Our FIRST EVER Overnight Train (Helsinki to Oulu, Finland)

[@nickolay6277]

That 20-minute break outside of Helsinki is at the car carrier station. They attach few wagons with cars to the train. Yeah, you can actually travel with your car on these overnight trains.

[@mikkorenvall428]

Yep. And also half an hour or 45 minutes break in Tampere too as they break the train to change some wagons in it. Also a longer stop at Seinäjoki or Kokkola to wait for on coming trafic.. And that guy walking in the cabin must have been the train clerc just to wake you up...

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Good to know!! The person who came into our cabin was a woman in pajamas hahaha! All good though it was funny 😂

[@salonjuna]

From south you can take your car to: Helsinki-Rovaniemi Helsinki-Kemijärvi Helsinki-Kolari Helsinki-Oulu And Turku-Rovaniemi

[@TJM-A]

​@@JacobandJennyTravel Well, did you guys remember to lock your door from the inside? Or was it just closed but unlocked?

[@kanervatie]

The green ones are long distance trains and the purple ones local trains

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Good to know! Thanks friend :)

[@stephenwarren9762]

Such a nice country Finland 🇫🇮 I understand, will have to get there myself sometime

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

You for sure should! It is amazing 😍 thanks so much for watching as always!!

[@JaniOllikainen]

Different color trains was local trains. The long stop in the start was most likely getting the car trains connected so it was part of the schedule. You can buy a place for a car to those night trains so you get your own car with you but don't need to drive the whole way.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Ah good to know! Thank you for the information :)

[@Finnishguy777]

I came across your channel by chance last night and I have enjoyed your cheerful videos, you are always in a positive and funny mood, also how excited you are about our small Nordic countries warms my heart, thank you for your videos

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Your comment made us smile!! Thank you so much for your encouraging words :)

[@pen7759]

What a nice video once again. Greets from Oulu !

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

So glad you enjoyed it!! We love Oulu! Thanks for watching :)

[@BlondeNordic]

Your annunciation when it comes to Oulu needs a bit of work but Rovaniemi was spot on so good job all in all :)

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Hahaha makes sense!! Thank you for watching :)

[@finnishculturalchannel]

There's also Oulu in Wisconsin: "Oulu - Finding Your Finnish Sisu". A song for the town: "J. Karjalainen - Oulu, Wisconsin (Logomon Terassikesä • Turku • 11.8.2023)".

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

That is awesome! Thanks for the information :)

[@holoholopainen1627]

There IS The Plymouth Rock at Mass - and there IS The Oulu Rock at Wisconsin !

[@PukkaGeeeeee]

Welcome to Finland! I love your positive attitude.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thank you so much! We love it 🇫🇮

[@cindyrichelderfer7625]

What a great video. We’ve always wanted to do an overnight train but never have. So looking forward to going on a road trip in Finland with you two, can only imagine the beautiful scenery ahead.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

It is really fun! Weren't sure how easy sleeping would be on it, but it was good! Thanks Cindy ♥️

[@darkmage7280]

This put a big smile on my face. I may have said it before, most likely have, but you two rock. :) Finland has a special place in your hearts, eh? We've certainly got a special place in our hearts for you two.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

This comment made us so happy!! Finland definitely has a special place in our hearts :) thank you for your comment friend ♥️

[@krishna_pandey24]

Im obsessed with norway,switzerland,finland❣️🤗❣️

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

They are all such wonderful places 😍

[@krishna_pandey24]

@@JacobandJennyTravel indeed🤗❣️

[@PekPiu]

"most of the water you can drink from the tap", welll, ALL of the water from any tap is fully drinkable. The train wash basin might be the only place that you might not want to drink it, but even that usually is well maintained and in reality, is drinkable too. And yes, when you measure the water in a lab, Evian has 2500 units of bacteria, with a great brand, but the tap water (and 99.9% of the lakes) have that count 17. So, well branded fancy water, but the tap water is a lot better.

