Swedish Lapland to Bodø, Norway (Scandinavia is BEAUTIFUL)

[@BattleFalcon]

For late August, you were *insanely* lucky with the weather in Bodø.

[@demopem]

The short explanation for the difference between the Norwegian and Swedish sides: The populated areas are along the coasts, on both sides.

[@TorstenLif]

Absolutely true. But in many parts of coastal Norway, the steep mountain sides reach all the way down to the fjord so there's often only a narrow strip of arable land. In Sweden, other than at Höga Kusten, we don't really have that kind of landscape so population is more spread out.

[@NennaC]

Correct

[@Boykot1]

herregud how inaccurate this is

[@christianasampson2852]

Beautiful video, Norway looks fantastic. Happy travels ladies xx

[@pamfilindras2424]

What a wonderful video!!! Thank you for showing us all the beautiful places and all the info you for each place❤ I always look forward to your videos!

[@Moolers]

I have driven this exact same route, only I did it in late May when the mountain pass was still covered with snow.

[@andreachejullianne1522]

😍😍😍that was amazing.. Maria you are really strong woman..!! ... Keep safe guys... 😘😘😘... God bless your world tour... may it always be easy, smooth and healthy for both of you.. 😇.. 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@Mayanjanthira]

In the winter Norway are more warmer because of the (warm surface flow) Gulfstream which goes all the way along the Norwegian coast, then it turns down and changed to a cool surface flow between Iceland and Greenland. Swedish lapland is more higher up than Norway too about 200 m over sea. In the winter we do get more snow and so much colder, while Norway has more wind and not as cold or as much snow. there are, but usually up on the mountain or further inland. In the summer it is usually warmer in Sweden because Norway has more mountains around it and that increases the rainfall. The country has more contact with the Atlantic and the Gulf Stream, everything becomes a little wetter. but Norway can get very hot too in the sunmer too! usually heat comes together sometimes the wind from the Middle East, but with the mountains on the border between Sweden and Norway the heat subsides a little more before it reaches Norway.

[@UnlimitedAuthority]

The reason Sweden seemed so empty is because all the population centres in the north is on the east side of the country.

[@Vinterfrid]

Partly true - there are two major population centres in Northen Lappland; the iron ore mining areas in Gällivare and Kiruna.

[@UnlimitedAuthority]

I know, I'm from Gällivare.

[@k06063h]

Nice video! I'm glad you liked my home town Bodø. BUT: you were lucky you weren't arrested for flying your drone in town because it's close to a major airport. It is therefor a no-fly zone in the radius of 5 km around the airport. This is a strict rule in Norway and also the rest of Europe. It is therefor best to check the area out before you fly your drone within a city/town. Good luck!

[@lassam333]

I'm a big fan of Norway and it's awesome that you made the effort to explore a beautiful part of Norway. Coastal parts of Norway and Sweden are always more populated than inland areas and Norway is very narrow in this part of the country in comparison to Sweden. The hike you made was absolutely beautiful with magnificent views. Seafood is relatively cheap in Norway, which is usually very expensive. Glad you had a wonderful time in this part of Scandinavia. Btw. Bodø is pronounced Boodø (ø in Norwegian as ö in Swedish are pronounced as i in first).

[@MariaOliviaTravel]

Thanks for watching Michael, as well as for your insights as usual! Now we can pronounce Bodø correctly 😃

[@hightie1]

I believe that one of the reasons that Norway is more populated up north is that everything is more or less coastal- which means more people . Norway is "narrower" and Sweden is "wider" so swedes live more to the east. Nice to see that you are moving so freely in wolf and bearcountry. Lol.

[@thedanishman10]

Wolf and bears are really nothing to worry about there. You'll meet a thousand moose before you'll even find a bear track.

[@mikehenry1698]

Enjoy 😉 Sweden 🇸🇪 and Norway 🇳🇴 ladies!

[@lesleyparsons9382]

Another beautiful video!😍

[@MariaOliviaTravel]

Thank you! 😊

[@DigitalAwakening]

There are signs for crossing the arctic circle in Sweden, but it depends on where you cross it. You are in a very sparsely populated region.

[@beautifulitalyrecipes]

Grazie fi voi posso vedere altre città del mondo.Buona fortuna.❤❤❤❤

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

Noth of the townBodø, for me it's the most beautiful area 🤩

[@WayfaringInTheWild]

You did actually pass a sign for the Arctic Circle at Camp Polcirkeln, which is close to Vuoggatjålme. It's a big white sign right next to the road that reads Polcirkeln. The same type of sign can be found along other roads in Sweden that passes the Arctic Circle. I also think you might've gotten the name on the map, where you started, mixed up. Could it perhaps have been Rimobäcken and not Riebnesluspen?

