This is What a Train to The Arctic Circle is REALLY Like. Join Me on the Iron Ore Line in Sweden...

[@davidwelch6796]

Not many people could make a video about a four hour train journey and a walk to a hotel, and make it entertaining. You succeeded admirably and made me laugh three times.

[@steve-marsh]

Haha I really appreciate that !

[@thekeeper7885]

I've never missed any of your videos. Sweden looks freezing Tho@@steve-marsh

[@ychaps]

Well... you've done it again...yet another place that I would never have put on my bucket list but now I'm inspired, especially the train journey coz I love trains. The whole aesthetic works for me...I'm a fan of darker winter days...right up my alley. Thanks for another good one.

[@junehall2177]

Well said, couldn't say better myself.

[@iainmacleod4007]

I have always wanted to visit Sweden but I think I will arrange my trip for mid summer. I lived in Caithness for 15 years and the dark winters and cold weather got to me eventually. Five hours of daylight mid winter is not good for wellbeing.

[@raskolnikov9067]

What i like about this channel is that you show people journeys which everyone can take. You don´t fly first class around the world, take a 10 000 euro cruise across the Atlantic, visit a luxury resort on a Tibetan mountain top or take close up of ridiculously expensive food while flashing your 25 000 euro Swiss watch.

[@jvtyrr]

Agree entirely, so much more identifying for the average person, Jeb B enjoys the High Life in a Class that only the Very Wealthy or the Sponsored Vloggers can aspire to…. Steve Marsh is a Stand Out for everyone..

[@TransCanadaPhil]

yeah I like Steve’s videos because he comes across as more of a working class person like myself that travels with a budget in mind.

[@elisabethgallagher6853]

Totally agree - real people’s travel!

[@janetpendlebury6808]

I bet he wishes he could 🤣

[@victorseal9047]

I delete any such video’s that pop on my pad, they’re boring. Most of the time you’re watching people eat.

[@willymccann]

Another great video Steve, the views from. The train looks absolutely stunning, a real Winter's Wonderland 😊

[@nocturne7371]

As a person living in Lapland, I can hear how cold it is by the sound of the snow under your boots.

[@Hollaendaren]

I heard the loud crunching and my first thought was "oh it's colder now".

[@Mrsuperdestroyer]

Higher pitch = lower temperature

[@TheDanielsweden]

it was above 0, that sound was of "kramsnö". not the styrofoam from below -10C

[@griechland]

@@TheDanielsweden Absolutely not above 0. Average temperature Kiruna 13 january 2024: -12,8C. Average temperature Luleå 13 january: -8,3C

[@TheDanielsweden]

@griechland i live in lule, when he recorded this it was around 0°. The heated side walks on smedjan is for fuck said weat, it only happens above frezing. Below 0 the water evaporates... stop this nonsens

[@bryanmathison1754]

Does anyone agree that your videos are so great because we enjoy going along with You? Thank you for sharing your adventures. 💚❄️

[@Rangerphillips]

I love how you just go with the flow, travel can have many unexpected turns you take them in stride!

[@nannymackify]

A whole country living with snow, plunging temperatures and dark days and nobody thinks twice! Here in Ireland, a half inch of snow has us queuing for beead and milk; closing schools and taking buses off the road..! This is real life - a lovely video. Thank you Steve.

[@nygelmiller5293]

To nannymackify. Same as when I stayed with my relatives in SWITZERLAND. No fuss - they're prepared for snowy weather, not afraid of it! In England, people describ it as a terrible day, IF IT RAINS! Grow up!

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

When it is a constant, cold weather ( far colder than we experience because of the Gulf Stream) can be planned and budgetted for, and services run accordingly. Even then When something goes wrong, the isolation of such places, and their infrastructure, makes for a difficult and lengthy operation to get things going again.

[@Edward1312]

@@nygelmiller5293 Difference is in these countries its guaranteed to snow every winter whereas in England you can go years without any snow during winter (for example where I live in Bucks there hasnt been any significant snow since 2018) so Local authorities, to save money, adopt a risk based approach which is basically don't invest any money in the infrastructure that's needed to manage snowy weather and just hope it doesn't happen.