[@jps8678]

Train water pipes and holding tanks must cause some bacteria. It sits there and not moving so it's not so good to drink.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Wow that is so cool and crazy!! Thanks for sharing :)

[@j3mixa]

Glad you had a nice train ride to Oulu. Can't wait to see your thoughts about my home city of the last 17 years. I hope you liked it as much as I do. I think you already went to Rovaniemi in the winter. I wonder if you'll also stop there on this trip. It's a nice place in summer too. I was born and raised in Rovaniemi and visit my family there pretty often.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Oulu is amazing!! Such a wonderful place to live 🇫🇮 we did go to Rovaniemi in the winter and can't wait to see what it is like now! Thank you for watching :)

[@RunoPe_Music]

Wellcome to Oulu this is my home town , hopefully you enjoy to visit here❤

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

It is amazing!! Such a wonderful place to live 🇫🇮

[@Mojova1]

Oulu is pronounced with the same sound that is the O in OMG. 🙂

[@penaarja]

Yes, not uuuluu

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thanks so much for the help :)

[@CATiNBRALSTARS]

Let the tourists pronounce however they want 😊

[@lahihoitaja]

@@CATiNBRALSTARS its just not telling that how to spell it, it's about that people wont misunderstand you. Not an offense.

[@salonjuna]

Hope you enjoyed your stay!! With this train I'm going to Kemijärvi next week, can't wait!

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We had a great time! Enjoy your trip as well :)

[@T3meee]

Nice train tour and welcome to Oulu!

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thank you so much 🇫🇮

[@qtastically5747]

Welcome to Oulu! Hope you guys enjoy my home city. I find it to be a great mix of students, young families and elderly. Overall a decently lively but still safe city. The buses are a good way to get around, they also work with an app. Looking forward to what you get up to!

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

It is such a wonderful place!! Our Oulu video is posting in just a few hours. Thanks for your comment :)

[@to908]

If you wanna ski, Levi and Ruka opening next friday

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Whoa that is awesome!! Thanks for the information :)

[@Saddam033]

nice traveling video, I am really impressed

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

So glad you enjoyed it!! Thank you very much :)

[@TheKeisari]

1:08 almost perfect pronunciation of "Helsinki" 👍

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

So glad to hear that!! Thanks :)

[@UrsuGonegirlSolo]

Nice my neighbours country by sea is very nice ❤ Finish and Estonian always visit each other country’s . Great people there and lot of history and Santa villages and snow for winter activity’s

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

That is awesome! We need to visit Estonia soon! ❄️

[@UrsuGonegirlSolo]

@@JacobandJennyTravel you should they have beautiful old town. And medieval food place old Hansa with Estonia traditional food 😄 and only 2 hours by ship

[@siralexis6590]

Ur doing something what ive wanted to do a long time, but havent had time to do it! I live in Helsinki, and the funniest part is that do own a camper, but time is the problem, so ill enjoy the journey by watching u guys🤩 btw, i dont know have u planned to go to norway, but if u do, go the the northest point of europes continent, nordkapp, its not far away!

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

You will have to do it eventually! It has been amazing. We are planning on heading to Norway too! Thanks for the recommendation :)

[@olli8977]

Carefull on the laplad. You mihgt need winter tyres alredy some parts of norht

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thank you so much for the information :)

[@LordJashin]

Welcome to my home town Oulu! Exited to see what you'll do here.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

It is such a fun place!! And so beautiful! Thanks for watching :)

[@Sarkofagos]

So excited to see you back in Finland! I have enjoyed your previous videos from Finland so much. Northern Sweden is also nice! Before covid you could book one bed from these sleeper cabins (male/male or female/female) but during covid it was switched to reservation per cabin. So it is a good deal if there are two traveling but can get pretty expensive if traveling solo! But it is very convenient mode of travel imo, have taken this trip many times.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thanks for following along on all of our Finnish adventures! We are so excited to be back too! That is good to know :)

[@jounigames5876]

Love this vid :) Nice to have had you!

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you friend :)

[@jounigames5876]

@@JacobandJennyTravel =)

[@promealiens9659]

I remember watching your visit to Rovaniemi, I checked it happened on the fly.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Yes we had a great time there!! Thanks for following along :)

[@realulli]

The stopping helps falling asleep. And when you're asleep, a bit of jostling won't wake you.

[@jukkap.5722]

the guy who tried to enter was probably the train conductor..just making sure you guys are awake before your stop.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

It was a woman in pajamas hahaha!! All good though, it was funny 😂 thanks for watching!

[@Shadelio]

Must have mistaken the cabin for hers then. It happens.

