Bing watched your videos for the past couple of days. I am digging them. I live in Louisville, Ky home of the Kentucky Derby. It comes on the 1st Saturday in May. We do have an iconic hotel called "The Brown" I have never been but it is a very luxurious hotel. If you do stay try the famous hot brown and please let me know. Look up Waverly hills sanatorium. One of the top scary places in the world. I have been but when it was a real place in the 1970s. I refuse to go and live under 5 minutes away. Also 30 minutes away from Frox Knox. The home of US gold.
I’m so used to seeing Longyearbyen through the eyes of Cecilia Blomdahl. It was quite surreal and nice change seeing it from your perspective, Tim. We get the full tourist tour. The hotel looks so cosy and the food looks divine!
One of the small pleasures i like in this life is laying in bed and listening to the cold wind howling through tiny cracks in windows and coming down the chimney in the wintertime. Heating on full as well as watching snow/rain lashing up against the windows
I have terrible agoraphobia ( fear of the public ) so thank you for allowing us to live vicariously through your detailed tours. This one is my favorite so far, it gives off really homely energy ❤
Things will get better. The cure to agoraphobia is exposure therapy. Put yourself in situation that slowly trigger the panic and stop. Once you keep doing it, you'll start to make progress slowly.
I would be sat looking out the window with a beer in my hand , thinking im nice and cosy , and warm . Lovely hotel . Snow mobile ride ? Cant see a bloody thing , Skiing ? Same as snow mobile . Just stay in , have a beer or two and chill .
You're a good human being, Tim. I wish you the best, and many more opportunities in the future. Your channel is so nice to listen to. It's a quiet corner, away from all of the anger, hatred, and vitriol, as well as the stress of the outside world. It's a refreshing place to retreat to, and I'm grateful for it. Thank you!
I agree. We need this. I watch a couple of his videos when I get into bed before I go to sleep. When he was in the grocery in the first hotel he stayed in I was thinking that it is so cold they must have a heated bag so it doesn’t freeze - I live in Florida and have cold bags to get fresh food home to the frig.
Changing into slippers in a hotel certainly wouldn’t be seen in Pontins or Butlins 😂 love your vlogs. Like seeing you progress and reviewing hotels across the world. Well done Tim 😊
Tim, it was so nice to see these videos of the far North. Growing up in a climate similar to what I have seen here, I can tell you that I won't be traveling to any cold place for the remainder of my life (had enough cold winters for three lifetimes when I lived back home) but the beauty of RUclips is that I can see places that I would not dare go through content creators such as yourself:) Thank you for sharing.
I like how you’re showing us what it, feels like if it was still dark outside. I like the change in atmosphere. It’s nice seeing what type of things people do in a place where it’s always dark. Great video Tim as always. 🙌
Scandinavian style. Love it. Dinner looked amazing and very reasonably priced for the Quality and variety. What an experience. It'll definitely be on my bucket list😅
Tim, I always lurk and never comment but I just need to wish you and your family a Very VERY Merry Christmas. I won't go too sentimental with what I'm saying but seeing such a loving father figure is healing my inner child every video and for that I cannot thank you enough.
I just discovered Cecilia Blomdahl's channel a few weeks ago, and now I found yours and you've been in Svalbard! I feel like I really want to visit... just seems so calm and pretty and peaceful. Bucket list item added!
Nice. Them canapes looked brilliant. I'll try them next time I'm up in the Arctic. The smoked reindeer looked quite interesting, but on further perusal of the menu I kept getting a picture in my mind of some bloke in a snowscape with a large flamethrower, standing over a deceased Rudolph. So, I think I'll go for the Arctic char. Have to say , holding the mic up to the window and hearing the wind howling does remind one that it's absolutely Baltic out there.
When I lived in Northern Germany, there was the same rule for shoes in people's homes, though I never saw it in hotels etc. The reason was that the pink salt and grit mixture spread on pavements (to avoid slipping on the ice) ruined floors and carpets. Although it was 50 years ago, it's a habit I never lost.....step inside, shoes off.
I could easily spend 6 months in that room, with a good stack of books. Looks so cozy. I've been working at Thule Air Base in NW Greenland. It was the same. During wintertime, nothing happens, and no one cares about anything. Lazy life, easy life. Personally I liked the darkness (73 degrees North), but many people got desperate. A few suicides and many depressed people. But I really liked the peace and quiet.
Sorry for catching you off guard earlier whilst you were eating your Greggs at the airport. 😂 I spotted you straight away and couldn’t resist saying hello! I hope you had a safe journey to wherever you were going. Happy New Year and I’m looking forward to your next video.
