The line between being brave and just being stupid is very, VERY thin and my man Zoef keeps jumping from side to side during this trip. 😁Been a very interesting adventure so far~
Looking forward to your content! Yeah I did drive a lot for work on the truck. Surely that must've helped a bit. How did you end up with friends in Haarlem?
For what it's worth, I appreciate you doing this trip so I don't have to. The fact you're sticking with it through all the trying parts is truly impressive. I can almost guarantee I would have tapped out by now lol
Maybe a bit late to the video but some useful tips when stuck in the snow: -Put your floor mats under the front tires, this has gotten me unstuck from a frozen parking lot -If you are high centered on snow, lift the car on its factory jack, this way you can clear the snow underneath with the shovel or find sticks, rocks, whatever to put under the tires to raise the car enough to get unstuck. - Chains are very important but if you need something easier to equip and easier to store, look up tire socks. Those are a good compromise. Hope this helps and respect for the courage, Id love to do something similar one day too.
As a Norwegian, who lives by the arctic circle, and experiences such conditions every winter... And I think this is normal winter conditions to drive a car in, so I have to laugh a little..
I was waiting for this episode for a while now. I was afraid you'd stopped filming for some reason. I'm so glad you're continuing, and you seem to be having a good time overall. Have fun and can't wait until the next one
Thank for stopping by! I will add Japanese subtitles for this video when I get back from Switzerland in 2 weeks. Were you able to follow the video now without subtitles in Japanese?
It's common to weight the fruit and vegetables yourself in the Nordics. There's either a scale by the greens which prints the label for you, or there's a self-checkout with scales. That big Trangia set you skipped? Should have picked that one. At least if it comes with the non-stick frying pan. The Toll agents don't really care about the answers. Not all of them, at least. They're mostly profiling you on HOW you answer; if there's hesitation or anything. What is the rating on your tires? M+S is no longer considered good enough, and you need 'tri-peaks' rated ones, at least if you're using non-studded tires. For anyone else thinking of doing this, I would REALLY suggest bringing something like AutoSocks(Actually a Norwegian cration) or easy to fit snow-chains. And learn to fit them before setting out on a trip. It's no fun trying to figure it out when the car's well and truly stuck and the weather is trying its best to kill you. I have Thule Easy-fit CU-9 series chains. They're bl**dy expensive, but can be installed in seconds. You can find cheap chains that's barely 10% of the price, but they're a bit more finnicky to install. If you see a snow plow heading in the direction you want, FOLLOW IT! They may not move very fast, but it's the safest way to travel. ABS and anti-skid is GREAT for winter driving. In my opinion, it's usually better than 4WD without ABS. In heavy snow I don't use the high beams at all; the light reflecting back from the snow just destroys visibility. When you see someone stuck in the snow you help them, with no expectation of a reward. Because the next time it can be you who need the help. Pay it forward. You might have been able to get out of that hole if you had put on snow chains immediately. Maybe. One technique that sometimes work is rocking the car back and forth quickly. But then you need to be very careful with the throttle. Just get a tiny movement forward, then slam it in reverse and get it to move back the same distance or a few mm more, then forward again. But it needs to be done with no spinning. Spinning the wheels just digs you deeper and polishes ice. Your Up is a bit more difficult to get out by yourself because of the very low ground clearance. It's much easier for it to end up with the bottom of the car resting on snow than for many other cars. Another tool that could have helped is 'snow ladders'. Basically platic or metal mesh in that pattern used on stairs and walkways. wedge those as tightly under the wheels as you can to pull out. www.biltema.no/en-no/car---mc/car-accessories/winter-products/snow-chains/anti-slip-treads-2-pcs-2000037504 Big tip about sausages... You want the Baconwrapped cheese dogs. Battles have been fought over those... www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryStories/comments/1w6ze3/xpost_from_rbestof_story_of_epic_snowball_war/
Hola! You took the time to write a comment 😉 *Cooking equipment* I already had a new set of pans in the car. Toll agent I'm aware of this, and I was confident in answering. Hence why she let me drive through. Tires The tires are with MS logo, but the compound is way to hard for Arctic adventures. I was not aware of difference between our winter tires, and theirs. Chains I can’t use chains because of the long tunnels all the time, so socks would be a solution for sure. High Beams At the time I was not sure about how the quality of all the footage would be at night, so I often used the high beams to let the camera capture more of the image. More light = less grain. Help In the next episode you’ll see each and every driver passing me without offering help. At North Cape many cars passed me there as well. The van stopping at North Cape was a foreign one I assume. Ground clearance You’re correct about the low ground clearance of the Up, this really did not work in my advantage. Most of the times the wheels were spinning, it was resting on the floor and I wanted to illustrate on camera the situation. Back and forth Rocking the car back and forth was impossible due to the gears of this car not being able to change that quickly. I tried, and it didn’t like that 😉 Snow ladders That is absolutely something I’m going to take with me next time! It would have made my life so much easier! Thanks!
@@ZoefontheMove My snowchains can be fitted in half a minute... ruclips.net/video/mLDn1pJIvHg/видео.html regular 'fast' chains with wires you hook together behind the wheels are a bit more cumbersome, and can take a couple of minutes, assuming you're not already stuck. But they're not meant for a 'permanent' install, and neither is the snowsocks. Snowsocks goes on very quickly, though, and can be removed just as easily. Anyway, you only use them when the road conditions warrants it. Solid chains, though, such as busses, lorries and trucks use, don't take much damage from a few kilometers of bare road in a tunnell. Rocking. Automatic? They kind of suck at this.(Fingers crossed that I don't have to do this as my current car is an electric, and so only has automatic.) Weight of the vehicle also plays a role. You want inertia to help out. Were there any truckers among those who passed you? Most of those visiting Nordkapp at that time of year are forreigners. Some people with smaller cars may have decided that their car wouldn't be strong enough to help tow you out. But stopping and asking if there's anything they could do would still be the decent thing to do. But yeah, common sense and empathy is a finite resource, and with more and more people living in Norway, some end up without any at all. Incidentally, in the user manual for my car, the only thing they write about towing another vehicle is 'don't'... Have you seen the channel Mispronounced Adventures ? In a recent episode he went even further North...
@@norwegiangadgetman That is not the issue. The issue is the looooong tunnels of many km's. They just come and go, and you don't see them coming all the time in the snow. Let alone find a place to take them off, and put them on again after the tunnel.
