Overnight on Arctic Circle Sleeper Train - The Lapland Express

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @Trektrendy
    @Trektrendy  2 года назад +132

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    • @RM209
      @RM209 2 года назад +3

      Cool

    • @alexwoolford_surf
      @alexwoolford_surf 2 года назад +1

      nice

    • @Trektrendy
      @Trektrendy  2 года назад +32

      @@bobbyfairways490 this is my job Robert

    • @Andrew-Wong
      @Andrew-Wong 2 года назад +5

      Amazing train report! Keep it up! 😀

    • @Trektrendy
      @Trektrendy  2 года назад +5

      @@Andrew-Wong thanks 🙏🏼

  • @CheapCharlieChronicles
    @CheapCharlieChronicles 2 года назад +1632

    Long train rides and winter is a perfect match.

    • @Snovixity勒
      @Snovixity勒 2 года назад +12

      Verified give me some clout

    • @Tmandoesgames
      @Tmandoesgames 2 года назад +13

      Winter in general is perfect

    • @TheHighRoad1748
      @TheHighRoad1748 2 года назад +8

      Polar Express intensifies

    • @Tmandoesgames
      @Tmandoesgames 2 года назад +7

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    • @behindmatt4943
      @behindmatt4943 2 года назад +9

      Unless nuclear winter 💀

  • @Jasuli93
    @Jasuli93 2 года назад +188

    I live in Rovaniemi and take this exact train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi a few times a year (traveling for work). I couldn't help but smile when you said something about a person having to be hardcore to sleep on the economy class seats, because that's what I do every time. :D It was so fascinating to see the journey through your eyes!

    • @ilokivi
      @ilokivi Год назад +12

      Came this way on the last day of 1990 from Jyväskylä via Seinäjoki, using only a seat both ways. Walked on the frozen Kemijoki up to the Napaapiiri (Arctic Circle) past amazing Finnish granite glowing pink through the ice and snow blanketing the landscape. Suomi on kaunis, maaginen maa.

    • @michy7621
      @michy7621 4 месяца назад +1

      I will take Rovaniemie to Hellinski.I will take bus from Tana Bru to Rovaniemi this end if august.How is it travelling on summer days?

  • @TorbjornMain
    @TorbjornMain 2 года назад +546

    I've been in a deep depression and your videos have helped me escape through this difficult period. Thank you

    • @Trektrendy
      @Trektrendy  2 года назад +127

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    • @TorbjornMain
      @TorbjornMain 2 года назад +46

      @@Trektrendy I really appreciate it thanks. I used to travel a lot before the pandemic so these videos remind me of better times. I'm getting there one day at a time and one upload at a time 🤗

    • @Johnybravo0309
      @Johnybravo0309 2 года назад +17

      Better times will come... I've been through it and I can guarantee that... greetings from Brazil...

    • @UBZUKki
      @UBZUKki 2 года назад +9

      @Neville Townsend
      How you doing?

    • @TorbjornMain
      @TorbjornMain 2 года назад +24

      @@UBZUKki doing much much better now thanks

  • @eaglewinnings8003
    @eaglewinnings8003 2 года назад +16

    Absolutely love this narrator. He’s unassuming and he doesn’t make the content about him but rather the travel is first.
    Great channel, soothing and entertaining content.

    • @Trektrendy
      @Trektrendy  2 года назад +2

      Thanks for watching my friend :)

    • @eaglewinnings8003
      @eaglewinnings8003 2 года назад

      @@Trektrendy you’ve got a new fan from Atlanta, Georgia and I’m very picky about the RUclips content I really enjoy.
      I’ve been binging on your videos, awesome stuff. Keep creating great stuff and stay safe in your travels!

  • @ElFuchiEditor
    @ElFuchiEditor 2 года назад +611

    Does anybody always forget about the real world when their watching this? Like they feel like they actually went in a trip with him!

    • @arzusheridan2331
      @arzusheridan2331 2 года назад +4

      Agree

    • @dm5129
      @dm5129 2 года назад +4

      Well, it is the real world, travelling the world. It gives out great information too. Love it and never realized the privacy that can be had in a sleeper car on the train. Always learn something new alright.

