Hello from a ferry employee from northern Norway😊 Ferries in Norway are part of the road network. And is an important means of transport for people and goods transport on trailers. I work 1 week on board the ferry, (long days, approx. 14 hours per day) then I have 1 week off, to be at home with my family. also has 5 weeks holiday in addition to ordinary time off from work.
On islands and communities without roads to the mainland, it is actually free to travel by ferry. This was introduced a few years ago to make life easier for people living in rural areas. Ferries in Norway are, as you have realized, very common, and this does not only apply on roads with little traffic. Tysfjord in northern Norway is so wide and deep that it is difficult to build a bridge. The fjord is so long and the mountain sides so steep that it is not possible to build roads. Therefore, you cannot drive around without taking a long detour, far into Sweden. The main road through Norway in the north-south direction, E6, is therefore divided in two, and to travel between north and south you must take a ferry.
Ships, not boats. Boats do not carry heavy load, ships do. "Driving backwards" or going in reverse onto a ferry is the same as when you're parking, it's no problem at all.
I've grown up in the southeast of Norway, but we have family up North so every time we would drive to see them, we would always be on at least 2 ferries. I always loved watching the water and waves through the windows. Or buying a snack from the kiosk or cafeteria on deck :)
Hahaha, good to see other people fed up with his nonsense😂 Maybe a fun thing to do would be to leave comments with what we think he would comment😂 "SilvanaDil: Oh Tyler, you so dumb, didn't you know we have a ferry in the US too? It goes between New York and Long Island, and it's twice as big as silly Norwegian ferries"😂😂
Trivia: Many ferries are now running on electricity instead of dieseloil. In Oslo you can use your regular buss ticket for the small ferries that run to the various islands in the Oslofjord (a ticket can be used on buss, tram, subway, local train and ferries - and you can jump between them as you wish as your ticket is valid for 1 hour from the time of activation).
You should look into the big ferries that goes between sweden and finland. They are a combination between car transportation ferry and a cruise ship. Viking Line for example and their ferry Viking Glory. The ferry can take on 2800 passengers and over 400 cars at the same time
You do have ferries like this in US. Most famous is the one from Bellington WA to Alaska. If you follow someone that do a lot of roadtrips in US, you will find they will come across a carferry sooner or later.
There used to be over 30 ferry routes in just my county... The ferry route book was known as 'the Vigra Bible'. Half of those has been replaced by undersea tunnels or long bridges. When the Danes built the 'Storebelt' bridges over to Sweden, they used 5 small ferries, all built in Norway. Some route planners will actually show relevant times if you type in the planned start time of the travel. Autopass payment was planned rolled out from around 2022 or so when many routes were up for new tenders, but the implementation was rushed in because of COVID. So in the beginning, the deck crew would walk around and take pictures of the license plates until the fixed cameras could be installed. At the same time they increased the ticket price for cars, but also stopped ticketing passengers. Some cars have sensitive car alarms: Read: Bl**dy Teslas! Incidentally, we now have over 80 fully Electric ferries in traffic.(some routes have 2 or 3 ferries running at the same time) I believe the first car ferries here appeared in the 20s.
No, there were vehicle ferris before the invention of the motor vehicle. The main road between Stavanger and Oslo (including ferries) was upgraded to a horse and buggy road in the beginning of the 1800s. Before that, only part of the main road was for horse and buggy. (The original road was for horseback riding) There is a old ferry route under the new E39 between Søgne and Mandal. This was to transport horse and buggy... The ferry started in 1770. This was a human powered cable ferry with capacity of one vehicle. The first motorized ferry in Norway built from the ground up as a ferry between Stathelle and Breivik.. This replaced a ferry where the ferry deck was a barge with a motorboat attached to the side. But again, ferry for vehicles is older than the car. But then cable ferris (trekkferje) or as a barge with a tugboat was the norm.
@@MichaelEricMenk When was the Stathelle - Breivik ferry made? I honestly yhought that MF Bilfergen was the first purpose-built car ferry, but then again, local patriotism and all that... ;-) no.wikipedia.org/wiki/MF_%C2%ABBilfergen%C2%BB
@@norwegiangadgetman The ferry you linked to was not constructed from to bottom up as a RORO vessel, the vessel you linked to was supposed to be a fishing vessel.. The hull is not specifically for RORO vessels... The ferry for Stathelle Brevik was like most of the RORO vessels we have now, with no dedicated bow and stern, and the bridge on the side. This small ship resemblance more the Try cable ferry that was decommissioned in 1923 than the ferry you linked to. Just that it has its own motor and an enclosed bridge on the side and no cable...
Ferries _are_ an integral part of the road network. Without them, large parts of the West Coast would be isolated from the rest of the country - or they would at least be dependent on air transport, which isn't always suitable, given the terrain. Ferries are especially important for transporting goods to local stores and stuff.
Getting out of the car is also for safety. If there's a need to evacuate you do not want to check the cars for people. If everybody's out they can easily and quickly get to the emergency stations and life boats/rafts. The vie is an extra bonus during daylight hours, and when it's not raining or snowing )or it's foggy.)
Ferries are mostly for getting cars from A to B, -across the fjord or to an island. Mostly in Norway, but there are also ferries to Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and the UK.
yes, and they mentioned the tourist ferries as exceptions, they can also serve to go from A to B, but with extra service, maybe some detour to stop for the view, and tourist guide service on the PA systems. the international ferries are also "multi purpose", they serve as A to B, to go to that country, they are a lot larger than the short national ferries. They are more like cruise ships. They also serve the purpose for short shopping trips abroad, to buy stuff in the tax-free shop on board, or to buy things in the other country.
@@ulf5738 Yes, but what I meant is that in Norway these ferries are mostly for domestic use, but that in / from-to Norway there are also some international ferry-connections. I know there are lots of ferries in the Mediterranian, but they have no connection to Norway which this video is about.
4:17 i took part building that ferry, (Bergensfjord and Stavangerfjord). That figurehead on the bow was my exam to step up from apprentice to skilled worker
At many ferry lines you sit in the car. For example Manheller - Fodnes its goes a ferry across the fjord every 20 minutes, and with bit time with loading and unloading the ferry there isnt much time left. Many ferries is now electric as well. I live near Manheller 30 km or so, and its rarely that i need to wait because the ferry is full, i dont think i have experienced it yet, but it have happen, especially if there is a festival or football cup, concert etc nearby.
The ferries I have to take to reach either Bergen or Stavanger, have space for cars below deck so you drive into the ferry below deck, you're not allowed to sit in your car during the trip, but if you're on deck, you're allowed to sit in your car for the trip, these ferries also have an upper deck with indoor seating and a small café selling food and snacks. Also, if you're in front when the ferry arrives, it's a drag race, as no one wants to be stuck in the traffic that happens when the whole ferry disembarks. :P
Lol! Canada does that too! (With vehicles)! My boyfriend’s 2 nieces work on ferries from Vancouver Island of BC’s to Vancouver, and you are not allowed to stay or go to your vehicle while the ferry is in motion so be prepared; your camera, phone your lunch sweater etc… His 1 niece is training to join the Canadian Coast Guard!! So proud!💕 I believe it’s a 2 1/2 hour ferry ride they do? (1way) I don’t know about the other many islands on the BC coast?? Tofino for example? I’m proud of all of his 3 nieces 💕🤗 Keep up the great work!!
