Norwegian “HYTTETUR” The Ultimate Guide/A Cabin Saga

[@larsenensberg3272]

Now I understand my elders. When my dad was about 5 and was working with my great grandfather on his farm in Minnesota, he told my dad, "Martin, we work. then we die."

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Awesome story ❤ Thanks for sharing! :):)

[@StarkeyLaurel]

Sums up my Norwegian family side to a T, but to be fair the Scots side is more dogmatic about the same philosophy.

[@lenagraham2093]

I was thinking the same thing!! That this video gave me insight into why the American settlers of Scandinavian descent chose to settle in the parts of North America with the most challenging weather, and why they are such hard workers.

[@kesmarn]

Many years ago a German friend of mine quoted an old German saying. I can only remember part of the German, though. "Life is like the little ramp going up to the chicken house: kurz und scheissliche." (Short and shitty.) (Apologies to delicate readers.) That really stuck with me. I think a "vacation" like this might also qualify. Nevertheless: this is one hilarious video -- with terrific production values.

[@primordialmeow7249]

WI farmer kid here. Escaped. Get it!

[@tammyblack2747]

Ronald if you are a true Norwegian, you are NOT supposed to ENJOY lunch! Especially a matpakke!!!

[@therealJamieJoy]

The cardinal rule of being Norwegian. He taught us very well. hahahahaaaaa

[@sonyablade774]

Amen to that! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@testosteronebuilder3075]

As a Norwegian I kan confirm that this is not true when hiking

[@KenSaylor]

Ronald, you have taken it to a whole new level. Me thinks you need a new t-shirt. "HYYTETUR -OR GO HOME"

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

👌👌

[@scandinordic]

We will arrange. Stay tuned! The KOS TIME hoodies are very popular at our store at the moment. 70% of profit goes to the lads. 💗

[@cindi7228]

Yes yes yes!!!!! @ken saylor.....that would be a PERFECT t shirt!!!!!!!!

[@scandinordic]

we will be releasing the backpack in store today at ScandiNordic.com. Shirts to follow probably next week.

[@jessiegunnes]

"Here's a lot of toilet paper" lol. Oh my gosh I was rolling when you said that !

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😘😘

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

When I want to relax, I go to my shed, get my bicycle out. I take with me: 1: a book 2: something to eat 3: something to drink 4: a foldable chair 5: maybe some maps but they are not really necessary. I put everything on my bicycle and go. At least 4 or 5 hours later I am home again. Now that I am older it has gone down to 2 hours. I have no plan, go wherever I like: forest, heather, meadows, river, sand drifts, very small hills. Any type of landscape is within reach. Except mountains. When I see a nice place to sit, I unfold my foldable chair, take my book, enjoy nature. It is very relaxing and definitively not work. I like your way, except for the working part. The toilet reminds me of my youth holidays. I still can smell them. You have spectacular nature. I think I could sit all day and watch the views. But I still needed my book of course.

[@scandinordic]

The magic of Allemannsretten 👌💗🎯

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

I am with you Anka on the just sitting down and see, hear and smell the forest and lake! As always, thanks for sharing and engaging 😍😍

[@zanizone3617]

My father used to drag me mountaineering in the Alps. This was on top of mushroom hunting in the woods near home and other regular countryside activities. This video brings back memories... But even the power of nostalgia can only do so much. I'm team Mads all the way.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha 😘😘

[@LindaC616]

I agree! I grew up on a lake in the country, with a field and woods across the street.....but my dad would still take me hunting for mushrooms locally, and would spend weekends up north at my grandparents' trailer. It was very much like this, only less spacious.....now, I will only camp with water or electricity. Otherwise, you'd better be able to offer an activity, like rafting or something. I Won't go without electricity and water just for the privilege of sitting and drinking a beer by the fire.

[@hiwall4883]

"I can put a nice picture of scenery on the wall and use a dishwasher" 😂😂love it, my sentiments exactly.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, just like Mads ;)

[@karena9412]

"if you are bored you can share a wonderful toilet experience" hahahahah love your videos guys!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

🤪😘

[@angellstarr3289]

LMAO 😅

[@melyc7089]

The bathroom tour was epic! Specially the decoration! 😂 I loved the frase : there is no bad weather just bad clothes!

