I Was Up For 30+ Hours: My Travel Day Experience From Aberdeen To Stockholm Sweden...
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- An unfiltered look at my travel day experience from Aberdeen to Stockholm. I still haven't found a way to deal with 6am flights, they kill me every time and I end up being awake for far too long...
Filmed on Thursday 11th January 2024
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This video is not sponsored and all opinions are my own
I don’t pretend to be a travel expert, but I love what I do and would be honoured if you came along with me. My channel focusses on the wide-eyed wonder and excitement of finding somewhere new, and my genuine reaction to it. You may not get a history lesson in my videos, but who knows, you might pick up some useful travel tips along the way, add a few destinations to your bucket list and hopefully be entertained by what you see. Thanks for watching, it means a lot to me :)
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FAQs:
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
I was born in Glasgow but have lived in Carnoustie, Dalgety Bay, Stonehaven, Edinburgh, Montrose, and further afield (Salamanca, Spain & Devonport, New Zealand)
WHEN DO YOU UPLOAD?
Saturdays at 10am Scottish time. Occasionally a bonus midweek video will pop up (in which case, likely to be Tuesday at 5pm)
WHY IS THERE A DELAY BETWEEN TRIP AND VIDEO APPEARING?
This is a result of doing all this myself I’m afraid. Editing takes time and I also like to schedule videos a bit in advance in case of any problems/illness/cancellations etc. Keeping my uploads appearing every Saturday morning is important to me, so I don’t want anything to get in the way of it. Also, I occasionally need some time off to recover from trips!
WHAT EQUIPMENT DO YOU USE?
I film with a GoPro11 and my iPhone12. I edit on iMovie and use epidemicsound.com for music. I also use canva.com for thumbnails etc. I also have a DJI Pocket 3 (bigger sensor) for nighttime, although I’m still getting to grips with it.
WHY DON'T YOU SPEND LONGER AT DESTINATIONS?
The usual suspects I'm afraid - time and money! Hotels especially these days make my eyes water like a true Scotsman. Also my weekly upload schedule means I need to keep on the move.
WHERE'S ALICJA?
Alicja will feature whenever possible, but she has her own life and a proper job so it can take a while for our schedules to match up. Trust me though, I prefer it when She is there too!
DO YOU PAY FOR YOUR OWN TRAVEL?
Yes I do. I've only ever accepted a complementary ticket as compensation for a previous problem. All my opinions are frank and honest reflections of travel as I experience it.
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It's my income, I can't do this for free. Notice I don’t have mid-roll ads though!
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I used to list my email address but felt bad not having the capacity to respond to everything so took it down (and I got a LOT of spam so missed many genuine messages along the way).
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One small story regarding those lockers at Stockholm Central station. Around 10 years ago I used those lockers to store my passport, wallet and laptop. But without realising it, I closed the wrong locker. So it was available for anyone to use it. So when I returned I found the locker empty. And the staff there were as puzzled as to why my locker was empty. So I had to report my passport and laptop missing and arrange an appointment at the British embassy. A few hours later, to my surprise I received a phone call from the police to tell me my items were handed in to security.
And that a kind Swedish gentleman had handed them in.
I will be forever grateful for the actions of that man. Who had left an even greater impression of the people of Sweden.
I didn't like the Swedes...at school dinners.
oh it brings back memories of going back to the lockers with no idea what the number was!! Did I fly to oslo without my stuff or did I miss flight and try to get my belongings! eventually found a little ticket with the number on. . phew. you must have been devastated!
I can only imagine your panic in that situation!!!
Steve - I'm surprised that no one is recognizing the world-renown Scottish travel blogger while on the hunt. What would you say is your favorite and least favorite [budget & regular fare] airline? Do you prefer the budget-style because of your frequent UA-cam channel-related trips and / or catching your discount specials as you can? I like your mix of travel-style reviews and wish I was shadowing you on them. They are well received, and I find them relaxing, eye opening and enchanting. Thanks so much for taking me along.
@@Bob8091or the luke warm lumpy mashed potatoes.
Dear Steve,
Thank you very very much. I love flying but I can't do it anymore. Your videos looking out of the window, without commentary or music, only the ambience sound of the cabin and the whining and humming of the turbojet engines, takes me there. Brings back fond memories of long ago, flying with my mom and my dad.
Thank you very very much.
So fitting that you’re wearing a Fjällräven jacket when going to Sweden! Welcome to our country we’re very happy to have you 😊
And yes I can confirm that you are indeed at the the Stockholm syndrome building
It was a fantastic trip, absolutely love your country!
