[S] E18 Arboga - Stockholm

[@danachappell3861]

What a beautiful drive!! I know it's expensive to travel, especially when you have to rent a vehicle on top of hotels, plane tickets, and food. I've enjoyed your videos for a long time, and the only thing I can think of for an improvement, is to keep making a bit longer videos. I'm not talking an hour or more, but these 20 minute ones really make my day. I get to see more of the country you are in at the time, and I can fire up my imagination as to what it would have been like to live there a long time ago. Other than that, I can't think of any more improvements that can be made to these fantastic adventures.

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Thank you for your feedback! It's very time-consuming to put up a 20-minute long video but I will try releasing at least one per month. As a matter of fact, I also enjoy watching videos of this length.

[@samporapeli803]

Probably don't qualify as a loyal fan, I subbed sometime around the Scottish road trip and never fully watched any of your itineraries since. I appreciate those preview episodes, it really is nice to have a clue of what is coming up. Keep them commentaries informative, they're brilliant! And the Mexican road trips were special, I wouldn't mind more of the same.

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Thanks for your comment! I understand my audience is partly made of people that don't watch all of my videos so your feedback is always appreciated. I don't know if I'll be travelling to Mexico again soon, but I definitely want to.

[@MegaEssin]

Regarding the names of the Interchanges near Västerås. The Interchanges on the "E" roads are always numbered, and often named aswell. Usually the name of the interchanges correlates to the surrounding area. Bäckby for exemple. A "mot" is an old name for a meeting or meet. So the roads meet at Bäckby, therefore it is called "Bäckbymotet". This is only used in some parts of Sweden. Such as Gothenburg, Uddevalla, in the County of Värmland, and in Västerås. I actually had to read up on this as the dialects in Sweden are very different and i had no idea why they where only named this way in some parts of the country. Hope this helps. -Random traffic engineer, Swedish Transport Administration.

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Wow, thank you very much! This clears the issue. It's interesting because Sweden is the only country I've seen so far that signs junction names. In Spain or Germany there are also a variety of names for junctions but they're rarely signed.

[@Flshbckmn]

@@RoadsofEuropeverreme The UK also names (and numbers) its interchanges, but the names rarely feature on signage - I think it's actually more common to see junction names on A-road dual carriageways than motorways. It's also an imprecise science as sometimes the names commonly used by the public differ to those used by the maintenance contractors. I found it confusing when I started using British motorways and traffic reports on the radio would refer to specific sections by the junction names while all that you get on the signs are numbers...!

[@MegaEssin]

@@RoadsofEuropeverreme Thats because from the beginning they were only named, and later they became numbered aswell.

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Yes in Spain this happens too. Traffic reports refer to junctions by "unofficial" names but road users can only see exit numbers, even if some names are of widespread use (i.e. El Papiol interchange near Barcelona or Manoteras in Madrid).

[@MikeRo19]

About your question: i like too see in the feature a road trip in the blackforest. The B33 is between Hausach , Villingen a mountain road. You even drive through the highest waterfall from Germany. I am not sure if it is the highest of Europe. But it is in total 600m high with 3 falls. B500 is also a good road trip from Karlsruhe too Freudenstadt and finally Offenburg. So you drive in a great circle between that cities

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Hi, long ago I took a roadtrip through the Black Forest. You can see the videos here: B500 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p57NgJ9tedasgK8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6jGnauZrdB9Z8U B31 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4C7qZmQnZ2qh6M

[@Andy-uz7ct]

Very nice trip.

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Thank you!

[@dontgetlost4078]

Loving these roads! Since you can't really make requests due to having to rent a car, I was about to ask if you could do GB! DX Anyway, is there a reason for the lack of music in your videos? If it's about copyright stuff, there are copyrighted-free songs on KZbin, that road geek HWYItalia uses for all of their videos. Music helps with the ambiance of the road, and can help hook with some people who wouldn't bothered with otherwise, especially for 2-lane highways.

