Solvang, CA: More Than the Danish Capital of America

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  • Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024

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  • @AnnaEReady
    @AnnaEReady 6 лет назад +62

    Oh man! I'm obsessed with your channel and Solvang is my hometown actually! I've lived here for most of my life. I'm actually banned from the ostrich farm that you mentioned, funnily enough.
    It's always so interesting seeing tourist's perspectives of this place because Solvang is like a mini Disneyland or something to them, but it's suffocating and boring to me. I'm glad you went over the colonial history of Solvang, it's definitely something that a lot of locals ignore, which sucks because Chumash people are still very much still around and having their history be suppressed or just replaced with "Oh look, Danish pastries!" is obviously really sad and troubling. I'm glad you mentioned that.
    This was a good video! Keep up the awesome work.

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  6 лет назад +4

      Banned from the ostrich farm!? Oh no! hahaha. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!

    • @georginatoland
      @georginatoland 6 лет назад +6

      Anna Ready Oh dear! How exactly does one get banned from the ostrich farm? Did you steal an egg? 🥚👀

    • @Tflexxx02
      @Tflexxx02 6 лет назад +18

      You can't just throw out "banned from the ostrich farm", and not explain why.

    • @bryanclark7608
      @bryanclark7608 6 лет назад +9

      There's a story here and we need to hear it. lol

    • @kylemontano228
      @kylemontano228 5 лет назад +1

      Anna Ready I live in Orange County and I’ve always wanted to go to solvang. When I was 12 I went to Santa Barbara and took highway 1 all the way to Monterey but I guess we skipped solvang then

  • @sherreefrager869
    @sherreefrager869 6 лет назад +22

    Man, I thought they just had good fudge! Seriously though, I love your videos (not just because you’re my son and I think you are AMAZING), but I learn a little something with each one! Keep up the good work!!

  • @georginatoland
    @georginatoland 6 лет назад +8

    One of the “must see” places to visit when you drive up the coast. I visited many times in my childhood; time to see it again!

  • @FranchiseCityOnline
    @FranchiseCityOnline 6 лет назад +4

    I really enjoy getting NSE notifications. Always a mini vacation from the daily grind! Thank you for making them.

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  6 лет назад

      Franchise City You're welcome and thanks for watching!

  • @TheWhoshoyu
    @TheWhoshoyu 6 лет назад +6

    So glad I found this channel. I’ve lived in California my whole life and didn’t know there were so many hidden gems in the state. Keep up the good work! Cheers!

  • @99keltin
    @99keltin 6 лет назад +2

    Need more videos ! Love your exploration. I think finding hiding gems and even exploring new places that I never new in Cali and all the states would be awesome! There’s so many travel videos of ppl going to popular destinations ... I want more videos like yours!! ThAnks for the amazing quality and content !!

  • @hankgs
    @hankgs 5 лет назад +8

    One thing that wasn't mentioned was that the area has amazing wineries, like at least 50 of them as well as at least that many tasting rooms...I think Solvang has 12 tasting rooms as well as a very cool "speak-easy" brewhouse called the "Backroom." Solvang Brewery is also really good...

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  5 лет назад

      Thanks for the tip! I'll have to check them out on the next visit!

  • @JonLovejoy
    @JonLovejoy 5 лет назад +3

    Great video, we're visiting Solvang in August as part of our four week holiday/road trip across America.

  • @jasoncalicaveman
    @jasoncalicaveman 5 лет назад +2

    Excellent and very informative video thank you brother!

  • @themogensensjourney3272
    @themogensensjourney3272 5 лет назад +2

    Great informational video! We would love to visit Solvang! We are a Danish-American couple who just started a RUclips
    channel! 😀

  • @frogg5949
    @frogg5949 5 лет назад +2

    Remember passing through there and it was pretty incredible

  • @KimsLantern
    @KimsLantern 5 лет назад +1

    I LOVE Solvang!!! I really want to go back again soon! 😍😍😍😍 My family bought a musical copper windmill once that played Windmills Of Your Mind by Noel Harrison. Loved that thing..!! I want to get another one someday!!! AWESOME VIDEO!!!