[@helios6379]

Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær! Very Norwegian saying! :P

[@maj-britt5756]

We say the same thing in Denmark.

[@margaretsutherland6097]

Hyttetur - you're not supposed to enjoy your vacation! Canadians and camping are just like Norwegians and hyttetur, exactly the same! Dirt, insect bites, animals trying to steal your food, six hour trip to campsite. Then you have to hike, just like tur. Mads would hate it!

[@melyc7089]

@@helios6379 Awesome! Now I can practice that frase in my Norsk class. Tusen takk! 😉

[@melyc7089]

@@margaretsutherland6097 wow! I need to watch some episodes from Bear Grylls before trying a hyttetur! Noted.

[@colleenbrown3366]

Growing up our family would spend several weeks at my grandparents' house on the bay at the Jersey Shore (State of New Jersey, U.S.A.)It was an old house, there was an indoor toilet but the shower was outside. No televisions, no air conditioning, only old furniture and housewares were used. But it was paradise, so many happy memories. I think your cabins look lovely.❤

[@knowot]

Much respect that you had to endure this torment for our own amusement. Cheers!

[@faithrada]

True... we SHOULD feel badly. Hmmm

[@knowot]

Faith Rada Guilty pleasure 😁

[@Ellynn-09]

I know, right! I laughed so hard, I was crying...hilarious!

[@couldnotstop1092]

Torment? This is something that Norwegians LIVE for!

[@doomcdoo7751]

I remember my times with my grandparents, Norwegian, loved woods and lake

[@charleshamilton9274]

Here in Colorado, many city folk, like you, have cabins in the mountains. We have a lot of mountain ranges in Colorado. A couple of issues we face: 1. Monumental traffic jams. “It’s Friday, let’s head up to the cabin!” It’s a familiar sentiment and one at least a half-million of your fellow Coloradans share. The roads leading to the mountains from major population centers become horrifically grid locked. 2. You can never, ever drink safely water gathered from a stream or lake. 3. Cabin burglaries are an unfortunate consideration. You have a cabin, often empty for weeks or even months at a time; a tempting target for the unscrupulous. But the clean mountain air! The stars at night are so clear without all the light pollution. And the quiet. You can hear the wind traveling through the Aspen trees! Heaven.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Love your story from Colorado. Sad about the water 😭 Thanks for sharing!!

[@dfuss2756]

When I was a kid our family would Hyttetur. The out house was always scary smelly! Now we live on a small ranch and we hyttetur at home with running water and convinces! I love Madds comments as I have been there done that, LOL. Now it's go out back sit on a comfy chair, feet up and sip a mint julip or a shot of Aquavit. Skoll!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, skål🍻 thanks for sharing!

[@MysticDonBlair]

This is definitely one of my most favorite KZbin channels 🥰 ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🇳🇴✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@usmcgoody69]

I was astonished by the abject wasting of toilet paper in this video. Very insensitive during the Great Toilet Paper Famine here in the United States. Lol. Love the videos. These help me escape all of the madness right now.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, so sorry 🤪 Thanks for sharing and engaging. Cheers :):)

[@lissu2441]

After a week of work & matpakke, you have to hyttetur for the weekend? It's a lot of self induced suffering to be a Norwegian ? No wonder you need a Syden!! 🤣 Love u guys ❤️ 🤗 Thank u for the entertainment 🙏

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hahaha, we know! Longing for 🍹🍹

[@erlend1554]

We actually enjoy this

[@tk-zh3dd]

I showed this to my 78yo father and during the dishwashing part he was like “OMG! My grandmother used to sing that song! 🤯”

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Love your story!! Thanks a lot for sharing and engaging with us. Big hug to your father from us 😃😃

[@tiamia7139]

I'm with you, Mads! That was my idea of hell. I felt like a hot shower after watching that video. Seven hours in a car...with KIDS??? 😱

[@audreygervais8508]

Tia Mia and you get to do all the same things you do at home without the conveniences.