Epic Journey, thanks for sharing, You have a new subscriber. I'm living in a cold place, in order to not snow stuck on wheel, we are using steel rims and a rim cover in winter, aluminum rims on the summer so one car two rim and tyre set. Second your cars tires Petlas Snowmaster, produced by Turkish Company. Snowmaster is good in light snow and decent lifespan. But if you are using this tyres on the North it will give you a dizzy and unstable car. Best suitable Petlas tyre for this journey would be Petlas Glacier W661 or Nokian Hakkapeliitta but after 5000 km in Netherlands both of them shredded, becuse they made it for full snow and ice.
You could have used the locking eye of the trunk as a towing eye 😋 Most Scandinavians i know drive with studded tires in winter and they just drive at normal speeds with those. They’re used to driving those conditions too. Awesome video! Enjoyed it very much!
Would the locking eye have hold you think? I don't think it's able to disperse the force to the chassis. About the studded tyres, I investigated about this before I left, but there's no way to take them with me, and no way of mounting them there for an unknown route for a roadtrip. But I survived! 🙏🏻😏
At 19:16 he says you can’t stop in the middle of the road on a hill top. You are clearly not in the middle of the road, but you are standing still on top of a hill which can lead to dangerous passings. It’s something we don’t do, especially during the winter months. Great video, been following your journey for a while. Greetings from Tromsø
Hola! Thanks for clarifying this to me! Until now I had no idea why he was so mad at me. His argument of not stopping on a hilltop makes sense a lot. Not only in Scandinavia of course. I just went to that location on Google Maps, because I couldn't remember it being on an actual hilltop. But when you move away from this point, and then look back, he does have a point. Here is the location, but it's on the opposite side of the road, there is no map for the other side: maps.app.goo.gl/F1TZbVEJA8hAeajKA I'll remember this for a next time! Thanks again for taking the time to write a comment :)
Long wait but now i will enjoy my evening with some candy and m&m's and learn from you because i also already wanted to drive to the northern light with my car!
Go for it! Start preparing today. Make a list of stuff you need and start buying things. At some time it will become serious and you can start planning a date.
Als je geen grip hebt op een helling, kun je proberen om dit in zijn achteruit te doen. Hierdoor heb je het gewicht van het motorblok op de aangedreven wielen en dus meer grip. Dit heeft mij ook eens uit de brand geholpen in het mooie Noorwegen👍🏻
Nice video! If you are stuck on a hill you can try going in reverse it may sound funny, but it works. About tires you need some soft winter tires it will makes big difference on ice, even chines sailun tires willl be good inaf. About rims thats somting new for me, I knew that in deep snow you can get snow in them, but by driving on snowy road get them that full was realy myster.
Great video! Nice to see and although i dont quite understand the vehicle choice I respect you going there in that car! So far it held up pretty dang well! Greetings
At the end of this episode there's some shots of the next video. This time I was really careful not to use content too far away, because that would force me to make a longer video than I want to, and thus longer editing time. So you'll get a shorter video next time, but should be a lot quicker than it took this one. I'm still learning, so please forgive me it took so long for the latest video.
One tip for driving in the snow and ice: take off the traction control at low speeds. It might sound counter intuitive, but getting up that hill would have worked better that way. Plenty of revs and wheelspin does the trick😊
Ik maak altijd grapjes over de tinky toy wegwerp auto van mijn collega ( ook een up ) maar vanaf nu grote respect voor deze autootje gekregen .. Zal hem wel nog steeds gek maken 😅😂
So many challenges in such a short time. Hats off to you for your perseverance. Personally, I wouldn't travel there around the shortest day because of the dangers of driving in the dark. I always tell myself and others never to drive in the dark in Scandinavia. Until last year I left Ostersund in the dark and a deer hit the side of my car. Fortunately without damage. Driving in the snow is so tiring because you can't afford any kind of steering error. Once stuck in the snow, it often means that you really get stuck and that you need help from others to get out. Funny thing is that in February 2020 I helped drag some locals out of the roadside in Abisko, Sweden. Digging out and pushing with three men didn't help. Only with my car in front of it and a few attempts later it worked. Yes, in general those Scandinavians are a bit stiff and on their own. But there are also plenty of positive exceptions.And you hit one of those when you were stuck. By the way, did you still have to pay at the entrance to the North Cape when you arrived there at night? If I remember well I paid over €25,- a few years ago. Anyway, I can't wait to see the next episode of your adventure.
In an ideal world, that would make life a lot easier indeed. But it's forbidden to drive on those in NL and Germany. Denmark I don't know. So I would have to rent the tires there next time 😅
@@ZoefontheMove There are tires that have prepared holes for you to be able to screw studs in yourself when you need them, and take them out when you don't. I'm currently researching for a tour around the baltic next year in February and these are definitely going on my shopping list.
Amazing content, what an adventure, I only live in the UK but always carry a couple of plastic ground waffles, they take up little space and have saved me and others from all types of ground when stuck, often can be picked up on eBay used for a low cost. Looking forwards.tonwhat ever you do next. Stay safe
that was "een fijne" episode for us thank you from myself but please upload the new chapter as soon as possible because i need this cozy videos for resting Note: when you editing next videos it would be better with music's a bit silence good for quality ,Respects from Arnhem 👏
You mean the volume of the music lower? That's one of the things that slipped through because of the rush with uploading. Balancing the volume on all elements is a tedious job. Thanks for your feedback, I'll look into that more thoroughly in the next video.
if you’re coming north in winter get yourself proper tires, especially without 4wheel drive you need studded tires. too many tourists think they can just drive around wherever and then getting in accidents
There is no way to mount studded tires in the Netherlands, and drive up to the north. And mounting tires there for an unplanned roadtrip is not an option as well. Just be extra careful and drive slow, no need to keep up with the locals.
This is a great adventure, well done for putting yourself there to do it all. I was in Tromsø a couple of years ago to do some filming at a submarine base a few miles away, so I know some of the conditions you experienced. Brilliant stuff and looking forward to the next episode. It did make me laugh when the police / customs officer asked you if you smoked weed after finding out you were Dutch, no stereo typing there!! 😂
You are correct! Exactly why I added: "They must have seen my Dutch license plates on a camera somewhere down the road" 😜😬 She was almost singing this question 😂
7:41 on 2x speed, astonished by the female's English then I rewinded to find that she is a custom officer instead of a traffic warden. But that still amazed me, gives good first impression of Norway.