Just reserved five days at Funken Lodge thanks to your video. Hard to get sensible flights from Finland to Svalbard thoug.. One of my favourite channels, keep up the very good work! Greetings from Finland. :)
Let's make Tim's channel one of the fastest growing channels ever! It's possible because we all know how addictive these videos are! Not only that, but they're incredibly helpful for those of us that might be visiting these places.
I am very interested in Svalbard. My only concern is that the increase in tourism will damage the delicate ecosystem 😢. Any ideas on how to reduce the environmental footprint and still enjoy all that Svalbard has to offer? Please no anonymous likes or comments on this post. Thanks!
I so love watching your videos! I just discovered them a few days ago. I would be another person that would be depressed in the dark winter. My sister-in-law is from Alaska, and she said that most people get used to it. I would love the summer light, though! Since there is zero percent chance of my going there, I appreciate seeing you enjoying yourself.
Looks like a lovely hotel Tim and that meal looked good. I personally couldn’t be doing with the constant darkness, I struggle enough with the early darkness in the Uk in winter! But good to have the experiences and definitely looks cosy at night! All the best to you and your family ❤️
A Massive Thumbs Up For "TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF"!! And Well Done You Both, For Doing This Back At Your Own Home!! You've Gotta Be SOʻooooo Careful Around Little Casper, When It Comes Till Germs, And The Soles Of Your Shoes When Being Outside!! + Your Own Carpet And House Will Remain Healthy And Clean!! More People ahould Practice It, As It's Nothing Really + Far More Homely Tbh!! Deffo This Is One Of My ALL TIME FAVOURITE HOTELS EVER TIM!!!! SUPERB Video As Per Usual!! ❤ Xx
To build and what’s much more important to maintain this level of comfort and service in the dark ice desert is on the same level of amazing as landing a man on the moon. It also shows what humans can achieve if they stop killing each other and focus on working together
I‘m a teacher in my thirties from Germany. In Germany we have a six week summer break. Often at the end of a schoolyear I really feel the need for an opportunity to calm down and kind of recover from everything. Some years back I booked myself into something that was a mixture of a hotel and a modern monastry. It is run by a small religious (primarily Christian) community whose members were extremely welcoming towards me. Although I stayed there in the middle of summer, it kept raining for three days straight when I arrived. My perfect excuse to curl up with a book somewhere inside. You were asked to leave your shoes in your room at that place as well. Walking around everywhere in my socks made me feel twenty times more cozy and at home. An extra bonus was that there were only very few guests in the first days of my stay. I remember spending hours on end reading on a plush sofa oppposite a fireplace in the entrace hall with my feet up. So taking of your shoes in e.g. a hotel does indeed make a huge difference. I still remember the special feeling from it and the whole stay in general very vividly. Thank you for making this video, Tim, and bringing that great experience back to my mind!
I couldn't go there. When it's dark outside my brain says it's time to sleep. Listening to the wind outside made me feel so cold. The snowmobile ride was cool. I liked hearing about the water under the ice. That was very interesting. I think it takes a special type person to live there. Safe travels home and glad you didn't run into any lost polar bears.
Great Vlog again Tim. You always capture the essence of the places you visit. This comes across a really cosy, clean and well presented hotel. I do like the shoe removing and slipper wearing it’s kind of homely to me. Seating areas are very cosy as you rightly point out. Lighting in the hotel looks like it gives the cosy feel too. Food looks amazing but never enough for me. Snow mobiles are great fun , I rode one in Lapland but it wasn’t electric . Thanks again for an amazing insight into this experience Tim
The shoes off policy is necessary to keep the dirt from the unsealed roads and ice out of the building. The reminder that no guns are allowed is also necessary as everyone has to carry a gun when outside the town boundaries. These are required to scare away polar bears. They also practice shooting every so often at a shooting range.
I recently discovered your channel and I really enjoy your content. Who would have thought such luxurious hotels existed at the north pole? Santa certainly has some very nice accommodations! The best part is that if the power ever goes out, Rudolph can always lighten things up.
Stay at The Post Hotel in Levenworth WA, you won't regret it! pretty much everything is complementary and fairly priced. It puts to shame most luxary hotels.
It looked lovely, warm and and very inviting but like you I wouldn't like the near constant darkness. But then they have the Midnight Sun in summer! Anyway, thank you for producing such enjoyable travelogs this year. I appreciate all the work and time that goes into it. Wishing you, Gaby, Holly and Casper a very merry and relaxing Christmas!
