Norway: Eiksund Tunnel - the world's deepest undersea tunnel

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  • Опубликовано: 19 дек 2024

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  • @iamthepole723
    @iamthepole723 Год назад +7

    Norway is such a beautiful country, would love to visit

  • @JJAcrosstheUSA
    @JJAcrosstheUSA 7 лет назад +43

    Now THAT is a tunnel! Very cool, thanks for sharing that!!

  • @zeus433
    @zeus433 7 лет назад +64

    What if your car breaks down in the middle though

  • @ВалентинаХрульова
    @ВалентинаХрульова 7 месяцев назад +2

    Трансляція хороша.пісня оптимістична і звучить класно.а природа просто чудесна.

  • @Magnet--bx8uz
    @Magnet--bx8uz 7 лет назад +7

    Thanks, it really reminds me the Westerscheldetunnel in the Nederlands exept for the two-way tunnel, two-way seems a lot cheaper than two tunnels. Westerschelde was a lot more expensive, till today it is a toll road.
    Also thanks for the music. Greetings.

  • @pedrito77
    @pedrito77 7 лет назад +38

    WOW! What an amazing video. What amazing views and what a crazy tunnel. Your videos just make me want to quit my job and go travel. Meanwhile, thanks a lot for posting them! Greetings from California!

    • @EuropeanRoads
      @EuropeanRoads  7 лет назад +8

      You need a job to pay for traveling ;-)

    • @pedrito77
      @pedrito77 7 лет назад +4

      Lol! That's true!

    • @Wesso1986
      @Wesso1986 7 лет назад +1

      There is no need to have a job to be able to travel, when you live in certain countries... ;-)

    • @sindraygd7787
      @sindraygd7787 4 года назад

      Cock ;-)

    • @adriyanriyan961
      @adriyanriyan961 4 года назад +1

      Omlafjord Tunnels

  • @robsuekin15
    @robsuekin15 6 лет назад +7

    Thank you for sharing Norwegian roads are fascinating

    • @alexanderblohme5044
      @alexanderblohme5044 2 года назад

      They are shitty as hell and VERY insecure! It’s a deathwish driving on these roads, still the government wont build new highways

  • @buddyclem7328
    @buddyclem7328 6 лет назад +5

    Great tunnel, and great video! The tunnels are my favorite!

  • @DemonBird
    @DemonBird 7 лет назад +8

    Absolutely fantastic scenery! And cool tunnel

  • @theroadexplorer6593
    @theroadexplorer6593 7 лет назад +4

    Great video, thanks for sharing!

  • @michaels612
    @michaels612 6 лет назад +6

    Beautiful views

  • @wohlhabendermanager
    @wohlhabendermanager 6 лет назад +4

    Wish I knew of that tunnel before my vacation. But at least I drove through the North Cape Tunnel, which is one of the longest in Norway.

    • @EuropeanRoads
      @EuropeanRoads  6 лет назад +5

      The North Cape Tunnel is 6.9 km long. However, Norway also has the Lærdal Tunnel which is no less than 24.5 kilometers long.

    • @wohlhabendermanager
      @wohlhabendermanager 6 лет назад +4

      Well, guess I will have to go back to Norway one day. :)

    • @wohlhabendermanager
      @wohlhabendermanager 6 лет назад +2

      It was pretty long, though. And so steep! It was quite something to climb it going 80km/h in 3rd gear, haha.

  • @AsphaltPlanet1
    @AsphaltPlanet1 7 лет назад +13

    A 8% grade in a tunnel really is quite something. It seems it would be pretty easy to get going pretty fast after such a long descent.

    • @konradjozef9305
      @konradjozef9305 7 лет назад +8

      There was a terrible accident some years ago. 8 % is actually too steep and difficult for Heavy trucks

    • @runarandersen878
      @runarandersen878 6 лет назад +7

      I don't think 8 % would be allowed with to day, i Norway/EU. So it would either be longer or not at all.

    • @CaptainBreny
      @CaptainBreny Год назад +2

      @@runarandersen878 5% grade is max on main land, but 7% max in underwater tunnels. Eiksundtunnelen is 9,6% at its steepest. its crimminal. Took me a long time to get to the top with my semi.