Overall, people were very good at speaking English. They did not even try speaking their own language to me. Something you see a lot in the south of Europe.
Very good your channel, I would have tried to put tires like off the road if there is a type for snow, chains for the tires, I would try to use the wood for the fire to get out of the hole and the snow stuck under the car must be making it shake, I'm really enjoying your adventure and I'm looking forward to watching more, I really like this content, a hug and I expect more content like this from your channel.
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Great video, I enjoyed it very much.💯 I have similar trips to the north in my thoughts but so far there hasn't been the opportunity and the courage.. your courage is huge! I myself own a Skoda Citigo, the "brother" of the VW Up and I know how easy it is to get stuck in deeper snow or steep hills... Actually, it's a car totally unsuitable for such a journey and that's the fun and challenge. 😀👍🏻
My god, I made the journey Stockholm-Grense Jakobselv-North Cape-Lofoten and all the coast down last summer in my campervan and many times I asked myself how that trip could have looked like in the winter, well - now I know :D
@@ZoefontheMove I do those trips fairly often! I am actually on one at the moment. In Germany right now heading home from Albania, I have indeed slept in the car most night of my journeys but not comfortable😂 I have used chains once, worked fine but that means no faster than 10/15km/h
41:41 You can see those are central European friction mild winter asymmetrical street tyres... on a FWD car: that's way way way distant from an optimal set-up for such a journey. Half of the adventure is given merely by that! xD
Great video! I would never do it without studded tires (aka "spikes"). Crazy:) BTW: I think the doors in the tunnels are also to keep the reindeer out.
I'm happy that I've discovered your channel:) Whole series about this trip is awesome! It is one mighty little car, no doubt:) If you could make subtitle to be shown just a little bit longer on the screen it will be great! (Not a native speaker talking:))
And I'm so freaking jealous about that silence that you experienced... I was not born in the city, but I've been living in the capital city for almost 15 years and the silence of forgotten spaces I miss the most
Oh wow! That is such a good idea! You're the first that comes up with a solution for that! Is that how most of the people do it there? And do you have to put the wax there only once, or every once in a while?
@@ZoefontheMove I usually put a layer when I wash the wheels for storage in spring time, then another layer putting them back on in October (usually). Also, some rims are simply not ideal for snow. It looks like the circles in your rims tend to collect allot of snow. As for wax I use Swisswax Autobahn. Side note. Few Norwegians dear to drive that route during these conditions, even with a proper car. It’s tiresome and not fun at all. Doing it all in a UP deserves an award. The worst conditions hits around +2 to 0 C, as the snow is wet, sticky, restricts visibility and can lead to to hydroplaning (expect in slushy snow). It’s horrible. It must have been a real challenge in this car. Cheers
You could just find out the dump truck company's detail and give them a call. I bet you they know who drove that truck that day (you can give them the license plate number on the truck) and then send the gift to the company address so they can give it to their drivers :)
Misschien eens een kort interview doen met locals en vragen hoe ze in vredesnaam hun dagelijks leven leven in deze omstandigheden. Wat een vet avontuur man!
@@ZoefontheMove Oh ja ik was even vergeten dat je allang weer thuis bent. Haha! Ben echt super benieuwd naar de volgende video's man! Ik vind het echt super chill om te kijken. Met een heel gezin op sleeptouw zie ik dit helaas niet meer zitten. XD
@@robbietineke Leuk om te horen! Ga m'n best doen op sneller uploaden. Dat soort dingen kun je altijd gewoon ver vooruit plannen toch? Papa gaat even 2 weken op pad. Huur een camper in Noorwegen en maak die roadtrip.
You are definitely crazy, but with all due respect, the only recommendations are a roof box to avoid overstuffing every time and a built-in cabin heater, greetings from Latvia, good luck...
Zo tof! De mensen lijken ook wel echt veel relaxter als hier in Nederland. Zijn echt behulpzaam vragen of alles goed gaat en nemen de tijd je te helpen.
Haha nou ik zal je vertellen... de mensen daar zijn vrij kil en afstandelijk. Horkerig zelfs. Iedereen voor zich. Dat was mijn eigen constatering, en werd er later door een aantal mensen onderweg op gewezen. Kon het kenteken van die bus niet lezen, maar ik denk dat ze daar niet vandaan kwamen. Ook roadtrippers denk ik.
De Noren zijn niet zo ‘bemoeizuchtig’ als wij in Nederland gewend zijn. Ze willen je niet storen waar jij op dat moment mee bezig bent. Maar wanneer je de Noor aanspreekt dan ‘ontdooien’ ze.😊
Hey Zoef! Uh, how time-consuming it is to think about taking the camera in a good position, no matter how exciting the situation. big cinema, really good production! Best Greetings! Jo
Its amazing , everyone speaks english :) i could survive their althou would need yo be summer for me :) your videos are so professional , is that your job?
Thank you so much for your kind words! I would love to visit the north in the summer, maybe next year! It's not my job, just a lot of practicing I think 😅
Keep the keyfob in the inner pocket of the jacket. When the wheels start slipping. Dont continue as you do as the spinning wheels polish the snow to ice like surface. Do you have real winter tyres on? If mud and snow tyres they are not as good. You can also pull in the rear rim to get unstuck.
The VW Up! manual does not mention the presence of a rear towing eye. It only refers to the front towing eye. There is nothing on the rear of the car as well.
Yup, not the correct car, unless you want an extra challenge or two 🤠 Before, almost everybody used to carry snowchains in their cars for atleast one axle and so should you. Will get you out of a lot of trouble! Nowadays on the other hand "everybody" is driving electric cars and needs to be rescued from their car by the emergency services and red cross due to the battery emptying so they don't have any heating anymore 😂 Sadly the world is chaning ..... I still have a Land Cruiser diesel with proper chains to all four tires, just in case ... Usually also stop and offer help to people stuck or driven off the road if I have time. I don't think the other drivers are driving that fast, just you that are driving slow, evident by using double the time of what google maps suggest. You probably don't have proper "arctic" winter tires but European winter tires wich is obly considered "all season" tires here in Norway. Really isn't usable with our winter environment. You will also experience that at -30°C you have much better grip than at -2°C, the colder it gets, the better the traction. At -30°C even summer tires have some grip, but wouldn't advice driving on summer tires! You have probably learned a lot of "lessons" from your winter arctic "expedition" that you can implement on your next winter adveture. Best of luck on your next one 🤠
Tu est trés courageux mon ami! Video de superbe qualité...on voit que tu te donnes du mal...je te souhaite de réussir sur youtube! ton voyage me donne envie...peut être 2025 si le temps me le permets...en 4x4 amenagé!je prie! Bonjour de France!