You can lol as much as you want.....but compared to the size of the network of ferries in Norway it is not much to write home about... Those Vancouver island ferries are just barges and can hardly be called a ship. It almost hurts to look at such. When you have mentioned the ferries to Vancouver island, on St. Lawrence bay, to Newfoundland and across Bay of Fundy ....than that's basically it. Last year was one Norwegian car ferry (30 years old) bought to serve a route on St.Lawrence. The Norwegian company will also operate it.
I feel ferries have been much better later years. I think the ferries is much bigger. most of the time I get on the first now. I remember before, sometimes in the summer, not only did all the 6-7 lines at the dock fill up, but you met the ferry lines many miles before you even got to the dock. When you reached the dock you could at least get out of the car while you wait for your turn, but sometimes it could take over an hour just waiting to get in the que at the dock. Haven't had that problem in many years now though.
In 2006 i was in line for 12 hours from Lofoten where i live to Bodø, should mention this was in the summer with loads of tourist. The line was huuuuge. The lines have been up to 3 kilometers long on a route from Lødingen to Bognes.
We all look forward to the ferry rides, great with a pause from driving, stretch your legs, have a puss and buy something to eat/drink . Also: 9:13 in the summer when everyone is out travelling the lines can be insane. One time as a kid we were travelling home after visiting grandparents in Måløy. When we got off the ferry the line just continued and continued😂 we had to drive for 30 minutes ish before we saw the end of it
I just view the Ferry as a continuation of the road, but on water. So naturally you will bring your car. It is fun to see what is new and unusual to others that is just normal and everyday things to oneself.
This is going to blow your mind, but there is a car ferry across Lake Michigan from Manitowoc to Ludington, part of highway 10. Get out of your own state once in a while.
I have used that ferry once when I was on a road trip. You cannot drive your car onboard yourself, a crew member will do that (on and off) so they get a real work-out. An other thing is that the ferry runs on coal ... and the coal loading is done via the car deck, I imagine it is somewhat dirty there due to coal dust.
Just want to say that the danes use ferries all the time too. Ive been using them since the mid 70's to get around. My mum tends to be on some ferry 4 times a year to visit somebody on an island somewhere. I used to take my bike all the time when we did Avernakø in the 70's.
To me the word "Ferry" (or "Ferje" in Norwegian) explicitly means a boat designed to carry road going vehicles. If this isn't the case it is a "Passenger boat". Took me a long time to understand that English speakers in general think differently about the word "Ferry".
@@janhjorth965 Correct, English speakers think about ferries as we do, Americans are divided on their view, i New YOsk state and Washingtonstate, they also think of them as we do
Ferry means a boat or ship designed and built for the purpose of going back and forth between two or more specific destinations. A car ferry is a ferry that mainly is designed and built to carry vehicles and their drivers and passengers. They operate on the roll on roll off principle, meaning that the cars are driven on and off the ferry, there isn't a crane lifting them on board, like with the liners in the 50s and sixties. There are 5 different specific classification of ro ro ships, ranging from ordinary open car ferries for internal waters, closed passenger ferries for the open sea, huge car carriers specially designed to transport factory new vehicles from export harbours to import harbours, and ro ro ships built for both container and vehicle transport, In Norway a car ferry is called bilferge, but in daily talk shortened to ferge (ferry). The larger closed ferries designed for the open sea are called passasjerferge (passenger ferry), but are marketed as mini cruises. Most people not being aware of the difference, both ferge, bilferge and passasjerferge are used about ferries designed for internal waters as well as the open sea.
There is a national app for public transport that covers ferries, busses, trains and much more called EnTur (a trip). It lists everything pretty much and can be navigated with a map of you don’t know the name of the place. Edit: also the prices listed is normally with a car and you have many ways to gain discounts for the price like having an autopass in your car for tolls and such also gives you 15-20% off ferries.
I loved your reactions on this video 🎉 Norwegian here. Many of the ferry crossing are actually crossing fjords tjat vam be 260km long. Im my county we have a 24/7 ferry crossing going 24/7. In most of the day its 15min intrvalls with ferries, with 240 cars max load. 4ferries in that route connection. Tje ferry use about 25min, to cross a fjord. The total cars amount count to 8000 cars average every day, this includes long haul trucks that use space equality 5cars. Its a fjord crossing. If u should drive around that fjord in Modern highways that time would be around 5h.
As someone who lives in the archipelago of southwestern Finland, watching this is hilarious, to us, ferry rides are just as normal as they are to Norwegians. Our local governement recently purchased a ferry from Norway to be used in our local area
Most of those ferries are part of the road network in western Norway. Imagine you need to drive along the coast from Stavanger to Trondheim and instead of a ferryride for 30-60 minutes you had to drive around all the fjords. That would be a long and very timeconsuming ride.
....and why should they drive around "all the fjords" on a trip Stavanger to Trondheim...??? Check out the map. The absolute shortest route include only ONE ferry ....across Boknafjorden the rest is inland of the fjords. You can also drive ferry-free inland via Oslo but that will be 140 km longer.
@@Dan-fo9dk Maybe I used a bad example. I was thinking of someone who would follow the coast, a tourist maybe, who would visit cities and tourist atractions like Bergen and the Atlantic Ocean Road.
9:35: The ferry you call looks like a "bridge" are actually (together with it's sister ship)the first in the world to be fuelled on hydrogen. The largest ferry route in Norway is across the Oslofjord (Moss-Horten). They use 5 battery electric ferries that run continuously so there are a ferry every 15 min or so. Each ferry is 143 m (469 feet) long and takes some 140 cars. It takes only a few minutes to off-load/re-load the cars (5 min or so) ....and off they go. That ferry route transports in one year around 1,8 million vehicles and around 3,4 million passengers. For international traffic At 4:13 is the ferry of Fjord Line going between Norway and Denmark. There are several lines and several companies. The one in the picture has a size of 32500 dwt, is 170 m (557 feet) long, take 600 cars and 1500 passenger. The world largest car ferry ....registered as a cruise ship with car deck...runs between Oslo (Norway) and Kiel (Germany). It is Color Line operating that route with two ships which has a size of around 75500 dwt, 224 m (734 feet) long, take 750 cars and has bed for over 2900 passengers.
Go to British Columbia in Canada. The ferries between the mainland and Vancouver Island can carry cars and commercial vehicles. We took one from Horseshoe Bay over to Nainamo and ... there were semis on there. It had two levels of vehicles (IIRC). Everyone got out of their vehicles and went up to the main deck, so you could enjoy the scenery, buy food and drinks, etc. The scenery was quite nice (summertime in BC is usually beautiful). When I was living in Norway (late 1980s), I didn't have a car. I took a ferry between Moss and Horten, a couple times. And yes, there were cars, buses and heavy trucks on there.
In Norway we have even alots of fully electric ferries and they sell dinner onboard and the ferries are a part of our road and they travelling with trucks busses and cars im from the westcoast of Norway and here ferries are a part of our daily life 😊🇧🇻 welcome to Norway 🇧🇻😊
I believe if you go to Seattle WA, USA, you will be able to take your car on a FERRY to get to one or more of the local islands, e.g. you want to drive from Seattle to Sequim. You really need to get away from your comfort zone and LIVE a little.