[@jackiehazzel505]

Some facts about the derailment you talked about: It was an iron ore train (like the one you saw at 11:09) that derailed with multiple wagons and destroyed 15 kilometers of track. Repairs have been delayed due to the remote location and harsh winter weather. They have just now started letting cargo traffic through after more than 2 months of shutdown. But still no passenger traffic as far as i know.

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks so much for this!

[@dominicskelton3031]

15 kilometres? Wow, that's really not messing about.... 😮

[@TangoMikeLima]

Did much of the ore that would have been exported from Narvik then go to Luleå instead during that time? Or are there suitable facilities at all in Luleå?

[@jackiehazzel505]

@@TangoMikeLima No, only ore from the mines i Gällivare goes to Luleå. All of the ore that was supposed to go to Narvik was stored on huge piles in Kiruna. Last i heard they had 5 billion Swedish Kronor (approx 500 million euro) worth of ore on pile.

[@john07973]

Very interesting brief on the derailment and it's consequences, thank you

[@terjemyller6573]

I live in Narvik, a pity u didnt get here. The train ride from Kiruna to Narvik is something to behold.

[@GeFeldz]

This! The route is absolutely beautiful and Narvik is as well!

[@TommySwede]

We do this trip from Stockholm to Kiruna once every winter. A gr8 journey for 16 hours. We love this train, relaxing and soothing. Thx for refreshing our experience....Tommy

[@mikeanderson2730]

As i say to all our lovely tourists, welcome to our wonderful country! Happy to see you seem to like it, and you did choose a perfect route to go. All the living space in the northern part of sweden makes residents a calm and contemt people. Nice, a bit quiet, but very friendly if you stop and talk to them. Enjoy!

[@sdfghgtrew]

Cheap houses aswell

[@beckyc104]

I got a bit panicked when you got off and started walking in the snow. Flashbacks to that time you got off the train a stop too early in the snow in the middle of the night 😬😬. Glad you made it.

[@scottie2636]

I remember that one also. Pitch black and not knowing which way to go.

[@c0ldc0ne]

@@scottie2636 Which video was this?

[@DavaarDaMan]

Winter and Summer in these northern places are like a change in dimension, so different yet so beautiful. Keep it up Steve!

[@steve-marsh]

So true! And I love it!

[@DavaarDaMan]

@steve-marsh it's fantastic, from someone who lives in Melbourne with weather changes every 3 hours, it's pretty sick

[@Oznej]

As you said, Boden is a junction station, there are usually three trains coming in at the same time, from Stockholm, Luleå, and Narvik; they then split the trains and shunt them to form three new trains heading off three ways. That's why the guard on the night train asked you your destination, to make sure you were in the right part of the train - and that's why they lock the doors between certain carriages, so that you won't end up in the wrong place.

[@janettesinclair6279]

I love walking in that crispy crunchy clean snow! Once it has been treated with salt/grit it turns into muddy slush which is nasty. What a journey, Steve!

[@steve-marsh]

I miss that Swedish snow!

[@JBMtravels]

If that was the UK then the train wouldn't be running & it would be cancelled. Another fantastic video, keep them coming.

[@steve-marsh]

Cheers mate! Keep them coming too!

[@robineasby5328]

Love your vlogs Steve. Your honesty and humour are great. You could make a walk around a roundabout interesting ! Thank you for doing what you do.

[@brucewatt1032]

The Bishops Arms is a chain of British looking pubs across Sweden. I’ve visited a few of them in my travels and they have a great selection of beers and the food isn’t too bad. I hadn’t realised that some of them also have hotel rooms - very useful for future reference. Keep up the great work of taking us on your off-the-beaten-track journeys - my travel bucket list is getting much longer thanks to you mate!

[@jhiv3945]

Thanks Steve. I really enjoy travelling with you. I'm 85 and can no longer travel so watching. your videos is extra special.

[@jonord]

Been travelling on this line several times upp to Gällivare. Am a bit bummed that you missed out on the beautiful view over the mountain Dundret on the other side of the train. Besides, I think there has at least used to be a sign where the train passes the Artic circle, but maybe it was covered with snow. Occasionally the train use to slow down as you passes.

[@paulblois7194]

Had an operation this week so have been off work - your videos have kept me sane, thanks!

[@steve-marsh]

Oh hope the recovery is going well!