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

That's one insightful comment! I will investigate this for my next videos.

[@Flshbckmn]

I've grown to enjoy your videos - I was initially put off by the lack of soundtrack, but then the facts and history of a given road more than made up for it. The Mexican stuff was fantastic, I found it really fascinating - one of the many parts of the world that I know little about. I love the traffic sign overlays you use, especially for the quirkier signage like the Swedish exit signposts and the city and district coats of arms. How do you make those? I was also wondering about how you find out about the history of the roads that you travel? I expect Google searches and Wikipedia are the starting points, but it seems all very well researched! Last but not least, I'd add to the trip request list Poland and Czech Republic. There are some post-Third Reich autobahn antiquities in Lower Silesia and Western Pomerania worth visiting before they get upgraded to a modern standard. Upper Silesia and the Katowice conurbation have a good mix of urban motorways and expressways, including Poland's largest interchange by land coverage. The last decade has seen literally thousands of kilometers of new expressways and autostradas built across the country. Warsaw has an interesting network of expressways shoehorned into the urban fabric like the Łazienkowska Route and the Wisłostrada on the left bank of the Vistula River with some cool interchanges in between. In Czechia you'll find a mix of roads developed over different decades, many navigating the hilly terrain of that country, with the D1 carving its way into central Prague and gradually becoming a city boulevard. Just a few suggestions to think about, bearing in mind that it's your choice to make and your money to spend!

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Wow, thank you for such an in-depth review! About traffic signs, I take most "complex" pictograms and symbols from Wikipedia, since they're free to use, and I make others myself. Wikipedia is also a great source of information (the Swedish one has very good articles for example) though some countries require some more investigation through online newspapers. I've thought about going to Poland and the Czech Republic, but what puts me off is that @DSzumaher has already told everything that can be said about these countries! If you don't know this channel, please take a look at it. Thanks again for such kind feedback.

[@Flshbckmn]

@@RoadsofEuropeverreme Nice, I haven't heard of that channel! Just subscribed - thanks for the recommendation

[@pedrorubiotejero_aka_prt]

Lo que más me gusta de los vídeos es la información que das, que me parece perfecta. Y lo que más echo de menos de tus vídeos es la música

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Hola, como me lo habéis pedido tantos, es posible que en próximos vídeos añada música. Sin embargo depende de las opciones que me dé KZbin porque no quiero que el vídeo se quede sin música por historias de copyright.

[@NiejakiDD]

My suggestion - how about some ambient music (license-free) or real sounds (YT can replay sounds up 2x play speed) or both. Some viewers prefer that 😉. Other than that your movies are great. The picture is accurate - not too wide, not too narrow - just like human view which I like the most, because the viewer can pretty well assess the dimensions of objects. Also not too up to the sky, not too shaking. The information on the bottom bar I also find useful for the context.

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Thank you very much! Getting a steady, balanced picture is where I've put most of effort so I appreciate that you like it. In my 2 newest videos there's some music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYCxpYWie8iGj8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJDOhYt6dtKJo6c

[@jacobkilstrom]

When the stretch at 11:57 was on it's way to be buildt, my fathers freind Olle Hörfors participated in the archaeological excavation!

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Did they come across any interesting findings?

[@msmediagroupltd6613]

"Mot" and "trafikplatser" are basically the same thing.

[@verttihalme6248]

What is the camera that you use and is it hard to install it every time you go and have a new rental car?

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Hi, I use a Samsung R10 camcorder. I mount it with just a suction cup stuck to the windshield. It's not the most stable setup as the camera sucks all the vibrations but then I stabilize the footage with Adobe Premiere.

[@milosradovanovic2928]

Little more of the Balkans,please

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Hi, maybe in 2021, but for 2020 I have another surprise in the making :)

[@milosradovanovic2928]

@@RoadsofEuropeverreme thanks

[@VonJanskerkhof]

Per matar el confinament bones vistes :)

[@RoadsofEuropeverreme]

Gràcies!