[@vahlte]

Someone else may have pointed it out, but the "soldier" is a statue of His Majesty King Haakon VII of Norway, who stood against the Nazi occupiers during the war

[@MariaOliviaTravel]

I don’t think anyone has mentioned that yet, so thank you for enlightening us on this! So cool!

[@Xman-lg6sn]

Great vlog ladies

[@MariaOliviaTravel]

Thank you 😊

[@Vinterfrid]

Nice video! A reminder though - the Swedish letter "Ö" (and its Norwegian equivalent "Ø") is not the same as an "O" - they are two completely different letters with different pronunciation. The "Ö" is pronounced like the "I" in "bird".

[@Kimuyaman]

We do have stinging nettles in sweden, but i dont know how far north they grow or if the grow on mountains, afaik they like damp areas! And i dont think they're as bad as poison ivy 😅

[@jessicacarroll6243]

I’m going to Norway in September, we’re going to Lofoten , but want to make it to Sweden for a day or so , is there an international airport in northern Sweden? I’m struggling to find answers. Thank you !!!

[@arveklingenberg6092]

Came from Sweden tonight .Nice neighbour we are lucky to have Yes! But why did you go to Bodø instead of Tromsø?

[@MariaOliviaTravel]

It was because of our location in Sweden. We only had time for a day trip and the drive to Bodø was a lot shorter than Tromsø 🥰

[@jennystrandqvist1568]

Amazing work and videos

[@MariaOliviaTravel]

Thank you Jenny ❤️🙏

[@CopingsCorner]

Only reason I clicked on this video, is because my hometown was in the title,,, which is quite weird, since I myself almost forget that it exists

[@pcg4560]

The only annoyingly dangerous plant (in Sweden) that came to mind is "jätteloka" (or "jättebjörnloka"), known in English as giant hogweed [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum], but according to the Wikipedia map it doesn't seem to be present up north, and anyways it's post-season for this year. It's present in mid-and-north of Europe, but also in North America.

[@TorstenLif]

The really nasty bit about that plant is that its sap acts as a kind of "reverse sunscreen" so if you get it on your skin you don't feel much but if/as sunlight hits it you get very, VERY painful burns. But, no, I don't think it's spread that far north. As for berries, there are a couple of different blue ones and the tastiest are the true blueberry which is blue all through (unlike the Americans blueberries that are only really blue on the outside) and have a distinct dimple opposite the stalk. Lots of edible mushrooms as well but you probably shouldn't eat them without help from some local guide. And DEFINITELY keep away from the red ones with white spots. I've heard Americans calling them "magic mushrooms" and claim that they can give you some kind of trip - well, they may send you on a one-way trip to meet with your ancestors and stay with them permanently. Or if you're lucky, you'll just need a kidney transplant!

[@rasmuswi]

Regarding dangerous things you can find in European nature, there are a few mushrooms to avoid. Eating a destroying angel mushroom or a death cap mushroom will most likely be the last thing you ever do. Unfortunately, the destroying angel has spread to California where people are totally unfamiliar with it. Fun fact: the word Arctic comes from the greek word arctos, which means bear. And it's not the other way around. The Arctic is the place that has bears, and the Arctic circle is the bear circle. And the antarctic is of course the place that has no bears.

[@TorstenLif]

About trolls: the late English author Terry Pratchett had lots of trolls in his stories. Except that they don't permanently turn to stone. As night falls, they become mobile again. Only a few of the very oldest and biggest ones eventually settle down to think and don't get up. So in one of Terry's earliest books a party of humans have got split up and one group seek shelter and start a fire in a big cave up on the mountainside while the other group encounters some smaller trolls who are waking up. The trolls see the light of the fire up above and comment that "Old Granddad is not going to be happy, he doesn't like fire." The humans say that maybe he won't notice it but the trolls respond "Little chance of that, they've made it on his tongue!" That's the scale of the trolls in Norway as well.

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

this year , in 2024, Bodø is culture capitol, the hole area, the county Nordland, hascultural activities throughout the year.

[@robotmilker]

Why does this fantastic channel only have 3k followers?! 🤯

[@MariaOliviaTravel]

That’s so sweet!! 🥰 thank you so much for your kind words ❤️

[@Procrastinater]

That soldier would be the King of Norway during ww2, King Håkon (or Haakon for english speakers)

[@arlandaplanespotting]

A problem with a sign a the arctic circle is that the arctic circle moves, at present, about 14 meters north every year. The reason is that the earth's tilt isn't constant. 🙂

[@micscwisby7798]

And the map on the phone at 1:05 shows the arctic circle in the wrong place. It's about 7 km further north.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