Love Stockholm, all of Scandinavia. Friendly people and amazing scenery. Can't wait for the next vid. Have fun
Love Fjällräven but too expensive for me...
❤❤❤❤
A tip for you, Åhlens the store, very close to the station lets you drop off your bag for a low fee. I've used it a few times!
Thank you for that excellent advice.
Thanks so much!
It's called Åhlens ;)
Don’t bother with the Arlanda Express! The local train hardly takes any longer and is way cheaper. But then. There was four of us the last time, and an Uber was cheaper and very convenient
I've been following your videos for the last year, on my TV so not leaving comments or hitting like. I'm making up for that now, and have gone back to review your earliest work. Your style of travel is what I choose when I can travel, and I've learned a lot about how to do that in the UK and Northern Europe from your videos. I now know which ferries to take, what to expect, and the lay of the land in many places I wish to visit. That is so valuable to me in planning my tourist assault on those countries.
Thanks you so much Susan!
The starting from home really adds to the sense of travel IMO
Thanks for the feedback :)
The opening beach shots were beautiful👍
Such a beautiful beach
@@steve-marshThe quiet way that you open the videos is very classy.
@@steve-marsh Looked a lot like my favourite beach at St C*r*s. Don’t want everyone going there after all 😉
I’m so glad that you are willing to express feelings of anxiety and worry around travel. I am always a bit stressed about connections. But I love to travel.
all of your videos are great, but your Scottish videos take the cake. You sir are a true ambassador of/for Scotland. Scottish tourism really needs to get a hold of you and Alicja! if it were up to me I'd be paying you to show every nook and cranny, every town, village, street, B&B etc, you and Alicja are truly a delight to watch. The passion you have for your country is heartwarming.
(I hope I spelled her name right!)
Perfect :) Of course hoping to do many more Scotland vids in the summer, this winter has been horrendous here with weather, so I'm glad to leave it till the 'warmer' months :)
When you go back you must not miss seeing the Vasa - its fantastic.
Yes, it's stunning.
If you only go to one place/museum the Vasa is the one.
Well, what is it about that ship?nI've beeen there a few times, and can not understand that a rotting ship some 400 years old with a funny smell in a rather dark hall. and you can not see inside. In Norway we some shipos three times as old at the Viking ship museum, they are also glued together, but there you can at least see it all, but all in all I prefer a cargo ship from 1911 or thereabout.
@@perolden none of your description of Vasa is accurate
@@perolden Next time we invade, we won't be sending our king first!
The shots of Denmark and Sweden in winter were beautiful to look at Steve. I never get tired of seeing the panorama from 30,000 feet. ✈️
Same! Especially in winter :)
Another superb video. I don't know about you, but I have a feeling of guilt when I stagger around a town or city, half asleep, not giving it the justice it deserves. I'm looking forward to your return visit.
Oh same mate! And to think you’d been staggering around here just a few hours before me! 🤣
Thank you for a very entertaining video. I love Sweden, and i have twice visited in January. I noticed that the 'Christmas' Lights were still on in mid-January. I thought, 'wonderful!' I believe they are regarded as 'Winter' lights.
The suggestion you followed to start your journeys from home is a good one, Steve. Thanks for the enjoyable bonus. 👍
A pleasure! I film the return journey too (but a few more adventures in-between first)
It's Saturday night and time for my favourite vlogger, 30 hours of being awake you are a better man than I, good luck with the rest of the trip, cheers and stay safe.
Cheers Simon!
I stayed up once for a bit over 24 hours, but that was in my 20s.. I'm 73 now and THAT would NEVER happen again..
The views from the plane are incredible ❤
Love flying over wintery scenes
Could you do a cruse round the UK rather than train journeys??
Been to Stockholm many times & I always take the Arlanda Express so quick & convenient it’s worth the cost, when I get off at Stockholm Central I walk round the corner to a pub called The Bishops Arms to meet my Swedish friends & normally jump on a ferry to Estonia or Finland etc, as for your destination I’m hoping you do a ferry journey like myself across the Baltic, hopefully one I haven’t yet done 🤔
Another great Video Steve 👍🏻
Funnily enough, in a couple of weeks, my video will feature a night in a place called the Bishops Arms :D
Juuust the title made me go, 'oh, no, thirty hours?!' 6am flights are the absolute WORST. I've been recovering from surgery and watching so much, so thank you for giving me something to do and distract myself! Always a fun time watching your videos. :-) I admit I had a giggle at how a two hour connection is a bit tighter than you'd like, I have a 35 min one next month in JFK! Oof!