Thank you so much for your kind words and support! 🙏 Your plan sounds amazing! Just start preparing for it right now. At some moment, you’ll feel you're getting serious and can pick a date to leave. Otherwise, it will never happen :) Wishing you the best of luck with your 2025 adventure in the converted 4x4!
Hey man. Ive done something similar in my Kia Picanto, however with a roof top tent on. Do you just let it idle all night without any problems? You earned yourself a subscriber!
Thank you so much! 💯 Idling went fine, only thing I noticed was the bubbling sound from the exhaust. It's not great for the car, but sometimes I had to.
@@PT-mj3bk To be honest, the engine works really well. Although it had a really hard time in Switzerland with climbing the mountains. More worrying is a rattle from the gearbox. The shifting also makes noise, like there's gear wheels are loose. People say it's normal for the Up untill 2014, when they put in better gearboxes.
bit late maybe. but would just stuffing a lot of snow in the rims keep them balanced? that way there can't build up more snow and you can just leave it.
Haha! I have been working like crazy for this one. Give me a few days of rest 😅🤣 Next one should come faster than it took the previous ones, as I now have all the building blocks ready.
19:45 mate the elderly man man Sad you should not stop just before a hill as it takes time to stop on slippery surface and you are dificult to spot ,so asking for accident really. I am from Norway and wish you the best but driving up North is culture ,you need to learn, and you dont know how to be careful, ask locals , and get knowledge. and bye the best tires you can get as it saves lifes.
The line between being brave and just being stupid is very, VERY thin and my man Zoef keeps jumping from side to side during this trip. 😁Been a very interesting adventure so far~
I love this comment! 😇
And it's going to get a whole lot more interesting later on this trip 😉
Probably the best video i've seen all year.
Looking forward to your content! Yeah I did drive a lot for work on the truck. Surely that must've helped a bit. How did you end up with friends in Haarlem?
@@ZoefontheMove Hey mate, just replying to you now, but on IG.
Episode 3 was recommended to me by youtube a few months back and wondered where it’s gone, glad i get to see another episode! ❤
Brave man to go to north cape with just a VW Up... Such a cool experience even with all the tribulations. Well done man :)
its great to see how many people are out there asking if you need help/helping you. also this video is awesome and the views are stunning.
Help me reach 10.000 subscribers so I can make more epic content! 🚀
For what it's worth, I appreciate you doing this trip so I don't have to. The fact you're sticking with it through all the trying parts is truly impressive. I can almost guarantee I would have tapped out by now lol
You would still need to go down all the way from North Cape, so you would encounter loads of mini adventures along the way ;)
what a nice guy at 20:50
I've lived 1 and halv eyar in Storslett. The best place on the Earth ,and how we see on the video, all people there are so kind.
42:31 these waste collector guys were really kind to help you out =)
Absolute legends! 🏆
Glad to see the next part of your roadtrip... and in the middle of summer, it's refreshing!
I do not hope the final part comes in the winter though ;)
looking forward for the next video. Keep up the good work!💪
Maybe a bit late to the video but some useful tips when stuck in the snow:
-Put your floor mats under the front tires, this has gotten me unstuck from a frozen parking lot
-If you are high centered on snow, lift the car on its factory jack, this way you can clear the snow underneath with the shovel or find sticks, rocks, whatever to put under the tires to raise the car enough to get unstuck.
- Chains are very important but if you need something easier to equip and easier to store, look up tire socks. Those are a good compromise.
Hope this helps and respect for the courage, Id love to do something similar one day too.
Thanks for your tips! After the last episode of this trip, I'll feature all the best tips together in one video! 💪🏼
As a Norwegian, who lives by the arctic circle, and experiences such conditions every winter... And I think this is normal winter conditions to drive a car in, so I have to laugh a little..
Haha, I can understand. But for us this is different! Especially with this car 😅
Amazing work, can't wait for the next one!
I've already been hooked from the first video, but this was even better
I was waiting for this episode for a while now. I was afraid you'd stopped filming for some reason. I'm so glad you're continuing, and you seem to be having a good time overall. Have fun and can't wait until the next one
日本からこんにちは。
美しい景色とドキドキする展開にこの先の冒険を楽しみにしています。
Thank for stopping by! I will add Japanese subtitles for this video when I get back from Switzerland in 2 weeks.
Were you able to follow the video now without subtitles in Japanese?
Awesome series, keep up the fantastic work 🤩
We are looking forward to the new series
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you so much for your support! ❤️
Wonderful video!
It's common to weight the fruit and vegetables yourself in the Nordics. There's either a scale by the greens which prints the label for you, or there's a self-checkout with scales.
That big Trangia set you skipped?
Should have picked that one. At least if it comes with the non-stick frying pan.
The Toll agents don't really care about the answers. Not all of them, at least. They're mostly profiling you on HOW you answer; if there's hesitation or anything.
What is the rating on your tires?
M+S is no longer considered good enough, and you need 'tri-peaks' rated ones, at least if you're using non-studded tires.
For anyone else thinking of doing this, I would REALLY suggest bringing something like AutoSocks(Actually a Norwegian cration) or easy to fit snow-chains.
And learn to fit them before setting out on a trip. It's no fun trying to figure it out when the car's well and truly stuck and the weather is trying its best to kill you.
I have Thule Easy-fit CU-9 series chains. They're bl**dy expensive, but can be installed in seconds. You can find cheap chains that's barely 10% of the price, but they're a bit more finnicky to install.
If you see a snow plow heading in the direction you want, FOLLOW IT! They may not move very fast, but it's the safest way to travel.
ABS and anti-skid is GREAT for winter driving. In my opinion, it's usually better than 4WD without ABS.
In heavy snow I don't use the high beams at all; the light reflecting back from the snow just destroys visibility.