[@scandinordic]

Hence the box wine 😂😂🤣

[@sophiacariad5870]

@@scandinordic I'm sorry but WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN? Seven hours in a car with Uncle Mads moaning the WHOLE TIME? 😂😂😂😘

[@CatsArson]

I have six brothers and its torture when the whole family travels😢

[@AUniqueHandleName444]

This is heaven. This is how life should be.

[@dennisagbayani4064]

God morgen, brodre! The sun's barely peeping out from the horizon & I'm greeted w/the latest upload from 2 of the sunniest guys on KZbin. It's gonna be a great day! Tusen takk!

[@robertkoons1154]

My happiest vacation was when the cabin got electricity, a well, and gas heat.

[@faithrada]

My brother & I had to carry the water... up hill. Gawd I love electricity! Still .. the Hurricane Lanterns are pretty kewl... for like an hour.

[@scandinordic]

There's a crazy couple in far northern Sweden who moved from London to live an authentic ancient Nordic life. They were featured on a special by Kevin McCloud of Grand Designs (UK) fame. They collect freezing water from a stream every morning of the year, make their own fur clothing, no mobile nothing. Not sure if they will enjoy it as much when in their 60s/70s/80s ...

[@TheCurlyclub]

I laughed so much my jaw is aching .My new favourite saying ‘there is nothing called bad weather , it’s only bad clothes’ 😂

[@tlunde53]

How I wish my grandmother (farmor) was alive, she would have loved your videos. And I like the old fashioned gray Norwegian sweater, I still have my late father's. Jeg elsker Norge!

[@debbienoderer379]

Oooh my gosh, this reminds me of our camping trips to our cabin in the mountains in Western Pennsylvania when I was a little girl (sooo long ago) we used to walk in the woods for HOURS!!! Such wonderful memories ❤️❤️ I love this!!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Cool to hear Debbie. Thanks for sharing your story with us. Lot's of love from the two of us :):)

[@suzannederringer1607]

I grew up in western Pennsylvania too - and we went camping and fishing in the mountains all the time. It was wonderful. Exactly like this video!

[@stacyortiz8036]

I really enjoyed this video!! Probably one of my favorites now. 😄❤ I love going on hyttetur with my Norwegian family here in western Norway. Mads and Ronald are hilarious as always and it was nice seeing the family and kids. I love when Ronald is washing the dishes and breaks into Mellom bakkar og berg song... 😄👍Excellent work put into this video guys! ❤

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, cool to hear and thanks for sharing your Norwegian story with us. Big hugs from the two of us 😍😍

[@jenniferduclett749]

The perfect relaxation routine: First, I watch your latest video. Next, I eat a lot of dark chocolate. Then I pet my cat. Her fur is really soft and it soothes me. Maybe a little more chocolate at this point. After this, I may go out in the garden and rake leaves and weed and plant things if I have any energy left. 😀

[@faithrada]

Dang you Jen... to the chocolate! LOL

[@marial.dossantos5966]

I loved, love this video!! I haven't laughed like this in years. I went to Norway and was invited to the "Hytte" of a very prominent family there at the time it was really a cultural shock because I haven't seen snow before and the entire experience of using a bathroom outside was really scary especially at night time, not having running water was too much for me at the time. Having said that, I had a great time (once I came off my initial shock). I was also extremely surprised that we each had to contribute to the expenses incurred by the host. I love Norway, I do purchase Norwegian food here in USA., at least 3 times a year. Oh, I forgot the most important part. I then married a Norwegian man. I do not subscribe to any channels but you guys are too much and I am going to break my rule. You guys are simply hilarious. Keep it upt.

[@almondsmithG]

The scenery is breathtaking.

[@angelique_cs]

So gorgeous! Honestly, your production is really great lately. Can't wait for your amazing song duet to be #1!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Very cool to hear angelique! Thanks a lot 😍😍

[@soliscrown1272]

I am convinced every cabin in Norway is haunted...just like every square meter of Great Britain.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha. I know what you mean 😘

[@sonyablade774]

I bet they are not really haunted but full of trolls and gnomes 😀😀😀😂😂😂

[@n.ayisha]

even the people of Great Britain seem haunted.