    • @dm5129
      @dm5129 2 года назад +4

      Beats a plane trip honestly, being perched into small seats like sardines and not seeing much of the countries or states one travels through.

    • @SarahQuesMehImACrAzZzyLaDy
      @SarahQuesMehImACrAzZzyLaDy 2 года назад +2

      Yeah... I feel we all did

    • @Finsami71
      @Finsami71 2 года назад +6

      Finland is real world, i live here. But thanks! ;

  • @romeants8049
    @romeants8049 2 года назад +27

    Loving the train rides! May not be as luxurious and sensational as first class flying, but the scenes are beyond anything money can buy. Really makes you appreciate the terrain, nature, diversity, and culture of places around the world.

  • @ollipaukola8541
    @ollipaukola8541 2 года назад +304

    As a Finn, it's interesting to see your perspective on our trains :) Glad you enjoyed!

    • @vrfvfdcdvgtre2369
      @vrfvfdcdvgtre2369 2 года назад +4

      Very expensive, prison space & food, so often empty night trains. We did better decades ago, the speed excluded. I am ashamed. Sad.

    • @anthonylee6322
      @anthonylee6322 2 года назад

      I'd enjoy do this trip

    • @girishsavant2302
      @girishsavant2302 2 года назад +1

      What can one explore in the Arctic Circle?

    • @ollipaukola8541
      @ollipaukola8541 2 года назад +6

      @@girishsavant2302 the most popular thing is probably the house of Santa Claus

    • @girishsavant2302
      @girishsavant2302 2 года назад +1

      @@ollipaukola8541 No natural wonders?

  • @cyclingtj
    @cyclingtj 2 года назад +49

    During my Army years, I was stationed in Germany in the early 90s. I did security missions on trains. There was usually a "guard car" where we lived for the duration. We had to bring everything we needed to survive for lengthy trips. Still, it was some of the best sleep I've ever had. Loved watching Europe go past my window. Except France.....had some issues with the French.

    • @cyclingtj
      @cyclingtj 2 года назад +1

      @@r6vinaros556 :)

    • @mascarponezitrone
      @mascarponezitrone 2 года назад +1

      Where are you from?

    • @andrei19238
      @andrei19238 2 года назад +1

      @@mascarponezitrone usa probs

    • @haninditabudhi6574
      @haninditabudhi6574 2 года назад +2

      Whats wrong with French my brother? 😀 I went to Marseille once, its a beautiful city. Except for the language barrier, no one that I met in the streets understand english 🤣

    • @cyclingtj
      @cyclingtj 2 года назад +17

      @@haninditabudhi6574 I visited Paris and Normandy. The people were very nice. When people of Normandy learned I had been in the 82nd Airborne Division....almost 50 years after D-Day...the people were very kind to me. On the train missions, we would get good treatment for other European countries. But in the dead of winter, the French refused to heat our guard car. "Our system cannot work on your car." But when we would get to the Italian border, their train-yard people would shake their heads and tell us that the "system" works on all European trains, and they have had the same problem with the French.

  • @ReyOfLight
    @ReyOfLight 2 года назад +141

    I’m Swedish so taking this trip in Finland is on my list of things to do! I live alongside the railroad between Gothenburg and Stockholm so my idea is to take the express train (MTR Express or SJ X200) up to Stockholm and then take the ferry, preferably Silja Line over to Helsinki and then the sleeper train up in Finland before somehow going over to the Swedish north, rent a car in Kiruna to drive out to the Kiruna mountains and over to Narvik in Norway and maybe some more places in Norway like Senja and Tromsø that aren’t too far away, and then take the SJ sleeper train home from Kiruna or Luleå. I spent time in the far north every summer of my childhood, road tripping with car and caravan, usually about 5000-6000km in a 4-5 week period, for me to take this trip I’m planning on my mind, it would be both to see new things (haven’t really been to Finland other than passing through a part of the far north on the way to Norway) and experience new ways of traveling as I (still) haven’t taken the ferry to Finland (or spent much time on a ferry at all, only a mini cruise from Gothenburg to Newcastle and back once, and some shorter trips) and the only time I’ve been on sleeper train was in China when going to and from Beijing from a city near Shanghai. The trip would also mean visiting places I remember from my childhood and that means a lot to me. Tromsø is a really beautiful city, as is the surrounding area, Senja may well be the most beautiful island of Norway, Narvik is really nice as well as is the road from the Swedish border in Riksgränsen. And the E10 from Kiruna over to Norway just has a special place in my heart with going alongside Torne Träsk, seeing the mountains towering around you with Malmbanan on the side of the road. Then in Abisko... Take the ski lift up on the mountain and just sit there and be astounded by the view with the lake on the left, Lapporten on the right and just Swedish mountain nature when it’s at its best! When I just relax, my mind travels to that mountain in Abisko...
    I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user with severe chronic pain though, so a trip like this would be very demanding, but I will do it, one day, and very likely document it as well and probably upload on RUclips if RUclips still exists by that time (there’s no knowing when I’ll take this trip and what the world looks like then)