I think that both polar night and the midnight sun would be difficult -- for the first, all you'd want to do is sleep, and for the second, you'd have trouble sleeping unless you get blackout curtains, which I assume most people living that far north use. Winter would be really difficult also because I can't see to drive when it's dark.Thankfully here in Florida, the earliest the sun sets is like 5:30 so I can be home from work by that time.
Just recently discovered your channel and I love the hotel tours! Just as a small suggestion - for the ones of us who enjoy a good water pressure, would be nice if you could do a brief water pressure "check" for the sink or shower when presenting the bathrooms. Otherwise great stuff, I'm a new fan of yours 🙂
I love your channel and reviews. There is a calmness to it that I just cannot describe. You were desperately trying to describe the reindeer meat, I think gamey was the word you were looking for. Strong flavor like in venison. Keep up the reviews!
I suggest that you stay in a hotel in Williamsburg, VA USA. It’s a town that recreates colonial Williamsburg. Christmastime is the best time to visit ( We live near this town and would even enjoy going to the town with you.) The 5 star hotel is called the Williamsburg Inn
Nice to get a different viewpoint than Cecilia. I didn't know that Svalbard was classed as a desert... an arctic desert. Just as well. I love Cecilias videos as they allow me to enjoy the stunning scenery without feeling the bone numbing cold. I wouldn't leave the hotel during polar night, it would be morale crushing.
Nice video Tim. I recently bought a house so I haven't been able to travel for a while, but watching your videos makes me feel like I'm travelling. Loved the style of the hotel.
For you to spend as much money as you did to go here, this video is not nearly long enough. And would have loved to have seen you walk around the town, maybe go to museum, maybe go to a store, go to the grocery store, go to a local bar, pretty much anything
Great vlog. Electric snowmobiles is the most ridiculous thing in the Arctic! You couldn't venture too far. You can haul petrol but you can't carry an electrical charging station.
Too bad you didn't look up Cecilia Blomdahl who lives just outside of Longyearbyen. She also makes video/vlogs and has shown a lot of the different activities, stores and places to eat. One if I remember is the Husky Cafe. Her partner was a chef at one time and has worked at different jobs. This is second video of yours -- I watched the Ritz one first -- mega spending -- who babysat your toddler while you were at dinner. You and your wife looked terrific and the food even more so.I'm going to watch some more of your videos. Thank you.
Another great video! Jacy'z hotel gothenburg, kempinski in berchtesgaden germany, hotel altus palace in wroclaw poland, Château de la Motte Fénelon cambrai france, also a champaign tour in epernay, just a few recomendations :)
Great video! I watch Cecelia and her adventures a lot. This is really interesting to see the other side of the coin though, not from a resident, but from an exploring traveler! Thank you, thank you!🩵
Im a big fan of your videos and think it would be good to visit Tokyo, Japan and witness all the crazy technology and robots they have there, Thankyou for all your great videos and i hope you find this comment, keep up the good work
Great review! Love what seems to be a tablet/phone stand and a holder for a wine glass(?) in the bath thingie. The food @dinner looks amazing and the price isn't even that bad for a restaurant in a 5* hotel.
❤ beautiful hotel, just found another channel to watch, I love watching Cecelia she lives there. Guess watching your tubes today feeling sick today no work
I wouldn't mind staying there right now.....in the middle of a heat and humidity wave in New York. The hotel looked lovely, so cozy. The food looked amazing, minus the reindeer. Such an interesting place! Thanks for a great tour, Tim! 🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧
Hotel looked great, so cozy, suppose it must be like being on a space station when you think the outside is so hostile with the cold. Must be really hard to get used to that 24 night though. The snow mobile trip looked bloody freezing, haha especially in that wind, bet you were glad to get back in the warm in that lovely cozy hotel in your slippers sitting at the bar 😀👍🥰
Enjoy your videos very much. Wish there was some way to make the volume more consistent. I find myself constantly adjusting up and down. But that's not really much of an issue. Thanks so much.
@CeciliaBlomdahl is the best ambassador for anyone visiting Svalbard. I am trying to visit next year if I can. I tend to spend my winters in the Arctic Circle in Alaska.
I am so glad the algorithm recommended your channel and I find your reaction to reindeer meat hilarious, for me personally it is one of my childhood favorites lol. Subscribed!
I love that you take your shoes off everywhere and wear slippers, do cosy. What a beautiful place. That foid looked amazing. No different eating reindeer to venison, not that I have tried it.