  • @RajeshBanerjeester
    @RajeshBanerjeester 7 лет назад +3

    Nice video.. Thanks for sharing..👍😀

  • @कर्णवीरभुरसे
    @कर्णवीरभुरसे 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful scene and music also
    Congratulation for you!
    From India

  • @nachogonzalez5258
    @nachogonzalez5258 5 месяцев назад +1

    Muy buen video

  • @schwenda3727
    @schwenda3727 2 года назад +2

    I thought a somewhat local at-grade divided Highway with DEEP rock cuts in my neck of the woods (Route M in Jefferson County MO, USA) was as over the top as a county/secondary highway could possibly go until I saw this.
    Nicely done, Chris much less Norwegian road planners…

  • @stuinNorway
    @stuinNorway 6 лет назад +14

    The tunnel loses it's claim as the worlds deepest undersea road tunnel next year when "Ryfast" opens from Stavanger under Gandsfjord (this will also be the worlds longest subsea road tunnel on opening, 14.3km longest tunnel section and 290m depth) but that will again be passed when "Rogfast" opens a few years later.

    • @stomper739
      @stomper739 4 года назад +2

      @@Weakypedia_ Because of all the huge mountains and fjords in Western Norway

  • @simooh7862
    @simooh7862 6 лет назад +3

    Wow!! Wonderful, very amazing

  • @TransCanadaPhil
    @TransCanadaPhil 7 лет назад +72

    That little blue line inside the tunnel to show sea level is pretty neat. Is that some kind of neon light?

    • @Ali-ry2ed
      @Ali-ry2ed 5 лет назад +4

      Yup it’s just a normal
      Neon light but there’s way more to Norway than this. Try glacier hiking etc also you’ve got cave tunnels where you will see roundabouts and shit loads of Neon lights 😅

  • @EASYTIGER10
    @EASYTIGER10 7 лет назад +6

    Dunno if anyone else feels like this, but tunnels with steep slopes feel more claustrophobic to me. You feel like you're descending into oblivion, never to return!

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 6 лет назад +3

      I think it's cool, like a mine you can drive through. I would totally drive through a gold mine or a deep salt mine, given the chance, as long as rain wasn't in the forecast.

  • @itishreedash2275
    @itishreedash2275 6 лет назад +7

    Really norway is the living paradise in earth...

    • @Ace_of_hearts1
      @Ace_of_hearts1 5 лет назад +2

      I Agree... Please become interested to reply me...😊

    • @lokefterlok
      @lokefterlok 5 лет назад +1

      How come?

    • @sindraygd7787
      @sindraygd7787 4 года назад

      @@lokefterlok because of cock

    • @lokefterlok
      @lokefterlok 4 года назад +2

      @@sindraygd7787 u are not from norway

    • @joe.m8430
      @joe.m8430 4 года назад

      The Creator bruh fuckoff no one will ever be

  • @FreewayAllan
    @FreewayAllan 7 лет назад +4

    The tunnel is very nice and good road!

    • @superkee7217
      @superkee7217 4 года назад

      good road? Didnt you see all the holes in the road at start? :o

  • @ferkelchen1986
    @ferkelchen1986 6 лет назад +10

    I'm so glad I discovered your videos! I can watch safely at home great roads, beautiful landscapes and tunnels like this one! Thanks a lot! :)
    I also like the song so much!
    Are you driving by car?

  • @alexanderblohme5044
    @alexanderblohme5044 2 года назад +1

    Its now beaten by Ryfast which is 14km long

  • @SuperAna1954
    @SuperAna1954 6 лет назад +2

    Amazing

  • @Glenni91N
    @Glenni91N 7 лет назад +6

    One thing I don't understand though, is why they didn't make this tunnel 3 lanes. Like the Bømlafjord tunnel, which is Norway's ( and the world's) second deepest, at 263 m. That one has one lane inbound, while two outbound, letting people overtake slow moving trucks, etc.

    • @ExorFILMS
      @ExorFILMS 7 лет назад +5

      This one has that too, the other direction.

