5:32 - 1) Dynamite was not really intended for warfare, but mainly for civil development. 2) The scientist Alfred Nobel's main focus wasn't on the peace or litterature prices, but rather on the fysics, chemistry and medicine prices. 3) Alfred Nobel did not start the Swedish Academy (the King Gustav III did, in the 1700s). They were just asked to handle his litterature price.
10 years after lifting Vasa a Hanseatic cog from 1370 was salvaged and preserved like Vasa. It´s now the main attraction of the Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum) at Bremerhaven, Germany.
I was in Stockholm in 1969 and saw the Wasa when it was being sprayed constantly I believe with glycerin to preserve it. Another must see if you go to Oslo Norway is the Viegland Sculpture Park. I think Ashley should get a Nobel prize for outstanding sweetness!
Fun fact about the Swedish king. The king or queen is head of state but has basically no political power. But as you mentioned, Svenska Akademin (that decide the Nobel prize winner in literature) got caught in a major turmoil when the #metoo movement gained traction in Sweden. Previously the members of the Academy were chosen for life and could not formally leave their chair according to the statues of 1786. The crisis led to that about half of the 18 members refused to participate in the meetings and the statues needed to be changed. And the only person who had the formal power to change the statues was our king, and so he did.
As a huge museum nerd myself, this has to be one of my favorite nordic videos so far. I've been loving the whole series though, Sweden and Finland are close to the top of my bucket list and seeing how much you seem to enjoy yourselves just makes me more excited to hopefully visit these countries someday.
Last fun fact. The Vasa ship was built to only have 1 gun deck. But the king wanted the ship to have more and heavier cannons so he ordered 2 gun decks against the shipbuilders advices. But you could not say no to the king and still have a life in Sweden so they built the second gun deck. The result was a top heavy ship that sunk. Gustav II Adolf the king died 4 years later in Lützen Germany. He is seen as the faunder of "Stormakts Sverige". (Sweden as a big military power in 1600-1700) They called him "den moderna krigsföringens fader" (The father of modern warfare)
A similar story to the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's flagship that sank in the Solent, that was carrying too much top hamper by being over gunned. Only half the ship survived by being buried in the silt, it was salvaged in the 70's and is now on display along with hundreds of objects recovered with it ranging from canons, canon balls to sailors shoes, bows and arrows and clothing.
They had to take out some ballast after they added the second (lower) gun deck close to water line on Kings orders, so that made the ship even more unstable. At the time, ships had to go through a stability test where crew ran from side to side in order to make the ship to roll. They had to abandon this stability test as they were afraid that the ship would take water in through the lower gun deck gun ports. Well, this is what happened in real life when the first gust hit the ship. The Baltic sea has so low a salt content that a shipworm eating would does not survive in it. Hence the ship was preserved throughout the centuries for us to admire. Amazing museum!
Hello Ash honestly i just started watching your Swedish travel videos and i think Sweden is very beautiful. I never been to Sweden but to be very honest i think anywhere in Europe especially on the countryside has it's own unique natural beauty.
You missed one museum when you visited Stockholm. The photography museum. Or Fotografiska museet. It´s realy worth a visit. Also worth visit is Riddarhuset. You might found you have a noble heritige if you do some research on your relatives
Ahhh! I've been to the Vasa Museum! :D (I haven't been to very many places so I get excited when I see where I've also been). I know it's sad but we also kinda giggled when we realized how fast it sank.
If you’re going to Norway I really recommend a similar museum like the Vasa museum: Fram museum in Oslo. That ship isn’t as old as Vasa but you are allowed aboard on it. Great museum. 👍
The next monarch in Sweden will be Victoria, she married her personal trainer who became Prince Daniel, she had a daughter and I believe she will rule after her mom. They have such fun weddings, lots of happiness and music and fun. When Prince Carl Philip was married (you can see the youtube video) they had Coldplay's "Fix You" as one of the songs sung to them. Anyway interesting to see the inside of the royal palace there.
