If you are interested in a cab view of the steam train ride check out this video from one of our viewers who volunteers at the railway: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WQIK_kJuR0s.html
I can tell you about the tyre tracks you saw on the road. It's cuite common in rural areas such as where you found them. 18-21 year olds who`s just got their drivers license will often buy an old and beaten up Volvo 240 and weld the rear differential so they can do burnouts. They'll do this usualy on the weekends, typicaly friday and saturday night, but they end their session around midnight. Everyone know eachother in those places, and the kids doing the burnouts usualy know the people living along the road, and vice versa. It's not frowned uppon, but not encurraged either. It's considered something usual, although the police discurrages people from doing it, and will give you points on your license if you're caught. The tracks themselves will dissappear within a few weeks.
I thought it was quad bikes. Thanks for the information. If the locals are not bothered then it’s not so bad. In the UK residents would be very unhappy. 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK I found a short video of someone doing a burnout and some drifting. As you can see, it's not the safest activity. Heres the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mt8ni2OUmE0.html&ab_channel=Stenbakis
@@LifeistooshortCK We even have a name for them. Rånere (noun), and råne (verb). Not all "rånere" do burnouts... When I was a child they would drive back and forth 20m from our front door, can not remember it bothered me at all. There is now a "No motor vehicle allowed" after midnight sign to break up their route back and forth...
The fact that locals are not bothered by it is surprising to me. Obviously in my previous line of work I would get lots of complaints about boy racers 😁👍
@@LifeistooshortCK And just after I wrote my comment, you drove part of the route I was talking about (Mandal at 9:26). The route takes a right after 9:50, where the loop is blocked at night by a sign. They have also blocked driving to Piren (10:00) at night for the same reason.
You're wife is right. Local kids meet some where on a country road and show off their cars, among other things how long can they produce smoke from their tyers. The kids that do this kind of things are called "Rånere".
The requirement to build shelters in all new buildings over 1000 sqm was done away with in 1998. You still have to apply for an exemption, but all applications have been approved as a matter of policy since 1998. The owners of the shelters that exist are required to maintain them and keep them in working order, but there is very little funding for inspections, so how good of a job the owners do varies greatly. Noone (with the exception of a few Civil Defence employees) has really paid any attention to these things for decades, at least not politically, but that has of course changed lately.
About speed limits: Inside building areas (cities, towns, village, etc.), default limit is 50 km/h Outside these areas default limit is 80 km/h. Gray speed limit sign with diagonal lines = cancel current limit, and apply default limit (usually that is 80 km/h) (Personally I think they should have one default at 80 to avoid possible confusion,) Speed limit sign is valid until cancelled by a different limit or cancel sign or at an intersection. If there is no speed limit sign after an intersection, it is probably default to 80. (Unless obviously very urban, then it might be 50) Square sign with speed limit in center, and text "Sone". = Speed limit zone, e.g. not cancelled unless same gray sign with diagonal lines. "Sone" signs are used for parking regulations too, to make them apply for all roads inside the zone.
@@LifeistooshortCK Some people actually have been able to get away from speeding ticket because of missing signs. "You did 78 where the limit is 50, we have to revoke your drivers license." "Actually, there were no 50-sign after the last intersection, that means the legal limit is 80, and I was 2 bellow, can I please have my license back?"
To expand a little on this; Norway has speed limits and speed zones, limits are 50 and 80 which is why when a speed zone is cancelled the speed goes up to the nearest speed limit, so for example a 40 zone goes to a 50 limit and a 60 goes to an 80 limit. Zones obviously take priority over limits and they can also go over the 80 limit but that's largely reserved for motorways. There's also no change in speed unless you see a speed sign of some description. It's quite a good system when you know how it works, I also think I made it sound way more complicated than it actually is haha
Outside the big cities like Oslo and Bergen, we don't need locks here. Basically most Norwegians are wealthy enough to not have to go out and steal at night.You'll see a lot of shops leaving goods outside as well during the night. I moved here 2 years ago, and compared to where I came from (Netherlands), it was a shock in the beginning.