    • @Glenni91N
      @Glenni91N 7 лет назад +2

      Yeah, but only in one. Bømlafjord tunnel is pretty much 3 all the way.

    • @stuinNorway
      @stuinNorway 6 лет назад +4

      It will depend on the expected traffic flow. If the flow is sufficiently low that overtaking using the oncoming lane is safe, then the 3rd lane simply adds cost with little extra benefit. I'll agree it's preferable, but adds a huge amount on cost if not needed.

    • @Noi5ee
      @Noi5ee 6 лет назад +3

      Overtaking a truck in the oncoming lane on a 8% grade uphill with the typical norwegian car/engine combo (1,6 115hk diesel on a 1,6ton station wagon) is not safe regardless of traffic amount IMO. Its just typical penny pinching from Vegvesen and politicians , same reason why we still don't have a decent road connecting any cities, and tons of stupid compromises done in road constructions, like 2 lane roads with center divider but no overtaking lane for 10-15 or more km, motorway exits where the right most lane suddenly becomes the exit (incentivizeing left lane hogging), etc..

    • @sindraygd7787
      @sindraygd7787 6 лет назад

      Glenni Hey i am norwegian and i know why, belive me. IT'S BECAUSE NORWAY IS STUPID! AND I'M NOT BEING SARCASTIC!! ALMOST NO ROADS IN NORWAY HAVE 3 LANES!! I'M TELLING YOU! NORWAY IS STUPID! EVEN THOUGH I'M NORWEGIAN MYSELF!

  • @fortytwocrayons3485
    @fortytwocrayons3485 Год назад +1

    When you emerge from the tunnel and fly over the bridge and water
    🤌🏼💋

  • @jeffreynelson2660
    @jeffreynelson2660 7 лет назад +8

    Are there any videos showing how this was built?

    • @mikeymike4402
      @mikeymike4402 5 лет назад +5

      That's what I was thinking too. It boggles my mind how you can build something like this.

    • @sindraygd7787
      @sindraygd7787 4 года назад

      @@mikeymike4402 cock

    • @superkee7217
      @superkee7217 4 года назад +2

      no there arent any vidoe of that

  • @realDonXeon
    @realDonXeon 3 года назад +1

    two way traffic...no meridian.....what a nightmare...what kind of block head designed this?

  • @BarrieBusesandTrains
    @BarrieBusesandTrains 6 лет назад +3

    Wonder what song you used for the intro? Sounds alot like Modern Talking to me. :)

    • @EuropeanRoads
      @EuropeanRoads  6 лет назад +4

      Yes it is. It's the intro of "Geronimo's Cadillac".

  • @gokcegokce6406
    @gokcegokce6406 3 года назад +1

    Harika doğaya saygı,kendine saygı, yaşama saygı, keşke tüm dünya insanları saygılı olsa.

  • @pokedmondude
    @pokedmondude 7 лет назад +11

    Is it true that they build this kind of tunnels so the bridges wont screw the beautiful landscape.

    • @EuropeanRoads
      @EuropeanRoads  7 лет назад +10

      The fjords are very deep so bridges are often not an option, or very expensive. In this case the minimum span needed would be longer than the world's longest suspension bridge. As you can see the 1 billion NOK / $ 120 million figure is quite low for this tunnel and the other tunnels and bridge on this link.

    • @Glenni91N
      @Glenni91N 7 лет назад +9

      We're trying to plan for crossings such as the Sognefjord crossing, which will be well over, 3 km wide, if we can build a bridge, we'll build a bridge, if we can build a tunnel, we can build a tunnel, but it'll have to be floating and anchored. the sognefjord is well over 900m deep. We don't even know how deep some of the other fjords are. That's the kind of mysteries we need to deal with in Norway.

    • @konradjozef9305
      @konradjozef9305 7 лет назад +6

      Sognefjord is 1000 meters deep and 4 km wide. A suspension bridge would need 500 meters tall towers (or more), more than twice that of the Golden Gate.

    • @trr9230
      @trr9230 5 лет назад +2

      Or...we should just say fuck it and keep the ferries.