    • @truthprevails8814
      @truthprevails8814 2 года назад +7

      Wow...that was some amazing description...it was like....i was there.
      Hope you make that trip soon.
      Cheers and good health.

    • @johnl5316
      @johnl5316 2 года назад +8

      the day ship from Stockholm to Turku/ÅBO is amazingly beautiful. From there one can proceed onward

    • @MrSorbias
      @MrSorbias 2 года назад +3

      That sounds an awesome travel plan!

    • @lah1743
      @lah1743 2 года назад +5

      Wow. Sounds like a wonderful trip. I travelled through Norway, Sweden and Finland (and Estonia and Russia) 30 years ago (from US). Scandinavia was so beautiful. Reading your plans makes me want to redo the trip! Hope you do it.

    • @Tuukkohakee
      @Tuukkohakee 2 года назад +4

      @@johnl5316 Yes it is, and sleepers also depart from Turku!

  • @jerrychen3514
    @jerrychen3514 2 года назад +44

    We were there last Christmas. It was absolutely great experience from Helsinki to Rovaniemi especially if you are in the room with bed and bath. You also got a chance to see the northern light along the route. Thanks for reviewing this trip!

  • @chrisbarnes69
    @chrisbarnes69 2 года назад +63

    We did this trip a few years back and it was awesome. They used to do a free breakfast box for all sleeper passengers. You were stopped a while outside of Helsinki because they were attaching a carriage containing cars other passengers were taking up North. We got on at a station just outside Helsinki after loading our car on to a separate carriage which was attached to the end of the train. ( Made visiting Santa and other Artic circle sights much easier as Uber doesn’t have the best coverage up there!!!)

  • @laurafranich4807
    @laurafranich4807 2 года назад +12

    That was a lot of fun to watch. Train looked very clean and spacious

  • @drewvanduyn7571
    @drewvanduyn7571 2 года назад +26

    Man this has quickly become one of my favorite channels on youtube

  • @karrankanna601
    @karrankanna601 2 года назад +9

    Good to see a combination of freezing cold and a train journey. Really excited to be there once in a lifetime.

  • @smurfkiller4687
    @smurfkiller4687 2 года назад +23

    Love seeing all the cool places you go and how u get there!! I am disabled and poor lol so living my travel Fantasy’s through you
    Keep up the great work have fun stay safe

  • @doorswhofan
    @doorswhofan 2 года назад +15

    Pretty cool how those cabins are designed: Compact and sparse, but comfortable and fully functional, with food always just down the corridor. They have similar service in Japan, as I imagine is the case in numerous other countries. Would love to go on such a journey someday.

  • @mattdaniels4979
    @mattdaniels4979 2 года назад +473

    These train videos are so cool!!! I’d love to ride in a sleeper like that! Keep up the dope videos bro!! I’ll always be a happy subscriber!!

    • @sarbjitkang2687
      @sarbjitkang2687 2 года назад +2

      Hmm

    • @Babu1xa12
      @Babu1xa12 2 года назад +2

      Same

    • @dm5129
      @dm5129 2 года назад +1

      I know, I would jump into that one in a heartbeat. Geez, it is a nice relaxing way to travel.