[@LydiaMorsman]

the N.Ayisha Wooooooooooooooooo 👻

[@LydiaMorsman]

zephyra I’m British, every old building seems to have a ghost story attached to it. I didn’t think this was a British thing though. We have lots of new buildings here by the way, more than old ones, they sometimes come with ghost stories too.

[@rebeccacornier2082]

Every great horror movie starts with “So we went to a cabin in the woods”

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, true 🤪

[@missclimpson]

My grandmother was Norwegian and grew up on a farm in Wisconsin. As soon as she was old enough, she moved to a city, later got married and never wanted to live in the country again. She said she didn’t want to live anywhere that didn’t have sidewalks. Our Norwegian ancestors brought the cabin experience to Minnesota. Today the cabins all are like regular houses with running water and electricity, but when I was a child there were lots of these simple cabins. My aunt and uncle built a cabin on Indian reservation land in the 1950s. No electricity or indoor plumbing, but lots of wood ticks! And working all weekend ! The city life for me!

[@georgemeyer3575]

I relax by watching yr vids.

[@sophialoren7855]

I can relate with the dish washing! We sometimes go to a semi remote place in the woods (but is still part of the city) and the cottages called bahay kubo do not have plumbing so we had to collect water and wash the dishes to the next level! 😅

[@baylaschauer3122]

My friends had a cabin, no where near as nice as yours, in the middle of a National Forest. No running water or bathroom, got our water from a spring. We would go in winter and snowmobile in. The water would freeze on the table when we washed it. It was wonderful! The only bad part was that our beer froze. There are to many bear to go in summer.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Lovely cabin story 👌👌 Thanks for sharing. Big hugs:):)

[@TheMirandayearwood]

the dishes. i would be so afraid the containers would slip! on the water and soap on the counter there! down they would go crashing into the woods, the Norwegian woods lol!

[@poodlegirl55]

That was great, the lake was beautiful. No bad weather, only bad clothes haha. In Illinois USA we enjoy going to a lake and fishing and sitting near the beach eating a picnic lunch. But they have flush toilets and we only have to drive 10 minutes to get home so we sleep in our own beds!

[@pamelajefferies3197]

Hello from East Tennessee USA ! I am always so happy when you guys post . I love your humor and besides you are so cute !

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Thanks a lot Pamela 😍😍

[@mikebrown9412]

This is the best one you have ever done. I have always heard of the cabin experience of Norwegians and this video really makes the best of it but with a warm feeling.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Love your comment Mike Brown. Thanks a lot. Cheers. Ronald and Mads

[@adrianaflores4588]

Hello Ronald, I live in Mexico city, and for relaxing we go to country house or to the beach, with our famili or some friends, and take sun, drink some bier, go dancing, eat seafood, listen to music. I love the sun!!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

We would love to be there now too!!! Too cold here

[@adrianaflores4588]

Sorry to hear that!, any time that you want to come here, you are wellcome, I mean it!

[@tezzyteaspoon]

You guys are so informative. In a hysterical, laid back yet crazy and wicked smart kind of way. LOL 😂 I enjoy these videos and always look forward to them!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Thanks 😍😍

[@vizual1one]

When we come to Norway, we ain't doing that! Thanks for the diversion guys.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha

[@carolelindagonzalez1087]

Mats is so funny!

[@marciaricksgers2018]

I love it. My dad built a full log cabin on an island in Lake Michigan, where he was born, when he was 17~ with no power tools. Hard work! No electricity, no running water, and we had an outhouse. I spent every summer there for decades, and this just reminded me of the beauty. My dad worked all the time he was there, constantly repairing and cleaning, and building three small additions to the tiny cabin. And yes, I can lay a log fire, and find food on the forest. Love this!!!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Awesome and oh such a Norwegian story! Love it. Thanks a lot for sharing your story with us. Big hugs

[@LCarolineSparks]

Hey! Being from Michigan is the same! Everyone has a cabin "up North" (Northern Michigan, where we ALL head to relax in the woods!) Of course I AM part Norwegian, maybe that's why I love it so much, lol!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Awesome to learn! Thanks for sharing your story with us. Cheers from Ronald and Mads :):)

[@TheAcquibajo]

I love you guys. You are the best!