    • @stomper739
      @stomper739 4 года назад +1

      @@trr9230 yeah

  • @TheCloakedTiger
    @TheCloakedTiger 5 лет назад +6

    And here Norway wants to build a tunnel longer than that and FLOATING underwater at 16 miles off the coast!!! :O

  • @thunderstormvideosblx7683
    @thunderstormvideosblx7683 7 лет назад +4

    Indrukwekkende tunnel! Noorwegen, het land van de tunnels. Dat is iets wat we wel kunnen stellen denk ik!

  • @zoaybk
    @zoaybk 3 года назад +1

    You just relax and drink lots of sea water

  • @carlesmoreu5018
    @carlesmoreu5018 7 лет назад +8

    A speed camera at the tunnel catch you

    • @superkee7217
      @superkee7217 4 года назад +1

      it does on everycar so past the camera :p

  • @hugocastro7218
    @hugocastro7218 4 года назад +3

    Nossa,que lugar lindo

  • @aterr
    @aterr 4 года назад +1

    my ears would be hurting so bad lmao

  • @utahdan231
    @utahdan231 7 лет назад +8

    Wow! Scary tunnel, not for me. The cost was 110 millions euros only ? For that kind of money union companies built only 5 miles of regular road in Illinois.

    • @bertiewooster4043
      @bertiewooster4043 6 лет назад +3

      This tunnel is built by Norwegian union workers.
      US unions are not like labor unions elsewhere. In Norway, the unions are anchored to the labor party and are organized in a national union of unions. The unions are a big force in Norwegian politics and have none of the bullshit seen with US unions.

    • @Andrew-qb3oq
      @Andrew-qb3oq 6 лет назад +2

      ya same here... we just got a very plain replacement bridge. and was $250 million

    • @sindraygd7787
      @sindraygd7787 6 лет назад

      utahdan231 Norway doesn't use euros... Norway uses kroners...

  • @wantosuciptonugrohopurwoke5618
    @wantosuciptonugrohopurwoke5618 3 года назад +1

    Wow Sisi Terang 😱

  • @andrelot
    @andrelot 7 лет назад +6

    IS it my impression of even the excavated rest areas in the tunnel don't have a fire/smoke safe room?

    • @Glenni91N
      @Glenni91N 7 лет назад +8

      They do usually contain small fire safe rooms, with an emergency telephone, bu they're not very big, and they usually don't lead to any escape routes.

    • @stuinNorway
      @stuinNorway 6 лет назад +7

      Escape routes under a fjord might be a challenge . . open the hatch and flood the tunnel . . well it would put out any fire I guess.

    • @Noi5ee
      @Noi5ee 6 лет назад +8

      AFAIK if this where build today they would make it a dual tube with escape tunnels connecting them every so many meters. Norwegian road administration did a lot of weird(sometimes dangerous) compromises when designing new roads until very recently, they have gotten much better in recent years i feel.

  • @justw4lkbesideme
    @justw4lkbesideme 3 года назад

    Nice

  • @ridley407
    @ridley407 6 лет назад +1

    Is it free or do you have to pay for it ?

    • @EuropeanRoads
      @EuropeanRoads  6 лет назад +8

      It was a toll road until 2014. It became toll-free once the debt was paid off, which was 9 years ahead of schedule.

    • @superkee7217
      @superkee7217 4 года назад +1

      We had to pay when it did open, but ppl was using more then they did belived, so they paid down the tunnel in 8 years. So its free now for driving through

    • @DavidColex
      @DavidColex 3 года назад +1

      In Croatia we still pay for tunnels that were built in 1979.

  • @LeeAnne1990
    @LeeAnne1990 3 года назад +1

    Why did they choose this music

  • @AnkitKumar-vl8lp
    @AnkitKumar-vl8lp 4 года назад +1

    Green nature 😍😍😍😍😍👈

  • @enkrypt3d
    @enkrypt3d 3 года назад

    looks like the UK's potash mines are deeper under the sea.... 1100 meters.