  • @fantasip
    @fantasip Год назад +1

    I lived in Lapland for 10 years and when it comes to biking in wintertime, using a simple bicycle to get around was the norm. The plow trucks clear everywhere around the clock. I was so used to biking around in wintertime, no special winter tires, either or mountain- or fat bikes, just a basic, simple bike. ❄🚲❄

  • @bsr6823
    @bsr6823 2 года назад +89

    I really appreciate that you included the door card footage. These things are extremely helpful yet so often overlooked in reviews. Loving the content mate!

  • @unkiesacredspirit4938
    @unkiesacredspirit4938 2 года назад +18

    I love Finland...so beautiful!!🥰❤️

  • @ChrisBGSl
    @ChrisBGSl 2 года назад +28

    Relatively new to your channel, but I really appreciate how concise, and yet still thorough, your travel vlogs are. Enough content to give us a sense of things, and not overly long as some can be. Thank you!

  • @trojak22
    @trojak22 2 года назад +25

    The wait outside Helsinki is usually to add cartrain, you can actually bring your car on the train.

  • @himeyalvaradoslaying
    @himeyalvaradoslaying 2 года назад +34

    That intro was absolutely brilliant! Huge fan of snowpiercer the show!

  • @scottscottsdale7868
    @scottscottsdale7868 Год назад +2

    I spent 3 weeks in Helsinki in 1993. Really great train station. Also some of the bluest skies at noon Inhad ever seen. Never took a train ride though. So I really enjoyed this.

  • @jvstcu76
    @jvstcu76 2 года назад +152

    Hi Will. It's so great to see another train adventure. I am a plane and train enthusiast and feel like I've hit the jackpot with your channel. One of my all time favorite overnight sleeper car trips was taking the train from Oslo to Bergen in the winter. I didn't get much sleep as I couldn't stop looking out the window as the train wound its way through the mountains. It was snowing and the the scenery was incredibly beautiful. Can't wait to see more of your trip up north. Take care and have a great week. 👍🏻 💯

    • @louisesuth8141
      @louisesuth8141 2 года назад +3

      I did that trip during a summer day. . well was summer in oslo, spring as you headed west, winter at the highest points then autumn in Bergen. . . was my best day ever

  • @pauljohnson8847
    @pauljohnson8847 Год назад +1

    Um, I can't stop watching your videos. Don't think I'd want to take all of these trips but good on you to make these happen and record your adventures. All very well done and thank you for sharing. Enjoy all of it.

  • @sk4lman
    @sk4lman 2 года назад +38

    I've made this overnight journey myself, but on the Swedish side of the Baltic sea.
    I'm 6'8, so I guess my experience was from quite a unique perspective. The shower certainly is an awesome feature! The shower in the SJ sleeper train was however in a separate room, looked like a mini spa with wooden details, plants, benches and piles of folded towels

  • @Parkhopper1985
    @Parkhopper1985 2 года назад +1

    That room is much bigger than an Amtrak sleeper room with a bathroom. When the bottom bed was down from it's seat position there was 2 inches of clearance between the bed and wall. Nice video. Beautiful scenery. We took our first Amtrak train in June 2021 from Chicago to LA (Southwest Chief) and loved it. We watch lots of train videos now on RUclips. Safe travels everyone.

    • @antonioramos8804
      @antonioramos8804 2 года назад

      Amtrak is OK, but their restrooms are filthy.
      Either the people were just pigs or the restrooms were not being cleaned on schedule. I'm an old Marine, have seen/used out of need, filthy restrooms.
      But amtraks are the worse. You complain, and they wanna throw you out the window.
      Not kidding.

  • @arimewillow4278
    @arimewillow4278 2 года назад +48

    I enjoy your air travel vids, but the train travel is absolutely fascinating to me. Thank you for doing the trains!

  • @rebeccamccready1135
    @rebeccamccready1135 2 года назад +3

    Have actually been to Lapland to see Santa and it was an amazing experience I recommend to all families to go there ♥️

  • @jout738
    @jout738 2 года назад +20

    So cool that you made your way from America to Finland, when I never thought you would come to Finland, when I thought you more intrested in the American trains. I myself live pretty close to the Helsinki Railway station and month ago I went in holiday to lapland with night train that looks exactly like yours and then came back, so this video just looks so familiar to me.

  • @gracesmith6199
    @gracesmith6199 2 года назад +1

    Good to see. Thank you for that from me in Scotland !!

