SHOCKED IN SWEDEN !

Join us this week for some Van Life by the lake and experience our very first campsite in Sweden !
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[@coffeindrinker2581]

Just one thing , never be out on the lake without a life jacket , we teach our children this from the time they are young , but otherwise , enjoy Sweden

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you ! ❤️

[@magrelote]

The snakes you saw is not poisonous, completely harmless. You recognizes it by its round pupils and yellow patch on the side behind its head.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Yeah after looking back at the footage it looks less scary 😊

[@3dnanalrashed723]

​@@TravelTalesVlogshi Chris ❤❤❤

[@sue-ellen4721]

If you are fobic it doesn't matter!

[@reallivebluescat]

Grass-snake not viper

[@uku5840]

​@sue-ellen4721 What do you mean it doesn't matter? If you don't know if the snake is dangerous or not, doesn't make a difference?! That's not "phobic". That's insane!

[@Ieatwhale1]

Do not forget life West when on the water, in Norway you will get a ticket (45 euro) if not wearing a ligevest in a small boat

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thanks 🙏

[@robertjonsson5750]

Yes, very important to wear a life West.

[@skepsis4314]

A little friendly tip, hold your hand over the knob in the end of the paddle and use the knob to push it forward (you get stronger). The one sitting in the back can also use the paddle to stir with as a rudder if you are off course. With some training you get synced. ;-)

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you - yess we need more training for sure 😊

[@cynic7049]

Going by the descriptions you seem to have seen the two least rare of the three snakes we have in Sweden. First the "Snok" (Grass snake) which is also called "Vattensnok" (Water Snake) due to how comfortable it is in water, and later the "Huggorm" (viper) the only poisonous snake in Sweden (not dangerous for anyone but children and people that are hypersensitive, but still very painfull). Seeing how rare they both are you have been very lucky in your snake watching,

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thanks for all the info 😊

[@Bjotten]

Btw the snake you filmed a bit closer is not a Viper. Vipers have cat-eye pupils (vertical slits). Anyway, when I'm out in the Swedish nature the animal I'm concerned with are Ticks. So do a little skin inspection before bedtime!

[@susanhill9166]

I love 💕💕💕 all your video's, it's just nice to see all the different places there are in the world 🌎🌎🌎🌍. Thank you for sending me them I enjoy everything. You two take care until next week X X X. 💋 Kiss for Holly .

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thanks so much Susan ❤️

[@simongrech6433]

Scandinavia is truly amazing ...enjoyyy

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Loving it so far Simon 😊

[@Rix.67]

I love my country..🇸🇪

[@Perisa79]

@TravelTalesVlogs Sweden’s Most Dangerous Animals (There’s a difference between the most dangerous animal and the one that causes the most deaths. Here’s a list of the animals responsible for the most fatalities in Sweden.) 1. Wasps (Geting): According to the Naturhistoriska Museet (Natural History Museum), wasps are likely the most dangerous animals in Sweden. Approximately five people die each year in Sweden due to bee or wasp allergies. If you’re not allergic, there’s no need to worry about wasps. 2. Moose (Älg): Moose-related deaths are almost exclusively due to traffic accidents. Since 1994, about two people per year have died in collisions with moose. 3. Horses (Häst): Horses can unintentionally kick, step on, or bite people in their vicinity. Each year, several people are seriously injured due to horses, resulting in barely one death annually. 4. Dogs (Hund): Dogs cause the highest number of medical visits. In nine out of ten cases, it’s the owner who is affected. However, there have been no reported deaths from dog-related incidents in Sweden so far. 5. Ticks (Fästing): Ticks are likely the most troublesome creatures for humans. Only one confirmed death (due to tick-borne encephalitis, TBE) has occurred in Sweden. 6. Adders (Huggorm): Approximately every eight years, a person dies due to adder bites. 7. Wolves (Varg): There has been one confirmed death related to wolves in Sweden, which occurred at Kolmården Zoo a few years ago. 8. Bears (Björn): An attacking bear is the most dangerous animal. However, such situations are extremely rare. Over the past 100 years, one person in Sweden and one person in Finland have died due to bear encounters.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Wow some interesting stats 🙂 thank you and hope you enjoy the vids ❤️

[@ragulper]

Huggorm is viper. Adder is snok. 😉

[@mellertid]

​@@ragulpernope, adder is huggorm too.

[@Asa...S]

I swim pretty well, I would say, but I would never go out paddling a canoe without a life jacket on. That's just common sense. This seem like a pretty calm lake, but you never know with currents, or if you get a cramp, or heart problem, or just freak out seeing a harmless snake in the water and freeze from fear and your swimming capacity is reduced. Never overestimate your swimming abilities, always be on the safe side. Any camping renting out canoes, should also provide you with life jackets, included in the price. Sorry for the lecture, too many drown each year (33 people so far in 2024, 73 in 2023).