[@kaycee625]

An Arctic subscriber, that is fabulous!! Loved the train journey, loved the cleanliness, the punctuality, the scenery and the fact the announcements were also in perfect English. Puts our railways to shame.

[@susanr.562]

Your videos are my Saturday morning ritual here in the East Coast of the US! Particularly enjoying these last few in Sweden, as I have part Swedish heritage. My mother lived part of her youth in Sweden and in 1940 took the long train ride, then bus, up to Petsamo, Finland (on the coast of the Baltic Sea) to sailed on the ship that was also carrying Norway’s Crown Princess Märtha and her children, to safety in America. You know, the recent documentary ‘The Crossing’?

[@neresq]

I loved watching your snowy train journey to the Arctic. Train rides in the snow are simply magical to me, and yours brought back fond memories of one of our favorite trips of all time. In December 2022, we spent a month in Sweden, Denmark and Norway (more than half of it in Norway) during which our modes of transportation included, among other things, a beautiful train ride through snowy scenery from Stockholm to Copenhagen on an SJ tilting train, an overnight DFDS ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo, and a magnificent, simply stunning, and, yes, purely magical, 7 hour train ride through the snowy forests, mountains and frozen lakes of Norway from Oslo to Bergen on VY's famous Bergensbanen. In Bergen, we boarded a Hurtigruten ship for an 11 night journey sailing up and down the coast of Norway -- way above the Arctic Circle (all the way to Kirkenes - on the Russian border) during Polar Night. Quite the journey for two people in their late 60's who have lived in hot, humid South Florida for the last 42 years -- and we loved every minute of it. Proper clothes kept us comfy cozy.

[@steve-marsh]

Thank you so much for sharing this! It really IS magical :)

[@janettesinclair6279]

Wow! What an amazing trip - so different from your homeland, you must have wonderful memories.

[@johnsmuth5062]

We did the 11 night cruise with hurtigruten at Christmas. Was awesome

[@neresq]

@@johnsmuth5062 Our was at Christmas, too!

[@neresq]

@@janettesinclair6279 We do! And want to do it again!

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Hi Steve. I now feel so cold 🥶 I definitely could not live in the arctic. Oh too cold for me. Thank you for showing how harsh an environment it is. Brave souls.

[@christopherfox735]

Another great journey. I bet it was a relief to get in to the hotel where it’s nice & warm? I always look forward to Saturday when another journey with Steve appears.

[@steve-marsh]

It sure was a welcome sight!

[@telecasterbear]

Thanks to our brave host. Today I watched this video on the large tele screen while having breakfast.

[@zweispurmopped]

49 smackers for that train? It may not be the most recent wagons and locomotives, but how on earth do they manage to provide such a level of service and cleanliness at that price point? 😳 This was absolutely beautiful! 🤗 There's something to Swedish style that just gets me. It all looks so very sympathic and down to earth, yet also special. That was my wee holiday with Steve again. Thanks Mate! Always a treat when you upload a new video! 🤗

[@anul6801]

Well Sweden is a socialist country for starters. They take it from the tax payers and give it to immigration cities in the south or public transportations such as these.

[@D_B_Cooper]

I've paid about 38 quid for the Gothenburg Stockholm high speed train in March!

[@dionb5276]

Actually that train is Norwegian, operated by Vy. Makes the price even more amazing given Norwegian prices - you probably would not buy four pints in Norway for that.

[@chriskeating523]

​Take it from me - you can't 😞

[@Blackadder75]

Government subsidies , public transport is very important especially in harsh conditions, so all the inhabitants together pay a bit to get these things, that's why life is better here than in cutthroat capitalist countries where everything has to be commercially viable. And everybody would have to sit in his car driving 10 hours through the snowy roads. Because there would be no train. Don't take this wrong, Scandinavian countries are still capitalist, but they combine it with a bit more government services in the economy.

[@CoachdriverScotland2023]

Loved it Steve, again. There is something ‘mystic’ about the atmosphere you’ve captured on your journey there after you crossed into the arctic. Amazing to feel it through the video - that’s what a brilliant job you’ve done of this video. Superb. Cheers Steve!