Norwegians believe if you want to sleep, then you use Hotels as they are more comfortable and campervans are discouraged as you will find out no doubt but go further North and things improve somewhat, especially in wooded areas.
Nothing like the golden age of steam, beautiful train and carriages with character. The walk through the town was probably the same as it's been for many years, very clean and unspoilt.
Nice Morgan at 17:39, a long way from it's factory in Malvern. Really enjoy the calm nature of your videos, your slowly giving me more confidence to take our camper van abroad (I'm worried about driving on the right).
17:40 - Wow. You parked next to us. We were on our way home from Denmark that Sunday, and stopped in Mandal for some dinner. The white Ford with the ski box and grey Tesla next to it was me and my family. 😃
@@LifeistooshortCK We even ate at the restaurant you filmed the menu and discussed prices. So we might have been there eating while you were outside. 😁 I had to send all my family this video showing that a random British couple recommended to me with a ferry video, all of a sudden have filmed our cars in a town far away from where we live. 😂
Nice little train journey. What beautiful scenery but quite narrow roads. Certainly plenty to see along your journey but left wondering where you will stay tonight 😊 Trev n Sue
about the tire marks on the road. it is a fairly big subculture in Norway of something called ''rånere'', which can be different thing, but also consist drifting and a bit of wild driving from time to time
Every night ON the 16 to 17 may, when 17 og may is Norways National day, its å tradittion for the younger peapole to get out leagal "wreck" cars and do donuts and have fun. Its an old traddition that have been around for 20+ years, search for Finsland 16 mai. Or ronda 16 natt til 17.
Good evening. You took us on a lovely walk. I remember how clean and quiet it is in Norway. Thank you for showing a part of Norway I have not been yet. Take care and have a lovely weekend 😊
It's always very impressive to see how organised you guys are in finding places to go. I've been campsites in vans over the years but even then while I'm very prepared for setting up the van etc, I'm not as knowledgeable as you are about each location you visit. I think that groundwork in advance takes off some of the pressure. In this video, it looks like an area to reset the mental batteries - clean, with order and nice architecture. Hope you have a good Christmas and New Year of new travels...
Go for it. On this trip we had a list of geographic locations to visit but no idea where we would stay. We prefer not to plan these days but that is probably because we can camp almost anywhere in such a tiny van. 😁👍
A nice little Norwegian town you folks have visited. The footage on the steam train was nice, too. I got a belly laugh with Ken's comment @ 15:32 about nuclear warfare preparedness in the UK. It was "Duck and Cover" in the 1950s here in the USA. I'm looking forward to the next installment of your Norwegian trip.
The statement in the video about bomb-shelter was not correct. All schools from the cold war period have bomb shelters, but there is no requirement for private houses to have bomb shelters. The tunnel in the video is for a underground parking garage, the drive-entrance can be seen behind the old post office at 14:07 .
Would not be surprised to learn that an American car meet with parade had taken place recently, with the road lined with spectators urging the drivers to do burn-outs…….
The tire marks in the road is very common in some select rural areas. They have some kind of car community with meetups and burning rubber. Most people not attending these meetups just think it is a crazy activity. Some locals learn to live with it, even if they don't necessarily approve of it, while other very much try to put a stop to it.
It's normal in any country, not just Norway 🤷 But people in the provinces doesn't have much else to do on their spare time, so they do anything to be occupied.. It's either that or party 🤷
Mandal is a summer city, so it's very quiet the rest of the year. The tunnel in the city center is the entrance to underground parkingspace. When driving from the railway to Mandal you didn't drive the main road, that's one of the funny things with google and other NAV systems when used in Norway, you might end up on a really narrow road.
Thanks for the information on the tunnel. We were deliberately choosing the roads as we wanted to see the difference. We had intended to drive some of the really narrow ones but modified our route when we saw what they were like. 😁👍
They were driving past Sandnes when they switched drivers, that is the fastest route to Mandal. The new road, running in parallel the last 5-10km opened Desember 2021, so the GPS nav may not be updated. It's faster, but if you are on vacation, the road they drove is the best one.