When you see someone stuck in the snow you help them, with no expectation of a reward. Because the next time it can be you who need the help. Pay it forward.
You might have been able to get out of that hole if you had put on snow chains immediately. Maybe.
One technique that sometimes work is rocking the car back and forth quickly. But then you need to be very careful with the throttle. Just get a tiny movement forward, then slam it in reverse and get it to move back the same distance or a few mm more, then forward again. But it needs to be done with no spinning.
Spinning the wheels just digs you deeper and polishes ice.
Your Up is a bit more difficult to get out by yourself because of the very low ground clearance. It's much easier for it to end up with the bottom of the car resting on snow than for many other cars.
Another tool that could have helped is 'snow ladders'. Basically platic or metal mesh in that pattern used on stairs and walkways. wedge those as tightly under the wheels as you can to pull out.
www.biltema.no/en-no/car---mc/car-accessories/winter-products/snow-chains/anti-slip-treads-2-pcs-2000037504
Big tip about sausages...
You want the Baconwrapped cheese dogs. Battles have been fought over those...
www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryStories/comments/1w6ze3/xpost_from_rbestof_story_of_epic_snowball_war/
Hola! You took the time to write a comment 😉
*Cooking equipment*
I already had a new set of pans in the car.
Toll agent
I'm aware of this, and I was confident in answering. Hence why she let me drive through.
Tires
The tires are with MS logo, but the compound is way to hard for Arctic adventures. I was not aware of difference between our winter tires, and theirs.
Chains
I can’t use chains because of the long tunnels all the time, so socks would be a solution for sure.
High Beams
At the time I was not sure about how the quality of all the footage would be at night, so I often used the high beams to let the camera capture more of the image. More light = less grain.
Help
In the next episode you’ll see each and every driver passing me without offering help. At North Cape many cars passed me there as well. The van stopping at North Cape was a foreign one I assume.
Ground clearance
You’re correct about the low ground clearance of the Up, this really did not work in my advantage. Most of the times the wheels were spinning, it was resting on the floor and I wanted to illustrate on camera the situation.
Back and forth
Rocking the car back and forth was impossible due to the gears of this car not being able to change that quickly. I tried, and it didn’t like that 😉
Snow ladders
That is absolutely something I’m going to take with me next time! It would have made my life so much easier! Thanks!
@@ZoefontheMove My snowchains can be fitted in half a minute... ruclips.net/video/mLDn1pJIvHg/видео.html
regular 'fast' chains with wires you hook together behind the wheels are a bit more cumbersome, and can take a couple of minutes, assuming you're not already stuck. But they're not meant for a 'permanent' install, and neither is the snowsocks. Snowsocks goes on very quickly, though, and can be removed just as easily. Anyway, you only use them when the road conditions warrants it.
Solid chains, though, such as busses, lorries and trucks use, don't take much damage from a few kilometers of bare road in a tunnell.
Rocking. Automatic? They kind of suck at this.(Fingers crossed that I don't have to do this as my current car is an electric, and so only has automatic.) Weight of the vehicle also plays a role. You want inertia to help out.
Were there any truckers among those who passed you?
Most of those visiting Nordkapp at that time of year are forreigners.
Some people with smaller cars may have decided that their car wouldn't be strong enough to help tow you out. But stopping and asking if there's anything they could do would still be the decent thing to do.
But yeah, common sense and empathy is a finite resource, and with more and more people living in Norway, some end up without any at all.
Incidentally, in the user manual for my car, the only thing they write about towing another vehicle is 'don't'...
Have you seen the channel Mispronounced Adventures ?
In a recent episode he went even further North...
@@norwegiangadgetman That is not the issue. The issue is the looooong tunnels of many km's. They just come and go, and you don't see them coming all the time in the snow. Let alone find a place to take them off, and put them on again after the tunnel.
@@ZoefontheMove Worst case, there's emergency stop pockets near the ends of the tunnel. you wouldn't be the first or last to use them for this.
You've probably figured this out, but the diesel in the heater will probably have gelled (frozen) if you were using normal diesel.
It was only a few degrees below zero here, it was the air intake. Thanks for taking the time to write a comment 💯
Epic Journey, thanks for sharing, You have a new subscriber.
I'm living in a cold place, in order to not snow stuck on wheel, we are using steel rims and a rim cover in winter, aluminum rims on the summer so one car two rim and tyre set. Second your cars tires Petlas Snowmaster, produced by Turkish Company. Snowmaster is good in light snow and decent lifespan. But if you are using this tyres on the North it will give you a dizzy and unstable car. Best suitable Petlas tyre for this journey would be Petlas Glacier W661 or Nokian Hakkapeliitta but after 5000 km in Netherlands both of them shredded, becuse they made it for full snow and ice.
Thanks for the info on the tyres! The thing is, they are way too soft for driving in the Netherlands. Might consider it though for a next trip.
@@ZoefontheMove Waiting for new epic trips 👍
@@st4lk33r Working on it 🚀
great adventure man! and you are also very brave to do the road trip on such harsh weather conditions with a small car
Thanks! Keeps it interesting 😏
You could have used the locking eye of the trunk as a towing eye 😋
Most Scandinavians i know drive with studded tires in winter and they just drive at normal speeds with those. They’re used to driving those conditions too.
Awesome video! Enjoyed it very much!
Would the locking eye have hold you think? I don't think it's able to disperse the force to the chassis.
About the studded tyres, I investigated about this before I left, but there's no way to take them with me, and no way of mounting them there for an unknown route for a roadtrip. But I survived! 🙏🏻😏
At 19:16 he says you can’t stop in the middle of the road on a hill top. You are clearly not in the middle of the road, but you are standing still on top of a hill which can lead to dangerous passings. It’s something we don’t do, especially during the winter months.
Great video, been following your journey for a while. Greetings from Tromsø
Hola! Thanks for clarifying this to me! Until now I had no idea why he was so mad at me.
His argument of not stopping on a hilltop makes sense a lot. Not only in Scandinavia of course. I just went to that location on Google Maps, because I couldn't remember it being on an actual hilltop. But when you move away from this point, and then look back, he does have a point. Here is the location, but it's on the opposite side of the road, there is no map for the other side: maps.app.goo.gl/F1TZbVEJA8hAeajKA
I'll remember this for a next time! Thanks again for taking the time to write a comment :)
Long wait but now i will enjoy my evening with some candy and m&m's and learn from you because i also already wanted to drive to the northern light with my car!