[@jukkap.5722]

@@Shadelio well they kinda have different key cards...

[@somepirjo2440]

I once traveled by night train to Rovaniemi, but I didn't explore the cabin much because I was traveling with an unknown woman. I spent almost the entire trip in the restaurant car :) so it was nice that you made an introduction!

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Oh wow that is so interesting! We would have spent time in the restaurant car too haha!! Thanks for your comment :)

[@cinnamontea326]

Hi, so fun to see your adventures in Finland.😊 Btw I've lived in Oulu about 10 years before I moved to southern Finland. Over night trains in Finland are pretty cozy😊 and pretty pricey too😅

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

So glad you are enjoying them!! That is so cool. The train was very cozy! Thanks for your comment :)

[@Zarniwooper]

Oulu = Oh-Lu!

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thanks for the help :)

[@jps8678]

@@JacobandJennyTravel Then you sound immigrant finnish if saying oh-lu. Say OMG is first O, Then say Uuu and say only U, well LU yuo say good.

[@WITYTRAVELS]

More like Ooo la la! Even the bathroom is nice. Great looking train.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

It was great!! Thanks for watching friends :)

[@holoholopainen1627]

Joulu IS Xmas - koulu IS a School

[@hallvard74]

Northern Finland can actually be super warm in the summer. Around 30 degrees C is not unusual. Sometimes the heat comes from the East and not from the south.

[@mikrokupu]

Yeahm this summer Lapland often had the hottest days

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Wow so interesting!! Thanks for sharing :)

[@PekPiu]

And if you still are in Lapland, you can also drive to Norway and Nordkap over there. They claim "it is the most northern part of continental Europe", but: you go there and you see it really is on an island, and you see that in the west, there is a low peninsula going a bit more north. But that is a place to visit by a car, quickie to see that, in a big cliff, with a visitor center of course.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We were thinking of going up to Nordkap!! Thanks for the information :)

[@KROB3LO]

Turku-Olulu was best, few hour stop in Tampere, so get out of a train and go few restaurants, get totally smashed and get lucky that someone let you back to the train again. :D

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Hahaah!! Sounds fun!😂

[@MilaMan]

Oulu ❤my home since 1990 ☺Welcome 😎

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

It is an amazing place!! Thank you for watching :)

[@NiiloPaasivirta]

The distances are rather long so they are usually able to catch up with short delays. (But as said, that was just for loading cars and probably it went mostly as scheduled.)

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

That is good to know!! Thank you for the information :)

[@MrJAAKAL]

The green train is one of the all of them the newest one

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

So interesting! Thanks for the information :)

[@moonliteX]

yayy 😊

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thanks friend :)

[@giloto382]

Nice to see foreigners traveling and documenting my own country so that I don't have to 😂.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Hahaha!! Thank you for watching :)

[@infernoCBR]

Some night trains load passenger cars in Pasila (first station after Helsinki) so perhaps that was the delay you experienced? Not sure if they're the same trains though, never been in one. I'm definitely taking the night train to Kolari next time when going to northern Norway, instead of driving all the way up there.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

It is so nice, maybe we will have to try the one in Norway too!! Thanks for your comment :)

[@mikrokupu]

The cabins on the second level have private bathrooms. The trains you saw at the station: Greens = long distance, purple = commuter

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

So nice to have a private bathroom! Thanks for the info :)

[@ArchieArpeggio]

That is common thing that the trains just stops in the middle of nowhere. Usually it means that other train is coming from other direction and your train waits it on a sidetrack. We once went from Kokkola (200km south from Oulu) to Utsjoki at summer -89 with my sister and mom. From there we went over the border to Norway and came back to Enontekiö Finland. I was eight years old at the time and i hade my most loved teddybear with me. Well even before we got to Oulu, half of the stiching from my teddybears neck broke and his head was half off. We had to buy needle and string to fix my teddybear. I still have it and these days my kids playes with him. He is 35 years old already.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

That is good to know! Wow that is such a sweet story, thank you for sharing it with us 🐻♥️

[@olli8977]

@@JacobandJennyTravelsadly and great same time but finland railway network is single track most time so train have to wait. Remeber that mihgt also wait cargo trains

[@kossumake3075]

yeah you my country welcome

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thank you for watching :)

[@oh2mp]

Nice trip :) I began to think about it and I realized that I have never travelled in a sleeper train.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

It is a fun experience!! Hope you're doing well friend :)

[@oh2mp]

@@JacobandJennyTravel I'm doing well, thanks (after I had covid again several weeks ago). Funnily I have been 4 times in Oulu this year, but only inside the municipality borders and I didn't go to the city center.