I just discovered your channel. It is so interesting to see how other people live and the different customs. Great job!! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!
Make sure you watch many of his earlier videos. I think Tim makes just about the most interesting videos on RUclips. I know of only a few other content providers that I watch every video they make like I do Tim's.
I always wanted to travel out of the country, but before my time is done I don't think I'm going to be able to. This is the next best thing. And thank you. I get to see it through your eyes. It's better than not seeing it at all❤ I'm referring to all of the videos that I've watched so far and your voice is very calming during the tours
I went to Svalbard 5 years ago in January and stayed at Funken Lodge for three days, we went to one of the mines that suddenly was left and closed during the first week of advent many years ago, it looked as they, the workers, just walked out and left the x-mas decorations behind in the mine office. We went with dog sledges to Adventdalen in minus 24°C, and to the church open 24/7. It's a pity you did not get to do more. Svalbard and Longyearbyen are absolutely worth a wisit. I do recommend Cecilia Blomdahl's vlogs, she's been living out side Longyearbyen for 7-8 years, showing what it is like living there through polar nights and midsummer nights with sun, and what activitiesis worth doing. I hope to go back, as I live in Norway 🇳🇴 Like your nice vlogs 🎉😊 Merry Christmas.
It's a good idea to take the shoes off in a hotel, hotel lobby, hotel restaurant. But it's not practical in the USA. Good chance you will step on a broken glass; and they spray the floors with dangerous chemicals. The chemicals can penetrate through the socks. Toxens. Not good.
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i suggest you should review the Phoenicia resort in Romania the last time i went it was amazing.
It's not 5-star lol.
Is there car hire there?
Bing watched your videos for the past couple of days. I am digging them.
I live in Louisville, Ky home of the Kentucky Derby. It comes on the 1st Saturday in May. We do have an iconic hotel called "The Brown" I have
never been but it is a very luxurious hotel. If you do stay try the famous hot brown and please let me know.
Look up Waverly hills sanatorium. One of the top scary places in the world. I have been but when it was a real place in the 1970s. I refuse to go and live under 5 minutes away.
Also 30 minutes away from Frox Knox. The home of US gold.
You forgot to mention the price of everything!! Even the meal do you still remember how much you paid?
I’m so used to seeing Longyearbyen through the eyes of Cecilia Blomdahl. It was quite surreal and nice change seeing it from your perspective, Tim. We get the full tourist tour. The hotel looks so cosy and the food looks divine!
I watch Cecilia too,lovely content
I was about to ask if Tim got to meet Grim who lives on Svalbard!
@@dogsbody416He did ask apparently, but she declined to meet.
@@marcd6897 she did?? Wow i wonder why?
@@marcd6897 oh really? I wonder why..where did you read Tim say that? On this video or last?
One of the small pleasures i like in this life is laying in bed and listening to the cold wind howling through tiny cracks in windows and coming down the chimney in the wintertime. Heating on full as well as watching snow/rain lashing up against the windows
@@andyhughes5885 100% agree. Sometimes cracking the window on a freezing winter night for a bit feels so good
I have terrible agoraphobia ( fear of the public ) so thank you for allowing us to live vicariously through your detailed tours. This one is my favorite so far, it gives off really homely energy ❤
You are so welcome!
Agoraphobia is not the fear of the public
It’s the fear of going outside
@@tshelby5212 I won't ever argue through a keyboard so we'll just agree to disagree.
😂😂😂typical liberal
Things will get better. The cure to agoraphobia is exposure therapy. Put yourself in situation that slowly trigger the panic and stop. Once you keep doing it, you'll start to make progress slowly.
I would be sat looking out the window with a beer in my hand , thinking im nice and cosy , and warm .
Lovely hotel .
Snow mobile ride ? Cant see a bloody thing , Skiing ? Same as snow mobile .
Just stay in , have a beer or two and chill .
The fact that we get free travel videos from Tim on RUclips is priceless, keeping the knowledge & entertainment alive. 🙏🙏🙏
We get free -travel- videos -from Tim- on RUclips.
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You're a good human being, Tim. I wish you the best, and many more opportunities in the future. Your channel is so nice to listen to. It's a quiet corner, away from all of the anger, hatred, and vitriol, as well as the stress of the outside world. It's a refreshing place to retreat to, and I'm grateful for it. Thank you!
Thank you very much!
I agree. We need this. I watch a couple of his videos when I get into bed before I go to sleep.
When he was in the grocery in the first hotel he stayed in I was thinking that it is so cold they must have a heated bag so it doesn’t freeze - I live in Florida and have cold bags to get fresh food home to the frig.