I very often take the ferry between moss-horten (ferry called bastøfosen) because my parents live on opposite sides of the expanse of water below oslo. ive done this since a kid, both with ppl driving, or walk onto it on my own! its about 30min of a ride so i usually chill with an over priced icecream (yes the shop there is super over priced). its one of the big ferrys with multiple car lanes, i think maybe 5 if im not wrong. the car alarms for sure pisses everyone off but we know its gonna happen either way :P we also pass bastøy prison, which is a prison completely separated from land, aka, its on its own island.
There are also a few small facts which are good to be aware of. If an ambulance arrives at the dock it has right of way, it will be loaded first so it may leave first too, in special if it is transporting someone or going to pick up a patient. If there is a long queue and it is warm or very cold trucks transporting livestock is also prioritized and allowed to board first, at least on some routes. I have a relative who used to work as a vet in an area with lots of ferries and knowing the correct schedules was very important, also knowing where it was safe to drive fast since it could be a question of life or death to an animal if you missed the right ferry.
There is a pair of Norwegian sisterships named Color Magic and Color Fantasy. They are the largest ferries in the world and are basically cruiseships with cardecks. There are similar ships between Sweden and Finland. You should react to that! 😊
Tyler discovering ferries is a delight. We have them in the UK too, and the international ferries are even bigger than these. Of course they take vehicles, most of their business is HGVs transporting goods. Worked quite well and then Brexit happened. Sigh.
When u are on The ferrie, the video says you should go out. But you dont have to, you can just sit in your car but you should take off your seatbelt for the safety if something is happening. If the boat goes under water you must Get out of the vehicle and follow the instructions (they shows on the wall on the inside of the ferrie).
12:05 some ferry routes are so short, you are expected to stay in your car. Unless you really have o use the restroom. That is, if the trip is so short, you would just exit your car, then they would call out: go back to your cars, to be ready to disembark.
When trucks comes on The ferries too it depends on what he transport that depends on how many other vehicles that can go on The same one. If he transport explosives, then its maximum 15 vehicles on The same ferrie in one go, (but that depends on how big The ferrie is).
I take one Ferry about 6 times a week. I don't even pay for it when I drive on it. As it's "a part of the road", I use the same chip that is on my frontal windshield that is used for the local toll boths. So they know when I take it. The picture taken by the crew is just used for verification. And... It's an electric ferry.
Car, truck, bus ferries are common all over the world. America is so poorly informed sadly, something which we in the wider world find amazing! So glad you are taking the time to educate yourself.
west norwegian here and im so sick and tired of ferries, sorry lol. anywhere i want to go its ferry this and ferry that, if you got a low car you will scrape upon entering and leaving, and motorbikes can tip over on some of the rougher ferry rides and you need to use straps to secure it. xD sorry to all that likes ferries,
Many of these ferries go between islands on which many people live, and these often use the ferry every other day, for example to work. I myself have driven a tanker in almost all of Norway, and when full I weighed 50 tonnes, and all the ferries I have driven with often had several trailers on board on the same trip. Many of these can take up to 50-60 cars + trailers, so they are great big ferries, one has also driven a ferry that I had to stand on for a trip because there were too many cars before me! Price for my rig was heavy. Ranging from NOK 800 to over NOK 1,500. But prices on ferries are a big topic of discussion, because as I said, many people use them daily, and for them it is a burden. Although several ferries use clip cards that make the journeys cheaper, it is still too expensive really. However, there are many who believe that the state and municipality do too little for those who use them daily, so they feel that they are being pressured to move. And nobody wants that. Because at the same time, the authorities say that it is important to take care of those who also live on the islands around the country. But the discussion continues, so we'll just have to see what happens.
Some of those tunnels are sub sea tunnels. Deep under the ocean floor. You drive down, down , down ......and then up, up, up . Personally I prefer the ferries :)
Actually surprised to hear you don't have anything like this in the US, the longest ferry queue I've seen has gone almost 2km during the summer, it takes a couple of hours for people to take it in that case 😅
There are some car ferries in the US. Quite a few around Seattle. Several on the east coast; US9 across Delaware Bay, Bridgeport and New London over to Long Island, New London and Newport to Block Island, and Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket also have ferry connections.
you should search "Børning, når man kommer for sent til fergen" that is how the cool dudes drive on to the ferries here in norway ;) (movie name, when you are late to the ferrie departure)
I can't believe that there are *no* car ferries in the USA? Didn't the Staten Island ferry in NYC use to, although they stopped doing that more recently?
Where I live the ferries go every 20 minutes Monday-Friday and every 30 minutes Saturday and Sunday. It is actually free to take the ferry if you go on foot but costs a few 100kr if you have a car (more if it’s a bigger car) the ferry actually goes more often than the buss here 😂 there is also like a place inside to sit and there is often a place where you can get ice cream/snacks/warm lunch (it is very expensive compared to food In grocery stores though) it takes 33 minutes from one place to the other for me
3:51 It's perfectly normal in Norway to drive down a road and taking 3-4 ferries on your way to the destination. 6:02 70 NOK with todays exchange rate is about 6 dollars and 60 cent 250 NOK with the same exchange rate is about 23 dollars and 50 cent... 15:08 It's not really about distance. It's about importance. Just look up the Atlantic Road... We're not afraid of building extreme bridges and tunnels.
the ferris in norway, are part of the road network. as in its impossible to get from A to B without one. atleast if you want to stay in the country. Northern Norway, just south of Narvik (city) there is 2 ferries. without them we whould have to drive eiitehr through finland or sweden. Or all the way to "Å" in Lofoten to catch the 6+hour long "ferry" to Bodø. it is a beautiful drive through Lofoten yes, but completly wasted in a time and economy perspective if all you need is to get from A to B :)
Ferries in Norway may be different things. Here a hand cranked ferry outside Oslo. Watch the start and the end of the video. This ferry is used by pedestrians to get to a small island. ruclips.net/video/nh-DYmqqkOI/видео.html
Everywhere all over the planet ferries transport cars, busses, trucks, even trains sometimes, across rivers, sees, oceans and all other waterways where is a need to transport. What a luck for You, that the internet brings You all that stuff, what You don´t have in Your neighborhood, into Your livingroom.
The fjords make ferrys really necessay…, the ocean sticks many mant miles inland and instead of making maybe 150 miles inland and around the fjord, you can take a ferry five miles accross the fjord.
It is the same in Sweden, trafficking between islands and over rivers as a part of the road system, paid by the state. You drive on and off easily, private cars buses and trucks. We have a very long coastline and thousands of islands🇸🇪
There must be car ferries on the east and west US coast ?? To the islands near Seattle, i.e. ? To any populated island with roads ? I know there are hugecar ferries from Vancouver , Canada to Vancouver Island.
floating bridges, yes, that's pretty much it. a lot of the time, building a real bridge or tunnel would be impractical or too expensive, then they use ferries.
