Exploring Every Metro in Scandinavia*

[@Redstomp]

Copenhagener here, sincerely wish you had visited each of the newly opened M4 line (not just the one at the end), since they look absolutely nothing alike and are beautifully decorated. :) But lovely video. I do wish the volume was level, I found myself turning the volume up and down because the music is so loud, but speech so soft.

[@FMP346]

First off you have a beautiful city, secondly I would have loved to see everything! But as I was only visiting for a short while I didn't have much time to go to every station. However I will absolutely be coming back so I'll be sure to keep that in mind! As for the audio it's something I do need to work on, thanks for the feedback! 😎

[@Fonetiker]

5:16 That's because it was. Most of the metro-lines in Oslo was originally tram lines which has later been converted. Especially the lines in the west

[@FMP346]

@@Fonetiker Ah ok! I thought as much, thanks for the info 😎

Not especially the lines in the west - only the lines in the west... The east lines was when it became metro. Btw N.Y., Chicago and others have stretches of their subways over the roads, it's still seen as subway?

[@Fonetiker]

No, not only in the west. Østensjøbanen (Vålerenga-Bryn, 1923. Brynseng - Oppsal, 1926, Oppsal - Bøler, 1958), and Lambertseterbanen (Bryseng - Bergkrystallen, opened in 1957, were both run with trams until 1967 when they started running metro-trains on the track (but still with tram-standard).. E.g. wasnt Lambertseterbanen given metro standard until 2010, and Brynseng - Hellerud was upgraded in 2022 to no longer run on tram tracks from 1926 (they could only drive that stretch with a max speed of 30km/h before that).

@@Fonetiker Ok, nice. Is there anything wrong with that, when maybe they had some budget limitations in the past, they took the opportunities they had. That's how I see it.

[@niilo5175]

Finland isnt scandinavian. But we are nordic

[@default902]

Like he didnt clarify that in the intro or in the video itself

[@Scandinavian92]

Jeez give is a break AND READ THE CAPTION FFS

[@karkevicius]

@@Scandinavian92”doesn’t have the same ring to it” I disliked the video after I read that shit😹😹

[@Jonsku124Transit]

jos sun nimi on niilo, niin kannattaa mennä piiloon

[@Jonsku124Transit]

jos sun nimi on niilo, niin tungen mun nakin sun piiloon

[@nk-i-sumpan]

What a great video! Nice idea to feature all four metros in sequence like this.

For the Oslo segment, he only went to the western parts of the city and that's where it's most suburban + overground. The more urban, busy stations are in the east, like Helsfyr, Furuset, Stovner, Carl Berners plass. Most people in the west are wealthier and drive... Also, he only took the two old typed of tram while we're now phasing in lots of new CAF trams who look very modern. So he missed a lot in Oslo IMO. Oh and I see he went in grey winter in Oslo while it was sunny and nice in Copenhagen. Yay, Oslo is just 50 times better than CPH in summer, so much greenery.... So he missed that too. :(

[@joelthorstensson2772]

I'm surprised that you used the Swedish names for the Helsinki metro. Finland has, by law, two languages in use (depending on local % of speakers, and so on). Swedish is in the minority, at about 5%, and Finnish is the rest. Officially bilingual (major) towns are, majority-language first: Helsinki (Helsingfors), Vaasa (Vasa), Raseborg (Raasepori). Åland, an autonomous archipelago of islands, is uniquely monolingually Swedish (ie, the municipalities there speak _only_ Swedish.)

[@FMP346]

@@joelthorstensson2772 I had no idea! I feel a bit ignorant now I thought they were english translations of the Finnish, but that’s clearly not the case. Apologies for being British I can’t help it, i’ll keep it in mind when I return to Finland in the future! 😎👍

[@peterfireflylund]

@@FMP346 Helsingfors was founded by Swedes, though, so I think it's ok not to say Helsinki. Most of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland is not descended from Swedes. They are descended from Finns who learned Swedish (because that was the path of upwards mobility if you were intelligent and could work as a tradesman or merchant).

[@KalleKilponen]

22:25 No, sorry, we don't say that. (We say Hei, Moi, Terve...) and we're not Scandinavian either. ;) 23:38 It seems you happened to visit when the central station metro stop was being renovated and they had to split the system in two for a period of time. (3.6.-1.9.2024)

[@kaiserkarl2]

I liked this video very much! Not sure what that sphere was, but at first I thought it was a part of The Swedish solar system, but it was not. Mars is in Mörby centrum T though, and the Avicii arena ( former Stockholm Globe arena is the sun.