My son stayed in an ice hotel in Lapland he loved it ❤ looks beautiful and I’m with you couldn’t eat rudolf either
Changing into slippers in a hotel certainly wouldn’t be seen in Pontins or Butlins 😂 love your vlogs. Like seeing you progress and reviewing hotels across the world. Well done Tim 😊
Tim, it was so nice to see these videos of the far North. Growing up in a climate similar to what I have seen here, I can tell you that I won't be traveling to any cold place for the remainder of my life (had enough cold winters for three lifetimes when I lived back home) but the beauty of RUclips is that I can see places that I would not dare go through content creators such as yourself:) Thank you for sharing.
Maybe sometime. There is only little winter in the Netherlands. Nothing compare to Scandinavië.
This is my favorite 5-star hotel that you've stayed at. I agree with you, what a comfy cozy looking place. Absolutely beautiful !
I like how you’re showing us what it, feels like if it was still dark outside. I like the change in atmosphere. It’s nice seeing what type of things people do in a place where it’s always dark. Great video Tim as always. 🙌
It’s not always dark. They have 4 months where it always light because the sun never sets. Very interesting place that’s for sure.
Scandinavian style. Love it. Dinner looked amazing and very reasonably priced for the Quality and variety. What an experience. It'll definitely be on my bucket list😅
Thank you so much for showing us the hotel! 🏨I loved the tranquil manner in which you presented everything. It felt so calming! 🌟
One of the loveliest hotels I’ve seen..
Oh that super cozy comfort rooms
That polar nights, just amazing
Tim, I always lurk and never comment but I just need to wish you and your family a Very VERY Merry Christmas. I won't go too sentimental with what I'm saying but seeing such a loving father figure is healing my inner child every video and for that I cannot thank you enough.
Thank you, means alot. Merry Christmas to you too
I just discovered Cecilia Blomdahl's channel a few weeks ago, and now I found yours and you've been in Svalbard! I feel like I really want to visit... just seems so calm and pretty and peaceful. Bucket list item added!
Welcome aboard!
Nice. Them canapes looked brilliant. I'll try them next time I'm up in the Arctic. The smoked reindeer looked quite interesting, but on further perusal of the menu I kept getting a picture in my mind of some bloke in a snowscape with a large flamethrower, standing over a deceased Rudolph. So, I think I'll go for the Arctic char. Have to say , holding the mic up to the window and hearing the wind howling does remind one that it's absolutely Baltic out there.
When I lived in Northern Germany, there was the same rule for shoes in people's homes, though I never saw it in hotels etc. The reason was that the pink salt and grit mixture spread on pavements (to avoid slipping on the ice) ruined floors and carpets. Although it was 50 years ago, it's a habit I never lost.....step inside, shoes off.
I could easily spend 6 months in that room, with a good stack of books. Looks so cozy. I've been working at Thule Air Base in NW Greenland. It was the same. During wintertime, nothing happens, and no one cares about anything. Lazy life, easy life.
Personally I liked the darkness (73 degrees North), but many people got desperate. A few suicides and many depressed people. But I really liked the peace and quiet.
Thanks to your video now I've added staying at this hotel to my bucket list. Absolutely gorgeous the hotel ambience and the doorway lights.
Sorry for catching you off guard earlier whilst you were eating your Greggs at the airport. 😂 I spotted you straight away and couldn’t resist saying hello!
I hope you had a safe journey to wherever you were going. Happy New Year and I’m looking forward to your next video.
Ha no worries good to meet you .. when u stopped me I was confused like I had done something 😉
Just reserved five days at Funken Lodge thanks to your video. Hard to get sensible flights from Finland to Svalbard thoug.. One of my favourite channels, keep up the very good
work! Greetings from Finland. :)
Let's make Tim's channel one of the fastest growing channels ever!
It's possible because we all know how addictive these videos are! Not only that, but they're incredibly helpful for those of us that might be visiting these places.
You're the best!
I am very interested in Svalbard. My only concern is that the increase in tourism will damage the delicate ecosystem 😢. Any ideas on how to reduce the environmental footprint and still enjoy all that Svalbard has to offer? Please no anonymous likes or comments on this post. Thanks!
Hello Tim 😊 Very well put together again Tim 👍 What a place. The hotel was lovely and cosy looking indeed 😊
Loving these North Pole videos… definitely my favourite location.. I would love to stay in this area😍
What a cozy luxurious hotel , that darkness tho ✨❄️
Love the darkness!!