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Yeah it was pretty calm but you're right they also had the life jackets

[@PernillaArtistic]

So happy you are enjoying your Sweden trip so far, it seems perfect ❤

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Ah thank you so much 😊

[@mariewahlberg9958]

Thank you for a wonderful vlogg here in Sweden 😊 💝 💝

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Our pleasure, hope you enjoy them and much more to come ❤️

[@LindaSjoeblom]

Long videos please!! It is so much fun watching you guys!

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you Linda ❤️

[@CarolusRex72]

Just discovered your channel. You are both really interesting to watch. Lovely vibe between you guys. Looking forward to seeing more of your trip in Sweden 🇸🇪

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you so much. Sweden videos coming up and hope you also enjoy our older vids too 🙂

[@Mortac]

Yeah I wouldn't mind twice the length of this one tbh. You guys make great videos! Lovely place btw. Thanks for sharing!

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Hey hey, we loved it there, thank you 😍 wish you a great week 🌻

[@KristoferOlsson]

Second snake was also a Snok. (none venemous snake) Round Pupils. They can be pretty big. Probably a common snoke, But in that area it could be Coronella austriaca (hasselsnok) But I dont think so they are extremly rare.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you 🙂 🙏

[@andreasjohansson2490]

That Snake was a "snok" harmless. The only dangerous poisonous Snake is "huggorm" often has zickzack stripes on body. And got cat eyes and not round popuils like a "snok". Great video aotherwise - enjoy

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you ❤️

[@magnuslarsson2993]

KZbins algorithms recommended me your channel and i'm glad it did, you two have a unique relaxed and lovingly humorous energy. The paddle is going to be a lot easier and less exhausting if you use the correct technique 🙂 Hands as far apart on the paddle as possible and you should keep the paddle close to the canoe. Think deep rather than wide 🙂 If you want to paddle effective and in a straight line you have to have the same pace and its always the one in the front that decides the pace. When it comes to snakes we only have water/grass snakes and adders. The former is completely harmless as it doesnt have fangs. It is mostly found in or close to water. Adders och the other hand has got fangs and is venomous but is unlikely to strike as they normally hears you approaching and leaves. Also, only 1-2 per thousand adder strikes is lethal and most of the lethal strikes is complicated by underlying allergies etc. It also worth mentioning that up to 50% of all bites are said to be dry bites without any venom being injected. Yu're more likely to die of a wasp or bee. I prefer the longer 20+ minute videos and it would be fun to see a bit of interaction with locals or other tourists. If you need tips on where to go/eat/stay/explore in Jämtland (close to the norwegian border) just holler! I know a couple of really nice spots to park up and spend a couple of nights!

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you so much Magnus for your positive words and also all the tips. Glad to have you here and also hope you enjoy our other videos too 😊

[@jonathan130]

such a cute vlog

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you Jonathan !

[@tonytowers5889]

I like them all!😁😁😁

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you Tony😊

[@tinkatube2297]

Semangat terus ka berdayung nya ❤❤❤

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you 🛶

[@rayandjotravels]

Another great fun Vlog. Sweden has always been on our bucket list...oneday. Hilarious canoe ride! Does the captain sit at the front or the back!! Those ice creams looked yummy as did the potatoes you cooked. See you's next week !!

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thanks so much guys glad you enjoyed it ! ❤️ See ya in the next one ☺️

[@someoneelse7629]

We all know (regardles of placing) who is the captain of that ship.....

[@ragulper]

Buy non-marinated meat and then the small plastic packages with marinade for around 1€. Only needs an hour to marinade and it's easier for you to choose spice level. Use google translate with camera in shop on the packages.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you will look out for that, sometimes use the translate photo and it works just not 100% 😊

[@christinesabel9826]

You should have lifejackets!!!!!

[@kevmills5579]

Hey C2H! Great VLOG this week (Finally got to see it as I've been camping / kayaking in Dorset)! Personally, I like about 20 mins in duration, so 22 is good for me, thank you - and learning anything about a place that I haven't seen much of is always really interesting.en It's good to see you both getting out without Holly for a while (No offence to Holly), and there have been a few comments about your 'Canadian Canoe' exploits / adventures but I would prefer to send mine to you privately! I agree with Charlene that snakes can be a bit scary, particularly if you're not totally sure if they are venomous or not - so my advice is to watch where you put your feet .... & obviously keeping Holly on a shorter lead might be best? Take care as you go North, Chris watch out with what Charlene does with those BBQ tongs!! (you don't want your sausage getting squashed mate)! I look forward to next week's episode. N1S Kev x

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Haha thanks so much Kev - it was lovely spending time there and you're right about the snakes ! Hope you enjoyed your Dorset trip 😊

[@usefulcommunication4516]

A tip for anyone planning on travelling around the Nordic region and camping. You don't need a van. You don't even need a tent. The entire region is covered in thousands of free cabins, huts and shelters. Pretty much all in incredible locations. Often there's a fire pit, fire wood, and a bog.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Really amazing - hope to visit one in Norway !