Sunday morning * a cuppa tea 🍵 & watching: something magical about a steam train 🚂. The smell of the smoke enhance the experience. Very good idea to have the snow guard on the roof of a house. Judging by how those bikes were left it would be nice if ya could do that here eh..???? Some thieving sod would be off with them in the UK that for sure🧐 nice to see an "open police station" here in the UK we close ours along with the banks..funny old 🌎!!! The takeaway looked nice..scenery is just as lovely as I imagined ❤ looking forward to the next installment. 💯👌
the town with the tire marks are from cars, 16th of may on the night they do burnouts and donouts on the roads there, and drifting! thats why the tire marks are there
I love Norway, we've spent a lot of time there over the last 10 years. We're going back at Christmas, to Oslo, and back next April. I'd move there permanently if I could LOL.
We spend a night in our caravan on a parking spot near the road.. in the middle of the night.. 2 AM 3 AM there were BMW's drifting over the road.. made one hell of a noise, woke us up..
Love the 'crouch behind the sofa' 🤣🤣🤣......unfortunately my days of crouching down have gone, so only my legs would be safe and the rest of me blown to smithereens 🤣🤣🤣
You commented on the missing speed limit signs, but that is due to the national speed limit of 80 km/h or 50mph. If there is no sign, it is always 80km/h. (Unless in a rural area, then it is 50 km/h or 30mph.) That way there is a lot less signs you have to maintain. If there is a posted speed limit, there has to be a sign every 300 (?) meter or so. And most of the roads in Norway are in the middle of nowhere with little traffic. There was a big sign at the ferry port when you drove thru customs showing you the national speed limit.
Nice video. I enjoy your observations and reactions to the things you experience on your travels. You are also informative on prices and facts which is useful. Very enjoyable. Good filming. Thanks.
You should have seen the roads when we first started coming to Norway in the sixties. Most of them gravel or ending in gravel. Norway has made a gigantic leap forward and is not stopping, good for them.
The overhangs are there to stop snow, frozen ice falling on people, in Russia they have quite large screens, or modern versions to stop this. Where they can’t the tape the area off when there is a problem
Really enjoying your videos, thanks! As for sleeping places, there’s an app called Park for Night, it is really useful 👍🏻 Looking forward to all your adventures.
epic as ever...love the train bit. I recently got the train bug myself and had the chance to film some local trains. It's amazing the effort people have been putting into preserving them and maybe not everyone who live near some like me is truly aware of what they are missing.
@@LifeistooshortCK My favorite Charlie Brown movie was the one with the exchange student from France and the place they stayed at burnt down, and snoopy was drinking beer at the local pub.
That cinnamon roll at the beginning did look a bit dry. Too bad I can’t send you one of my daughter in laws , she makes a very tasty c-roll! Loved the train ride and the views. Til next time! Mary
Reminds me of my Canadian terrain but our roads are wide. Our speed limits are faster I believe. We have nice walks also. We also have the items on the roofs to stop the snow from falling on you…most of the time😊
A lot of the roads in Northern Ontario are like Norway in the sixties, gravel. Norway at least is making a lot of progress in infrastructure, all the way up to the polar circle.
Hi, the marks in the road are from a tradition on the night before 17 may, our national day, the young people take the cars and do drifting. This has been done since the 80s. The town you took the train is actually my home town.
@@LifeistooshortCK There is always someone that does this at other times also. But the tradition is the night before they can be about 100 cars all at once. They start at Vennesla, and drive all night from town to town and do this.... Not all people are happy about this 😬
Thank you for another entertaining video. It all looks lovely there. Note for Carol....unless you were in Barnham this morning, I saw your absolute double! lol
what a fantastic narrow gauge railway,, wonderful scenery, the cab view from Erland is wonderful, reminds me of "Puffing Billy railway" at Belgrave in Victoria ...... hope you found park up ...., cheers, Garry from DownUnder
Hola👋from southern New Mexico🌵🌶️🙂 Enjoyed your vlog. So interesting to see the different types of architectural structures. Thanks for sharing. Angels all around you and your home on wheels.💖💖💯
@@LifeistooshortCK Hola It's raining here today and it's 45 degrees at night it can freeze, it was 18 degrees the other night and Im at elevation 5,000 something 30 miles away in Silver City it's 6,230 ft elevation I'm next to the Gila national forest at 9,000 to10,000 plus in elevation and there is snow up there. It's our winter. My father's parents both spoke Norwegian and there parents came from Norway. Have a wonderful day.🙂 oh, note I grew up in Wisconsin...there is a saying " all roads lead to Stoughton" a town where a lot of Norwegians migrated to. My grandparents lived more southwest by Monroe. My father was a Berget and my Grandma was a Engebretson. Her brother was Frank Engebretson famous for his barn murals.