  • @stevefowler2112
    @stevefowler2112 6 лет назад +4

    I'm a Florida boy but my Dad moved the rest of the family to Santa Maria when he got transferred to Vandenberg (he was a Radar Guidance Engineer and worked for GE)...I stayed in Florida but visited many times...Solvang was always our favorite side trip (at my request). It really is a magical place and a great place to spend a day.

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  6 лет назад

      Very cool! I can't wait to go back. Thanks for watching!

    • @sayjaibao01188
      @sayjaibao01188 5 лет назад

      The landscapes and the smells as you're driving up! I love Solvang!!

  • @november4able
    @november4able 5 лет назад

    This is my sixth time that I have being visiting this wonderful town I love this place the food the stores y the vineyard places the tasting room of wine, gorgeous.I your channel too,

  • @CoinOpTV
    @CoinOpTV 5 лет назад +2

    Excellent recap dude!

  • @onaippiano3491
    @onaippiano3491 6 лет назад +6

    You should go to Leavenworth, Washington next! I think the same people who worked to make Solvang also worked there

    • @treasurehunteruk9718
      @treasurehunteruk9718 3 года назад

      It looks like a fake place designed to be a holiday destination. Solvang WAS actually set up by the Danish in the early 20th century.

  • @cjagow1
    @cjagow1 6 лет назад +1

    Love this Kyle... every time I have gone I have to admit... we hit the wonderful wineries in the area too. Lots of wine tasting... but that would have been difficult to understand what you were saying if you and the gang visited them then tried to do your tutorial!!! Cheers

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  6 лет назад

      😝haha! I was tempted to do some wine tasting, but we only had a day and a half there. We'll have to go next time!

  • @sandranatali1260
    @sandranatali1260 6 лет назад +5

    Love Solvang

  • @kaidynreece6200
    @kaidynreece6200 6 лет назад +2

    I love your video series so much and love, love, love how you explore and share the amazing 'secrets' of our wonderful State!
    (and Solvang is one of my most fav places! 😻)

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  6 лет назад

      Kaidyn Reece awesome!! Thanks for watching!!

  • @Oscar-hb7qw
    @Oscar-hb7qw 4 года назад +24

    Imagine going to Denmark after being at Solvang thinking that’s how Denmark is.

    • @jenspedersen9723
      @jenspedersen9723 Год назад

      But for me.Its funny .And i live in Denmark..And i understand they found this place with sun.Its far away from the danish weather.And they understand to make "hygge"

  • @TheEddieToro
    @TheEddieToro 3 года назад

    EXPLORE ALWAYS great job on SOLVANG, CA!💥👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I haven´t been to CA since I was 20 but am looking forward to returning this December after a6 month stay in MEXICO doing my remote work and making WOWSOME travel vlogs. SOLVANG is on my BUCKET LIST but I wanna be there in the SUMMERE time rather than the cold🥶 time. GREAT HISTORY LESSON dost.

  • @video13522
    @video13522 3 года назад

    Will definitely need to visit Solvang again. Great video!

  • @teemo8870
    @teemo8870 2 года назад

    This video was done nicely. Thanks.

  • @mr2hard2see
    @mr2hard2see 4 года назад +1

    I just rolled through last week what a nice place

  • @destroyerxd4499
    @destroyerxd4499 5 лет назад +2

    Just discovered your page and love your content! Wish we had a similar channel to Washington State.

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  5 лет назад

      DestroyerXD awesome! Thanks for watching!!

  • @Dorkykid95112
    @Dorkykid95112 5 лет назад +1

    Great detail in this video!

  • @hannahgechter1113
    @hannahgechter1113 6 лет назад +16

    I live in Solvang. Its pretty boring, not gonna lie, but your video was good. There’s actually a park here called “Sunny Fields Park”, which makes sense when you think about the danish meaning of Solvang. The best places to go in the Santa Ynez Valley in my opinion are Los Alamos, Nojoqui Falls, and Figueroa Mountain (the actual mountain, not the restaurant).