[@FMP346]

@@kaiserkarl2 Oh wow! I had no idea, i’ll be sure to check that out when i come back (which i very much plan to do)

[@kaiserkarl2]

@@FMP346 You are very welcome! :)

[@SparkyFolf]

You should go all the way to Akalla!​@@FMP346

[@krokodilen31]

As a swede im of course biased, but i almost feel sad for Copenhagen and Oslo in this one that plus the fact that stockholms metro where filmed during the green period didn't make it more fair.

[@user-vc3kt6qe4h]

I love the trians and statiins its so clean in Copenhagen ..

[@pamelakilponen3682]

Your AB ticket in the metro area covers all the metro stations.

[@meowritz]

Going to Oslo and not doing the Holmenkollen line is like a crime

[@AviatorSE-RSF]

34:18 the three crowns resemble swedens national symbol

[@Bleckman666]

There are 7 different "easter eggs" in the ventilation grids on the new metro cars in Stockholm. Happy hunting!

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

The Danish trains are short but as they ride so often, it doesn't matter.

[@knudplesner]

You haven't even used the Copenhagen subway system with over 100 S-train stations, many with 2 minute intervals and 16 carriages, and you can bring your bike for free. And the ticket is valid on all buses, S-buses, bus boats, local trains, light rail, metro, S-train, coastal train, regional trains, inter-city, and international trains. All systems have an average of over 100 stations each.

[@FMP346]

I used it very briefly at 20:15, hope this helps! I did use it a lot more outside of recording the video too!

[@rico4.700]

us building such smalls stations and trains is such a fumble, im envious of stockholm, but at least we have the s-tog the bike storage is underused bc were lazy af and just wanna park at ground level LOL the trains u used to go to ørestad is swedish operated, we used tho have a co-op agreement with the swedes, but us (denmark) being incompetent at railways meant we cancelled the contracts.

[@vjollila96]

person from Espoo here the metro services actually 2 cities Helsinki and Espoo and the Espoo line is pretty brand new (from Lauttasaari to Kivenlahti)

[@JanneJ93]

Person from Helsinki here. Espoo is finlands 2nd biggest municipality and is part of Helsinki urban/metropolitan area. You cant call that a separate city. Same goes to our neighbours, Stockholm metro goes via many municipalities like Solna. Copenhagen it goes via Frederiksberg and in Oslo to Baerum if I remember correctly.

[@erik....]

Fun to see, maybe you could ask some locals how they pronounce the names because you are kind of butchering them, not that I care but it would be a nice addition.

[@FMP346]

Hi Erik! I have social anxiety, hope this helps! 👍

[@TuomasLeone]

A shame you didn't have the time to check out the eastern half of the Helsinki metro system. Older and def. a different vibe. Also home to the world's northernmost metro station.

[@randomdude8217]

Bro you should try to go to important stops like a viewpoint or something.

[@kingwacky184]

I am a Djurgården supporter. So it was really nice to see you get off at Stadion and even mentioned the badges/team emblems on the wall. Yes we moved to Tele2 Arena in 2013. There are 3 big teams in Stockholm. Djurgården, AIK and Hammarby. Djurgården and Hammarby share a stadium as of 2013 and the fans of those two teams are not very happy about it. Djurgården tried to get their own arena close to where the old one was but the city of Stockholm said no that 2 new arenas was enough. AIK also moved to the new arena in 2013 i believe or halfway through 2012 season I don't really remember. That arena was called friends arena but have got a name change to strawberry arena. Djurgården is the only team in Stockholm where the old arena is still standing, because it was the 1912 Olympic Stadium so it is a protected structure and cant be torn down. Djurgårdens women team now play at Stadion.

[@FMP346]

@@kingwacky184 Very interesting! But unfortunately as a Chelsea supporter, you’re going to get smashed in the conference league. Joking of course, glad you enjoyed the video 😎👍

[@kingwacky184]

@@FMP346 I believe we will be knocked out before we get to play Chelsea lol. And we would not stand a chance against a Premier League club. We are good but not that good.

[@ExDstepford]

As a person who lives in Stockholm, I think the Stockholm metro/public transport is the easiest to navigate in.

[@FMP346]

Stockholm was absolutely my favourite of the four! So many beautiful stations and the artwork is fantastic!

[@joona2000]

I absolutely love tunnelbana but by far Helsinki metro must be the easiest. It's a straight line with 3 end of the lines, all in one level and the trains going to both directions from the same platform. Can't get any easier than that. Impossible to get lost. The tram network is many times bigger with 27 lines and 346 stops but that is very easy to navigate too. So are buses, local trains and ferries that all forms the public transport in Helsinki. The metro is actually in two cities, Helsinki and Espoo, despite only being a straight line.