[@AndyMandyy_]

It’s the Yly for me 🤭 The way to say Oulu, it’s more like ”OhLu”, like someone already has mention here. 😄 But small details. I hope u had great time in Finland.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Great to know!! We are having the best time in Finland! Thanks for your comment :)

[@zXSleeZy]

Was that aurora filmed from abisko? i assume that's why you're going there as well if i understood you correctly. Very popular place in the winter. Hopefully you'll continue down south in sweden from there also :) idk how long you planned to stay in sweden so that's why i'm asking for a teaser here :p

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We will be going to Stockholm as well as Kiruna :) the northern lights video was from Kiruna! Thanks for watching!!

[@rkseh]

WTF = Welcome To Finland :D

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Hahaha love it! Thank you 🇫🇮

[@pekkajarvinen69]

Solar activity is at peak rn, also magnetic field is weak. Those add up to amazing northern lights

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

That is amazing!! We have seen some crazy northern lights lately 😍 thanks for the information!

[@keitele1]

I hope you have time to see the most beautiful place in western Lapland.....the city of kemi

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We are planning to 🥳 thanks for the recommendation!

[@joppeli12345]

Be careful on the road, the weather forecast promises frost, at least at night there. The roads may be slippery. We call it black ice, i.e. a small layer of water has frozen on the surface of the asphalt. Hard to spot. Reindeer and darkness bring an additional challenge.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thank you so much for the information and your concern :) we appreciate it!

[@jps8678]

Some exhibitionist thing going on from train window. Only forest could see it. Maybe there was a man in the forest🤣 ❤ It's good.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Hahaha!! Thanks for watching ♥️

[@ttkk6099]

Oulu my honetown ❤

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We love it!! Such a beautiful place to live 🇫🇮

[@Xavier_ID.]

Nice 👍🏼

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thanks friend!

[@default902]

Shouldve gone to Kilpisjärvi instead, its much more pretty there!

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We will add it to our list! Thanks for watching :)

[@default902]

@@JacobandJennyTravel The tallest mountains of Finland, and the three-country stone can be found in Kilpisjärvi

[@realulli]

You should have gone in early July. On the northern end, you might find nights have been cancelled altogether. ;-)

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Hahaha I am sure that is amazing 🌞

[@ruupeni]

I so would´have liked to have lunch w you guys!

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

That would have been amazing ♥️

[@ruupeni]

@@JacobandJennyTravel Well, yes! I really like both of You, and your style of videos. Maybe next time in Helsinki ? Great new places here to dine....

[@Eov93]

The train looks completely the same to every other Finnish train, not fancier in any way. I guess it's Santa Express just because it goes to Rovaniemi.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Yeah that makes sense!! Thanks for watching :)

[@kripsimys]

Oulu, and you're about to go more north? I would pick a Rovaniemi train perhaps. But altho, you were planning to go to Sweden, that might be the best option for stop by. Kust pondering. Others can comment it for better accurancy.

[@lbh704]

If you need to return the car where you pick it up, it makes sense to rent it from Oulu if you plan to visit Sweden.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Yeah we have to return the rental car in the same place so Oulu was the best option!! Thanks so much for your comments :)

[@verttikoo2052]

The train also takes cars so maybe they had delay with getting those loaded.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

That makes sense!

[@verttikoo2052]

Next time wake up before the sun and you will see the “blue moment”. “Hetki sininen”. The sky is completely blue. 👍

[@MikhailTravels]

Привет ☕️ 🧇 🙋🏼‍♂️ Спасибо большое прекрасное и интересное видео ✅️ 👍🏻🔝📹 🫠

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching :)

[@MikhailTravels]

@@JacobandJennyTravel ✌🏻😉🤝🏻

[@holyhelga]

Finnish town/city names are pronounced as they are written for the most part

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Good to know! Thanks :)

[@IxTwistyy]

If I am not mistaken, on VR night trains, you could ask a conductor for one of the other rooms if they are free :P

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Wow so good to know!! Thanks for sharing :)

[@nannacat3]

❤😊

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

♥️ thanks for watching!