  • @narloko323cheechboozer4
    @narloko323cheechboozer4 3 года назад

    I will put this on my bucket list for sure

  • @jl4228
    @jl4228 4 года назад +1

    I was born in Solvang .ca.
    :40 mark in video, copper roof (green), is my family building.❤

  • @Tony-my3sy
    @Tony-my3sy 4 года назад

    Used to work at a thrift store and we would come to this tow to do some pick ups! i loved the old look! decided to go up here on my birthday with my wife and daughter and loved it'

  • @jeffmarquez9738
    @jeffmarquez9738 4 года назад

    La Purisima in Lompoc is amazing..great wineries too

  • @5gerategefunden531
    @5gerategefunden531 6 лет назад

    Your exploring Tours Sounds like easter eggs... Wonderfull!

  • @pragtinarang6680
    @pragtinarang6680 2 года назад

    This is a must watch!

  • @SJagMP
    @SJagMP 5 лет назад +1

    Hey, when are we going to go on an adventure next? Last one we went on was to Big Horn Mine.

  • @cag-filmz
    @cag-filmz 5 лет назад +3

    Abelskiebers are the best . Hopefully I spelled it correctly but they are Amazing!!!!

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  5 лет назад +1

      YES! They are so good!!!! Thanks for watching.

    • @themogensensjourney3272
      @themogensensjourney3272 5 лет назад +1

      They are so good! And in Denmark, they are spelled Æbleskiver!

    • @raindropsneverfall
      @raindropsneverfall 4 года назад

      @@themogensensjourney3272 // In Denmark, they're spelled 'æbleskiver'; we don't capitalise nouns anymore unless it's a proper noun ;-)

  • @BeU-j2x
    @BeU-j2x 5 лет назад

    Thank you. I'm gonna visit the place next week.

  • @tanmoymazumdar3267
    @tanmoymazumdar3267 5 лет назад +3

    this is the most amazing viodeo of solvang it deseve 100k views atlist

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  5 лет назад

      Tanmoy Mazumdar thanks for watching!!!!

  • @renesha2450
    @renesha2450 6 лет назад +1

    Lassen is my favorite California travel spot

  • @ghostofachance8055
    @ghostofachance8055 6 лет назад +8

    You forgot to mention Andersen’s zPea Soup!

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  6 лет назад

      Oh no I missed it while I was there! I'll have to go back! Thanks for watching!

  • @ralexrrv
    @ralexrrv 5 лет назад +2

    I went there and now I want to go to Denmark :D

    • @hamza9540
      @hamza9540 4 года назад +1

      Denmark dont really look like that, just saying.
      And i live in Denmark.

  • @creativeleo
    @creativeleo 4 года назад

    Whats Camera did you used at 0:42 time stamp ??

  • @shaunxu9453
    @shaunxu9453 6 лет назад +1

    ohh I went there last summer

  • @Cashregister1312
    @Cashregister1312 4 года назад +1

    Mom i want denmark
    mom: We have denmark at home
    Denmark at home:

  • @ceciliarodriguez3896
    @ceciliarodriguez3896 5 лет назад +1

    I love this information but I wish you had the sources you used to produce this.

    • @ExploreAlways
      @ExploreAlways  5 лет назад

      Thanks for the suggestion! Most of the history on the indigenous peoples can be found on Mission Santa Inés' website here: missionsantaines.org/history-summary

  • @lowbvll8969
    @lowbvll8969 2 года назад

    I want to hear more about the chumash people

  • @Kewonerdk
    @Kewonerdk 3 года назад +1

    Not to burst your bobble, but this place is as far as it can get from Denmark.

  • @mts982
    @mts982 6 лет назад +1

    ive been here a few times in my life.

  • @moniquebosman3178
    @moniquebosman3178 3 года назад +1

    you devnly need to go to the ice / candy store it so delisiues

  • @garethcourtney284
    @garethcourtney284 3 года назад

    Apparently y'all have never heard about Holland Mi.

  • @jerometriffaut5158
    @jerometriffaut5158 3 года назад

    très belle ville , je suis allé il y a 2 ans pour mon Road Trip en moto ...une tres belle ville et j'ai assisté au défilé ...super !!!!!!vivement que j'y retourne !!!!!