I took the coastal road to Lofoten on a motorcycle. I think it was 7 ferries in total. It's a great way to travel, and you get some time to rest your ass and take a break from riding 😅
Yeah. That name is more traditional than modern. When it was created in 1893 it was by far the quickest way to northern Norway. It was actually designated state road 1 (riksvei 1) for a while. Might still be called that
Please control your facts, Hurtigruten: The Coastal Steamer, sails from Bergen to Kirkenes (on the Russuan border) takes 11 days ( and nights) and is THE longest scheduled ship voyage in the World. Just try it!! 🇧🇻😎😎🇧🇻
Ferry rides are fun if you don't have to rely on them every day. For professional truck drivers the ride could be both boring and a nice opportunity to eat, have a coffee and a toilet break. Very often waiting for the next ferry can be very uncomfortable, especially if you have kids in the car. It's boring!
06:00 70 NOK is roughly $6.5, and 250 NOK is roughly $23.2 at the time of this comment. A lot of ferries will offer ferry ride pass, this I think varies from being cheaper by a little bit than buying individual tickets, to simply being a convenience for the same price as buying multiple tickets. 09:20 Yes, that can often happen on routes with a single ferry that has a lot of traffic but limited space for cars and vehicles to transport. If I am not mistaken, in these scenarios where they see they cannot take all the vehicles on one trip, they will prioritize person and goods transport vehicles first, then take as many private vehicles as can fit before they depart for their first trip. 11:44 Yes and no. Generally speaking, I think ferry companies prefer - if not even require - their passengers to exit their vehicles and walk into the lounge area, but there are also various ferries - especially smaller ones - that allow people to remain in their vehicles. The main reason why companies would want passengers out of their vehicles and off of the vehicle deck(s) is for safety reasons, if the waters get choppy and passengers are on deck, you never know when a vehicle - or several - might turn out to not be parked in gear, park, or have their handbrake on, and then passengers might end up injured or worse.
Lots of ferries in the U.K, must be close to the 130 mentioned in this video. They connect all the Scottish islands with each other and the mainland. Ferries to the Isle of Wight, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Plus large numbers joined U.K. with Ireland and with France, Belgium, Netherlands and Spain. All take cars and large trucks They are a vital part of our economy with a high percentage of our exports and imports going by ferry. With the vast majority of international ferries you are not allowed to stay in your car for safety reasons but why would you when there are lounges, restaurants and shops in the ship.
Watching the first couple of minutes and sorry just laughing at how huge you thought the (small) ferries were. I'm a Dane and just last week took a ferry (with my car) to Sweden. Much bigger ferry ;-) It's not something I do every year though and of cause we also have the smaller ferries in Denmark. If you want to see how you get on board with your car on one of the big ferries there are lots of videos f.eks. "Liverpool to Belfast and back with Stena"...
Each region has websites and apps which contain the timetable. You are not paying for the passangers, but only for the car. If you have an autopay agreement, you are also getting 50% discount.
----- @gunnara7625 ----- - I have to admit that I'm a bit puzzled by this comment of yours... If it's truly so that you don't pay for people only cars, then why are they planning to install heat-seeking/infrared cameras on board ferries or at least at the docks where you board? If I had to hazard a guess, it would be to telly up the actual count of passengers in each vehicle. Unless it differs from ferry crossing to ferry crossing, I've always been used to it being like... F.e. 1 car with 3 people in it would equal to 1 car/driver plus 2 passengers. At least it used to be like that on the crossing I've used up through the years, even for buses. -----
Ferries are something that makes me proud as a Norwegian Our geography makes this necessary, with all the fjords and mountains and islands, so it cannot be carried out in any other way But unfortunately there are fewer and fewer ferries. There is more and more investment in underwater tunnels. This takes away many jobs from ferry employees, it costs an insane amount of tax money. Ferries are part of our identity, our culture and it's a nice journey where you can enjoy nature. Ferries can accommodate everything from small cars to gigantic vehicles. Ferries are part of the road. I don't see why we should get rid of something that brings so much joy, spending billions on subterranean tunnels
European Drivers have lot more training in order to get their driving licence. So driving backwards toward any point is not such a big challenge. If you're using bigger ferries to travel to islands like Corse or Sicialia people need to drive backwards onto the ferry with their trailers attached to the cars sometimes. This might be a bit challenging. Many countries in Europe use ferries to commute from one side of a river to the other when there are no brigdes nearby
Imagine Sognefjorden more than 200 km (124 us miles) and how many hours driving around it would take, instead of crossing it on a ferry for 30 minutes (or so) 😂 Btw 7 USD / 70 nok each way mounts up when you commute to work.
Hello from a ferry employee from northern Norway😊 Ferries in Norway are part of the road network. And is an important means of transport for people and goods transport on trailers. I work 1 week on board the ferry, (long days, approx. 14 hours per day) then I have 1 week off, to be at home with my family. also has 5 weeks holiday in addition to ordinary time off from work.
BODØ GLIMT !!
Hate hate hate Bodø/Glimt! Mitt hjerte slår for TIIL!
@@stangneshakon og æ er smekk i mellom dere begge lol i lille Narvik
@@TrymRUclipsMainChannelBerre å se nordover te Tromsø då
Heia Glimt og fred på Jord.
Åååååååå Tromsø røkka ne.
On islands and communities without roads to the mainland, it is actually free to travel by ferry. This was introduced a few years ago to make life easier for people living in rural areas. Ferries in Norway are, as you have realized, very common, and this does not only apply on roads with little traffic.
Tysfjord in northern Norway is so wide and deep that it is difficult to build a bridge. The fjord is so long and the mountain sides so steep that it is not possible to build roads. Therefore, you cannot drive around without taking a long detour, far into Sweden. The main road through Norway in the north-south direction, E6, is therefore divided in two, and to travel between north and south you must take a ferry.
Ships, not boats.
Boats do not carry heavy load, ships do.
"Driving backwards" or going in reverse onto a ferry is the same as when you're parking, it's no problem at all.
You're not typical.
If you were, you'd just ignore all this...
You're a curious guy, who wants to know more...
Kudos ! 🤗
It’s so fascinating to watch this, I’m from Norway and many people on my school take ferries to get to school. So it’s like so normal to me
I've grown up in the southeast of Norway, but we have family up North so every time we would drive to see them, we would always be on at least 2 ferries. I always loved watching the water and waves through the windows. Or buying a snack from the kiosk or cafeteria on deck :)
Just to get the popcorn ready... we know who is going to come and comment 😛
Naah. He/she gave up this week. Hopefully, he/she won't be back.
Its usually the first one to comment xD
Know how you mean 😊 Maybe he/she’s taking a holiday from YT. But hope he/she gave up.
Hahaha, good to see other people fed up with his nonsense😂 Maybe a fun thing to do would be to leave comments with what we think he would comment😂 "SilvanaDil: Oh Tyler, you so dumb, didn't you know we have a ferry in the US too? It goes between New York and Long Island, and it's twice as big as silly Norwegian ferries"😂😂
@@Emperor_Nagrom Exactly what that profile would say 😂
Trivia: Many ferries are now running on electricity instead of dieseloil.
In Oslo you can use your regular buss ticket for the small ferries that run to the various islands in the Oslofjord (a ticket can be used on buss, tram, subway, local train and ferries - and you can jump between them as you wish as your ticket is valid for 1 hour from the time of activation).