[@sandrascott2606]

Hi there. My husband and I are about to do this very thing, arriving on the 25th for a month camping around Sweden and Norway. Is there any more information and details you're willing to share? For example, how best to actually find these cabins you mention?

[@usefulcommunication4516]

@@sandrascott2606 If my post with the link gets wiped out, just Google vindskyddskartan It'll take you to a site with a map with the shelters/huts

[@usefulcommunication4516]

@@sandrascott2606 If you can find it, there's also a book with the bigger huts/cabins listed called 'Stuglandet' by Kjell Vowles and Moa Karlberg

[@usefulcommunication4516]

@@sandrascott2606 I tried to respond, but I see that all of my comments have gone. Probably due to adding links to map sites. I'll try another way. Search for the following on Google: 'Vindskyddskartan' or 'CampWild' or 'Gone71' All have maps to the shelters. Also, a book called 'Stuglandet' by Kjell Vowles and Moa Karlberg lists and describes the larger huts and cabins

[@TerenceMirabelli]

Hello again, forgot to mention that whilst you're in Sweden, you can visit Ladonia! Ladonia, a one square kilometre territory that considers itself a royal republic, is situated in the south-west of Sweden, halfway between the towns of Arild and Molle. (And, by the way, Ladonia's prime minister lives in Malta)

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thanks Terence, that looks soo interesting ! 😃

[@M.E.G.A]

Nice video, but you should make a good example and put on a lifewest when canoeing. kids do what grown ups do

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Glad you enjoyed the vid !

[@senchaholic]

Many have already commented on the lack of life jacket, but when I (swede) learnt to swim in school, one of the things we had to do was to try and swim with clothes on. It is NOT easy. If you haven't tried it, please try it. After you have tried it, you will never go out in a canoe without a life jacket ever again. 😄

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you and that's really interesting about the clothes, definitely must be harder !

[@senchaholic]

@@TravelTalesVlogs it is. I remember that I only wore a pair of jeans (with no underwear, since we were in a swimming pool 😄) and a t-shirt. It's so incredibly heavy to swim with. Imagine if you're wearing just a bit more clothing than that. Clothes really weigh you down. You really should try it once. I think everyone should try it once in their life so that they are prepared.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Funny thing is that the most venomous snake in Sweden is comparable to a bee

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Gotta watch out for them bees too ! 🐝🐝🐝

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@TravelTalesVlogs I don't know the exact order, but the most dangerous animals are Wild Boars, Moose, and Bees/Vasps. The mammals since if you hit them with your car, the car will be demolished. Wolfes, Wolverines, Bears, and such are more or less harmless as long as you don't get too close to their kids. It's two kinds of Adders that may be good to watch out for, but usually they are more afraid of you. My grandmom taught me to stomp my feet when walking in the woods to scare them off. And there are no snakes in the northern half of the country. Vasps are the worst since they are not afraid one bit, if you try to scare them off they will attack

[@kocken780]

Its none of them! Its the tick you should be carefull with

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@kocken780 Yeah, well I haven't heard about anyone dying from a tick bite, though I had a neighbor who got partially paralyzed, so it's not pleasant for sure

[@gunlindblad5202]

Remember that snakes are protected.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thank you !

[@komocka]

It's the person inte back of the kanoe that stears!

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Oh we were both steering 😂

[@Fyrfotaanders]

@@TravelTalesVlogstake one long padelstroke, let the paddel stay in the water like a rudder a few seconds. The person in the back does this.

[@torgrim123]

Google lens translate for you easily both texts and if you wonder what wild flowers you encounters just aim the camera on your phone.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thanks yeah we use that sometimes 😀 not 100% all the time but works !

[@erik....]

There was a woman around here that sat down to pee in the forest and got bitten by multiple young vipers, right in the butt. But me myself has only seen 3 snakes in the wild in my almost 40 year life so they aren't that common to see.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Hey hey, omg what a tragic story, poor woman! We're more aware of our surroundings now 👀👀 Thanks for watching 🇸🇪 😍

[@ragulper]

Depends very much on where you live. We used to see vipers quite often by our summer cottage in the archipelago when I was a kid. We started the summer to see if they had built a nest under the stairs to the entrance. Happened a few times.