  • @lykkejacuer4444
    @lykkejacuer4444 3 года назад

    Virkelig en smuk by., De har holdt på mange traditioner, men er klart når man lever i udlandet. Jeg er selv født på landet og kan se på bygningerne, den idyl de har.

  • @thormaddane8137
    @thormaddane8137 3 года назад

    Ah! My old stomping grounds.

  • @Mikkel-of-Lolland.
    @Mikkel-of-Lolland. 3 года назад

    54°50'42.7"N 11°41'41.3"E

  • @korielliot8279
    @korielliot8279 4 года назад +1

    The way the fake scene of the likes where it shows 13m views but still hasn’t gotten that after a year

  • @recluese2421
    @recluese2421 4 года назад +1

    Basically the Danish version of Disneyland

    • @EmilReiko
      @EmilReiko 4 года назад +1

      No, thats either Legoland/Tivoli or Fårup Sommerland

  • @JetstreamAviation747
    @JetstreamAviation747 5 лет назад

    I went here

  • @klaud7311
    @klaud7311 5 лет назад +1

    More like teleported to early 19th century Denmark with cars and electricity

    • @EmilReiko
      @EmilReiko 4 года назад

      Its easy to find towns in denmark full of old architechture... but Solvang is somehow overdone/overdecorated compared to Ye Olde Danish town. Some of the architechture also look a bit more like something you would find in germany rather than denmark.

  • @tobiasholm6407
    @tobiasholm6407 4 года назад

    Not trying to ruin it or anything but as a Dane, this town is very stereotypical. Yeah sure the town looks Danish but only like Denmark in the 1800s or so. Today we're a lot more modern. However the many Danish flags are very true. We have Danish flags everywhere in Denmark.

  • @hankgs
    @hankgs 4 года назад

    You forgot to mention all the fantastic WINERIES in and surrounding Solvang....a HUGE mistake on your part!

  • @hamza9540
    @hamza9540 4 года назад +1

    Denmark dont really look like that, just saying.
    And i live in Denmark.

  • @jonardlopez5019
    @jonardlopez5019 3 года назад

    Whatch it get ruined by some taco shop nearby

  • @mettejunget6995
    @mettejunget6995 3 года назад

    So funny to see! I’m from Denmark and have lived here my whole life, so to see that America have a mini small Danish city is funny! From what I can see, it is very old school Danish! I would fell like going back in time if i was there! It looks like “den gamle by” - the old city - that we have here in Denmark!
    So funny!

  • @JetstreamAviation747
    @JetstreamAviation747 5 лет назад

    I was the 400th like

  • @nicholasschroeder3678
    @nicholasschroeder3678 Год назад

    Paulas!

  • @dustingriffith7399
    @dustingriffith7399 5 лет назад +2

    I like California better now as an American state, but for California to be under Spanish rule NO WAY! Because the Spanish Traders and their counterpart the Portuguese Traders were all responsible for their religious Catholic orders and their Inquisition activities in most parts of the world. California does have a dark history of Spanish colonization and parts of it is controversial especially the Franciscan founder of the 21 Missions. I am glad that California is not Spain🇪🇸 or Mexico🇲🇽, but California is America🇺🇸 and we have the whole world with us today including the French, German, Chinese and Japanese communities, god bless all amen!

  • @momfore
    @momfore 4 месяца назад

    😅

  • @wonyoung3126
    @wonyoung3126 4 года назад

    Denmark..... doesn’t look like that....

  • @chrismatthew8929
    @chrismatthew8929 4 года назад

    yep, yep... they managed to make it just as boring as Denmark :P

  • @sarahdenise1624
    @sarahdenise1624 3 года назад

    Im Danish and im confused , why is the architecure on the houses the windmills and clougs arre dutch but the baker , flags and the name solvang danish
    NETHERLANDS/ Holland are speaking Dutch and iDenmark is two different European countries
    Do you know you mixed up two different countries ?
    That is soooo hilarious funny 😂
    If you been to Solvang and wanna be a tourist in denmark you will be very disappointed , because Solvang is a cooy of Netherlands/holland and NOT denmark !!!

  • @JetstreamAviation747
    @JetstreamAviation747 5 лет назад

    I was the 400th like