  • @TheSpore35
    @TheSpore35 2 года назад +45

    honestly these train videos are much more cozy and fun to watch compared to flights

    • @mikearchibald744
      @mikearchibald744 2 года назад +4

      Does ANYBODY out there actually enjoy plane travel? Heck usually the BUS is more enjoyable.

    • @robertdefrank2550
      @robertdefrank2550 Год назад +1

      @@mikearchibald744 Yes I enjoy flying-but I would love to go on a train ride....it seems luxurious & fun.

    • @mikearchibald744
      @mikearchibald744 Год назад +1

      @@robertdefrank2550 It is, maybe you have more money that me, becuase for most of us plane travel is less roomy than the bus, and if you crash there's a much higher chance you aren't walking out of it. Plus for the most part they are crappy views, although I must admit they can be pretty awesome. Like when you descend through the clouds and see the cities, or go above the clouds and can see a night sky like never before. But after ten minutes I'm always "wow, if something happened to the engines now, we'd be toast".
      But here in canada our trains are pretty crappy as well. Switzlerland on a train was pretty awesome.

  • @whatever_it_takes6691
    @whatever_it_takes6691 2 года назад +3

    I know airplane videos are your bread and butter but these train videos are magical.

  • @Talswood
    @Talswood 2 года назад +10

    I have no idea why this is so entertaining. Thank you!

  • @theresat2170
    @theresat2170 2 года назад +4

    I absolutely love these videos! I feel like I'm actually doing something productive on RUclips ... because I'm learning just by watching 🙂

  • @dr.chopsticks6022
    @dr.chopsticks6022 2 года назад +30

    Loving more of these train vids!

  • @linettelovejoypiwnicki3792
    @linettelovejoypiwnicki3792 2 года назад +2

    Thank you so much @Trek Trendy for yet another awesome video! When they come to the end I am so enjoying them that I don’t want them to end and can’t believe it’s time for the video to end… Lol… Thank you for taking us on another awesome train adventure! And thank you @Square Space for sponsoring this video…! Wonderful, peaceful, joyful, fun blessings to all! 🙏🤠🪶🙃🦉☮️🤪🍀😇🫶🏼💐🌞🥳💗🥰✌🏽🍶🤟🏽

  • @jeffayoe7468
    @jeffayoe7468 2 года назад +12

    i just love these train vids. i think i've already said this but it just gets you the feeling that your also in the train and enjoying the experiences. Good job Will!

  • @willnoiles2001
    @willnoiles2001 2 года назад +6

    I would definitely take the bottom bunk as I tend to have to get up to use the boys' room once or twice an evening. And I know if I were to try to do this from the top bunk, I would likely be seriously injured along with probably stepping onto whoever was in the bottom bunk.
    Keep up the interesting videos!

  • @TonEd622
    @TonEd622 2 года назад +10

    These trains are really cool!! Looking forward to more!! And I also love the winter travel views as well! 🙂

  • @Kobies_14
    @Kobies_14 Год назад +1

    I’m going on this train this Christmas, thank you for educating me on what to do while I’m on it!😊

  • @A_S12042
    @A_S12042 2 года назад +5

    I remember when you were on 70k subs and I started following you! Your progress since then has been awesome!
    Loving the train reviews btw

  • @club1fan552
    @club1fan552 2 года назад +1

    I've done that trip, getting off in Oulu then on to Rovaniemi and yes, economy is fine in the day. I recommend you go to Norway and do the trip south from Narvik. The sleepers are lovely. The sleepers are also good from Rome to Bern, large and comfortable. Take care.

  • @jamesphilip6737
    @jamesphilip6737 2 года назад +8

    Absolutely enjoy your travel videos. Not only is the info useful, but your videography and editing skill is really top notch too.

  • @Sydorrah
    @Sydorrah 2 года назад +2

    Been binging all his videos...he seems like such a humble guy😊 thx for all the great videos

    • @Trektrendy
      @Trektrendy  2 года назад

      Thanks so much for watching

  • @longerused2023
    @longerused2023 2 года назад +23

    Loving these Train journeys 👍🏻 so relaxing 🤌🏼

  • @RedHanded1969
    @RedHanded1969 Год назад

    What a well designed beautiful train.. With lots of little details that simply dont exist even in luxury train in India or China.. Like handle bar to aid getting down fr top bunk, with reading light, alarm n socket nx to your headspace.. Amazing, this is what a modern country really looks like..