I have been following your channel for awhile and like your Saturday morning uploads. It's great you can do what you love to do and make a living at it. Today it's a welcome distraction as a young friend lays in hospital dying of cancer and probably won't make it too tomorrow. It certainly puts things into perspective...do what you love to do and have no regrets.
Well said and so sorry to hear it :( But you are so right!
I always regard a 6am flight as an all-nighter and I live much nearer to my home airport. I feel like you don't *need* to do these travel day vids but I do always enjoy them, and you for sure captured some great views on this one. Also chuckled at your comments walking past the lounge at AMS - you do always keep it real on your channel (but don't feel guilty about treating yourself!).
Thanks you :) I'll try to go to a lounge one day :D
I maintain you’re still a young whippersnapper, because you can survive a travel day like that and still bust out a brisk walk through Stockholm with a smile on your face! I fear those days are over for me (the walk and smiles at the end…I’d be in a corner in the station somewhere, trying to put my feet up!😖) Excited for the next leg of the trip. Cheers, and ATB!
Haha it was a longggg wait for my night train believe me Erin :)
Hello. I was happy to see your friendly and down to earth UA-cam video. and welcome to my city of Stockholm. Hope you will find more time next time around, I went to Edinburgh some years ago. and found nothing but friendly and helpful people there. Hope you enjoyed your time in Sweden. Ps. I subscribed so I will look into more of your videos. ds ;)
😍Stockholm, my city for 7 years in the -80's . I love the town ! AND , I'm going there again next week ! Thank's Steve ! 👍
A pleasure mate!
Just got home from dinner and your video just arrived. What a treat. Thanks mate
Hope you enjoy :)
Enjoyed. Trying to guess where you are off to next. Narvik, northern Sweden ??
I am sure Alicjia would enjoy the trip to Stockholm. I also used Arlanda express, it is worth it. And the Metro will get you to good places. And a harbour boat trip is also good.
@@johnsmuth5062I'm putting my money on Narvik as well 😁
Greetings from Australia. I always look forwardto Saturdays 9.00pm here in Albury NSW as I know Steve will have uploaded another video. This one .as usual, was fantastic . I noticed a lot of signs are in English.I didn't expect that.
Hey Richard cheers! Yeah, Scandinavia is an easy part of the world to travel, and they speak better English than me!
Scrolls immediately to the beginning of the channel......! 😉
Haha oh noooo!
Stockholm is incredible. I was amazed at the Vasa. A ship that sank a few hundred years ago. It was preserved by peat. Old airliner liveries are so cool.
All noted for my trip there later this year!
Not peat, the ship sank in just the right kind of brackish water with little oxygen, that it's virtually dead, so no critters could eat the wood.
But since it's been taken out of the water, it's a constant battle against decay, so definitively visit, so they have enough money to keep it up.
Ah right. When I saw it. It was incredible.
@@Bob8091it remains just as amazing.
@@steve-marshno trip to Stockholm is complete without seeing the Vasa. One of those things you need to see to believe.
Fun fact - Nils Ericson (the statue you're standing in front of at the end) was like the Swedish Brunel/Stephenson. The lovely bus terminal at Gothenburg (the one with all the trees inside it) is named after him.
I have no clue how you were still mobile and coherent after being up for so long?! I loved the video. Really great visuals from minute 1. So looking forward to the continuation of this trip. Hamburg maybe?
Oh I was soooo tired at the end of this, but it was straight onto filming next weeks adventure NORTH ;)
Wow! That Scottish coastline start was beautiful!
As always another great we trip Steve. Nice to see Montrose, Aberdeen, Amsterdam and some of Stockholm😁
Cheers! Just a wee positioning video for the adventures to come :)
My Swedish and Norwegian grandparents always left their decorations up till the middle of January. This was the tradition and I noticed that is what is happening in Stockholm with all of the stores decorated and even the boats in the harbor.
steve you have me hooked on your channel loving all your travels keep them coming
Thanks so much!
Don't worry about it getting dark. I love seeing cities at night and how they are lit.
Unusually good footage from the Amsterdam to Stockholm flight, especially the Gothenburg archipelago, superb job Steve. I must admit I'm glad my Interrail pass will be covering train fares through Sweden at those prices when we go later this year. Our trip has been pushed back to September and October now and the temperatures should be a bit warmer. We'll be going through both Gothenburg and Stockholm, with the 18 hour train from Narvik to Stockholm on the itinerary: I'm really hoping that's your mystery train journey for next week's video!