[@Fatima_Garabandal2251]

How do we relax on Hyttetur? With 3 litres of wine of course! lol

[@davidoverbye3410]

Very Humorous! "Hyttetur" is definitely something my grandfather brought across the sea. Everyone in Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago have "Hytte" in northern Wisconsin, Michigan, or Minnesota. Every Friday evening the highways are overloaded with people going "Up Nort" One tip: I married a woman whose family is Finnish. So our "Hytte" in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has an outdoor sauna. Trust me. It is better when there is a sauna.

[@christinerobertson]

Ron, that colour blue really suits you

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Thanks!

[@pat5mph]

Cycling along the canal or some light gardening is my kind of relax. If it's bad weather, I'll just watch cats on KZbin to relax 😂😂😂

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😘😘

[@LorraineinPNW]

We go tent camping, hiking, biking, to the ocean to walk along the beach. I'm 3/4 Norwegian, so your weekend trek sounds fun to me!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

You are a true Norwegian hero 🏆🎖

[@theparrotrescuer3042]

Epic outhouse tour! Great video boys..much love.

[@lauraharrelson5488]

I'm with you on this one Mads. This is the opposite of relaxation to me.

[@lcg5790]

Canadians do the same thing! It even looks the same but you forgot all the lugging of food and cooking it too. These places should really only be for a least a week's time but the brave do it every weekend. This is so you look forward to winter when you cannot go due to there being too much snow so you stay home and relax!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, spot on. Thanks for sharing your story with us. We appreciate it. Cheers from Ronald and Mads :):)

[@cocogomez2278]

As an American I'd recommend a stack of paper plates and red solo cups from the Dollar store :). I really like that blueberry picker gadget!

[@shaiaheyes2c41]

Haha, that's seen as waste, bad for the enviorment etc.

[@dougmccracken8435]

As a child, my family had a cabin on a lake 1hour from our home. No electricity, running water or heating. Some of my best memories are from this time. At 12, my parents decided to move the cabin off the property and build a 2nd home. It was never the same for me. When I was about 35, my attitude changed toward the cottage and now I miss not going more often to the place of my childhood. This video brought back so many great memories, thank you guys.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

That happend to a lot of cabins here too. They are now very comfortable and propped with technology.. Thanks for sharing your story with us. We appreciate it. Cheers Doug

[@browneyedbitch62]

I smiled and laughed through the whole thing. I would have been the one complaining about being out in the fresh air. I am a city girl and I intend to stay that way. My idea of roughing it is a hotel that does not have Room service. But I'm glad you all enjoyed it it's not for me.

[@mrsmefi6208]

Greetings from a hytte in Finland kjære naboer! I can relate 100% to all of this 😄

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, cool to learn! Kiitos for sharing. Skål! :):)

[@sandraanderson2345]

This was great! I can see that Mads really enjoys this😉. Will this become a monthly activity? It's remarkably akin to stays in State cabins, where you bring your own bedding, cooking equipment, axes, etc. It tests your planning skills and your levels of creativity😊. The section with the two seat toilet was interesting, if you like the buddy system...So, is Ronald buying Mads his own saw and headlamp for Christmas? And why didn't we see Mads' cooking skills here? Ronald looks so relaxed. I can see he's a natural at this.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Oh SANDRA you are the best ❤❤

[@fixitsmith494]

This was great! I was a guest on hytetur with an older couple somewhere near Florø på Vestlandet! Such a beautiful trip! As an American Missionary in Norway, this was a rare treat for us😊 Love your videos! Stå På😎

[@TheNeeleh]

Haha, that was a good amount of laughter during this video 🤣 Thanks.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

I'm with Mads -- this hyttetur is too much work that I'd want a vacation from my vacation! ;^}

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, but I kind of love it ;)

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

In America, we call this camping or, more-informally, "roughing-it"

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Very interesting to learn. Thanks!