  • @NicklynChristensen
    @NicklynChristensen 4 года назад +1

    beautiful video, Ive also produce a video of me and my husband driving a motorbike through the second bridge of Penang, It was amazing and the longest bridge we've been on.

  • @pietroseven8228
    @pietroseven8228 3 года назад

    In my country we are not able to finish tunnel after 27 years only 7km long, the costs are now higher than anything else ;)

    • @jinglemyberries866
      @jinglemyberries866 2 года назад +1

      you should hire some norwegians or swiss or austrians hehe

  • @Santaclauseeee
    @Santaclauseeee 6 лет назад

    Who sings that song?

  • @williamlovelock-dodos5772
    @williamlovelock-dodos5772 3 года назад +1

    most cars don't go 80 in 2nd gear lad

  • @adriyanriyan961
    @adriyanriyan961 4 года назад +1

    Balasan Terowongan Omlafjord!

  • @scilvaskhumbongmayum3797
    @scilvaskhumbongmayum3797 6 лет назад

    Song please

  • @veritasman
    @veritasman 5 лет назад +1

    LOOKS LIKE SWITZERLAND THOU ... BEAUTIFUL COUNTRIES

  • @richyehv8260
    @richyehv8260 2 года назад +1

    Eiksund van al dat geld zouden wij in Brabant zeggen

  • @martinejallat5206
    @martinejallat5206 3 года назад

    Bonjour que c'est magnifique Martine Gérardmer Vosges France🌲🏞💞

  • @johnrafael322
    @johnrafael322 6 лет назад

    oh sh*t that tunnel is very fuck*ng curious

  • @nolantherailfan5048
    @nolantherailfan5048 5 лет назад

    Its also the deepest road tunnel in the world

  • @sindraygd7787
    @sindraygd7787 6 лет назад

    Er det noen norske folk her? 😁

  • @jeanluccouture9088
    @jeanluccouture9088 8 месяцев назад +1

    We, the people, hate videos with no narration

  • @khadijagwen
    @khadijagwen 6 лет назад +2

    Impossible geology. :)

  • @iPhone-wn3wb
    @iPhone-wn3wb 4 года назад

    Wow cool! But that bad music was annoying lmao

  • @pauls.1510
    @pauls.1510 3 года назад

    Tunnels without Emergency exits...

  • @Ace_of_hearts1
    @Ace_of_hearts1 5 лет назад +2

    Same is built in India Near Kolkata 🇮🇳

  • @victortschernow4541
    @victortschernow4541 3 года назад

    Да это парадис

  • @IntellectualKetchup
    @IntellectualKetchup 6 лет назад +1

    2:04 SEA LEVEL not see curvature (notice the blue lights). The earth is flat and tunnel builders do not need to account for curvature. Happy awakenings!! PEACE. :)

  • @mnmufid
    @mnmufid 5 лет назад

    I don't like the music

  • @Po-hd8yn
    @Po-hd8yn 6 лет назад

    RLL

  • @spbalance
    @spbalance 4 месяца назад

    2:07 racist af

  • @scaniarig5149
    @scaniarig5149 7 лет назад

    Sorry, this video does not run in Germany. But I know this tunnel

    • @EuropeanRoads
      @EuropeanRoads  7 лет назад +3

      Dang, that's too bad. I thought the RUclips issue in Germany was resolved a while back?

    • @oldsqldma
      @oldsqldma 7 лет назад +1

      Actually it plays well in Germany. I'm not so sure why Scaniarig couldn't do so.

    • @scaniarig5149
      @scaniarig5149 7 лет назад

      oldsqldma + European Roads
      Sorry, but it does not run.
      "Dieses Video ist nicht verfügbar"

    • @jarlsbergosten
      @jarlsbergosten 7 лет назад

      Scaniarig same issue for me (Norway)

    • @EuropeanRoads
      @EuropeanRoads  7 лет назад +1

      It may not be viewable on certain mobile devices. RUclips is very un-transparent about that, it varies by country. I can watch it on a mobile phone and tablet in the Netherlands.

  • @itachiuchiha9890
    @itachiuchiha9890 5 лет назад

    aVrUpA bİzİ kIsKaNıYoR