[@dlind1985]

NOTE to self (rebooting PC) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="420">7:00</a>

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

😀

[@akeeriksson84]

You do nor row a canoe, you padle it. ;-)

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Haha that's true !

[@kristerhegsund5752]

You are very lucky to see a snake. But if it was bronze it was a lizzard. The only thing to fear in Swedens nature are humans.

[@enchantingdistrict-fy3lt]

40 people each year in Sweden are put in intensive care unit from viper snake bites, and lyme from a tick bite can ruin your life. You don't have to fear them, but knowledge is good.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

I think we must have been lucky then ! 😊

[@ragulper]

Avoid black snakes with white zigzag patterns and seek health service if bitten. Stomp feet near tall grass. Avoid spiders with white cross on the back. Vaccinate against TBE for ticks. That's about it.

[@KristoferOlsson]

1-2 people die from Huggorms (Only dangerous snake in Sweden) bite every 10 years. Normaly small kids, old people or people alergic to snake bite. The one in Water was not a huggorm but some kind of Snok. (none venemous) Snok love water and the body are up at the surface of the water. Huggorm its only the head, rest is almost straight down. Then you have many other signs like yellow white dots behind head. (sometimes) Snok is normaly larger. Pupils are round on a snok and so on. I dont like snake and stay away from them. Its also illiegal to kill any snakes in Sweden, Unless its to protect your baby or small animal from an direct attac.

[@volkerbauer1974]

I think the mixture does it, shorter, long, topic based or exploring places, it's all good, but if you have too much of one thing, even if it's good, it will get boring after a while. I think it doesn't really matter what you do, as long as you are 100% behind it and don't do things just for the algarythim, as so many other vlogers do. I think truthfulmes and honesty is the key. There are too many youtubers out there who say that this is great and that is great and everything they do and see is great . This is however not realistic. Some places just aren't great. That is what a like about you two: You also mention the problems and are open about what hasn't worked for you and why it has not. I once went to a certain place in Italy as some travel vlogers had made it out to be the best unknown place in the whole of Italy, but it was nothing special. From then on I lost interest in their channel as I couldn't rely on their judgement any more. Sweden looks like an absolute paradies. I really have to come here some day. Thank you for this great vlog.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Hey Volker thanks for your comment and feedback 🙂 Yes Sweden is really beautiful this place was a true paradise ❤️

[@bowallin7200]

Long videos with many comments

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thanks ❤️

[@coco5241]

Nothing unique with that? There are a LOT of similar places here.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Lovely area 🇸🇪 🙂

[@ingerandersson5437]

Very nice to watch. Hope you have/had a god time in Sweden. The ”snake” you see in the water was not really a ”snake” . It was probably an Eel. Sort of snake but but. They are actually a delicacy. They are usually smoked. Usually eaten at the Swedish Christmas table😅 Have a continued pleasant journey. Greetings from the west coast of Sweden

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Oh wow thank you so much ❤️

[@farrier1234]

En ål , nej. Snok

[@reallivebluescat]

Grass snakes swim alot. I dont think it was an eel

[@DanielKling]

There is no way that was an eel.

[@KristoferOlsson]

100% a "snok" non venemous most likely a (Natrix natrix) Also know as Vanlig snok(common snake) or Vatten snok. (Water snake).

[@robertbannocks6750]

Thanks for nothing another cliched video on Sweden with the usual shots of forest and misleading portraial. This adds nothing and is not even very good.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Cool, not sure what you were expecting but this is just how we spent our second week in Sweden😊

[@robertbannocks6750]

@@TravelTalesVlogs pretending its simple will not convince. This is a contrived video presenting a myopic view of Sweden. One of 1000s of such videos on youtube giving a distorted image of Sweden.

[@ExclusivelyReclusive1]

If you see a fully black snake i would keep away, especially your dog. They can be deadly to pets, kids or elderly people. The one you filmed were a grass-snake. the fully black one does not have those brighter spots in the face.

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thanks for the info 🙏

[@TerenceMirabelli]

Great vlog and stupendous scenery. Loved your attempts at canoeing/kayaking. Personally, I like the longer vids; meaterier.!

[@TravelTalesVlogs]

Thanks so much Terence ! ❤️

[@KristoferOlsson]

a none venemous "snok" can also be completely black. Then you look on the eyes, headshape, Scales on the head or the shape of the body, Size. So its a good rule to stay away from all completly black snakes. But its also a good rule to stay away from all snakes and let them live their life.

[@birgittae9046]

The most dangerous I see is that they do not have life jackets when they are on the lake at the canoe. 🫣