Lots of vitamin D like they do on subs that stay under water for extended periods of time, even under the ice in the arctic.
I so love watching your videos! I just discovered them a few days ago. I would be another person that would be depressed in the dark winter. My sister-in-law is from Alaska, and she said that most people get used to it. I would love the summer light, though! Since there is zero percent chance of my going there, I appreciate seeing you enjoying yourself.
LOVE that you take your shoes off and put on slippers....SO much cleaner for all!
As cold as the north is with all the beautiful snow everywhere looks cozy 😊
Looks like a lovely hotel Tim and that meal looked good. I personally couldn’t be doing with the constant darkness, I struggle enough with the early darkness in the Uk in winter! But good to have the experiences and definitely looks cosy at night! All the best to you and your family ❤️
A Massive Thumbs Up For "TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF"!! And Well Done You Both, For Doing This Back At Your Own Home!! You've Gotta Be SOʻooooo Careful Around Little Casper, When It Comes Till Germs, And The Soles Of Your Shoes When Being Outside!! + Your Own Carpet And House Will Remain Healthy And Clean!! More People ahould Practice It, As It's Nothing Really + Far More Homely Tbh!! Deffo This Is One Of My ALL TIME FAVOURITE HOTELS EVER TIM!!!! SUPERB Video As Per Usual!! ❤ Xx
To build and what’s much more important to maintain this level of comfort and service in the dark ice desert is on the same level of amazing as landing a man on the moon. It also shows what humans can achieve if they stop killing each other and focus on working together
I just love the” take your shoes off “
Thing!!
as a total germaphobe i totally agree 😂
@@Gabagool99-v8csame😅
I‘m a teacher in my thirties from Germany. In Germany we have a six week summer break. Often at the end of a schoolyear I really feel the need for an opportunity to calm down and kind of recover from everything. Some years back I booked myself into something that was a mixture of a hotel and a modern monastry. It is run by a small religious (primarily Christian) community whose members were extremely welcoming towards me. Although I stayed there in the middle of summer, it kept raining for three days straight when I arrived. My perfect excuse to curl up with a book somewhere inside. You were asked to leave your shoes in your room at that place as well. Walking around everywhere in my socks made me feel twenty times more cozy and at home. An extra bonus was that there were only very few guests in the first days of my stay. I remember spending hours on end reading on a plush sofa oppposite a fireplace in the entrace hall with my feet up. So taking of your shoes in e.g. a hotel does indeed make a huge difference. I still remember the special feeling from it and the whole stay in general very vividly. Thank you for making this video, Tim, and bringing that great experience back to my mind!
I couldn't go there. When it's dark outside my brain says it's time to sleep. Listening to the wind outside made me feel so cold. The snowmobile ride was cool. I liked hearing about the water under the ice. That was very interesting. I think it takes a special type person to live there. Safe travels home and glad you didn't run into any lost polar bears.
You could go in summer where its 24/7 light. Midnight sun.
What a beautiful and seemingly well thought out hotel, so cosy and relaxing!
Great Vlog again Tim. You always capture the essence of the places you visit. This comes across a really cosy, clean and well presented hotel. I do like the shoe removing and slipper wearing it’s kind of homely to me. Seating areas are very cosy as you rightly point out. Lighting in the hotel looks like it gives the cosy feel too. Food looks amazing but never enough for me. Snow mobiles are great fun , I rode one in Lapland but it wasn’t electric . Thanks again for an amazing insight into this experience Tim
thanks Clive
I'm with you on that, Tim. I hate soft pillows. I feel too hot and smothered. I usually bring my own.
This looks amazing. I was surprised the meal was so reasonably priced, i also love the no shoes policy. ❤
And so was the hotel lol
The shoes off policy is necessary to keep the dirt from the unsealed roads and ice out of the building. The reminder that no guns are allowed is also necessary as everyone has to carry a gun when outside the town boundaries. These are required to scare away polar bears. They also practice shooting every so often at a shooting range.
I recently discovered your channel and I really enjoy your content. Who would have thought such luxurious hotels existed at the north pole? Santa certainly has some very nice accommodations! The best part is that if the power ever goes out, Rudolph can always lighten things up.
Your room looked very nice, but the hall with the dark green very dark, strange being dark, both night and day 😊
Stay at The Post Hotel in Levenworth WA, you won't regret it! pretty much everything is complementary and fairly priced. It puts to shame most luxary hotels.