....but non of those in Oslo takes cars .....
You should look into the big ferries that goes between sweden and finland. They are a combination between car transportation ferry and a cruise ship. Viking Line for example and their ferry Viking Glory. The ferry can take on 2800 passengers and over 400 cars at the same time
Uhm
What about danskebåten?
Same concept, but sticks to the Norwegian theme.
Yes DFDS have some nice boats
Crown seaways is a sistership to Viking lines m/s Gabriella.
And Pearl Seaways is an old Viking Line ferry (m/s Athena)
Also, Karlskrona, Sweden to Gdansk, Poland. Puttgarten or Rostock, Germany to Rødby or Gedser, Denmark. Helsingør to Helsingborg….
From Bergen and Stavanger Fjordline has some very nice and modern ferries going to Denmark too.
You do have ferries like this in US. Most famous is the one from Bellington WA to Alaska. If you follow someone that do a lot of roadtrips in US, you will find they will come across a carferry sooner or later.
I get the feeling that Tyler has never travelled out of the state that he lives in.
Try driving a trailer backwards into a ferry, like I have done many times 😄
There used to be over 30 ferry routes in just my county...
The ferry route book was known as 'the Vigra Bible'.
Half of those has been replaced by undersea tunnels or long bridges.
When the Danes built the 'Storebelt' bridges over to Sweden, they used 5 small ferries, all built in Norway.
Some route planners will actually show relevant times if you type in the planned start time of the travel.
Autopass payment was planned rolled out from around 2022 or so when many routes were up for new tenders, but the implementation was rushed in because of COVID. So in the beginning, the deck crew would walk around and take pictures of the license plates until the fixed cameras could be installed.
At the same time they increased the ticket price for cars, but also stopped ticketing passengers.
Some cars have sensitive car alarms: Read: Bl**dy Teslas!
Incidentally, we now have over 80 fully Electric ferries in traffic.(some routes have 2 or 3 ferries running at the same time)
I believe the first car ferries here appeared in the 20s.
Hey fellow Sunnmøring 😊
@@AmandaJoyZimmel Nei, Romsdaling!
No, there were vehicle ferris before the invention of the motor vehicle.
The main road between Stavanger and Oslo (including ferries) was upgraded to a horse and buggy road in the beginning of the 1800s. Before that, only part of the main road was for horse and buggy. (The original road was for horseback riding)
There is a old ferry route under the new E39 between Søgne and Mandal. This was to transport horse and buggy... The ferry started in 1770.
This was a human powered cable ferry with capacity of one vehicle.
The first motorized ferry in Norway built from the ground up as a ferry between Stathelle and Breivik.. This replaced a ferry where the ferry deck was a barge with a motorboat attached to the side.
But again, ferry for vehicles is older than the car. But then cable ferris (trekkferje) or as a barge with a tugboat was the norm.
@@MichaelEricMenk When was the Stathelle - Breivik ferry made?
I honestly yhought that MF Bilfergen was the first purpose-built car ferry, but then again, local patriotism and all that... ;-) no.wikipedia.org/wiki/MF_%C2%ABBilfergen%C2%BB
@@norwegiangadgetman The ferry you linked to was not constructed from to bottom up as a RORO vessel, the vessel you linked to was supposed to be a fishing vessel.. The hull is not specifically for RORO vessels...
The ferry for Stathelle Brevik was like most of the RORO vessels we have now, with no dedicated bow and stern, and the bridge on the side. This small ship resemblance more the Try cable ferry that was decommissioned in 1923 than the ferry you linked to. Just that it has its own motor and an enclosed bridge on the side and no cable...
Ferries _are_ an integral part of the road network. Without them, large parts of the West Coast would be isolated from the rest of the country - or they would at least be dependent on air transport, which isn't always suitable, given the terrain. Ferries are especially important for transporting goods to local stores and stuff.
Getting out of the car is also for safety. If there's a need to evacuate you do not want to check the cars for people. If everybody's out they can easily and quickly get to the emergency stations and life boats/rafts.
The vie is an extra bonus during daylight hours, and when it's not raining or snowing )or it's foggy.)
Ferries are mostly for getting cars from A to B, -across the fjord or to an island. Mostly in Norway, but there are also ferries to Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and the UK.
yes, and they mentioned the tourist ferries as exceptions, they can also serve to go from A to B, but with extra service, maybe some detour to stop for the view, and tourist guide service on the PA systems.
the international ferries are also "multi purpose", they serve as A to B, to go to that country, they are a lot larger than the short national ferries. They are more like cruise ships. They also serve the purpose for short shopping trips abroad, to buy stuff in the tax-free shop on board, or to buy things in the other country.
It’s lots of ferries in Europe also. Ferries go to different islands in the Mediterranean.
@@ulf5738 Yes, but what I meant is that in Norway these ferries are mostly for domestic use, but that in / from-to Norway there are also some international ferry-connections. I know there are lots of ferries in the Mediterranian, but they have no connection to Norway which this video is about.
We have these in Sweden too. It's pretty fun to sit on a bus parked on a boat that goes over the ocean! 😁 (Gothemburg > Hönö)
4:17 i took part building that ferry, (Bergensfjord and Stavangerfjord). That figurehead on the bow was my exam to step up from apprentice to skilled worker
At many ferry lines you sit in the car. For example Manheller - Fodnes its goes a ferry across the fjord every 20 minutes, and with bit time with loading and unloading the ferry there isnt much time left. Many ferries is now electric as well. I live near Manheller 30 km or so, and its rarely that i need to wait because the ferry is full, i dont think i have experienced it yet, but it have happen, especially if there is a festival or football cup, concert etc nearby.
The ferries I have to take to reach either Bergen or Stavanger, have space for cars below deck so you drive into the ferry below deck, you're not allowed to sit in your car during the trip, but if you're on deck, you're allowed to sit in your car for the trip, these ferries also have an upper deck with indoor seating and a small café selling food and snacks.
Also, if you're in front when the ferry arrives, it's a drag race, as no one wants to be stuck in the traffic that happens when the whole ferry disembarks. :P
My longest ride on a ferry with my van was last year from Denmark to Iceland and back again 3 months later. The ferry took 65 hours one way.
Lol! Canada does that too! (With vehicles)! My boyfriend’s 2 nieces work on ferries from Vancouver Island of BC’s to Vancouver, and you are not allowed to stay or go to your vehicle while the ferry is in motion so be prepared; your camera, phone your lunch sweater etc… His 1 niece is training to join the Canadian Coast Guard!! So proud!💕 I believe it’s a 2 1/2 hour ferry ride they do? (1way) I don’t know about the other many islands on the BC coast?? Tofino for example? I’m proud of all of his 3 nieces 💕🤗 Keep up the great work!!
You can lol as much as you want.....but compared to the size of the network of ferries in Norway it is not much to write home about... Those Vancouver island ferries are just barges and can hardly be called a ship. It almost hurts to look at such. When you have mentioned the ferries to Vancouver island, on St. Lawrence bay, to Newfoundland and across Bay of Fundy ....than that's basically it. Last year was one Norwegian car ferry (30 years old) bought to serve a route on St.Lawrence. The Norwegian company will also operate it.