  • @GregCurtin45
    @GregCurtin45 2 года назад +5

    I've watch a few videos of the Lapland train tour (including their 24 hr live cam here on RUclips) but yours is definitely the best. Appreciate the detailed journey and more so, the food. #StaySafe

    • @OH8EFI
      @OH8EFI 2 года назад +1

      Where can that live cam be found? With what search word?

  • @MrWillz21024
    @MrWillz21024 2 года назад +3

    Addicted to these videos, So happy I accidentally stumbled across them, Keep the traveling coming Bro.

  • @Whitewingdevil
    @Whitewingdevil 2 года назад +7

    If luxury train cruises interest you, I can recommend the Ghan or the Indian Pacific down in Australia. It's basically like a guided tour on a luxury train with all the good things you would expect from that, through some of the most beautiful country in the world.

    • @maryd253
      @maryd253 24 дня назад

      I’m from the US and my adult daughter and I did both of those in 2018. We absolutely loved them!

  • @jqs17fh
    @jqs17fh Год назад +1

    I love this. Fresh perspective on what is a normal work trip for many Fins. 😅

  • @SkiaAAAA
    @SkiaAAAA 2 года назад +12

    I love to see more train reviews! Keep up the awesome content!

  • @itsnotme07
    @itsnotme07 2 года назад +7

    That looked like what Amtrak "should" aspire to be, and maybe it will with the replacement of the 50+ year old rolling stock soon. Impressed you were able to get any kind of dinner when you boarded, just because of the hour...meaning Amtrak would not have offered anything but snacks. Cool frozen ride! Haha. As I do my best to avoid snow/ice, and have no interest in anything above the Arctic Circle...I'll live though others travels. At least until the summer arrives. haha. Look forward to next week!

    • @johnl5316
      @johnl5316 2 года назад

      summer in the Arctic is 24x7 SUN & fun

  • @Clutching.My.Pearls
    @Clutching.My.Pearls 2 года назад +8

    How exciting to travel to the artic circle. The train has all the necessary comforts, food looks delicious, and the landscape is beautiful. Thanks for giving us a train ride to such an interesting destination.

  • @frantikfueled
    @frantikfueled 2 года назад +5

    Hi! I’ve binge watched the whole channel and now this pops up. Hope you had a good time and maybe show some Rovaniemi experiece too 👍

    • @frantikfueled
      @frantikfueled 2 года назад

      And to add, there’s also usually a nightless night train trip during midsummer fest when the sun doesn’t set at all. Maybe more of a crowded train then also with more Jaeger 😄Just a hint if you wanna visit again 👍

  • @yamaFC
    @yamaFC 2 года назад

    BRO! PLEASE POST MORE, I've gone through almost all of your aviation travel vids. All of them are a blast to watch, you're awesome!
    Godbless

  • @Sparky16
    @Sparky16 2 года назад +5

    I'd love to see you do more trains! This and your last train one was awesome to watch!

  • @johngraves6878
    @johngraves6878 Год назад +1

    Man, that IS way up there. By the publication date of March, evidently you said this trip was taken in Winter? I can't believe that! In winter on the Circle, you should be in perpetual darkness. Greetings from LA.

  • @sharonnewton4374
    @sharonnewton4374 2 года назад +3

    Loved this video! We did a cruise to the artic circle on a ship, but I think the train lets you see much more on the way! Thanks for your excellent videos! You have a great personality and I love watching! God bless you!

  • @nilanjanroy303
    @nilanjanroy303 2 года назад +1

    Very detailed and witty as well. Loved the coverage.

  • @MsMJK8
    @MsMJK8 2 года назад +6

    The 1/2 hr wait close to Central Station might have been because they add the car carriage to your train. Some of us travel with car on-board

  • @petersauer94
    @petersauer94 2 года назад +2

    Brilliant absolutely brilliant, and so neat and tidy on that train, and the scenery is beautiful 😍

  • @grandmaswanderlust
    @grandmaswanderlust 2 года назад +3

    I went from Stockholm to Kiruna overnight in a second class seat, and it was the most comfortable train ride ever.