In the first days of May 1960 did Bodø come into the international spotlight. Not because of anything that Bodø or Norway had done, but because of USA. In the 1950's US had got the permission from Norway to establish a temporary base in Bodø for operating the surveillance/spy plane U2 from there ....but only on the condition that they operated over international waters in the Arctic. Northern parts of Soviet Union, the naval activities out from there, was obvious the target. In 1958 did USA establish a base in Peshawar in Pakistan for espionage against Soviet Union by operating the U2 plane out from there. The first missions they flew was over the Central-Asian parts of Soviet and then landed on the US base in Turkey. They took the risk to do that because they meant that their U2 plane was capable to fly so fast and high that no Soviet missile or jet fighter could catch them. The purpose was to photograph Soviet airbases, test facilities for nuclear weapons, intercontinental missile launching sites ...and so on. The first missions was flown by British pilots. In case something went wrong USA could play innocent. But on 1. May 1960 the US pilot Gary Powers took off for the big mission (named Grand Slam) a 4000 mile long flight (mostly over Soviet) ...all the way up to the Arctic ....and land ...in Bodø. But after around 1700 miles the U2 was...shot down...in the area of Cheliabinsk. The pilot survived and detained. USA didn't know the capture of the pilot alive and the findings of the remains of the U2 plane. In stead did US start a fake cover up theatre. Painting another U2 plane as if it was a NASA plane that was flying for weather observations ....also making fake stories about in flight problems....and that the plane went missing "somewhere north of Turkey" ....and so on....and than presented this for the world press. But Soviet Union was sitting on all proofs and was not impressed. A couple of weeks later on 16. May was there the long planned top summit in Paris for the meeting for improvement of the east-west relations with the leaders of USA, Soviet, France and UK. There the Soviet leader Khrushchev blasted US president Eisenhower for the espionage flight. The meeting didn't last long and the intentions for improving relations were shattered. USA just had to admit their activities. Norway and Bodø had no idea that they were to be used that way in the game between the big powers. 4:05 Genius of the year when crossing from Sweden into Norway: "...it feels like you are in another country...". I haven't seen your channel before so I don't know anything about your drone flying. But the drone flying over Bodø I find questionable. Others who has used a drone over Bodø has been arrested and heavily fined. There are strict regulations for where and what you can fly of drone in Norway ....registration of drone use is also a thing. It's all to find on internet (luftfartverket.no (LFV) and Luftfartstilsynet). It is certainly not a free for all ....many tourists seem to believe so. For example is it illegal to fly a drone within 5 km from an airport. There is a major airport only 2 km from Bodø city centre. There is also located the base for the SAR (Search and Rescue) helicopters which are on a constant 24/7 stand-by footing. They cover a large area in the Arctic. When they take off they are in a hurry and fly the shortest route. For example will they already after something like 30 seconds (from take off) have to pass through the area you were flying drone. Such activities can cause problems....to say it mildly. So take note that Norway is certainly NOT an empty wilderness were nothing is going on. Take care and good luck with your travel.

[@jerkerpettersson1364]

Hej Girls yor in The coasdtline now... not in The middle of nowere.. Hace that in minde

[@MatthewDicksonOfficial]

When hot wings video?

[@michaelenglund]

Norway has a great collective agreement that the countryside in all Norway must live. So they design taxes accordong to that. Higher taxes close to Oslo. Very sustainable and nice. This is one of the worst things with Sweden. There is no collective agreement that the countryside should live on. Not enough has therefor been done by the politicians. The result you can see. An example is Ragunda kommun which has a hydro powerplant feeding the rest of Sweden with electricity, still is one of the poorest areas in Sweden. Many buildings in nothern Sweden is abandoned and politicians rely on the cities to be the economic motor. This has huge pricetags. It became very expensive to live in Stockholm and similar cities as there is not enough housing for all the people moving to the cities. The building of new housing cant keep up. And not only are the new buildings, most from concrete, aswell as infrastructure making a huge unnessecary climate footprint. Houses that could have been lived in are abandoned. As most who move to the cities are young people, it creates an imbalance of production of costs. The elderly do not produce as much and at the same time there are costs to take care of them. And, Sweden as the ski-nation number one is long gone as there is not enough focus on the sports in the countryside and small cities. Which nation took over as the greatest ski-nation? You guessed it, Norway. So strange people ”answering” to my post. Chill man.

[@MariaOliviaTravel]

This is very interesting to read! Thank you for your insight 😊

[@agehellander7259]

Norway has allways been number one ski nation since first winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924. Cross country skiing, nordic combined, skijumping. You name it.

[@michaelenglund]

@@agehellander7259No, not during Wassberg, Svan, Mogren, Stenmark and Boklöv

[@agehellander7259]

@@michaelenglund 30 years ago. Before and after Norway has been number one. Read the statistics of all time winners in olympics and world championsships. Period.

[@michaelenglund]

@@agehellander7259As I wrote then.

[@klashagg467]

As a Swede i think my country is beautiful but Norway is on a different scale, more like a Disney fairytale.

[@neilurquhart8622]

Too many “likes” for me😟