[@simonwhitlock9189]

Loved the train journey and the scenery after sweaty like mad in Brisbane summer day it bought a lovely sense comfort seeing all that snow. Love how people take their dogs on the trains in Europe, first time I came across it was on a journey from Paddington to Truro and in my carriage where two dogs that had managed to curl up together under a seat and seemed very content, must be the rocking motion of the train and not a bark or growl from either of them .

[@steve-marsh]

I'm sending you some snowy aircon!

[@simonwhitlock9189]

@@steve-marsh Greatly appreciated, thanks.

[@mojavebnsf1623]

Great video Steve. Made me shiver all through the journey, just glad I had that hot coffee in front of me whilst watching .....

[@steve-marsh]

I've never been as cold as stepping off the train at that intermediate stop!

[@Lavalampoflove]

The best channel to live a vicarious life. Steve's my favorite youtuber. 👍

[@paulmcphie1596]

Last summer I had the pleasure of travelling on train #96 all the way to Narvik, well worth traveling from Australia to do it. Sadly, on that run they had run out of reindeer stew.

[@theeverythingkid]

I'm watching my favourite video on my 18th birthday today. I'm a massive fan 😊

[@highlandangel-885]

Happy birthday! 🥳🎂

[@steve-marsh]

Happy birthday to you!!!! (sorry, I'm a bit late) :D

[@theeverythingkid]

Thank you both

[@J.A.Madventures]

@@theeverythingkidhope you travel much and enjoy life x x x

[@TXMEDRGR]

You have landed in an environment that is totally alien to me, I live in southern Louisiana where we only get snow every five to ten years. I have lived up North but not for many, many years so I would be freezing. Please stay warm and thanks for bringing us along.

[@steve-marsh]

Believe me, it felt otherworldly pretty much the whole time I was there!

[@karenglenn6707]

I’m in Victoria Australia and we don’t get snow at all where I live. We did get some flakes once in 1995 but that’s it. I think that I would die of cold, most Aussies are not good in the cold 😂

[@bhojanrasikananda7794]

A high rise getting demolished. "I hope it's not my hotel". 😂😂😂

[@lewe1451]

Nice to see a video from my country, Thanks! I was driving truck up to Gällivare and it can be very cold in the north. My record is -44C and that is not easy to work in.

[@legionnairegonk4425]

The beauty of European geography and climate Steve! You miss the variety we have when you are away from it. I have just returned from a week or so in India (via Qatar). The relentless onslaught of just sun and heat pretty much all the time is as dull as it is oppressive. Talking about a small world, I was visiting a Christian church (St Marks) in Bangalore and heard an English voice. It was a man rebuilding their church organ. He had been working in India as an organ repair man on/off for 20 years. We got talking, and he told me where he was from in England - it was just 15 miles up the road from where I was born! Same town I went to college. What are the chances! 😃

[@steve-marsh]

Incredible eh! Sounds like a fantastic trip, but the constant heat would floor me!

[@karenglenn6707]

We went to Singapore years ago and caught a bus to the Bird sanctuary. Our bus driver had lived in Melbourne, in a suburb called Footscray, and he had a great chat with us Melbourne people. Told us he missed Australia ❤

[@karenmarlowe242]

Living in the south of Texas, I actually feel nice and chilly watching all the snow and hearing the crunching! Thank you!

[@BrianChurchill-o5s]

Hi Steve really enjoyed your crossing Arctic circle blog. It brought back memories when I did something similar about 10 yrs ago. I did the Narvik to Kiruna but I stopped off at Abisko . Never forget it the temperature hit - 36 but rewarded with Amazing Norther lights . Pity when you got to Kiruna you didn't make the short hop to the Ice hotel atJukkarsarvi small taxi ride away. . Your blogs got me on the travelling bug visiting Isle of Skye and Orkney last year The information as been so valuable to us and in a no nonsense style. To the point that me and the wife will be relocating to Orkney in the next year . am an avid Norther lights chaser and photographer, so retiring to Orkney is the next best thing , as living in Scandinavia is to expensive. You got me into Cullen skink soup, which we tried in Skye last year for the first time, and I now make my own . You have a lot to answer for all in a very good positive way. If there's anyway else I can do to support your channel let me know . Seriously you have inspired us to make life changing decisions .