I feel ferries have been much better later years. I think the ferries is much bigger. most of the time I get on the first now. I remember before, sometimes in the summer, not only did all the 6-7 lines at the dock fill up, but you met the ferry lines many miles before you even got to the dock. When you reached the dock you could at least get out of the car while you wait for your turn, but sometimes it could take over an hour just waiting to get in the que at the dock. Haven't had that problem in many years now though.
In 2006 i was in line for 12 hours from Lofoten where i live to Bodø, should mention this was in the summer with loads of tourist. The line was huuuuge.
The lines have been up to 3 kilometers long on a route from Lødingen to Bognes.
We all look forward to the ferry rides, great with a pause from driving, stretch your legs, have a puss and buy something to eat/drink .
Also: 9:13 in the summer when everyone is out travelling the lines can be insane. One time as a kid we were travelling home after visiting grandparents in Måløy. When we got off the ferry the line just continued and continued😂 we had to drive for 30 minutes ish before we saw the end of it
Yes, we have a lot of fairies here.
Especially the Tooth Fairy.
Gonna pull out some teeth now to put under my pillow.
I need that money!
I just view the Ferry as a continuation of the road, but on water. So naturally you will bring your car. It is fun to see what is new and unusual to others that is just normal and everyday things to oneself.
This is going to blow your mind, but there is a car ferry across Lake Michigan from Manitowoc to Ludington, part of highway 10. Get out of your own state once in a while.
I have used that ferry once when I was on a road trip. You cannot drive your car onboard yourself, a crew member will do that (on and off) so they get a real work-out. An other thing is that the ferry runs on coal ... and the coal loading is done via the car deck, I imagine it is somewhat dirty there due to coal dust.
Just want to say that the danes use ferries all the time too. Ive been using them since the mid 70's to get around. My mum tends to be on some ferry 4 times a year to visit somebody on an island somewhere. I used to take my bike all the time when we did Avernakø in the 70's.
To me the word "Ferry" (or "Ferje" in Norwegian) explicitly means a boat designed to carry road going vehicles. If this isn't the case it is a "Passenger boat". Took me a long time to understand that English speakers in general think differently about the word "Ferry".
Refphrase that…….Americans use the word ferry differently than English.
@@janhjorth965 Correct, English speakers think about ferries as we do, Americans are divided on their view, i New YOsk state and Washingtonstate, they also think of them as we do
Ferry means a boat or ship designed and built for the purpose of going back and forth between two or more specific destinations. A car ferry is a ferry that mainly is designed and built to carry vehicles and their drivers and passengers. They operate on the roll on roll off principle, meaning that the cars are driven on and off the ferry, there isn't a crane lifting them on board, like with the liners in the 50s and sixties. There are 5 different specific classification of ro ro ships, ranging from ordinary open car ferries for internal waters, closed passenger ferries for the open sea, huge car carriers specially designed to transport factory new vehicles from export harbours to import harbours, and ro ro ships built for both container and vehicle transport, In Norway a car ferry is called bilferge, but in daily talk shortened to ferge (ferry). The larger closed ferries designed for the open sea are called passasjerferge (passenger ferry), but are marketed as mini cruises. Most people not being aware of the difference, both ferge, bilferge and passasjerferge are used about ferries designed for internal waters as well as the open sea.
There is a national app for public transport that covers ferries, busses, trains and much more called EnTur (a trip). It lists everything pretty much and can be navigated with a map of you don’t know the name of the place.
Edit: also the prices listed is normally with a car and you have many ways to gain discounts for the price like having an autopass in your car for tolls and such also gives you 15-20% off ferries.
I loved your reactions on this video 🎉 Norwegian here.
Many of the ferry crossing are actually crossing fjords tjat vam be 260km long.
Im my county we have a 24/7 ferry crossing going 24/7. In most of the day its 15min intrvalls with ferries, with 240 cars max load. 4ferries in that route connection. Tje ferry use about 25min, to cross a fjord.
The total cars amount count to 8000 cars average every day, this includes long haul trucks that use space equality 5cars.
Its a fjord crossing. If u should drive around that fjord in Modern highways that time would be around 5h.
1 time i still remember from getting on Ferrie was when i was young and we had to stand in a que on a big ramp with cars in front and back. xD
As someone who lives in the archipelago of southwestern Finland, watching this is hilarious, to us, ferry rides are just as normal as they are to Norwegians.
Our local governement recently purchased a ferry from Norway to be used in our local area
Most of those ferries are part of the road network in western Norway.
Imagine you need to drive along the coast from Stavanger to Trondheim and instead of a ferryride for 30-60 minutes you had to drive around all the fjords.
That would be a long and very timeconsuming ride.
....and why should they drive around "all the fjords" on a trip Stavanger to Trondheim...??? Check out the map. The absolute shortest route include only ONE ferry ....across Boknafjorden the rest is inland of the fjords. You can also drive ferry-free inland via Oslo but that will be 140 km longer.
@@Dan-fo9dk Maybe I used a bad example. I was thinking of someone who would follow the coast, a tourist maybe, who would visit cities and tourist atractions like Bergen and the Atlantic Ocean Road.
9:35: The ferry you call looks like a "bridge" are actually (together with it's sister ship)the first in the world to be fuelled on hydrogen.
The largest ferry route in Norway is across the Oslofjord (Moss-Horten). They use 5 battery electric ferries that run continuously so there are a ferry every 15 min or so.
Each ferry is 143 m (469 feet) long and takes some 140 cars. It takes only a few minutes to off-load/re-load the cars (5 min or so) ....and off they go. That ferry route transports in one year around 1,8 million vehicles and around 3,4 million passengers.
For international traffic
At 4:13 is the ferry of Fjord Line going between Norway and Denmark. There are several lines and several companies. The one in the picture has a size of 32500 dwt, is 170 m (557 feet) long, take 600 cars and 1500 passenger.
The world largest car ferry ....registered as a cruise ship with car deck...runs between Oslo (Norway) and Kiel (Germany). It is Color Line operating that route with two ships which has a size of around 75500 dwt, 224 m (734 feet) long, take 750 cars and has bed for over 2900 passengers.
The Ferry prices is not bad at all, if you have a Autopass and a electric car you pay 21,50 NOK (about 2 USD) for Manheller - Fodnes line.
Go to British Columbia in Canada. The ferries between the mainland and Vancouver Island can carry cars and commercial vehicles. We took one from Horseshoe Bay over to Nainamo and ... there were semis on there. It had two levels of vehicles (IIRC). Everyone got out of their vehicles and went up to the main deck, so you could enjoy the scenery, buy food and drinks, etc. The scenery was quite nice (summertime in BC is usually beautiful).
When I was living in Norway (late 1980s), I didn't have a car. I took a ferry between Moss and Horten, a couple times. And yes, there were cars, buses and heavy trucks on there.
In Norway we have even alots of fully electric ferries and they sell dinner onboard and the ferries are a part of our road and they travelling with trucks busses and cars im from the westcoast of Norway and here ferries are a part of our daily life 😊🇧🇻 welcome to Norway 🇧🇻😊
I believe if you go to Seattle WA, USA, you will be able to take your car on a FERRY to get to one or more of the local islands, e.g. you want to drive from Seattle to Sequim.