You are such a lucky man to travel all over the world and experience so much. Great channel really enjoy watching
It looked lovely, warm and and very inviting but like you I wouldn't like the near constant darkness. But then they have the Midnight Sun in summer! Anyway, thank you for producing such enjoyable travelogs this year. I appreciate all the work and time that goes into it. Wishing you, Gaby, Holly and Casper a very merry and relaxing Christmas!
I think that both polar night and the midnight sun would be difficult -- for the first, all you'd want to do is sleep, and for the second, you'd have trouble sleeping unless you get blackout curtains, which I assume most people living that far north use. Winter would be really difficult also because I can't see to drive when it's dark.Thankfully here in Florida, the earliest the sun sets is like 5:30 so I can be home from work by that time.
Just recently discovered your channel and I love the hotel tours! Just as a small suggestion - for the ones of us who enjoy a good water pressure, would be nice if you could do a brief water pressure "check" for the sink or shower when presenting the bathrooms. Otherwise great stuff, I'm a new fan of yours 🙂
Thanks for the tip!
3rd of your videos I've seen in 2 days. Love to see these places thru you, great tour guide !
I love your channel and reviews. There is a calmness to it that I just cannot describe. You were desperately trying to describe the reindeer meat, I think gamey was the word you were looking for. Strong flavor like in venison. Keep up the reviews!
I suggest that you stay in a hotel in Williamsburg, VA USA. It’s a town that recreates colonial Williamsburg. Christmastime is the best time to visit ( We live near this town and would even enjoy going to the town with you.)
The 5 star hotel is called the Williamsburg Inn
I’ve been there. It’s a lovely and cozy hotel!
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Nice to get a different viewpoint than Cecilia. I didn't know that Svalbard was classed as a desert... an arctic desert. Just as well. I love Cecilias videos as they allow me to enjoy the stunning scenery without feeling the bone numbing cold. I wouldn't leave the hotel during polar night, it would be morale crushing.
Nice video Tim. I recently bought a house so I haven't been able to travel for a while, but watching your videos makes me feel like I'm travelling. Loved the style of the hotel.
Tim, you are the best man for this job.. excellent reviews every time, no matter where or when...love all of your videos x
I appreciate that!
For you to spend as much money as you did to go here, this video is not nearly long enough. And would have loved to have seen you walk around the town, maybe go to museum, maybe go to a store, go to the grocery store, go to a local bar, pretty much anything
Great vlog.
Electric snowmobiles is the most ridiculous thing in the Arctic! You couldn't venture too far. You can haul petrol but you can't carry an electrical charging station.
When I say this is one of my FAVORITE videos of the North Pole!! ❤❤❤
The Hotel looks fabulous & the food looks delicious 😋. Thanks Tim & Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you & your family 🎄🎅⛄️🥳
Too bad you didn't look up Cecilia Blomdahl who lives just outside of Longyearbyen. She also makes video/vlogs and has shown a lot of the different activities, stores and places to eat. One if I remember is the Husky Cafe. Her partner was a chef at one time and has worked at different jobs. This is second video of yours -- I watched the Ritz one first -- mega spending -- who babysat your toddler while you were at dinner. You and your wife looked terrific and the food even more so.I'm going to watch some more of your videos. Thank you.
You need to go back in the summer so we can see the contrast of how the place looks in the daylight!
Vielen Dank, super gut gezeigt, als wäre ich mit dabei.
Merry Christmas Tim, Gaby and Casper 👍👍😁🌲⛄☃️🌲
Another great video! Jacy'z hotel gothenburg, kempinski in berchtesgaden germany, hotel altus palace in wroclaw poland, Château de la Motte Fénelon cambrai france, also a champaign tour in epernay, just a few recomendations :)
Great video! I watch Cecelia and her adventures a lot. This is really interesting to see the other side of the coin though, not from a resident, but from an exploring traveler! Thank you, thank you!🩵
That was such a calm and comforting vlog. Reindeer I like and is low in cholesterol.
Im a big fan of your videos and think it would be good to visit Tokyo, Japan and witness all the crazy technology and robots they have there, Thankyou for all your great videos and i hope you find this comment, keep up the good work
thank you Hugo
Great review!
Love what seems to be a tablet/phone stand and a holder for a wine glass(?) in the bath thingie.
The food @dinner looks amazing and the price isn't even that bad for a restaurant in a 5* hotel.
We really enjoyed this video Tim. Looks amazing & very cosy!
❤ beautiful hotel, just found another channel to watch, I love watching Cecelia she lives there. Guess watching your tubes today feeling sick today no work
Thank you for all these wonderful video tours. Greetings from (unlike Svalbard), sunny Curacao!