[@waterdog226]

It is enjoyable watching how regular people can travel.

[@grapesodatravels]

Gosh what a place. That sky! These people could do with teaching UK travel infrastructure people how to cope with winter!

[@steve-marsh]

So true they are the masters!

[@HelenMills-ht2ut]

Whilst you were travelling to the Artic Steve I was going back to the Antarctic and this time including the Falkland and Georgia with GAdventure. Just listening to the crunch of your boots on the snow brought back some very happy memories of the kindness of people who helped me achieve my dream and the unforgettable places and animals I saw. I am 83 years old and travelled on my own and now through your wonderful videos I am experiencing the thrill of ‘seeing’ new places. Thank you

[@mikkoylioja]

Great video Steve 👍 looking forward to the next video, I hope you had time to visit the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi. Good luck! /Mikko

[@steve-marsh]

Coming up next week! Couldn't afford to stay though!

[@clioflano421]

My new Saturday morning treat... I'm really feeling like "a bug in a rug".

[@steve-marsh]

Glad to hear it :)

[@dansihvonen8218]

@5:00 👍A few more trips to Scandinavia and you'll get around like the locals.

[@octaveobsessions]

a big part of the quality of any journey is the people you travel with. With you and your invincible optimism I could travel anywhere.

[@lorrainemcphee6060]

You can make me wach you for years. And interest me for years ❤❤❤

[@Zandalorscat]

It's so interesting seeing my country through someone else's eyes. 😃

[@presspound7358]

If anyone wishes to learn more in order to improve their governance they need only move to one of the Scandinavian countries for a few years. VERY impressive. Thanks for taking us along Mr. Marsh. 🇨🇦

[@susanlindarice]

what a beautiful train and a wonderful adventure!

[@victorseal9047]

I cannot tell the difference between your journey and landscape and doing a similar one here in Québec 😅 😮

[@FishingFan2]

Breakfast?? That was a banquet fit for King Steve! Keep safe and wrap up warm as my nan use to say.

[@steve-marsh]

It was a perfect start to the day :)

[@leonb2637]

Clarion is a motel/hotel part of the USA based Choice group. It is a better middle range hotel brand in the USA. It is common for many 'mid-range' motels/hotels in the USA to have a hot breakfast self-service buffet although not always as good as that was.

[@FishingFan2]

@@leonb2637We have to look after our Steve, he's a well travelled man!

[@migueldg5885]

Nice journey!

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Great to hear the snow creaking under your feet. You never let us down---thank you.

[@jarekweckwerth1390]

I have to say this Sweden mini-series is Top Notch! Thanks!

[@mikestone9129]

I love trains, especially European trains. All that snow makes me shiver. But what an adventure.

[@notactuallymyrealname]

That twilight in Kiruna is stunning!

[@janerikbrownberge2306]

i love the sound of that crisp snow when yer walkin

[@ceceliabest7870]

Enjoyed it Steve.

[@SurfDetector]

I especially enjoy the parts of your videos where you show the menus for what is available to eat. Thanks for another great adventure. Cheers

[@steve-marsh]

Cheers for coming along!

[@ghislainelaramee2379]

I just loved the sound of walking on the cold snow. Good memories of my youth in Quebec, Canada. And the pleasure of travelling by train past small towns

[@oskarsrode2167]

I love the crunchy sound of very cold snow! It is actually not the mine but the bi product of it, as they extract the ore before shipping it and leve the slag. I remember there being an actual stone circle when you pass the arctic circle, but it might have been snowed over. Or simply removed as the geographical arctic circle moves all the time.

[@paulherron1933]

Glad it's you doing the trip , just means I can watch the trip in comfort and the warmth of an open fire.Too old to enjoy cold and snow. Breakfast looks good. Cheers

[@steve-marsh]

Oh that breakfast warmed me up for the walk to the station :)

[@paulherron1933]

@@steve-marsh Champion mate. I just had cooked breakfast here at home after seeing yours. Lol 9 days and am away to relatives in New Zealand and Falkirk later in the year. Cheers mate .Regards to you both

[@Alan.92n]

Always enjoy my Steve vlog on a Saturday! Great train journey and scenery. Glad you enjoyed the lasagne, one of my favourite foods. Very impressed you found the hotel and how cool to meet a subscriber! You forget how big Sweden is! Your Swedish trip so far has been amazing, looking forward to next vlog. 😊

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks so much Alan, that was the best lasagne I ever did have!