[@anitastone168]

In UK, we go to the Pub. Kos oss....then get a Takeaway 😘

[@tammyblack2747]

Mads as soon as you walked outside at night to use the toilet, the dark woods made me think of the Blair Witch! IMMEDIATELY you said something about the Blair Witch! LOL

[@diane9247]

Who hasn't been terrified by the thought of the snakes, bats and black widow spiders lurking just under the toilet seat? 😰

[@sarahvand3628]

We kind of have this.. its like you go and its horrible so when you go home you are happy lol

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hehe, cool to hear. Thanks for sharing sarah :):)

[@peko7446]

Mads was tricked in going to this trip😆

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, true. He was told it was a bar close by ;)

[@sandraanderson2345]

That's hilarious! Does this mean that Mads led a sheltered life until this trip? He may have PTSD after this!

[@lizkearsing325]

As always, you guys "crack me up" ! My favorite part was the evening wine by the fireplace! 🤗🤗🤗🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🤗🤗🤗🍷🍷🍷

[@deniseherud]

This needs to be a full-length film....I'm crying I'm lol'ing so hard!!! Ur vaca is alot like american vaca's with kids....drive 7 hours to overpriced hotel, spend hours in line and pay alot of money to get into attraction...spend more money....holiday over, load car/kids and drive home with no one speaking to one another. Repeat endlessly.haha I love ur cabin in the woods--so much beautiful old-time charm...but I"d bring propane powered stuff and use my time im supposed to be working, building a composting toilet.haha It seems nice in theory to get back to nature, but I"d also be happy to get back home after all that adventure.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😆😆😆😆 Just like that Denise. Mads and you are aligned. Thanks for sharing!

[@rachelvillarim3279]

I absolutely Love your sense of humor 😁❤️

[@debrawitte8391]

this, and Syden. and the young viking is already strong (and crazy)

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

❤❤

[@nurmaybooba]

OMG this was so funny! I live in a sorta Hyttetur at the edge of the forest near the sea....but itis for sisies...indoor plumbing!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, it is ;) Thanks for sharing your story with us! Cheers from the two of us

[@waitinpain]

I would love to spend a few days where you are at here. Would it be strange if I brought beer, whiskey and fishing gear?

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Nope, not at all. Welcome to Norway:):)

[@joannelarose8198]

OMG! This is hilarious! Reminds me of going to the cottage as a kid.

[@jeffery.c4898]

During covid19 pandemic.. People around the world : stay at home ,don’t go out ! Norwegian : How about I do ,anyway ~. Lol that’s why I love Norway 🤣

[@johnfitzgerald4456]

At 1:42...a Jøtul stove #118. Beautiful stove, if you wanted heat Ronald, fire up the wood burning stove. A fireplace is sooo heat wasteful, but sooo beautiful to watch. Great video guys!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Spot on! Thanks for noticing and sharing :):)

[@johnfitzgerald4456]

@@YOURWAY2NORWAY We love your videos. You guys make us so happy.

[@faithrada]

We have a mid sized Jotul .. with a glass front. The BEST of both worlds 🔥🌲

[@sallylonghurst4414]

Ah.. reminds me of camping holidays when I was little. Even the lol. Lol. 😂

[@WhiteTiger333]

I thought of this video when I heard about the avalanche last month around Finse that put not only a load of snow, but a cabin on the train track. (I follow a Norwegian train driver. It was her train that came out of tunnel and plowed right into both the snow and the cabin!). Everyone was okay, but they were stuck there for hours while being extracted. Fortunately, no one was in the cabin, either. But since watching this, I realize why, when this Bergen-Oslo train is going through the mountains, why I see so many cabins just perched in the middle of Nature and nothing else around them. I asked the train driver (RailCowGirl) how do the people going to Finse, for example, access their cabins in winter? The only way to get to that area is by train - no roads. She said many of them store snowmobiles at the station. Others strap on their skis and go. When she said that, I thought - well, now "tube food" - that I learned from your video - makes so much more sense!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Love your reflections and story about Norway and Norwegians. And how you connect the dots! Thanks a lot for sharing. Happy to hear you take the Bergen Oslo train. We made a slow tv sequel out of that here :)

[@WhiteTiger333]

@@YOURWAY2NORWAY I saw that video - the NRK one. Also the NRK 4 seasons series of the Trondheim to Bodø train. Gorgeous, all. And the engineering through mountains is jaw-dropping.