Go for it! Start preparing today. Make a list of stuff you need and start buying things. At some time it will become serious and you can start planning a date.
Best Video!
Echt toffe filmpjes Zoef!
Als je geen grip hebt op een helling, kun je proberen om dit in zijn achteruit te doen. Hierdoor heb je het gewicht van het motorblok op de aangedreven wielen en dus meer grip. Dit heeft mij ook eens uit de brand geholpen in het mooie Noorwegen👍🏻
Goed idee! 💪🏼
Lestgo finally a new video. Good job
Amazing!!!
Nice video!
If you are stuck on a hill you can try going in reverse it may sound funny, but it works. About tires you need some soft winter tires it will makes big difference on ice, even chines sailun tires willl be good inaf. About rims thats somting new for me, I knew that in deep snow you can get snow in them, but by driving on snowy road get them that full was realy myster.
Fantastic
Great video! Nice to see and although i dont quite understand the vehicle choice I respect you going there in that car! So far it held up pretty dang well! Greetings
A 4x4 or a van would be boring. There's loads of content about that.
That colors from the cameras.. Not sure if it is colorgraded or straight from the cameras, but it looks wonderful. Looking forward to a new epizode! 😀
Amazing content ❤❤❤
Frost Punk vibes.
Geweldige vi deo! Thumbs up, afgelopen jaren zelf ook in een up gereden. Niet verwacht dat ‘ie zoiets allemaal aan zou kunnen. Ga zo door👍🏼
I had been waiting for this, please post more often
At the end of this episode there's some shots of the next video. This time I was really careful not to use content too far away, because that would force me to make a longer video than I want to, and thus longer editing time.
So you'll get a shorter video next time, but should be a lot quicker than it took this one. I'm still learning, so please forgive me it took so long for the latest video.
One tip for driving in the snow and ice: take off the traction control at low speeds. It might sound counter intuitive, but getting up that hill would have worked better that way. Plenty of revs and wheelspin does the trick😊
Good idea! Thnx!
That might also help in mud too.
Also, reversing up with a front engine, front wheel drive car gives quite a bit more traction 👍🏼
Ik maak altijd grapjes over de tinky toy wegwerp auto van mijn collega ( ook een up ) maar vanaf nu grote respect voor deze autootje gekregen ..
Zal hem wel nog steeds gek maken 😅😂
Haha ik was de langzaamste overal, dus echt van harte ging het niet. Maar hij heeft het iig overleefd 🙃
42:09 when the bois show up XD
They saved the day! 🙏🏻
Wat een avontuur en wat een video! Echt waanzinnig.
So many challenges in such a short time. Hats off to you for your perseverance. Personally, I wouldn't travel there around the shortest day because of the dangers of driving in the dark. I always tell myself and others never to drive in the dark in Scandinavia. Until last year I left Ostersund in the dark and a deer hit the side of my car. Fortunately without damage.
Driving in the snow is so tiring because you can't afford any kind of steering error. Once stuck in the snow, it often means that you really get stuck and that you need help from others to get out. Funny thing is that in February 2020 I helped drag some locals out of the roadside in Abisko, Sweden. Digging out and pushing with three men didn't help. Only with my car in front of it and a few attempts later it worked.
Yes, in general those Scandinavians are a bit stiff and on their own. But there are also plenty of positive exceptions.And you hit one of those when you were stuck.
By the way, did you still have to pay at the entrance to the North Cape when you arrived there at night? If I remember well I paid over €25,- a few years ago.
Anyway, I can't wait to see the next episode of your adventure.
Pro tip! Get studded tires when you do this trip. Makes night and day difference. That’s why the locals drive so fast :)
In an ideal world, that would make life a lot easier indeed. But it's forbidden to drive on those in NL and Germany. Denmark I don't know. So I would have to rent the tires there next time 😅
@@ZoefontheMove There are tires that have prepared holes for you to be able to screw studs in yourself when you need them, and take them out when you don't. I'm currently researching for a tour around the baltic next year in February and these are definitely going on my shopping list.
@@r0flc0pt3rm4n Those tires are useless. Buy proper studded tires, or rent a car with proper tires.
@@liikenteenlaskija are they? how so? would love to know more!
Those guys that helped you were amazing
Amazing content, what an adventure, I only live in the UK but always carry a couple of plastic ground waffles, they take up little space and have saved me and others from all types of ground when stuck, often can be picked up on eBay used for a low cost. Looking forwards.tonwhat ever you do next. Stay safe
Thank you! They're on my list! 🙏🏻
nice 😊 i am jealous 😊
Mquinifico, massa d++
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Your support means a lot to me!
@@ZoefontheMove Thank you, I don't know how you manage to stay in the cold with a UP, very tight, show d+++ your videos.
@@jhonydigo It was hard, but I made it out alive!
that was "een fijne" episode for us thank you from myself but please upload the new chapter as soon as possible because i need this cozy videos for resting
Note: when you editing next videos it would be better with music's a bit silence good for quality ,Respects from Arnhem 👏
You mean the volume of the music lower? That's one of the things that slipped through because of the rush with uploading. Balancing the volume on all elements is a tedious job.
Thanks for your feedback, I'll look into that more thoroughly in the next video.
if you’re coming north in winter get yourself proper tires, especially without 4wheel drive you need studded tires. too many tourists think they can just drive around wherever and then getting in accidents
There is no way to mount studded tires in the Netherlands, and drive up to the north.
And mounting tires there for an unplanned roadtrip is not an option as well.
Just be extra careful and drive slow, no need to keep up with the locals.
This is a great adventure, well done for putting yourself there to do it all. I was in Tromsø a couple of years ago to do some filming at a submarine base a few miles away, so I know some of the conditions you experienced. Brilliant stuff and looking forward to the next episode.
It did make me laugh when the police / customs officer asked you if you smoked weed after finding out you were Dutch, no stereo typing there!! 😂
You are correct! Exactly why I added: "They must have seen my Dutch license plates on a camera somewhere down the road" 😜😬
She was almost singing this question 😂
7:41 on 2x speed, astonished by the female's English then I rewinded to find that she is a custom officer instead of a traffic warden.
But that still amazed me, gives good first impression of Norway.