Our pleasure!
It seems so empty lol wow I love that. Like a private world. Amazing
I watched Cecelia for years and I feel like this is the first time I saw Svalbard from a visitor’s perspective
I wouldn't mind staying there right now.....in the middle of a heat and humidity wave in New York. The hotel looked lovely, so cozy. The food looked amazing, minus the reindeer. Such an interesting place! Thanks for a great tour, Tim! 🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧
Hotel looked great, so cozy, suppose it must be like being on a space station when you think the outside is so hostile with the cold. Must be really hard to get used to that 24 night though. The snow mobile trip looked bloody freezing, haha especially in that wind, bet you were glad to get back in the warm in that lovely cozy hotel in your slippers sitting at the bar 😀👍🥰
Thanks for the tour. We are booked here in Feb 2025 for our 40th anniversary
Nice to get a little insight. Can’t wait 😊
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This Hotel thinks of everything. So cozy I must say.
I very recently discovered your channel and really enjoy the contents. This was very interesting.
Awesome, thank you!
Enjoy your videos very much. Wish there was some way to make the volume more consistent. I find myself constantly adjusting up and down. But that's not really much of an issue. Thanks so much.
1:00 The “Shoes off” tradition originates from the mining history in Swalbard, it has nothing to do with ice and snow, more with coal dust.
Thank you Tim, I enjoyed this video too. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Thanks 👍
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The only thing I didn't like was the green hallway. It made it look way too dark. Loved the rest of it.
That's smart to have guest wear indoor shoes, keeps place clean
Hi all you guys , want to wish you a merry Christmas,and all the best 🌲🎅🌲
I wish you would have done more hotels in Vegas. Please visit some more hotels there. Especially the aria.
Thanks for sharing this interesting trip with us. I loved my holiday to the Arctic circle. Magical to see the Northern lights daily.
I watched this twice cause it made me feel cosy
@CeciliaBlomdahl is the best ambassador for anyone visiting Svalbard. I am trying to visit next year if I can. I tend to spend my winters in the Arctic Circle in Alaska.
I am so glad the algorithm recommended your channel and I find your reaction to reindeer meat hilarious, for me personally it is one of my childhood favorites lol. Subscribed!
I love that you take your shoes off everywhere and wear slippers, do cosy. What a beautiful place. That foid looked amazing. No different eating reindeer to venison, not that I have tried it.
I LOVE that fireplace❤❤
I just discovered your channel. It is so interesting to see how other people live and the different customs. Great job!! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!
Make sure you watch many of his earlier videos. I think Tim makes just about the most interesting videos on RUclips. I know of only a few other content providers that I watch every video they make like I do Tim's.
thank you , hope you had a great Christmas and new year
Highway man inn on Dartmoor is a place to stay for sure
My suggestion would be to go from one extreme to the next, that is go from the North Pole to the South Pole or as close as you can get.
good idea
Excellent. Made me want to go. With a big bottle of Vitamin D of course.
of course
Did you run into Cecilia Blomdahl while there, she has a weekly Svalbard channel.
She stopped into that hotel for Christmas drinks with her friend.
This is the one im going to stay at, with the suite like this one, during January. It looks stunning.
Would 100% do such a trip. Thanks for sharing
I always wanted to travel out of the country, but before my time is done I don't think I'm going to be able to.
This is the next best thing. And thank you. I get to see it through your eyes. It's better than not seeing it at all❤
I'm referring to all of the videos that I've watched so far and your voice is very calming during the tours
I went to Svalbard 5 years ago in January and stayed at Funken Lodge for three days, we went to one of the mines that suddenly was left and closed during the first week of advent many years ago, it looked as they, the workers, just walked out and left the x-mas decorations behind in the mine office. We went with dog sledges to Adventdalen in minus 24°C, and to the church open 24/7. It's a pity you did not get to do more. Svalbard and Longyearbyen are absolutely worth a wisit. I do recommend Cecilia Blomdahl's vlogs, she's been living out side Longyearbyen for 7-8 years, showing what it is like living there through polar nights and midsummer nights with sun, and what activitiesis worth doing. I hope to go back, as I live in Norway 🇳🇴 Like your nice vlogs 🎉😊 Merry Christmas.
It's a good idea to take the shoes off in a hotel, hotel lobby, hotel restaurant. But it's not practical in the USA. Good chance you will step on a broken glass; and they spray the floors with dangerous chemicals. The chemicals can penetrate through the socks. Toxens. Not good.