[@WeSombreGhosts]

I prefer winter to summer so glad it’s nearly September and the nites are drawing in earlier for the cosy weathers.I’d be more then happy living up there 🙏

[@karenglenn6707]

As an Australian, we moan if it gets to 5c 😂. Could never cope with this cold.

[@jonathanmarkbotterell1926]

....very informative and enjoyable, from the comfort of my warm Spanish climate. Great stuff😎🍻

[@dwn2967]

i live around here but even i have not yet managed to take a train up to the circle. you've certainly convinced me that i should!

[@brianb5397]

Beautiful! I live vicariously through your travel videos! Appreciate all you do and I appreciate your sense of humor as well!! Keep the good videos coming! God Bless!!

[@OnMyFeet82]

A high-rise in the Arctic getting demolished. Amazing video again. Loved all the snow crunching.

[@horsehollerer]

Another fine watch, cheers! P.S. great work capturing the northern lights so vividly in the street near your hotel. 😉

[@bobbyalessi]

we loved the train journey, Thanks for bringing us along..we're new big fans!

[@steve-marsh]

An absolute pleasure, thank you!!!

[@RobertClaeson]

Happy to see you pass through my home town - Boden. It's not just a garrison town. Trivia: my great-grandfather was the head station manager in Boden. It's the Iron Ore railway because it was originally built to transport iron ore from the mines in Kiruna to (a) Luleå in Sweden, and (b) Narvik in Norway. Iron ore trains have priority, and passenger trains have to wait.

[@carrie-annmohr7684]

Lovely! Piercing the Arctic Circle is near the top of my extensive bucket list. Thanks for all you do - it's such a pleasure to tag along on your fantastic voyages.

[@debshipard1664]

We stopped in the Bishops arms on our first trip to Kiruna. Great pub had a lot of fun there! Met people there who asked if we knew Woomera (Rocket range town) we laughed said it's in our part of the world. only about 400km from where we live in South Australia. Not that far for us. I love the video. Have been to the top of Sweden twice on the list to do again.

[@OldManGlitch]

I must share with you that your "Journeys" are exciting to me. You do what I used to do when I was much younger. I'm 70 now, and it is not that easy to walk that much anymore. Plus the cold now gets into my bones and down to my core. But I loved Norway when I was there. Never made it to Sweden, (Wish I had when I had the chance), but my best time in the north on that side of the world was Hammerfest Norway.......I was in love. I had just come off of a science ship I was doing satellite testing on for three months, (long time at sea), the Harbors Pilot boat came out and picked me up. When I got ashore and entered the Town's Coastal Station, they offered me a beer right there on the spot.....Rain Deer Steak Dinner lifted my spirits and I chose to spend three extra days there. Made a true lifelong friend, and we stayed in touch till she passed away last year. Watching your videos takes me home so to speak. Thank you.

[@charlietwotimes]

I found your channel while searching out videos for Shetland. I've been hooked ever since. Best travel videos since that guy* who looked at Soviet murals, bus stops & toilets. Love your work, mate.

[@greywolf4330]

I have been an avid fan of Steve Marsh since I found the channel about a month or two ago and have watched almost all your videos Steve. I love your positive personality. I admire that you never appear to take taxis or local buses and walk everywhere. I'm Irish and have been to Scotland many times, from the Boarders all the way as far north as Inverness and from Stranraer all the way to Skye and most places in between. Your videos remind me of many a happy trip. Your ferry videos are just so entertaining And informative and your European adventures let me see parts of Europe I may never get to... Thanks Steve!!! 😊

[@steve-marsh]

Hey thanks so much! Yes, you miss so much jumping in a taxi (however tempting it may be sometimes)

[@ScottishT]

One of the best vloggers out there. Top class Steve

[@countesscable]

This looks very much like Finnish Lapland with the frozen lake. I love these frozen Scandi/Nordic places. We visit them all in Winter and it’s fantastic. I always find the interiors are overheated for me, and the windows don’t open in many of them! Fabulous!