Overall, people were very good at speaking English. They did not even try speaking their own language to me. Something you see a lot in the south of Europe.
Very good your channel, I would have tried to put tires like off the road if there is a type for snow, chains for the tires, I would try to use the wood for the fire to get out of the hole and the snow stuck under the car must be making it shake, I'm really enjoying your adventure and I'm looking forward to watching more, I really like this content, a hug and I expect more content like this from your channel.
Great video, I enjoyed it very much.💯 I have similar trips to the north in my thoughts but so far there hasn't been the opportunity and the courage.. your courage is huge! I myself own a Skoda Citigo, the "brother" of the VW Up and I know how easy it is to get stuck in deeper snow or steep hills... Actually, it's a car totally unsuitable for such a journey and that's the fun and challenge. 😀👍🏻
Go for it! Start preparing today, or it will never happen! 😉
Hello friend, the temperature in Türkiye is around 32 degrees right now, I feel relieved by watching you.
This is better than a thriller movie man!!
new subscriber for sure
My god, I made the journey Stockholm-Grense Jakobselv-North Cape-Lofoten and all the coast down last summer in my campervan and many times I asked myself how that trip could have looked like in the winter, well - now I know :D
And I was wondering how everything would look like in the summer, because most of the days were dark 😂
@@ZoefontheMove It was the exact opposite 😅 I drove mostly night or evening to avoid crowds, You didn't seem to have quite the same problem 😎
@@anderspettersson4171 Haha! I was expecting some sort of rush hours, but none of that. There was mostly nobody but me on the road 😅
Awesome video! I drove from Oslo to Nordkapp in january with my Peugeot 207cc, didn’t get stuck but it was just as much snow like you experienced.
Thank you! Did you sleep in the car as well? And did you make use of chains under the wheels or not? Are you doing such trips more often?
@@ZoefontheMove I do those trips fairly often! I am actually on one at the moment. In Germany right now heading home from Albania, I have indeed slept in the car most night of my journeys but not comfortable😂 I have used chains once, worked fine but that means no faster than 10/15km/h
I am very proud of having the same car up which can tolerate under harsh circumstance.
It wasn't all smooth sailing, as you'll see in the next videos 😅 And I was the slowest car on the road there.
41:41 You can see those are central European friction mild winter asymmetrical street tyres... on a FWD car:
that's way way way distant from an optimal set-up for such a journey. Half of the adventure is given merely by that! xD
Great video! I would never do it without studded tires (aka "spikes"). Crazy:) BTW: I think the doors in the tunnels are also to keep the reindeer out.
Thanks! Maybe there's multiple reasons. One of which is to keep the temps above or around 0. If ice grows on the ceiling, it could fall on cars.
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us
Thank you so much for your support! ❤️
You are a maker!
I'm happy that I've discovered your channel:) Whole series about this trip is awesome!
It is one mighty little car, no doubt:)
If you could make subtitle to be shown just a little bit longer on the screen it will be great!
(Not a native speaker talking:))
And I'm so freaking jealous about that silence that you experienced...
I was not born in the city, but I've been living in the capital city for almost 15 years and the silence of forgotten spaces I miss the most
Thanks for the input. Will take care of that ✌🏻
Sicke video en editing skills! Het lijkt me echt mental als het telkens om 15 uur al donker is
Om 13:00 al 😅
@29:50 wax helps as the snow doesn’t stick as much
Oh wow! That is such a good idea! You're the first that comes up with a solution for that! Is that how most of the people do it there? And do you have to put the wax there only once, or every once in a while?
@@ZoefontheMove I usually put a layer when I wash the wheels for storage in spring time, then another layer putting them back on in October (usually). Also, some rims are simply not ideal for snow. It looks like the circles in your rims tend to collect allot of snow. As for wax I use Swisswax Autobahn.
Side note. Few Norwegians dear to drive that route during these conditions, even with a proper car. It’s tiresome and not fun at all. Doing it all in a UP deserves an award.
The worst conditions hits around +2 to 0 C, as the snow is wet, sticky, restricts visibility and can lead to to hydroplaning (expect in slushy snow). It’s horrible. It must have been a real challenge in this car. Cheers
Erg leuke video
You could just find out the dump truck company's detail and give them a call. I bet you they know who drove that truck that day (you can give them the license plate number on the truck) and then send the gift to the company address so they can give it to their drivers :)
They're following my YT. But I don't know their account :)
Misschien eens een kort interview doen met locals en vragen hoe ze in vredesnaam hun dagelijks leven leven in deze omstandigheden. Wat een vet avontuur man!
Goed idee! Mocht ik weer gaan komende winter, dan ga ik dat zeker doen! Thnx Robbie / Tineke! ✌🏻
@@ZoefontheMove Oh ja ik was even vergeten dat je allang weer thuis bent. Haha! Ben echt super benieuwd naar de volgende video's man! Ik vind het echt super chill om te kijken. Met een heel gezin op sleeptouw zie ik dit helaas niet meer zitten. XD
@@robbietineke Leuk om te horen! Ga m'n best doen op sneller uploaden.
Dat soort dingen kun je altijd gewoon ver vooruit plannen toch? Papa gaat even 2 weken op pad. Huur een camper in Noorwegen en maak die roadtrip.
You are definitely crazy, but with all due respect, the only recommendations are a roof box to avoid overstuffing every time and a built-in cabin heater, greetings from Latvia, good luck...
Zo tof! De mensen lijken ook wel echt veel relaxter als hier in Nederland. Zijn echt behulpzaam vragen of alles goed gaat en nemen de tijd je te helpen.
Haha nou ik zal je vertellen... de mensen daar zijn vrij kil en afstandelijk. Horkerig zelfs. Iedereen voor zich. Dat was mijn eigen constatering, en werd er later door een aantal mensen onderweg op gewezen.
Kon het kenteken van die bus niet lezen, maar ik denk dat ze daar niet vandaan kwamen. Ook roadtrippers denk ik.
De Noren zijn niet zo ‘bemoeizuchtig’ als wij in Nederland gewend zijn. Ze willen je niet storen waar jij op dat moment mee bezig bent. Maar wanneer je de Noor aanspreekt dan ‘ontdooien’ ze.😊
nice video
Using wrong time of rims for the winter.
if you turn traction control off when you get stuck in snow, this can often help .
Hey Zoef!