  • @GeneralTahung
    @GeneralTahung 2 года назад +1

    i will say im not much of a train person, with that being said, i find these videos amazing to watch. keep it up!

  • @enginerum428
    @enginerum428 2 года назад +10

    Yes! Another train video! I love these types of videos keep up the amazing work!

  • @mariepennington1632
    @mariepennington1632 2 года назад

    The bottom bunk for sure.. Thank you for sharing this trip North.. The scenery looks beautiful 🤩 and you even had an opportunity for a shower…

  • @bubbles9975
    @bubbles9975 2 года назад +4

    I would prefer the bottom bunk!! 🥰 As always, another GREAT video here!! ❤️

  • @francisdoss8642
    @francisdoss8642 2 года назад

    Dear Trek Master, that's a dream-come-true, train journey to Lapland, the land of our very own St. Nicholas...Danke...Greetings from Bangalore.

  • @davidlogan4329
    @davidlogan4329 2 года назад +3

    Absolutely fantastic! You're such a great guide!

  • @salainenlokaatio
    @salainenlokaatio 2 года назад +1

    Lapland mentioned. Pontelius, Jaeger brigade, Stepa, mikedimayn, antti tuisku and Lordi would be proud!

  • @markedwards8788
    @markedwards8788 2 года назад +7

    Another really cool video - pun intended. Greetings from Australia - hoping you can do some flight and rail reviews down under one day!

    • @liss441
      @liss441 2 года назад

      Me too just did my first trip brissie to Bundy on tilt train via business class

  • @cierabee3784
    @cierabee3784 2 года назад

    I just found your channel today and binged your videos. I don’t know why, but watching them is so comforting!

  • @Tuukkohakee
    @Tuukkohakee 2 года назад +11

    5:23 Actually I think you were stopped because they attached car carriages to the back of the train, nice to see you in Finland!

    • @RoyalMela
      @RoyalMela 2 года назад

      Yes, that was the Pasila station or Tikkurila station, where people can load cars into train and get them to Lapland while you sleep in the train. They do not do that in Helsinki main railway station because of limited space. You drive to Pasila or Tikkurila, drive your car on special traincar, then all the readily loaded traincars get attached to the train.

    • @Tuukkohakee
      @Tuukkohakee 2 года назад

      @@RoyalMela Yep, I think the main one is the Pasila car station

  • @duzzzz94
    @duzzzz94 2 года назад +1

    I have taken that trip from Helsinki to Rovaniemi and back for so many times since I was a baby. My most exciting was the first time I made the trip alone. My mom dropped me to the train in Helsinki and my aunt picked me up from Rovaniemi. I was like 11 years old that first time. It was only a bit scary lol but I was able to sleep well in my bed and I had made the trip with my relatives tens of times already at that point. Student budget has forced me to do economy side quite often but I love those sleeper cabins.

  • @coinman1972
    @coinman1972 2 года назад +7

    I wish Amtrak had a way of letting the rider lock the cabin door when leaving it unattended.

  • @emirisik
    @emirisik 2 года назад

    Man the Snowpiercer reference got me x) I love that series!

  • @Tararsupport
    @Tararsupport 2 года назад +30

    I wish to travel on this route

  • @TOMARR2002
    @TOMARR2002 2 года назад

    U re videos help me a lot to recover with my financial crisis after seeing u my mood swings higher higher

  • @RaoulDukeSr
    @RaoulDukeSr 2 года назад +3

    Man oh man I sure find your journeys fascinating Will, easily earned my subscription good sir. Thank you for the in depth tours and exploration, so fun to be taken along 🌲☀️🌲

  • @MrGruffteddybear
    @MrGruffteddybear 2 года назад +1

    I love long train trips. I would take that ride round trip just for the views. Another trip I would love to take is the Trans-Siberian railway from start to finish and back.

  • @daviddeitering6012
    @daviddeitering6012 2 года назад +7

    Really loving the train videos, a couple of bucket list train trips for me my bucket list train is the Indian Pacific across Australia and I would have loved to do the Trans Siberian but that one is unfortunately a no go now with the Russia/Ukraine situation. But it would be really cool to see you do some videos on the Australian and South African trains. Thanks for the content!