Fantastic channel. I wish i could travel many countries like you! Many Many thanks for such enjoyable videos. keep yourself lively n fresh to entertain us. Okay go ahead.
I don't check my mail all the time so I got the German and Russian postcards at the same time. Will get something nicer soon so I don't have issues with the paper or ink but for now I bought a binder and sheet protectors to keep the postcards in. And I mentioned previously that I love museums so it was cool to see another museum video this soon.
1,210nd view, 120th like and 17th comment. Halo Josh and Ashley! Such a beautiful city fantastic video thank you for sharing it. I am 1/4 Swedish, my maternal grandfather was first generation Swedish American. Being unable to travel, I am so happy to be able to see Sweden and the Scandinavian countries. Loving your whole Nordic series. ❤️😃
Ashley your outfit is so pretty!! Love it. :) We travel full-time with our toddler too (and make weekly videos), and finding cute clothes that are multi-purpose are hard to come by!
Nobels peaceprice is little bit different from the rest of the prices. Its given at a different cermony in Norway by Norwegians. They tried to stop Norway from giving out the price but they found that Alfred had mantioned that he would like the price to be given out in Norway. So they had let the Norwegians continue to give out the price. During Alfred Nobels life Norway was a part of Sweden.
Yes lets keep the Norwegians be happy. It was an Union were they called it a union to keep the Norwegians happy after Denmark gave them to Sweden. In the first draft of Kielfreden we wanted Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe island from Denmark to as compensation. But in the end we were happy with an union with Norway. were Norway was allowed to have its own country and laws but they should have the same foreign policy and the same king and that should be decided from Stockholm.
When Alfred Nobel wrote his will Sweden was in union with Norway. That is most likely the reason why Nobel wanted the peace prize to be administered from Oslo.
A couple of things of note. The Nobel *peace* prize is given out in *Norway* and decided by a *Norwegian* Nobel institute because at the time Sweden was seen as a bit militaristic while Norway wasn't. Also, regarding Vasa. Ships of the line like that was that times equivalent of a aircraft carrier. The amount of money spent by countries like the UK or this case Sweden on building such a ship that could go toe to toe with the best ships of hostile nations was more expensive in terms of what else you could purchase with it and also in terms of modern value adjusted for inflation etc then a modern aircraft carrier was. After all, this was the *height* of modern technology at the time, even if we *today* think of it as ancient.
There’s a similar ship to the Vasa in Portsmouth, on the south coast of England. She too was a royal flagship (Henry VIII...the guy with the six wives). She sunk in 1545 on her maiden voyage within sight of land. Like the Vasa, it has taken years to preserve her timbers, but she’s now on display. maryrose.org/
I am a HUGE fan. Love Ashley's sweet demeanor. I am in Stockholm now. From USA on vacation. Would love to meet you both? In Stockholm if possible. You got me interested in reigniting my love for travel. I am on country 49!!
"the only place in the world you can see a ship like this", well the ship is different, but you can visit the Mary Rose museum in Portsmouth in the UK. Henry VIII's flagship The Mary Rose sank off the coast of England in the 1500s (about 150 years before the Vasa). It took on water and sank, and lay in the mud for over 400 years. It was raised in the 1980s and it took about 30 years to preserve the wood and the items on board. So rather similar in some ways, although whereas the Vasa seems to have been restored somewhat (with rigging added), the Mary Rose has just been preserved. But it's the artefacts that make the Mary Rose so special - before it was found, there were only 3 known Tudor longbows surviving, but now there are 140, and thousands of arrows. maryrose.org/ - pay a visit - you can visit Nelson's flagship The Victory very close by. I hope one day to see the Vasa - it looks awesome.
This was interesting : By the terms of Alfred Nobel’s will the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 1901. Alfred Nobel left no explanation as to why the prize for peace was to be awarded by a Norwegian committee while the other four prizes were to be handled by Swedish committees.