You really need to get away from your comfort zone and LIVE a little.
I very often take the ferry between moss-horten (ferry called bastøfosen) because my parents live on opposite sides of the expanse of water below oslo. ive done this since a kid, both with ppl driving, or walk onto it on my own! its about 30min of a ride so i usually chill with an over priced icecream (yes the shop there is super over priced). its one of the big ferrys with multiple car lanes, i think maybe 5 if im not wrong. the car alarms for sure pisses everyone off but we know its gonna happen either way :P we also pass bastøy prison, which is a prison completely separated from land, aka, its on its own island.
There are also a few small facts which are good to be aware of. If an ambulance arrives at the dock it has right of way, it will be loaded first so it may leave first too, in special if it is transporting someone or going to pick up a patient. If there is a long queue and it is warm or very cold trucks transporting livestock is also prioritized and allowed to board first, at least on some routes. I have a relative who used to work as a vet in an area with lots of ferries and knowing the correct schedules was very important, also knowing where it was safe to drive fast since it could be a question of life or death to an animal if you missed the right ferry.
There is a pair of Norwegian sisterships named Color Magic and Color Fantasy. They are the largest ferries in the world and are basically cruiseships with cardecks. There are similar ships between Sweden and Finland. You should react to that! 😊
Fjords, of which we have many, are often to wide and/or deep to build bridges, so the ferries are an integral part of the road network.
Tyler discovering ferries is a delight. We have them in the UK too, and the international ferries are even bigger than these. Of course they take vehicles, most of their business is HGVs transporting goods. Worked quite well and then Brexit happened. Sigh.
We have them in the US, too. 🤦 He just doesn't live anywhere close to one
Don’t forget: the 70 NOK is the price of a beer in a pub in Norway…..not all that expensive in comparison to price levels in-country
😂So funny to see your reaction about the ferries. 😂 Getting less and less ferries, and more and longers underseas tunnels.
You should check out the Washington State ferries, almost like in Norway.
When u are on The ferrie, the video says you should go out. But you dont have to, you can just sit in your car but you should take off your seatbelt for the safety if something is happening. If the boat goes under water you must Get out of the vehicle and follow the instructions (they shows on the wall on the inside of the ferrie).
Almost all new car ferries in Norway is now battery powered, I work on the last Diesel powered ferry in my company build, It was build in 2016.
12:05 some ferry routes are so short, you are expected to stay in your car. Unless you really have o use the restroom.
That is, if the trip is so short, you would just exit your car, then they would call out: go back to your cars, to be ready to disembark.
When trucks comes on The ferries too it depends on what he transport that depends on how many other vehicles that can go on The same one. If he transport explosives, then its maximum 15 vehicles on The same ferrie in one go, (but that depends on how big The ferrie is).
I take one Ferry about 6 times a week. I don't even pay for it when I drive on it. As it's "a part of the road", I use the same chip that is on my frontal windshield that is used for the local toll boths. So they know when I take it. The picture taken by the crew is just used for verification. And... It's an electric ferry.
Wow, this was awesome! Seeing your reaction to the Norwegian ferries! I relly like your Norwegian video strike!
Car, truck, bus ferries are common all over the world. America is so poorly informed sadly, something which we in the wider world find amazing! So glad you are taking the time to educate yourself.
west norwegian here and im so sick and tired of ferries, sorry lol. anywhere i want to go its ferry this and ferry that, if you got a low car you will scrape upon entering and leaving, and motorbikes can tip over on some of the rougher ferry rides and you need to use straps to secure it. xD sorry to all that likes ferries,
Many of these ferries go between islands on which many people live, and these often use the ferry every other day, for example to work. I myself have driven a tanker in almost all of Norway, and when full I weighed 50 tonnes, and all the ferries I have driven with often had several trailers on board on the same trip. Many of these can take up to 50-60 cars + trailers, so they are great big ferries, one has also driven a ferry that I had to stand on for a trip because there were too many cars before me! Price for my rig was heavy. Ranging from NOK 800 to over NOK 1,500. But prices on ferries are a big topic of discussion, because as I said, many people use them daily, and for them it is a burden. Although several ferries use clip cards that make the journeys cheaper, it is still too expensive really. However, there are many who believe that the state and municipality do too little for those who use them daily, so they feel that they are being pressured to move. And nobody wants that. Because at the same time, the authorities say that it is important to take care of those who also live on the islands around the country. But the discussion continues, so we'll just have to see what happens.
Some of those tunnels are sub sea tunnels. Deep under the ocean floor. You drive down, down , down ......and then up, up, up .
Personally I prefer the ferries :)
Actually surprised to hear you don't have anything like this in the US, the longest ferry queue I've seen has gone almost 2km during the summer, it takes a couple of hours for people to take it in that case 😅
Depends on where in the country you are, I think he's fairly inland
@@sundhaug92Indiana
There are some car ferries in the US. Quite a few around Seattle. Several on the east coast; US9 across Delaware Bay, Bridgeport and New London over to Long Island, New London and Newport to Block Island, and Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket also have ferry connections.
There is carferries in US. The longest one goes from Bellingham, Washington to Alaska. Takes 38 hours.
you should search "Børning, når man kommer for sent til fergen" that is how the cool dudes drive on to the ferries here in norway ;) (movie name, when you are late to the ferrie departure)
I can't believe that there are *no* car ferries in the USA? Didn't the Staten Island ferry in NYC use to, although they stopped doing that more recently?
Where I live the ferries go every 20 minutes Monday-Friday and every 30 minutes Saturday and Sunday. It is actually free to take the ferry if you go on foot but costs a few 100kr if you have a car (more if it’s a bigger car) the ferry actually goes more often than the buss here 😂 there is also like a place inside to sit and there is often a place where you can get ice cream/snacks/warm lunch (it is very expensive compared to food In grocery stores though) it takes 33 minutes from one place to the other for me
Horten-Moss?
3:51
It's perfectly normal in Norway to drive down a road and taking 3-4 ferries on your way to the destination.
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70 NOK with todays exchange rate is about 6 dollars and 60 cent
250 NOK with the same exchange rate is about 23 dollars and 50 cent...
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It's not really about distance.
It's about importance.
Just look up the Atlantic Road...
We're not afraid of building extreme bridges and tunnels.
the ferris in norway, are part of the road network. as in its impossible to get from A to B without one. atleast if you want to stay in the country. Northern Norway, just south of Narvik (city) there is 2 ferries. without them we whould have to drive eiitehr through finland or sweden. Or all the way to "Å" in Lofoten to catch the 6+hour long "ferry" to Bodø. it is a beautiful drive through Lofoten yes, but completly wasted in a time and economy perspective if all you need is to get from A to B :)
Ferries in Norway may be different things. Here a hand cranked ferry outside Oslo. Watch the start and the end of the video. This ferry is used by pedestrians to get to a small island. ruclips.net/video/nh-DYmqqkOI/видео.html
Everywhere all over the planet ferries transport cars, busses, trucks, even trains sometimes, across rivers, sees, oceans and all other waterways where is a need to transport. What a luck for You, that the internet brings You all that stuff, what You don´t have in Your neighborhood, into Your livingroom.