[@ghuntman77773]

Wonderful video, felt your experiences more than ever - eh the world without internet coverage trying to find the overnight accommodation

[@gunnargronvall9385]

Thank you for a great video ! Love the crunching while waiting in the snow! 😁👏❤️🇦🇺

[@58borges1]

I enjoyed this train trip more than I thought I would. Its always fun watching your videos. Looking forward to next week,and see what new adventures you have in store for us.

[@thomasmoore5949]

I stayed in Lulea when I went to Lapland in 1973. I remember it well. I had flown from Prestwick and then had a few days there then I went on to Gallivare and Jokkmokk. I had less money on my way back and I tried to spend the night in the train station in Lulea but it closed. So I pitched my wee tent in a patch of trees and slept there. I flew back from Lulea to Stockholm on the Swedish internal airline, and then to Prestwick, on Pan Am in those days. Now I want you to go by train!

[@marcy3127]

Another brilliant journey, love that crunchy snow!!

[@richardkaberry8790]

Fab video Steve. Loved the train journey. Arctic circle at winter solstice… no daylight at all! Must be a strange existence!

[@kiwisunshine9631]

I'm really enjoying your train journeys! This is the second video of yours I have watched today. They re great and I love the sound of the snow crunching under your feet! Many thanks - enjoy your travels!

[@rnyellow]

Love that you found a subscriber there - you deserve those moments.

[@thelmakessel5509]

Just watching this video in November here in Canada. Love the squeaky snow( at 18:58). I don’t need a thermometer to tell me how cold that is! Looking forward to a winter of snow fun here. Thank you so much for your down-to-earth style. Love,love,love following you around, while you provide direction for my future travels. 👏👏👏

[@isnoo1]

Love watching this - reminds me sooo much of my train journeys in Europe back in the early 2000's.......... I wish I could do them again!

[@steve-marsh]

Glad to bring back cool memories :)

[@jimdevlin2138]

Yet another fantastic Vlog Steve, Swedish trains look great as did that journey, looked awfy bloody cold though when you got off . If you saybthose were the northern lights the for one I'LL take your word for it, Stay safe and Thanks .🥶

[@heikeschwendel9891]

I love the sound of crunching snow under your feet, I can almost feel my nose freeze just listening to this sound.

[@barbaraparent3161]

Thoroughly enjoy your videos. They are so informative and a pleasure to watch! Thank you 😊

[@steve-marsh]

Thanks sooo much Barbara!

[@martinstilton1535]

Loving this Swedish adventure!

[@nedkelly2677]

good food, good mood definitely. beautiful video thank you for sharing. I like 45 Snowy landscapes and the light as you pointed out was unique.

[@christinehodge3608]

Great video, looks so cold, what alovely Hotel . Train was nice and clean and looked comfortable, journey itself on the train very relaxing, 😊

[@CJSnews]

I like the sound of the shoes when walking on snow in very cold weather.

[@writeordie5452]

Ah, after seeing the highrise being demolished, I take it you're to find out about literally the whole town of Kiruna moving in the next video. Quite a unique situation.

[@k.r.baylor8825]

Mate, you were not kidding. Wow. "The re-development of Kiruna is a reconstruction project, as the Kirunavaara mine, run by LKAB, undermines the existing town centre. Several buildings are to be moved or demolished. The town center is to be moved 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) to the east. In 2004, it was decided that the present centre of the municipality would have to be relocated to counter mining-related subsidence...The moving of the town was started in 2014 and the plan describes a process that continues to 2100." - From Wikipedia

[@writeordie5452]

@@k.r.baylor8825 Yeah. As a Swede I have known about it happening, but never really seen any of the process. It will be interesting to hear Steve's thoughts about it. "Fun" sidefact: The railway derailment that forced Steve to take the bus to Narvik rather than the train got resolved about a week ago, and the track opened up again. Yesterday, however, another derailment happened in the same area, and it's shut down again, hopefully less than two months this time.

[@Kevin-rs1uu]

Greetings from NZ mate. Love yr videos. Like the food bits u show from other countries too. Very enjoyable.

[@robertblechle6365]

Thanks again Steve. Nobody can make a video in the Arctic Circle train journey to a city most haven’t heard of interesting. Challenge accepted. I love the journey as much as the destination. Cheers