Well... I have not and will never do anything that is close to worthy of a Noble prize... But even using my imagination it feels weird to think I'd want it. But I guess science since I love science.
I'd like to win the Nobel Prize for Being A Useless Sponge, because the only way I could possibly win is if there is a category for Being A Useless Sponge
I would like to win the Nobel for literature but it seems like the prizes are becoming political which is disappointing. I would take the cash that comes with any of them however 💸
5:32 - 1) Dynamite was not really intended for warfare, but mainly for civil development. 2) The scientist Alfred Nobel's main focus wasn't on the peace or litterature prices, but rather on the fysics, chemistry and medicine prices. 3) Alfred Nobel did not start the Swedish Academy (the King Gustav III did, in the 1700s). They were just asked to handle his litterature price.
10 years after lifting Vasa a Hanseatic cog from 1370 was salvaged and preserved like Vasa. It´s now the main attraction of the Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum) at Bremerhaven, Germany.
I was in Stockholm in 1969 and saw the Wasa when it was being sprayed constantly I believe with glycerin to preserve it. Another must see if you go to Oslo Norway is the Viegland Sculpture Park. I think Ashley should get a Nobel prize for outstanding sweetness!
Oh I have been to the Vasa. Amazing museum.
Fun fact about the Swedish king. The king or queen is head of state but has basically no political power. But as you mentioned, Svenska Akademin (that decide the Nobel prize winner in literature) got caught in a major turmoil when the #metoo movement gained traction in Sweden. Previously the members of the Academy were chosen for life and could not formally leave their chair according to the statues of 1786. The crisis led to that about half of the 18 members refused to participate in the meetings and the statues needed to be changed. And the only person who had the formal power to change the statues was our king, and so he did.
As a huge museum nerd myself, this has to be one of my favorite nordic videos so far. I've been loving the whole series though, Sweden and Finland are close to the top of my bucket list and seeing how much you seem to enjoy yourselves just makes me more excited to hopefully visit these countries someday.
Visited last year and the Vasa museum was instantly an all time favorite. Glad you got a chance to show it off here!
I just visited the Vasa and the Nobel but the royal apartment look amazing wish I could say I visited all three.
That ship was massive! Very beautiful!
Last fun fact. The Vasa ship was built to only have 1 gun deck. But the king wanted the ship to have more and heavier cannons so he ordered 2 gun decks against the shipbuilders advices. But you could not say no to the king and still have a life in Sweden so they built the second gun deck. The result was a top heavy ship that sunk. Gustav II Adolf the king died 4 years later in Lützen Germany. He is seen as the faunder of "Stormakts Sverige". (Sweden as a big military power in 1600-1700) They called him "den moderna krigsföringens fader" (The father of modern warfare)
A similar story to the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's flagship that sank in the Solent, that was carrying too much top hamper by being over gunned. Only half the ship survived by being buried in the silt, it was salvaged in the 70's and is now on display along with hundreds of objects recovered with it ranging from canons, canon balls to sailors shoes, bows and arrows and clothing.
They had to take out some ballast after they added the second (lower) gun deck close to water line on Kings orders, so that made the ship even more unstable. At the time, ships had to go through a stability test where crew ran from side to side in order to make the ship to roll. They had to abandon this stability test as they were afraid that the ship would take water in through the lower gun deck gun ports. Well, this is what happened in real life when the first gust hit the ship. The Baltic sea has so low a salt content that a shipworm eating would does not survive in it. Hence the ship was preserved throughout the centuries for us to admire. Amazing museum!
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Stockholm, Sweden... Such a magical place
Hello Ash honestly i just started watching your Swedish travel videos and i think Sweden is very beautiful. I never been to Sweden but to be very honest i think anywhere in Europe especially on the countryside has it's own unique natural beauty.
You missed one museum when you visited Stockholm. The photography museum. Or Fotografiska museet. It´s realy worth a visit. Also worth visit is Riddarhuset. You might found you have a noble heritige if you do some research on your relatives
Actually the piece price was given to Norway. So that is why it is in Norway.