The fjords make ferrys really necessay…, the ocean sticks many mant miles inland and instead of making maybe 150 miles inland and around the fjord, you can take a ferry five miles accross the fjord.
It is the same in Sweden, trafficking between islands and over rivers as a part of the road system, paid by the state. You drive on and off easily, private cars buses and trucks. We have a very long coastline and thousands of islands🇸🇪
If you think these Norwegian ferries are large, then you should take a look at the ferries going between Sweden and Finland
ruclips.net/video/u9SLbSgI8nQ/видео.html
A tribute to a norwegian ferry, by Ylvis (you know the guys asking "What does the fox say" )
There must be car ferries on the east and west US coast ?? To the islands near Seattle, i.e. ? To any populated island with roads ? I know there are hugecar ferries from Vancouver , Canada to Vancouver Island.
floating bridges, yes, that's pretty much it. a lot of the time, building a real bridge or tunnel would be impractical or too expensive, then they use ferries.
Ferry is just an extension of the road. The ferry IS the road. The ferry drives for you insted of you driving the car.
I took the coastal road to Lofoten on a motorcycle. I think it was 7 ferries in total. It's a great way to travel, and you get some time to rest your ass and take a break from riding 😅
The one that covers the most ground is hurtigruta which means quickroute xD ironic its slow af. Takes like a week or so to do the whole destination
Yeah. That name is more traditional than modern. When it was created in 1893 it was by far the quickest way to northern Norway. It was actually designated state road 1 (riksvei 1) for a while. Might still be called that
Please control your facts,
Hurtigruten: The Coastal Steamer, sails from Bergen to Kirkenes (on the Russuan border) takes 11 days ( and nights) and is THE longest scheduled ship voyage in the World. Just try it!!
🇧🇻😎😎🇧🇻
Here is a video about the largest ferries in the world Color Fantasy and Color Magic. ruclips.net/video/KLuky6Luf0A/видео.html
Ferries is basically a part of the road instead of bridges or tunells under the sea.
At least when I took the ferry, they only took a picture of the norwegian license plates. Tourists needed to pay with card before entering the ferry.
Ferry rides are fun if you don't have to rely on them every day. For professional truck drivers the ride could be both boring and a nice opportunity to eat, have a coffee and a toilet break.
Very often waiting for the next ferry can be very uncomfortable, especially if you have kids in the car. It's boring!
06:00 70 NOK is roughly $6.5, and 250 NOK is roughly $23.2 at the time of this comment.
A lot of ferries will offer ferry ride pass, this I think varies from being cheaper by a little bit than buying individual tickets, to simply being a convenience for the same price as buying multiple tickets.
09:20 Yes, that can often happen on routes with a single ferry that has a lot of traffic but limited space for cars and vehicles to transport. If I am not mistaken, in these scenarios where they see they cannot take all the vehicles on one trip, they will prioritize person and goods transport vehicles first, then take as many private vehicles as can fit before they depart for their first trip.
11:44 Yes and no. Generally speaking, I think ferry companies prefer - if not even require - their passengers to exit their vehicles and walk into the lounge area, but there are also various ferries - especially smaller ones - that allow people to remain in their vehicles. The main reason why companies would want passengers out of their vehicles and off of the vehicle deck(s) is for safety reasons, if the waters get choppy and passengers are on deck, you never know when a vehicle - or several - might turn out to not be parked in gear, park, or have their handbrake on, and then passengers might end up injured or worse.
Seattle has ferries, I think
He forgot to tell you that often pedestrians ride for free.
Lots of ferries in the U.K, must be close to the 130 mentioned in this video. They connect all the Scottish islands with each other and the mainland. Ferries to the Isle of Wight, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Plus large numbers joined U.K. with Ireland and with France, Belgium, Netherlands and Spain. All take cars and large trucks They are a vital part of our economy with a high percentage of our exports and imports going by ferry. With the vast majority of international ferries you are not allowed to stay in your car for safety reasons but why would you when there are lounges, restaurants and shops in the ship.
How Else would you Get cars across large bodies of water?😊
Watching the first couple of minutes and sorry just laughing at how huge you thought the (small) ferries were. I'm a Dane and just last week took a ferry (with my car) to Sweden. Much bigger ferry ;-) It's not something I do every year though and of cause we also have the smaller ferries in Denmark. If you want to see how you get on board with your car on one of the big ferries there are lots of videos f.eks. "Liverpool to Belfast and back with Stena"...
Each region has websites and apps which contain the timetable.
You are not paying for the passangers, but only for the car. If you have an autopay agreement, you are also getting 50% discount.
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- I have to admit that I'm a bit puzzled by this comment of yours...
If it's truly so that you don't pay for people only cars, then why are they planning to install heat-seeking/infrared cameras on board ferries or at least at the docks where you board?
If I had to hazard a guess, it would be to telly up the actual count of passengers in each vehicle.
Unless it differs from ferry crossing to ferry crossing, I've always been used to it being like...
F.e. 1 car with 3 people in it would equal to 1 car/driver plus 2 passengers.
At least it used to be like that on the crossing I've used up through the years, even for buses.
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Ferries are something that makes me proud as a Norwegian
Our geography makes this necessary, with all the fjords and mountains and islands, so it cannot be carried out in any other way
But unfortunately there are fewer and fewer ferries. There is more and more investment in underwater tunnels. This takes away many jobs from ferry employees, it costs an insane amount of tax money. Ferries are part of our identity, our culture and it's a nice journey where you can enjoy nature. Ferries can accommodate everything from small cars to gigantic vehicles. Ferries are part of the road. I don't see why we should get rid of something that brings so much joy, spending billions on subterranean tunnels
Hi. Yes we have a lot of ferries, but there are infact ferries that transport people and cars in the U.S.
European Drivers have lot more training in order to get their driving licence. So driving backwards toward any point is not such a big challenge.
If you're using bigger ferries to travel to islands like Corse or Sicialia people need to drive backwards onto the ferry with their trailers attached to the cars sometimes. This might be a bit challenging. Many countries in Europe use ferries to commute from one side of a river to the other when there are no brigdes nearby
Can we show this guy the britain-europe ferries? His mind will be blown!
Imagine Sognefjorden more than 200 km (124 us miles) and how many hours driving around it would take, instead of crossing it on a ferry for 30 minutes (or so) 😂
Btw 7 USD / 70 nok each way mounts up when you commute to work.
It is really funny to be at the ferry with a car 😊😊
Actually there is a transport ferry near Port Aransas TX
Ferries is a natutal part of our roads, its not a tourist attraction...its a way to move between A and B....
6:30 is that Flom/Flåm? Cuz I remember there being a small village named Flåm that has an actual cruise ship station
They look kinda similar, this is actually Geiranger
@@Llewkcor yeah the road to the left had me conflicted
I miss the Ryfylke ferry.
Give it back. 😭
some places in norway you only pay for the car but i dont know if you do it on all the ferries in norway
You need to have a look at the "ferries" in the Baltic Sea/Gulf of Bothnia. Essentially cruise ships that take cars.
There are 137 ferry connections and 341 ferry docks for cars in Norway.
As from summer -23 some of the ferrylines are actually free😊
Tyler never heard of the Staton Island ferry.