Your interrail ticket will not cover trains as the Arlanda Express, but you could take a regular trains all over Sweden with it. Regular train fares in Sweden could be had for almost nothing, the # 24,65 Steve paid might get get him a 400 mile ride otherwise.
I recently travelled Stockholm- to Oslo (350 miles- 540 kms) for SEK 280, around $ 27 by train, 2nd class.
I think next week's vid will be of interest to you ;) But I DON'T get to Narvik - more on that in the coming weeks :)
@@steve-marsh Kiruna?
@@steve-marsh Kiruna? Or Hparanda Torneå where the rail gaugew changes from 1435 mm to 1520 mm (earlier 1523mm) , whre through trains do not change boggies, but modifies them!
I'm now thinking either Abisko or Kiruna, neither will be a disappointment! @@steve-marsh
I love how you save money! Your first flight was fast! Thanks for showing us the birthplace of the Stockholm theory! Great fun as always!!
Glad you enjoyed it Patricia!
I’m loving the “behind the scenes” travel episodes.. the thought process and decision you make during the trip is really fascinating! I’ve never caught the first flight of the day before… very insightful.
It was fun to do, I even filmed the way back too :)
Those views over Gothenburg were pretty spectacular and seeing the frozen lakes is a different world to what we are used to. Awesome 👍
Mate I love flying over cold places :)
The infamous Polderbaan. Where your time taxiing can be longer than the duration of your flight ...
Haha yes!!!
SGtravelEU, absolutely right. I timed it once on a Bristol service (KLM): 55 minutes flying, 52 minutes taxiing. I’m sure that runway is actually in Belgium.
@@mikepowell2776We usually call it "landing in Haarlem".
I call it Haarlem airport as that city is much closer to that runway than Amsterdam. Once landing there after a delay, with fellow passengers whom had onward connecting flights still in the illusion they might reach their next flight, I had to break to them the news of the actual taxiing we still had ahead of us.
I know from another video that you are not fond of Copenhagen, but I would love to see you travel to some of our islands or my city Aarhus
What a great video this was , great views from the air before landing in Stockholm airport. Yes would definitely love another video again on Stockholm in the future. Well done now 👍👍👍
Thanks Michael! So many adventures to come after this positioning trip
I am shocked you didn't visit the Vasa, you love ships and seeing the Vasa will blow your mind.
I'm amazed you can even stand upright after being awake this long! Such a nice winter walk through Stockholm.
I was suffering by the time my train arrived!
Stevie your a legend have ever made a video in Dumfries and Galloway a lot of interesting things to see and do 😊
Haha cheers
At 12:25, I'm 90% sure that's Skövde. A cozy semi-small town, I used to study there about a decade ago.
I need to go and visit now!
@@steve-marsh Lovely! If you do, it's quite conveniently located on the main railway connection between Stockholm and Gothenburg, so there's at least two dozen trains stopping there every day, and without having to do any connections.
The town's got a bit of history (Saint Elin is especially known and fairly interesting), one of the more well-known military regiments (The Skaraborg armoured Regiment), and really not much more. Most people just know it as the town they go through when travelling from Stockholm to Gothenburg, or vice versa, haha.
Anyways, looking forward to the next video! I have a suspicion where you might be heading. Also looking forward to you exploring Stockholm more thoroughly sometime. Perhaps it could be combined with a ferry trip over to Gotland, with a day of exploring the medieval city of Visby?
Confirming it's Skövde
Yes, it's Skövde. And the lake right after that, with the "cracks" or tracks(?) is Lake Unden.
The unidentified town is my home town, Skövde!
best way ive started my day in a while!
Thanks Steve, really enjoy your Sat vlogs. Glad you found that Stockholm connection at Amsterdam! That train journey into central Stockholm was great, but expensive! Stockholm looks like a great city, and as you say, well worth it's own vlog. Nice one! 👍 😃
Thanks Alan! I'll be back :)
Always love a good travel day video! Fantastic job Steve and looking forward to seeing your Sweden content 👍🏻😎🇸🇪
Loved this edition. It takes me back to 1982 when I went to work in Sweden. The shopping mall looks updated and so do the trams. Incidentally the Arlanda Express was a project I worked on some years later (ab 1998) in the UK. Shame you didn't look down at the doors footplate of the train - it reads 'METCAM' - Metro-Cammel Works of Birmingham. I notice that the finished train was more streamlined than what was originally designed. A great place to visit in the summer as the daylight lasts until near midnight.