Ahhh! I've been to the Vasa Museum! :D (I haven't been to very many places so I get excited when I see where I've also been). I know it's sad but we also kinda giggled when we realized how fast it sank.
Nice one. Already 20 years since I've been there. Have to go back.
If you’re going to Norway I really recommend a similar museum like the Vasa museum: Fram museum in Oslo. That ship isn’t as old as Vasa but you are allowed aboard on it. Great museum. 👍
Love you both your so informative and happy and encouraging on your travelling
Hola Amigos, goodmorning from chicago USA !! Nice docum.video. i love your channel: congrats. Thanks for share tour travels from arround the world. 👍😊
The next monarch in Sweden will be Victoria, she married her personal trainer who became Prince Daniel, she had a daughter and I believe she will rule after her mom. They have such fun weddings, lots of happiness and music and fun. When Prince Carl Philip was married (you can see the youtube video) they had Coldplay's "Fix You" as one of the songs sung to them. Anyway interesting to see the inside of the royal palace there.
Glad you are enyoing yourselves. Love this city.
love your video clips ,they are always interesting.
The Vasa is amazing. Started watching your videos a little over a year ago just before I took a trip to Stockholm.
Fantastic channel. I wish i could travel many countries like you!
Many Many thanks for such enjoyable videos.
keep yourself lively n fresh to entertain us. Okay go ahead.
I don't check my mail all the time so I got the German and Russian postcards at the same time. Will get something nicer soon so I don't have issues with the paper or ink but for now I bought a binder and sheet protectors to keep the postcards in. And I mentioned previously that I love museums so it was cool to see another museum video this soon.
1,210nd view, 120th like and 17th comment. Halo Josh and Ashley! Such a beautiful city fantastic video thank you for sharing it. I am 1/4 Swedish, my maternal grandfather was first generation Swedish American. Being unable to travel, I am so happy to be able to see Sweden and the Scandinavian countries. Loving your whole Nordic series. ❤️😃
I’m a writer so winning the Nobel Price for Literature for promoting peace and empathy on my books would be cool 😊
Ashley your outfit is so pretty!! Love it. :) We travel full-time with our toddler too (and make weekly videos), and finding cute clothes that are multi-purpose are hard to come by!
I can relate 😅
Nobels peaceprice is little bit different from the rest of the prices. Its given at a different cermony in Norway by Norwegians. They tried to stop Norway from giving out the price but they found that Alfred had mantioned that he would like the price to be given out in Norway. So they had let the Norwegians continue to give out the price. During Alfred Nobels life Norway was a part of Sweden.
Yes lets keep the Norwegians be happy. It was an Union were they called it a union to keep the Norwegians happy after Denmark gave them to Sweden. In the first draft of Kielfreden we wanted Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe island from Denmark to as compensation. But in the end we were happy with an union with Norway. were Norway was allowed to have its own country and laws but they should have the same foreign policy and the same king and that should be decided from Stockholm.
Another informative good video! Thanks!
Great video. I love museums too.
Love your video's x
Can't believe I was in Stockholm the same month as you guys! 🤯
When Alfred Nobel wrote his will Sweden was in union with Norway. That is most likely the reason why Nobel wanted the peace prize to be administered from Oslo.
A couple of things of note.
The Nobel *peace* prize is given out in *Norway* and decided by a *Norwegian* Nobel institute because at the time Sweden was seen as a bit militaristic while Norway wasn't.
Also, regarding Vasa.
Ships of the line like that was that times equivalent of a aircraft carrier.
The amount of money spent by countries like the UK or this case Sweden on building such a ship that could go toe to toe with the best ships of hostile nations was more expensive in terms of what else you could purchase with it and also in terms of modern value adjusted for inflation etc then a modern aircraft carrier was.
After all, this was the *height* of modern technology at the time, even if we *today* think of it as ancient.