  • @shaunpapworth4269
    @shaunpapworth4269 Месяц назад

    The train has been significantly modernized since my journey in 1976 when I was just six years old.
    I spent the first 20 years of my life living in Finland approximately 7km from Helsinki in Espoo that was a very small village when I lived there and loved every moment.
    We would travel to Lapland twice a year, visiting our second home in Sirkka, also known as Levi ski resort, during both summer and winter.
    Oh and just to let you know you are pronouncing Rovaniemi totally wrong lol.

  • @kaljuhyypio
    @kaljuhyypio 2 года назад +5

    What I'm most surprised, is that the train actually did the whole journey without breakdowns or massive delays.

  • @megalol1344
    @megalol1344 2 года назад

    6:23 "I think if there was two of you, it would be a bit strange" 😂😂

  • @felynia
    @felynia 2 года назад +5

    this makes me want to take a train trip lol

  • @andysky123
    @andysky123 2 года назад +1

    Great Upload.. There's something about train travel but you take it to another level indeed. Thanks for this.

  • @NickGoesFar
    @NickGoesFar 2 года назад +4

    What a really cool trip! I've got to know, how do you find such unique rail routes to travel on? I wouldn't have ever known this existed if not for this video.

  • @lynnecartwright3976
    @lynnecartwright3976 Год назад

    So glad I found your channel...I love trains and do my travelling through you now!😂😂 I can't stand all the hassle anymore...and where I live we don't have trains, this is why i enjoy your vids.

  • @rautatiet529
    @rautatiet529 2 года назад +3

    The long stop at the beginning of the journey was to add the car carriages on the train. And by the way, did you notice that there are 6 fingers in the hand shaped decorations on the restaurant car doors? :D

  • @Wisconsin_Local_139_Crane_Guy
    @Wisconsin_Local_139_Crane_Guy 2 года назад +1

    So as an American you went from west to east on Amtrak in your new video, but for me that just normal as waking up. This seems exotic as hell.

  • @WanderThisWay
    @WanderThisWay 2 года назад +9

    Looks like such a fun trip! Adding this to my list of places I'd like to go. How do you decide your trip schedule for upcoming video content? Do you think weeks/months ahead, or plan closer to trip time?

    • @Trektrendy
      @Trektrendy  2 года назад +2

      Usually days and weeks out. I try to be as flexible as possible. Thanks so much for watching

  • @joansmith5870
    @joansmith5870 2 года назад +2

    Beautiful trip! For me that would be a once in a lifetime experience.

  • @theoutofbandpenguin7622
    @theoutofbandpenguin7622 2 года назад

    Yo this maybe 4 months ago but I’ve been through a deep time and a tough childhood but when I watch you I forget everything like even the day of the week lol but in all seriousness I think you could make the 99.9% of the world happy but I don’t know what to do when Im not watching something that makes me feel like I’ve left everyone and thing behind

  • @Springamatul
    @Springamatul Год назад +1

    I liked seeing this journey and Finland is such a beautiful country. I never been there but maybe if the right time will allow me to. 😍

  • @YoungGizzle91
    @YoungGizzle91 2 года назад +2

    I actually also took a night train to the arctic last month, Stockholm to Abisko in Swedish Lapland, journey was amazing 😁

  • @mattik79
    @mattik79 Год назад +1

    Happy to see you visiting my hometown Rovaniemi. :) Very cool channel.

  • @FeCadacio
    @FeCadacio 2 года назад +1

    Wow how I wish to visit arctic circle taking the night time train heading to Lapland.🙏❤️

  • @DSBMAC13
    @DSBMAC13 Год назад

    I took this ride, but in summer and the real long way up to Kolari. My train was a nice mixture of some new double-deck sleepers, some oldschool singel deck sleepers from the 60s, a ravintola-car, some single-deck seating cars and four or five car wagons. I was sleeping in the old singledeck sleepers and I have to say that they are very comfortable for their age. Cheaper than the double decks but with a spacier cabin and a window that could be opened widely. Yes, there is no shower on them, but I don't need a shower for a single overnight trip.