The "Christian retreat" you passed while on the train is called Paulen Farm, its owned by Vennesla's scout group. They hosted a regional camp with scouts from all over Agder there a few years back.
No bunkers under every house here either. But, during the cold war, every municipality had a plan for shelters for their people. With Putin on the prowl earlier this year, however, many politicians scrambled to clear out said shelters for stuff they had filled them up with...
Many people in Ukraine survived the bombardment because they had cellars. Very few properties have them in the UK. 👍. Worth keeping them ready these days.
" New on the job " ,,Ken you crack me up but be careful now or "Daisy May" might become "Daisy may Not" hahaha,,,,,,the landscape reminds me of here at home in Canada ,,,,another fine tour thanks ,,,Cherryl from Canada
You can find less visible "snøfangere" than those. Just visit some old churches in Norway with slate or clay roof tiles and you can see the alternative.
Good Morning to you both. Enjoying this latest trip. The infrastructure does indeed look impressive. In addition I like the revised or extended rollout title music. Cheer’s from Hamburg
If you haven’t seen a speed limit sign, the limit is 50 km/h in “densely populated areas” and 80 outside of them. On some older roads outside of “densely populated areas” you might think 80 is too liberal, but that is just because a serious crash haven’t happened yet 😂 They like to lower the limits after incidents rather than before.
We do the same in the UK. There is currently a debate about the removal of the hard shoulder on our so called ‘smart motorways’. People are being killed and injured and the roll out has now been suspended.
Just found your channel. Planning a trip to Norway in September so looking dory to binge watching your vlogs 😊 your filming when driving is so clear, may I ask what you use to film please ?
Thanks for watching. We now use a DJI Osmo Pocket 3 and an iPhone. In Norway we were using a DJI Osmo Action. Have a great time in Norway, we loved it 🙂
im kind of local to that area. that place with the skidmarks is øvrebø. lots of people doing burnouts in old cars there. its kind of the culture of that place.
Looks like a nice trip but it hurts to see people using tortillas to make wraps for lunch in Norway instead of lompe/lefse. Please try them if you can, they're much better and every grocery store sells them. They go great with meat and cheese or gudbrandsdalost (brown "cheese", but more like caramelized cream) and jam.
Has no one told you about the right to roam? "Allemannsretten". You can park you van in the forest if no one can see you. Make sure you're not in the way of someone or can see a house. I think the law says 150 meters from a house. Clean up after your self and don't be a nuisance to anybody. You seam to be careful people, so just be nice and you will be fine. Don't park on someone farm or garden, forests are better. Fine some remote tiny road.
Great video 👍 Norway looks lovely 🙌 on the topic about where you mainly purchase things from, we like to buy from local businesses as much as we can, who are always doing it tough 🙌 thanks for the adventures ☺️❤️
Hari OM ...closing for winter when autumn had barely begun? I guess it's a volunteer staff like so many historic railways in the world; and thank goodness for them, I say! I do like a steam train ride. What a pretty place is Mandel, too... as long as one is budgeted well enough for eating out! YAM xx
It is common that tourist attractions close in end of August. Just beacuse the vacation time is over, so there are few visitors. Sometimes some places open in «høstferie»/«atumn break» in end of september, start of october. And in december for chrismas.
Loved the train ride. Great steam train. Such lovely scenery. Log flume walk looked interesting. “ Hey Carol. Clean the mat” 😉 when you’re in a van bins are of paramount importance. Those tracks were most odd. Great beach. Campsite looked pretty decent as well. You had a good exploration of the town. Chinese looked good. Lots of it! Hope you find a Parkup ! 😉