This is so awesome here in Sweden! 😉
It IS the King's throne, the throne of Sweden. Although not made for the present King but for Queen Kristina in 1600's.
There’s a similar ship to the Vasa in Portsmouth, on the south coast of England. She too was a royal flagship (Henry VIII...the guy with the six wives). She sunk in 1545 on her maiden voyage within sight of land. Like the Vasa, it has taken years to preserve her timbers, but she’s now on display. maryrose.org/
I really enjoy your videos. 👍👍👍👍
Not being cheesy in saying this but you guys are definitely prize-worthy
Why thaaaaankkk you Scott! :))
I went to Vasa once as a 12 year old and another time as a 30 year old. Nothing had changed there. 🤣
Great history 🥰🥰👍🏾
I would like to get the Nobel prize in chemistry or medicine🤗
I am a HUGE fan. Love Ashley's sweet demeanor. I am in Stockholm now. From USA on vacation. Would love to meet you both? In Stockholm if possible. You got me interested in reigniting my love for travel. I am on country 49!!
Love from India 🇮🇳💓💓💓
I got my postcard 3 days ago :)
Yay perfect!
Crawling ever so closer to 200k!
And it is annoyingly a very slow progress! And surprising as these videos are very good and deserve more.
@@TT-zd6nr The videos are awesome! Beautiful, interesting and informative.
"the only place in the world you can see a ship like this", well the ship is different, but you can visit the Mary Rose museum in Portsmouth in the UK. Henry VIII's flagship The Mary Rose sank off the coast of England in the 1500s (about 150 years before the Vasa). It took on water and sank, and lay in the mud for over 400 years. It was raised in the 1980s and it took about 30 years to preserve the wood and the items on board. So rather similar in some ways, although whereas the Vasa seems to have been restored somewhat (with rigging added), the Mary Rose has just been preserved. But it's the artefacts that make the Mary Rose so special - before it was found, there were only 3 known Tudor longbows surviving, but now there are 140, and thousands of arrows. maryrose.org/ - pay a visit - you can visit Nelson's flagship The Victory very close by. I hope one day to see the Vasa - it looks awesome.
Oh wow that's awesome! Now I want to see it!
This was interesting : By the terms of Alfred Nobel’s will the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 1901. Alfred Nobel left no explanation as to why the prize for peace was to be awarded by a Norwegian committee while the other four prizes were to be handled by Swedish committees.
Most likely he intended it as a sign of peace and friendship to our neighbor.
Currently in Stockholm also, have you been to Skansen?
Hiya. Ashley, was that a Post Box or a very cool Swedish design litter bin??? Lol. My Nobel Prize? Would have to be Medicine. All the best to you.
Andy U - I can tell you it was for postcards i saw that immediately on the sign and text on it. My Mothertoungue is swedish.
Nice video and welcome to maroc
I'm a scientist so science :D although I've never thought to aim for that.
I think science prize because i think science is the way to peace 😊
That old wooden ship looked like the one from The Goonies :-)
Ashley is just sweet and adorable I can't get enough of her!
When she walk through the arch throght it was her singing
Well... I have not and will never do anything that is close to worthy of a Noble prize... But even using my imagination it feels weird to think I'd want it. But I guess science since I love science.
Sweden has not been in any war in 205 years, please world, do better, wars is sooo yesterday :-)
"boat" 😉
I'd like to win the Nobel Prize for Being A Useless Sponge, because the only way I could possibly win is if there is a category for Being A Useless Sponge
😂😂
I wish I was not broke as I wish I could give you some help
You and your bloody wide smile.
"Peace or science" haha >
I would like to win the Nobel for literature but it seems like the prizes are becoming political which is disappointing. I would take the cash that comes with any of them however 💸
Best wish...
I have some "radical" environmentalist ideas which would literally change the world; so environmental prize, or world domination prize? 🤔😅 Jk
Are you guys born again Christians you seem so giving