I once flew into Schiphol for a connection to Norway, we got off went through immigration into the Schengen area ran to get the gate in time then got back on the same aircraft with the same crew! Hello again said the stewardess! 😂
Haha love it!
The metro (Tunnelbana) is indeed very impressive and well worth your time - Also worth visiting a wander about Gamla Stan (the old town) and you must not miss the Vasamuseet too - I've not been to Stockholm now since 2006 but I'd love to revisit at some point...
Ahhh thank you!!!
Looks really pretty all light up behind you
Some smooth landing's it looked like to me. Can't wait to see where this journey takes us!
So true! Barely noticed we'd landed
Everyone deserves a treat now and again Stevie boy 😊
Visited Stockholm - very nice. Loved the Vasa Museum. Great food too.
I really enjoyed this video, right from the opening in St. Cyrus (one of my favourite coastal walks) to seeing the beautiful architecture in Stockholm. I also recognised the Maccies at Bucksburn but perhaps that's not so glamourous. The last time I passed through Schiphol, my connection time was 55 minutes, including the passport check! Somehow, I made it in plenty of time but I don't think my nerves could handle that again.
You did well! Imagine how stressed I’d have been!?
@@steve-marsh That was in 2017, so I don't know if they offer such short connections any more.
The flight over Denmark and Sweden looked beautiful and worth the stress of the connection. Reminds me of the Tromsø to Bergen flight I was on last Summer. Clear views all the way and looking out the window to see Narvik, Stetind and all the places my friend and I had been exploring for the last two weeks was an incredible finish to the trip.
I’ve only been watching your videos the last few months Steve after recovering from the big C and they give me inspiration and a sense of freedom I have lacked the last few months…… I love the Spanish and Easten Europe escapades keep up the great work brother 👊🏻💪🏻
You've got to think about the sun when you pick your seat :P Living in the north of Finland, I make sure to pick the sunny side on winter flights!
My Dutch boss tells me that Schiphol translates literally to "ship grave", a name it had long before there was an airport. It used to be a relatively shallow patch of water, and it was infamous for suddenly rough and breaking seas that would sink ships.
Such a good tip!
🇸🇪 Tack så mycket. mycket bra😀
Just in time for a Stockholm trip next Friday 🎉
Amazing! I wish I had longer, next time :)
GM Steve I’m exhausted already need a nap and a coffee😘🌸☕️😴
Haha that's what my videos do :)
I used to fly from Schiphol Tokyo. But I had to wait one full and very dull day with 30 min of WiFi. They used to fly 747 Combi, which was mainly cargo airplane with smaller passenger compartment. We only had windows on the one side. Other side was cargo wall.
I wish I'd had the chance to experience one of these planes! On the window side!
Læsø is lovly little island, great for biking and remember to pick up some læsø Salt. Been there once as a child 35 years ago..
Scott did the opposite trip on his channel last week but via London, nice to see the trip both ways.
We were in Sweden at the same time, but opposite ends!
Thank you Steve for rekindling memories of our own fabulous trip to Stockholm. We went in Summer so it was lovely and warm. However it did look beautiful in your video. Now, where I you going on to???? 🤔👏👏👍😀
Thanks mate, hoping to return to Stockholm this summer! (ps I'm heading north)
Greetings from Aberdeenshire.
My wife and I, love your videos, but can you please stay somewhere long enough for us to see it.
And we need more of Alicja's cheeky smile 😂
Both good points :)
The flight from Amsterdam to Stockholm was so pretty…Stockholm is beautiful and I would love to see it in Spring especially the park you walked through. Eager to see what’s next…be safe 🤗
So glad we had a clear day for it!
Thank's for another great video.Saturday morning when the shopping.and all household chores stops.i make a brew and that's me down.yes I would love to see another video of Stockholm look forward to it.take care.✈️🚄
Thanks so much Kathleen :)
Great video, last time I was in Stockholm, it was icy too - scared the hell out of me. The train is a ripoff, worse than Sydney or Heathrow.
The lounge in AMS looked enticing, but if you looked at the BA lounge, you'd have been glad to remain outside 🙂
Haha I'll bear that in mind :)
Love the travel day, keep it up great
Cheers :)
Busy fight to Amsterdam, and nice views from the plane to Stockholm, but its good to have an express train into the city centre Steve.
There seems to be some lovely pedestrian only squares in Stockholm, so thanks for the mini tour of the city when you just arrived, looking forward to the next video, All the best.