[@allyrt5981]

This time I will have to agree with Mads. Huge respect for Ronald he's a true Norwegian. Sorry, no cabin getaway for me.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hehe ;) Thanks for sharing! Cheers from the two of us :):)

[@LindaC616]

I'm with you....and isn't it nice of us to make more space in the cabin for others? 😇

[@tracybradshaw1362]

That was so fun! Thank you!

[@knightowl3577]

I relax by drinking several glasses of a fine single malt whisky, after a while, I am so relaxed I fall flat on my face and sleep like a baby.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hahaha

[@floortjefloortje]

What a present this video. Thank you. Makes us glow inside for days now. And Ronald: you are clearly not only a city-person, you looked so natural in the forest. In Dutch I could describe it better, but it was a joy to watch. And the singing also went into my heart. Can you really drink the water? We all loved it.🌱

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hi Floortje, we are happy you liked it :) We got inspired by your reflections on our content and that you wanted us to seek outside of the city. True, I grew up in a very rural village far away up North, by the Lyngen Fjord so I had learn the nature way. Yes, the water is drinkable. But always smart too maybe boil it first. There could be dead animals in it further up... Thanks for your engagement, we appreciate it a lot. Big hugs from the two of us

[@floortjefloortje]

YOURWAY2NORWAY 🌅 💞 💞 Big hug to both of you :) We were just in our nearby very little, but beloved forest and it is completely green and alive, we even saw a deer, but to drink from a stream would be very, very unwise here, it would enter nobody's mind. That you still have that there is a huge treasure. You made and make me smile a lot by your reaction.

[@eudofia]

I see a nice lake right there, and I ask: where are the boats or canoes, or even kayaks. Or are they not part of a hyttetur?

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Oh yes. They do have a boat. But, it's not on water yet. The neighbors were Canoeing 🛶 😊 best Mads

[@eudofia]

@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Awesome 👍🏾 Thanks for your reply.

[@michelecraig9658]

I love it! Just like an American Family cabin vacation when the family owns the cabin. In my husband's family this was the vacation. In my family we packed burros with our gear for two weeks and hiked into the back country of Yosemite. Then, nothing to clean! You just found the burros in the morning, packed them, and kept walking.

[@SA-ho2nw]

I'm with Mads, take me back home. 🙆‍♀️😒😜 Picture on the wall of the mountains, while using your modern conveniences. Lol

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

😘😘

[@shurouqzaitoun8968]

Amazing. Love you guys 💖

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Thanks for sharing and engaging with us Shourouq. Cheers from the two of us :):)

[@yvonnebrink9912]

Sounds and looks like most people's cottages in ontario canada

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

👌👌

[@cristina_em]

Sure does.

[@heidibrakhage2553]

My thought exactly:)

[@WhiteTiger333]

At 9:13 - wait, is she really sweeping the forest? We thought Trump just made that up. :D This reminds me of the family cabin in Maine. We got there after a 4 hour drive late at night. Sometimes, in September, it was cold, so we had to light a fire first thing, even before unpacking. Then making the bed and falling in, piled with blankets. Falling asleep to loons and owls and a brilliant night sky. The next morning, making coffee, maybe getting the fire going if the day was chilly, breakfast, getting the kayak out and going for a morning paddle on the lake. Then cleaning up the cabin if no one had been there for awhile. Sweeping the deck, the entryways, scrubbing the shower, etc. (Oh, we had indoor plumbing). Clearing the brush from the path to the lake. More kayaking. Then the happy, happy year that an electric heater had been installed. No more lighting fires, except the obligatory campfire for hot dogs that evening. Then the next day, packing up, cleaning the cabin, doing the laundry and the last dishes, putting the kayak away. Bye, bye cabin and lake. The long drive home, joining city traffic as everyone else came from their cabins, too. :D

[@juliam5628]

This made me laugh so much 😂😂😂🥺💖

[@audgester]

Since I have been on furlough I have been camping in my tent in the back yard and making walking sticks and reading books. I would love to make a nice Tur right now and put my stick to good use. One day! This was such a fun video as always, I would like to enjoy the beautiful cabin and forest but I agree with Mads, no work! Love you guys!