[@HezuFoto]

@@joona2000 Remember that there are couple exceptions on that "all trains go both directions from the same platform" rule: Kalasatama and Itäkeskus. In the latter there is three tracks instead of the usual two on all the other stations and it might be possible to configure the traffic to use the tracks sharing the island platform, but in practice the default operation uses the tracks that do not share the platform. And pity this video was shot last summer when the station closure split the metro network into two. The older, eastern parts of Helsinki metro look somewhat different, especially since much of that goes above ground rather than underground.

[@LeoAmin-y7u]

Yeah, the tunnelbanan is absolutely great especially the stations, but I don’t know of these count as Metro but I think, pendeltåg is also a metro

[@joona2000]

@LeoAmin-y7u metro and tunnelbana are the same thing, just different names in different countries for the underground rail system. Pendeltågs are "local trains".

[@alexanderfjeld_]

"I know Finland isn't a Scandinavian Country but "Exploring Every Metro that is in a Nordic Country" doesn't have quite the same ring to it" cmon bro...

[@pupujussi5728]

Kinda weird choice to use the Swedish names in the bottom left corner in Helsinki. Helsinki is totally mainly Finnish speaking thus in English the Finnish names should be used

[@nissengaming3670]

In danhis train is tog not tøg

[@kohZeei]

stockholm is on a whole different level compared to its neighbouring countries

[@poulernstseehusen458]

denmark is better with no drivers

[@kohZeei]

@poulernstseehusen458 but they're so small like trams

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

@@kohZeei As they ride so often and all the time, it doesn't matter!

[@DecadeAgoGaming]

You could have just said "every metro in the nordics" since iceland and estonia don't have a metro

[@asela8166]

Estonia is not a Nordic country.

[@123norway]

S-Tøg

[@wm_jaida]

maybe do avoid your Scandinavian asterisk you could call the video, “Exploring Every Nordic Metro”

[@rkan2]

Obligatory Finland is not in Scandinavia comment 😅

[@beorlingo]

How is there 1 English native not knowing this at this stage? Guy's prob residing on some other planet.

[@SparkyFolf]

​@@beorlingoHe points it out in the video..

[@samthegoat05]

Im from Oslo and can say the Oslo metro is the most efficient in my opinion❤

[@nils8876]

Oslo metro has a daily ridership of 200 000. Stockholm has one of 1 265 000. More than 5 times more even though Stockholm is not even twice the size of Oslo population wise. This means that the Stockholm metro has to be much more efficient to manage this amount of people. So I would disagree.

[@andywessel]

I live here in Oslo and tend to use the bus instead if i can because the Oslo Metro allways seems to have stations and lines closed for maintinance. Now in the winter the stations are very cold and they are wuite ugly. All lines go thrue the central part of town but no lines to inner parts of the city as it spreads put above ground like s liight rail system to all the suburbs.

[@MichaelKaa-dx2hj]

Does the Oslo Metro run 24/7-365 ??

[@Togangehver14dag]

With all due respect to the Oslo metro, I would say it's the worst of the Nordics. Yes it has the most stations, but also the lowest percentage of underground stations. The whole network is to me rather a form of "super-tram" or an equivalent to Copenhagen's S-train network than a "real" metro. Stockholm has the same problem with bottleneck in inner city and doesn't even have a ring line (although the yellow line will be a sort of a ring line when it opens), but it has the most underground stations (and most of them have really beautiful artwork) and as Nils points out above it's also the most used network of the Four, although Stockholm is only slightly larger than Copenhagen and not much larger than Oslo and Helsinki either. Copenhagen has small, but high frequent trains that run 24/7, it has the highest percentage of underground stations and covers most of the city centre in a Paris-like way (although the suburbs are very poorly connected - there you'll have to use the before mentioned S-tog instead). Ofc it's also the most modern network and is 100% driver less. Helsinki is, although being 20 years older than Copenhagen's metro, the smallest as it hasn't really been extended that much - only a single branched line with 20-ish stations. That is a shame because i really like Helsinki's metro too with it's long trains and wide platforms. But if I should make a list I would say: 1. Stockholm 2. Copenhagen 3. Helsinki 4. Oslo

[@rowaystarco]

I live in Oslo and the metro mostly runs very fine. Way better than the trains anyways.. And last winter the buses had major issues. The metro is extremely important for Oslo transit, but the city desperately needs a new city center tunnel.@@andywessel

[@ManunKanava]

Us finns will be very angry since you called finland scandinavian in the title.

[@Viikkinu]

in helsinki the west metro stations are more modern and cooler looking while in east helsinki they are old and ugly. glad you didnt go there