Uh, how time-consuming it is to think about taking the camera in a good position, no matter how exciting the situation.
big cinema, really good production!
Best Greetings!
Jo
Haha filming everything definitely was time consuming, but it was worth it. Thanks for the kind words 🙏🏻
Its amazing , everyone speaks english :) i could survive their althou would need yo be summer for me :) your videos are so professional , is that your job?
Thank you so much for your kind words! I would love to visit the north in the summer, maybe next year!
It's not my job, just a lot of practicing I think 😅
Keep the keyfob in the inner pocket of the jacket.
When the wheels start slipping. Dont continue as you do as the spinning wheels polish the snow to ice like surface.
Do you have real winter tyres on? If mud and snow tyres they are not as good.
You can also pull in the rear rim to get unstuck.
Oh it's KEYFOB instead of KEYKNOB. What a blunder I've made 😂
Tyres have the M&S symbol on it. But the rubber compound is too hard in western Europe.
@@ZoefontheMove Right. M&S is from german words matsch and schnee and means mud and snow. But those are not good in Swedish colder winter.
43:16 If you look in the manual then there will a page where you can look up how to get to the rear tow hook.
The VW Up! manual does not mention the presence of a rear towing eye. It only refers to the front towing eye. There is nothing on the rear of the car as well.
Excellent video, excellent content, excellent editing. New follower here!
Yup, not the correct car, unless you want an extra challenge or two 🤠
Before, almost everybody used to carry snowchains in their cars for atleast one axle and so should you. Will get you out of a lot of trouble!
Nowadays on the other hand "everybody" is driving electric cars and needs to be rescued from their car by the emergency services and red cross due to the battery emptying so they don't have any heating anymore 😂
Sadly the world is chaning .....
I still have a Land Cruiser diesel with proper chains to all four tires, just in case ...
Usually also stop and offer help to people stuck or driven off the road if I have time.
I don't think the other drivers are driving that fast, just you that are driving slow, evident by using double the time of what google maps suggest. You probably don't have proper "arctic" winter tires but European winter tires wich is obly considered "all season" tires here in Norway. Really isn't usable with our winter environment.
You will also experience that at -30°C you have much better grip than at -2°C, the colder it gets, the better the traction. At -30°C even summer tires have some grip, but wouldn't advice driving on summer tires!
You have probably learned a lot of "lessons" from your winter arctic "expedition" that you can implement on your next winter adveture.
Best of luck on your next one 🤠
Great experience!
Thanks for sharing, please keep posting this very high quality adventure blog!
Gaaf! Complimenten
Thanks! The best is yet to come! 🚀
sir i just want to say ur lucky u didnt meet me on the rodes in norway i am a menes on the rode. jk
Tu est trés courageux mon ami!
Video de superbe qualité...on voit que tu te donnes du mal...je te souhaite de réussir sur youtube!
ton voyage me donne envie...peut être 2025 si le temps me le permets...en 4x4 amenagé!je prie!
Bonjour de France!
Thank you so much for your kind words and support! 🙏 Your plan sounds amazing! Just start preparing for it right now. At some moment, you’ll feel you're getting serious and can pick a date to leave.
Otherwise, it will never happen :) Wishing you the best of luck with your 2025 adventure in the converted 4x4!
42:43 with chains you could leave easily
It was hanging on the bottom of the car, so the the wheels were hanging in the air. With or without chains.
Why not use snow chains?
Because there's a lot of tunnels, which are multiple km's long. And there is no place to remove the chains before them.
Hey man. Ive done something similar in my Kia Picanto, however with a roof top tent on. Do you just let it idle all night without any problems? You earned yourself a subscriber!
Thank you so much! 💯
Idling went fine, only thing I noticed was the bubbling sound from the exhaust. It's not great for the car, but sometimes I had to.
@@ZoefontheMove Would be very interesting to see how much damage it will actually do to an engine. 😄
@@PT-mj3bk The bearings will get a beating, but other than that not much I think 😅
@@PT-mj3bk To be honest, the engine works really well. Although it had a really hard time in Switzerland with climbing the mountains.
More worrying is a rattle from the gearbox. The shifting also makes noise, like there's gear wheels are loose.
People say it's normal for the Up untill 2014, when they put in better gearboxes.
bit late maybe. but would just stuffing a lot of snow in the rims keep them balanced? that way there can't build up more snow and you can just leave it.
That way it would be even more out of balance, as you cannot put the exact same density and amount on each place.
@@ZoefontheMove yes you're right. that would never happen correctly. so wheel covers then. something extra to prep for
beforehand.
@@loekvanbentum3907 But I can't be the only one with this issue, right? Never heard about it before though.
when is next video we want more
Haha! I have been working like crazy for this one. Give me a few days of rest 😅🤣
Next one should come faster than it took the previous ones, as I now have all the building blocks ready.
Heerlijk deze video’s ! Laat maar nog een paar komen ps welke camera s gebruik je ?
Komt voor elkaar! De beste content moet nog komen :). Ik gebruik een Osmo Pocket 3.
When it’s the next one ????
Only need to do voice over and colorgrading now for the next one. Getting there faster now.
Thank you for letting me know . Your videos are amazing . Very well done . I’m waiting for it like crazy
@@Outdoorntools On it!
Hello, What time is this? Like Noveber-december or later in the year?
The dates, and times are literally in the screen for each day 😅
But the trip was from january 2nd till january 20th.
put the shovel or something else under/behind the front wheels. its not rocket science.
19:45 mate the elderly man man Sad you should not stop just before a hill as it takes time to stop on slippery surface and you are dificult to spot ,so asking for accident really. I am from Norway and wish you the best but driving up North is culture ,you need to learn, and you dont know how to be careful, ask locals , and get knowledge. and bye the best tires you can get as it saves lifes.
Yeah someone pointed this out earlier. I went to Google Streetview and ineed it's a slight hilltop there. My bad.
You need cross up😊
Maybe yes, but they're so ugly 😅
is up a 60 or 75hp version?
It's 60hp, but it's the same as the 75hp engine. I might do a software update to make it 75 though.
@@ZoefontheMove yeah, my sister in law has same one. I really love them, more than polo. 60hp is quite enough for that little car.
Norwegians live under these conditions year after year. Why make yourself a hero seems a little desperate to me.
Watching a movie must be fun together with you 😜
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