[@faithrada]

Me too Audge! If I get thirsty I just go back to the house and get some more wine. 7 hour drive .. with the family? There is no drug powerful enough. 🤯

[@audgester]

@@faithrada i love it! and no worries about scary outhouse trips lol

[@noelpiriz9977]

6:21 lmaoooo also, the drawings on the walls of the loo

[@faithrada]

Yes.. it reminded me of.. The Loove 🎨🖼🗼

[@shaiaheyes2c41]

It's actually common to have pictures of the royal family on those walls, lol.

[@victorrock1997]

I love Norwegian nature and the music of Edvard Grieg! It is so beautiful! Also, very beautiful Icelandic sweater! All the best and keep up the good work! Beste hilsener fra Romania!

[@abbiedegregorio2570]

Hard pass on that, it looks way too stressful. Prefer to just sit quietly anywhere that is within walking distance of indoor plumbing, and preferably with a cup of coffee. Love your videos!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha, know what you mean. Thanks Abbie :):)

[@cristina_em]

We do the exact same thing in Canada. We live for our cottage weekends.

[@drkatel]

I could MAYBE enjoy this in July or August. Maybe.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Welcome 😘😘

[@LindaC616]

Of course then there are more bugs, lol

[@annie107]

Ronald I love the bathroom scene. Mads you sure do know how to work that camera. Thanks guys for always putting a small smile on my face. You both are awesome guys. Love you both!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Small 😱😱 Thanks annie107. Lot's of love from the two of us :):)

[@faithrada]

Yea. . I'm holding out for Syden! Gotta admit though Ronald lights a great 🔥 Imho you're just not doing it right ... Ditch the family,.. keep Ronald... (you know.. to fetch the water), bring in the wine 🍷🍷& cheese🧀... and don't forget the toilet paper. Thanks for the stoic tour though... Love you guys! 😘 from New England.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Hahaha. This year no Syden for us Norwegians. So this is our vacation for 2020. Cant wait for 2021🍹 Big hugs Faith Rada 😘😘

[@faithrada]

@@YOURWAY2NORWAY Our job right now is to stay safe... yes, patience my sweet friends. 🤗

[@adriiteach]

I just stumbled on this hilarious video of yours and loved it. I did have to go get a warm throw to wrap up in. I can just imagine how cold you were. I have to say that I would love a cabin like this, but I would just want to relax, read, eat some warm food and sit by the fire!

[@nnl2785]

You didn't tell us if you had electricity in the cabin or gas? I mean gas stove, not stomach.

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Haha. In this hytte; Yes. But we like to think it's not there 😘😘

[@mustafaberkane8670]

Hey Hey Ronald , I truly ❤️ all your #Norwegian videos! Including this Hytter Cabin movie. I was just listening to The Cabin song from Ylvis man can’t stop laughing just LOL Jeg elsker norge!

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Awesome to hear! Thanks Mustafa :):)

[@pat5mph]

Hope that there also are modern log cabins in Norway 😂😂😂

[@72EnotMs]

Thankfully there is 😂😄

[@norwAySMR]

Our cabin had both hot water/shower and electricity/tv. I would not be able to enjoy the type of cabin in this video :')

[@goodi2shooz]

So apparently I was raised in Norway because you just described every camping trip my family has ever taken here in the United States. Lol! I remember those freezing scary midnight walks to the smelly outhouse.. and yet I still relax better in nature than anywhere else Thanks for the Memories! Ronald you have a lovely voice you should definitely sing more. Mads, as always great commentary man ♥

[@YOURWAY2NORWAY]

Thanks for being awesome 😍 and for sharing your very Norwegian story with us! Big hugs:):)