I really can't wait to go back, but heading north for this series :)
Nice video Steve. I know that feeling of being travel tired, From here to Europe its 30 hours plus and I am 6ft 5inches so no sleeping on planes or any transport. Looking forward to your next video.
Long haul is something I do as little as possible these days!
@@steve-marsh LOL when you are in NZ you don't really have much choice for shorthaul except east Coast Australia and some South Pacific Islands. Everywhere else in the world = Longhaul! You Europeans are so lucky to have so many different countries and destinations within a few hours from your homes.
A video waiting to be made by you.
At Arlanda there is a real jumbojet that has been converted to a hotel. Right beside the airport. Feels like a Steve Marsh video waiting to be made, whenever you have a connection in Stockholm the next time. Landed today and rolled by it and thought of your channel.
Steve, you were correct about the building on Norrmalmstorg. That is where the bank heist and hostage situation occurred which spurred the term, as you mentioned, Stockholm Syndrome.
Thanks for confirming!
@@steve-marsh Fun fact. The Ford Mustang the robbers asked for to use as a gettaway car, and was parked outside of the bank, had rotten away for years and was ready for the junk yard, but was restored by a couple entusiasts last year, brought back to just how it looked in 1973 and returned to the scene of the crime, to commemorate the 50-year anniversary. Just for one day though.
@@springbay1 Even more fun fact: the police office whose car it explain much later that the petrol tank was basically empty and the fuel indicator rigged to show full tank! They would have gotten nowhere in that car...
The words “connecting” flight make me worry! My kids helped us book our trip to Norway with a one hour connecting flight through Stockholm! With passport check and another baggage check and our arthritic knees I didn’t think we would make it to the gate in time.
Gosh, I love direct flights 😂
Great video and next time I’d love to visit Stockholm too 😊
Yeah me too! Especially as I almost always have future videos planned for the day of arrival, so a missed connection could be a nightmare!
This travel video was great fun! Looking forward to seeing where you're headed next.
Thank you :)
Very enjoyable video Steve, looking forward to a Stockholm video, maybe something of Abba you deserve all treats lovely views from plane windows. Thanks
I'll get a trip back there planned for soon!
Schiphol - the airport that has no fences on the side of an active runway.... Another cracking video. Btw the town was Skovde 12:25
Ahhh thank you!!!
But quite a large moat though. You will get wet if you plan to make it to airside via unofficial routes 😂
@@paulthiel5145 yeah - there is that as a deterrent
Hi Steve great little travel video & very impressed with KLM prices and service! Stockholm looks amazing so looking forward to when you explore this beautiful City another time! Hope you caught up on your sleep 😴😴
Hoping to return to Stockholm in summer! And yes, KLM are FANTASTIC. Especially the staff
Sweden has been on my travel bucket list for longer than I care to remember. Where carpets lead you into the station, where ice rinks are free to use, where the Arlanda Express propels you into the city centre in next to no time (but at a price!) and where it just looks so clean and civilised. Hoping that you were able to catch up on your Zs and I look forward to seeing you in the next video.
If you want to visit sweden, but not Stockholm specifically, Stockholm is proboly not the best place.
Firstly it's pretty pricy. Secondly the city is area vice absllutly enormous. While the population is not large in international measurement, the city area is absolutly gigantic. (Well compare to European cities).
Thirsdly, Stockholm isn't really sweden in the same way London really isn't the UK.
Where you should go kind of depends what you want to se. Göteborg is a good alternative if you want to visit a large city that still is sufficiently small so transport times isn't to large.
Area in South of sweden called Skåne is also intresting. It have a intercity high speed metro system that take you from one city to the next in minutes. The system is also integrated cross border so Copenhagen and a few other Danish cities is on the same system (Well, sort of partly, danmark is linked with the high speed metro only, the medium speed metro is not linked to denmark.m. at least not yet)
If you want a more rural visit I could recommend göta kanal, while canal crusied are absolotly bankers expensive, they also have canal biking and other activates.
If you want to go for even more of a remote setting there is hiking trails pretty much in the whole country, all the way from the mountains in the north to the coast in the south.
It's worth saying that sweden have 4 major climate zone. A wet one in the south, that typicallt don't get snow. A temperate one in a band between Stockholm and almost to Göteborg. A subartic starting a bit north of stockholm, and in the mountains in the North its tundra.
So the South part look nothing like the north part..
Sweden is basically (and was historically) three countries. Denmark in the south, norway in the North West and finland in the east.
