Mystical drive to the town of Vardø, Norway's "Ultima Thule"

[@steinarhaugen7617]

So sad to see. 8:30 I got goosebumps! Memorial stone for two of the 77 killed during the terrorist attack in Norway in 2011. - Tina Iversen Sukuvara aged 18 and Åsta Sofie Helland Dahl aged 16. These two girls were from Vadsø and they were killed on the island of Utøya.

[@T1DWanderer]

Wow, I had no idea that's what it was for. Thanks for the info

[@CathyS_Bx]

Besides delighting me again with your videography, you sent me to three Wikipedia articles on Vadso Church, Barents Sea, and Ultima Thule. I'm learning things!

[@jenmorricone4014]

Me too...looked some stuff up. Gotta say that the reindeer carcass was alarming and made me wonder if he was treading defenselessly in polar bear territory.

[@steinarhaugen7617]

@@jenmorricone4014 There are no polar bears in mainland Norway, and the only place you will find polar bears in Norway are on the island Svalbard. This is a remote group of islands that is a lot further north than the rest of Norway. He walked in a safe area.

[@T1DWanderer]

Glad to hear that you're learning something, I actually am too

[@jenmorricone4014]

@@steinarhaugen7617 Yes, and I learned that the Eurasian brown bear in Norway, though related to grizzlies is not aggressive and few in numbers. Around 1900 there were thought to be only about thirty left in the wild. (The grizzlies in the Yukon and Alaska and elsewhere are highly aggressive which is why bears came to mind when I saw the carcass.)

[@steinarhaugen7617]

@@jenmorricone4014 Correct. The Norwegian bears are more afraid of people than we are of them. I've never seen them and I hike a lot in the mountains. When the bears smell people, they disappear. 🙂

[@honganhv8808]

Awesome! Thank you!!

[@Oddone64]

As told to me by my Dad ( Vardo born and raised) before the road tunnel to Vardo was built it was hit and miss accessing the island via a barge during winter due to the severe weather. He also told of a local joke that when the tunnel was opened the locals were allowed to walk it to the mainland and back as part of the opening ceremony, 2500 people walked there but only 2000 came back, the other 500 kept going ! 😆

[@T1DWanderer]

haha poor Vardø

[@anonUK]

I hope they got to somewhere a bit more hospitable!

[@rhyacinthlevrini6577]

Wow! I never expected to see this Arctic Road; just as you get to Vardø the video ends. Look forward to your next installment.

[@T1DWanderer]

Much more from Vardø is coming

[@Nataspin900]

great series!

[@PrimeTimeTravelers]

Was able to watch another one while at work! Ha! Love watching you guys explore all over Norway. I want to follow in your footsteps one day.

[@T1DWanderer]

I recommend it

[@AZdesign12]

I was exactly the same place, road, same town... 10 -11 years ago

[@T1DWanderer]

Great! Thanks for blazing the trail for me

[@hiberno-norway3553]

At 5:20, that place (If I remember correctly) is locally known as "Godluktbukt", "Goodsmellbay".

[@T1DWanderer]

Heh nice

[@protestagain]

Llamas are very protective animals, and there are lots of bears, but with a llama in the herd, no bear will do any harm. They will seek something easier. The monument at Vadsø church is over the two from Vadsø who were massacred on Utøya where a total of 77 were killed. I think you missed the small town Kiberg, straight before Vardø. There is a partisan museum about those who fought Nazis as partisans supported by CCCP. That hole to the "Hell" is 28 miles from Kirkenes into Russia. The hole is called Kola Superdeep Borehole and they reach 40,318 ft under ground. It's said they heard noises from there.

[@T1DWanderer]

Interesting info, thanks

[@helgewaagaard747]

Renee Zellweger has roots in Vadsø. Her mother met Renee’s father on the Hurtigruten steamer.

[@T1DWanderer]

Wow, unexpected

[@Barley150]

What a handsome church! Did you notice a lot of Scandinavian architecture? Feel any kinship for it?

[@T1DWanderer]

Not necessarily for the architecture, but i do feel a kind of kinship for Norway

[@jenmorricone4014]

"Am I allowed to go in here? I'll try it.". Jeremy 1:1

[@T1DWanderer]

Heh you know it!

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

Very pretty scenery. Definitely seems like the type of places I'd want to visit. But ya really gotta be a selfish jerk to be hogging up the road and rollerblading down the middle of it like that while not even thinking that you could potentially get hit by a car. He literally had his back to oncoming traffic without a care in the world😂... That's a special kind of stupid right there...lol! The least he could do is keep to the side a bit so ya don't have to go into the oncoming traffic lane.