[@moonliteX]

U must be kiwis?

[@juanitacarrollyoung2979]

Where did you find that adorable, goofy sloth that you had with you in your train cabin? Did we really just witness part of your honeymoon? Of course any human who speaks has an accent. It's hilarious that US ppl claim that we have none! Your honey speaks with an American accent, with a hint of something European in there - like someone who moved to the USA as a young teen. If he only started speaking English regularly as an adult, kudos to him. He's very fluent! Don't let anyone tell you that you're pronouncing any word wrong in your lovely Kiwi dialect 🇳🇿❤

[@chloeandludvig]

Haha thanks for your comment! Ludvig is actually from Sweden would you believe it! He grew up learning English on movies and songs so I’m guessing that’s where the American sounding accent comes from 😁

[@HabaneroTi]

One of the nicer train cabins and overnight trains I've seen. I'm not at all claustrophobic so its relatively small size seemed perfectly fine to me, along with the really cute and efficient bathroom with shower (actually gives me some ideas for a camper van I've been building in my imagination). Plus something about train travel in winter with snow all around and everything lifeless and frozen just seems right. In summer there's this urge to stop the train and get out at every turn, especially on more scenic routes. But in winter it's so cold and desolate that you feel lucky to be inside all snug and warm. I've traveled by train in both seasons and think I prefer winter. Of course it was in the Rockies and Cascades, which helps.

[@chloeandludvig]

It was definitely one of the nicest cabins we’ve had on a train! And totally agree the snow adds so much magic to the trip!😍

[@nickbowles7983]

Iv just seen price of your luggage. Omg

[@sumosprojects]

G’day & Kiora, not wanting to pry but how do you afford all of your travels ? I love travelling but it takes me & my wife a year to save for a P&O cruise 🤠

[@chloeandludvig]

Very fair question! Well, we both work regular jobs at the moment and over the past few years we’ve spent the majority of our money of travel. Along with this we’ve started to earn an income on KZbin which by no means covers the travel, but it definitely helps! We’ve also just started to work with sponsors, which again doesn’t begin to cover our expeditions but all of the little bits help!

[@sumosprojects]

@@chloeandludvig Thank you for your honest answer & that’s great that KZbin are backing you in. I made a little bit of money from it but I did get business endorsements for doing projects for a few companies so stick with it 👍🍻

[@SK-nw4ig]

Swedish is mandatory in all levels of Finnish education - however only few people really speaks Swedish, since outside of coastal areas we dont need it and rarely hear it :) So we just forget. And most Finns are not really that motivated to learn it because of that.

[@chloeandludvig]

Ahh wow - thanks for sharing - super interesting 🤔

[@T3CHGY007]

HO HO HOld on!! Did you say Santa Claus??

[@chloeandludvig]

Hehe, we did! Thanks for joining us!

[@sofmota]

Does anyone here can please tell me if there is a substantial difference between old sleeping shower cabins and the more recent ones (2010 forward)? I'm trying to book and the difference is humongous!! only because there is a new schedule added (support told me). But I'm terryfing to discover that I decided wrong in the end!?

[@user-xs8vr5yr4z]

Going with shoes to inside home, room and bed just can cause me a hear attack! You went up to your clean bed with your shoes. Please do not go to clean bed with your shoes that you walked outside in particularly the most crowded places. It is not hygienic.