Fun fact. Current day finland have more surface are of original sweden in 1500 than current day sweden do. Sweden have moved weat. (There was a sweden between 11 and 14 century as well.. but its kind of complicated)
If I'd had a hotel in Stockholm I could have taken a nap, but staying up all evening to catch my train was tough!
the regional trains takes only 40', that's still quite reasonable, and it's cheaper as well. There's also an airport bus, which is the cheapest option, but it will take closer to 50'. Those trains are regular commuter trains, but still quite comfortable, so don't feel obliged to take the Arlanda Express. Especially if you need to get to another station in Stockholm than Centralen. The regional trains also stop at e.g. Solna (there are some reasonably priced hotels there) or Gamla Stan, which can actually save you time.
We took AX in 2017, then realised that the Pendeltag with the Arlanda Passage supplement did the job just as well when we went back in 2018. We go more to Gothenburg nowadays so are stuck with the bus which is 25-35 mins to Nils Ericson Terminal. Apparently landvetter is going to get a train station *someday*@@barvdw
Seeing lockers reminded me, you previously could store luggage in Ahlens store. But in December the storage was closed, so we used a souvenir shop to store ours.
23:03 Come over in May and the whole place (Kungsträdgården) will be in pink blossom! Alicja will love it. When in May? - depends on the nature kindness :)
Thank you :)
Hello Steve, showing how to travel to a destination makes it all the more interesting. Re Schiphol ... it's the Polderbaan runway which is far from the terminal. One airline staffer told me that Polderbaan was nearer Haarlem than to the Schiphol terminal ! As for Schiphol transit ... the airport has, ever since the current terminal opened in 1967, majored on its 'one terminal' concept. That was fine years ago but growth and expansion over the years mean that walking distances can be excessive ... clearly non-Schengen to non-Schengen is easier than non-Schengen to Schengen.
Thanks for this comment, really interesting!
Yay, must be 10am on a Saturday 🥰
Have a great weekend :)
@@steve-marsh you too Steve 🥰
Great video Steve, great trip@@steve-marsh
That was enjoyable to watch as usual.Lovely panorama from up above.Already waiting for the next one.Reagrds from Malta
Stockholm is an incredible city. For me personally, the most beautiful city i've ever visited, highly highly underrated. The island of Djurgården is worth a blog in its own right, great museums and an amazing chilled out vibe.
Noted, thank you :)
Very enjoyable, Steve! Thank you! Hope you received a well-deserved sleep.
So often i see European trains ,mostly empty , the UK too.
If they were half the price ,im sure many more people would use them.
On a recent holiday to Austria (October 2023) almost every train I traveled on was packed. The reason? The 'Klima Ticket' introduced in October 2022. This costs just 1095 Euros PER YEAR and gives unlimited travel on almost all Austrian Public transport including buses and trams but not boats. (NB it is 450 miles from Vienna in the east to Bregenz in the far west of Austria. You could spend your whole life riding back and forth between those two cities for just over a £1000 per year! Contrast an annual season ticket from Woking to London (25 miles) which now costs £4070.
This is incredible! 13:08 into the video you pass Stäket only 26 kilometers (20 minutes with car) from Arlanda airport. And under the wing you see two bridges, the right bridge is E18 motorway and the smaller one to the left with arched bridge, is a railway bridge. A little higher up at the wing tip, you see Ryssgraven (translate Russian grave) in the smaller town Kungsängen, where I live. The name "Ryssgraven" has its origins in Russian Vikings ravaging Stäket and Sigtuna in 1187. They killed the Swedish archbishop at Stäket.😊👍
The town is Skövde,
Ahhh! Thank you!!!
Thanks! I was guessing Skövde.
Interesting video as always Steve, the views at your opening shot were stunning, that is why i love Scotland ‘Rain or Shine’ that and “Outlander” “👌”
It is such a pretty stretch of coastline that :)
The last bus of the day is at 03:18 and the first bus is at 04:20? Fuck, I gotta move to Scotland!
I remember the first time I came to the UK. Seattle to Amsterdam all by myself. When I got to airport my connecting flight to Manchester was as far away as you could possibly be....then they changed to gate and I had to find that one. Walking all the way and scared to death I wouldn't make it. Glad to see that a travel pro as yourself has issues also. Beautiful in Stockholm. Looking forward to the next installment.