[@mattimatkalainen]

Purple trains are commuter trains.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thanks for the information :)

[@holoholopainen1627]

I was # 499 like - IS there any prize to collect ?

[@holoholopainen1627]

I wanted to be The 500th - LIKE

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Hahaha that is awesome!!! Thanks for liking the video :)

[@holoholopainen1627]

@@JacobandJennyTravel Kiitos - Thank You ! Have You ever heard of The WHITE NIGHTS ? At The Northern hemisphere at summers - I mean every single summer ! There IS a Hollywood movie made in Finland by the same name - 40 years ago ! I dont know If You seen IT - but there are several KZbin videos about the plot and quite famous actors ! Too bad that - Hollywood - dont make movies of this caliber any more ! Everybody knows Gregory Hines and Isabella Rosselini etc etc - worth to take a look - WHITE NIGHTS !

[@holoholopainen1627]

@@JacobandJennyTravel Kiitos - Thank You - Have You heard of The WHITE NIGHTS ?

[@holoholopainen1627]

@@JacobandJennyTravel The Hollywood - financed movie WHITE NIGHT - was also filmed at Finland !

[@tanatatsrichumpoo553]

Thailand the best ❤❤

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We love Thailand :)

[@hauskalainen]

ouch... Ulu?

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Oops haha🤪 we tried!!

[@jone6227]

Mutta minkä ihmeen takia tuon miehen on pitänyt mennä nenäkopalle ensinmäisenä?

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Not sure haha thanks for watching :)

[@mattimatkalainen]

Oulu is pronounced a bit like "Oh Lew".

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thank you for the help friend :)

[@OGU44]

You're almost pronouncing Oulu right, add an "oh" infront of "ulu" / "ooloo" so "oh-ooloo"

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Ahhh good to know!! Thank you :)

[@veli-pekkakultanen2353]

Why did you some? You could have slept.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We did sleep quite a bit! Thank you for watching :)

[@severinveganigang8036]

1. Not at all how you pronounce Oulu 2. All sleeper trains are Santa Claus expresses 3. The purple ones are Helsinki public transport commuter trains running through suburbs. All public transport modes arecoded by color: trains - purple, trams - green, busses - blue, subway - orange

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Thank for the information!

[@thevitutus]

Niinhän ne kaikki sanoo

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Haha well it is the truth for us :) Thanks for watching!!

[@admingm1598]

point this video was ?

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Um the overnight train haha :)

[@Stubhose]

Not fucking "uuulu" its ou-lu.. jesuss 😁 Same as "soona" its "Sau-na"

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Haha thanks for the info :)

[@Italsat4861]

Finland is the best place for illegal immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers etc. Coming to Finland as a legal immigrant (likewise me) to study, work, invest etc. is a waste of time.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We always have such a great time there! Thanks for watching :)

[@Italsat4861]

@@JacobandJennyTravel The perspective of a tourist is, by some extent, different than an immigrant that wants to improve her/his life. Glad to hear that you had a great time. Thanks for your reply, anyway!

[@Ruosteinenknight]

This takes me back. Last time I used overnight train it was when Blue Carriages were still a thing, in the 90's . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VR_blue_carriages The newer Edm-series (these carriages) replaced them but some of them are still used during travelling seasons.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

Wow so interesting!! Thanks for your comments :)

[@MdShukkurAli-w4g]

I am really glad to see your traveling videos but you can do one thing if you want to reach your audience you must know about the video channel well like your videos description keyword title etc. etc. section should be focused then you can reach your white audience. If you want to know more about it or if you think that I can give you a good direction, then send me your email in the comment box.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We are good, thank you though!

[@MdShukkurAli-w4g]

I am really glad to see your traveling videos but you can do one thing if you want to reach your audience you must know about the video channel well like your videos description keyword title etc. etc. section should be focused then you can reach your white audience. If you want to know more about it or if you think that I can give you a good direction, then send me your email in the comment box.

[@JacobandJennyTravel]

We are good, thank you though!

[@MdShukkurAli-w4g]

@@JacobandJennyTravel thanks you so much your opinion