I guess you are going to Narvik, Norway on your next video, and by the way; the Stockholm-syndrome is a bit of a lie. -they did not gang up with the bank robber(yes there was only one bank robber, but he demanded ta prisoner being brought to the bank. But the prisoner could not be charged with this robbbery as long as it was the police that brought him there)
However, one of the bank tellers, a girl of 23 years of age was allowed to speak to thge prime minister, OlofPalme,- murdered 15 years later- and then she said that they should accept the demands of the robber(s), and not try to shoot them, because she was so young and wanted to live, she was angry at the prime minister, but that is only girl psychology, they are often angry at the person available to be angry at, even if that person is not to blame.....
So the bank tellers, one of who was a young man, also 23 or something, tried to make it harder for the robber(s) to succeed in their claims, they wanted 10 million USn dollars, which was provided , and a Ford Mustang and a plane. They clearly wanted to survive, but the robber(s) (I put the pluralis sin brackets, because one of them was awilling witness, not a robber, at that occasion at least)
I was nearly 14 years of age at the time, and was actually going to Stockholm the coming Weekend which worried my mother a bit. We has Swedish TV-channels , I live ,and lived, in Norway at the time, where we could follow the drama, and the clearly irrational robber, which the police got his mother to speak to him. Only thing was; it was not his mother, the police thought they knew who the robber was, they were wrong.... eventually the person who the police thought was the robber got in touch with a TV-station, and he appeared on TV, and saying that the police sucks.....then the police realized they got it wrong. Apolice lieutenant got shot in his hand when he tried to get closer to the robber(s), and then the robber(s) tetreated into the bank vault with their hostages.
This police lieutenant appeared on television with his wounded hand and stated that the hostages had allied with the criminals (ha had heard a recording of phoine call with the prime minister), and he later was involved with the murder case of the prime minister..... strange things....
However, the police used a slow soundless drill to drill o hole in the ceiling of the vault, and sent a miniature thermal camera in the pitch dark night (in 1973 this was high tec) to see where the hostages where, and seeing that the hostages were not in the nooses that the robber(s) had put them in earlier gassed the vault, and they gave up.
However, this police lieutenants (I prefer not to name him) misunderstanding of grrl psychology made for the misnomer expression Stockholm,-syndrome. today it has become something that it was not there, but that hostages take they're hostage-takers side is a phenomena that is easy to explain, if they want to live, but that did not happen in Kreditbanken. Kreditbanken amalgated later with the state owned Postsparbanken, and was later sold to the private Nordbanke, which today is part of Nordea, a bank with branches in all Nordic countries as well as the Baltics.
Thank you!
Hi Steve and greetings from Norway. Great video as always, love following your travel adventures. I think you are going on the Arctic Circle train next. :)
I'm afraid a derailment stopped me getting as far as Norway!
@@steve-marsh Yeah, there was a big derailment on the Ofotbanen railway back in December and the railway is still closed. It was supposed to open a few days ago, but the reopening was postponed due to bad weather.
Thankyou Steve for taking me to Stockholm. It looks beautiful and clean and modern. I really need to get out and see more of that part of th3 world. Being from Australia, we tend to do the traditional holidays in Central Europe and not so much in northern Europe because we fear the cold. One Day…..
Hi Steve, as a fellow Scot albeit living in the US I had become addicted to your videos of Edinburgh, where I was born and grew up many years ago. And now that you have spread your wings further afield I continue to follow your adventures. Last year, while in the UK with a long weekend spare, my wife and I decided on a whim to go to Stockholm. We flew BA economy direct from Heathrow. I am 6'4" and the flight was absolute torture, so much so that I upgraded us to business class for the return. Lesson learned: BA is no longer the airline I was familiar with back in the day. KLM looked a bit better on leg room. But Stockholm was fascinating, and we used one of these day passes to travel on the tram, ferries, bus and commuter train. As a Scot, for me the temperature in late August was just right, while much of southern Europe was suffering from excessive heat and forest fires. We have to explore the rest of Scandinavia next. Cheers, Tom
Thanks so much mate! And you have definitely inspired me to return in summer, hopefully with Alicja
BA are kind of hilarious, even their staff take the piss out of them (everyone down the pilot being sarcastic when informing of delays hah) and can't be arsed anymore xD
I enjoy seeing the actual travel days so thanks for staying awake, Steve!👏👍
Haha a pleasure! In fact filming it helps keep me focussed and awake
Hi Steve, I believe the town you are trying to identify from the plane window at 12:32 is Skövde in Västra Götaland county. The frozen lake you show just after the view of Göteborg is the Säven, just north of Borås.