As a New Zealander it blows my mind that you guys get kiwifruit grown in New Zealand all the way up in Svalbard. That kiwifruit has literally travelled the world to get there!!
@@VeraDonna Sorry, but the label clearly says they're from New Zealand (see 14:23). Norwegian supermarkets typically show the origins of fruits and vegetables.
@@awhinakeefe4663 i was looking at the prices and thinking the same thing. like that coffee. 7usd (just over $10nzd) isn't even that bad. a pack of instant maconna coffee is like 15 in NZ
Gina that's a good comment - as for making coffee at night - as for the other comment some one made about coffee at night - I live in the deep South in the US we drink Coffee with Chicory all hours of the day and night lol - I grew up drinking hot and cold coffee as the #1 beverage
I don't know why grocery shop videos are some of my favorite. You guys have mostly the same stuff we do but it's still cool to see what the shopping experience is like there.
Her attitude towards the darkness makes me have a better attitude toward our sunset before 5 p.m. Tonight I sat outside and watched the sun go down and the moon come up. It was beautiful. It didn’t hurt that it was over 70 F.
I love how Cecilia’s videos are filled with dogs and coffee. (I’m actually more of a cat person, but I like doggies too.) I don’t know if I could face pulling all those groceries down in a sled in the dark cold snow and putting them away. But that’s why I don’t live in Svalbard 😜.
It’s so interesting to see that the prices are considered extremely expensive. The granola here in the USA would likely be around $6-8 a box instead of $3
Agreed! The prices in Svalbard are wayyyyyy lower than in D.C., and many places in the US. I live in Germany now and prices here are similar to Svalbard. Germans think prices are too high. Apparently many countries in Europe have even cheaper food. I guess it all depends on what you’re used to! Coming from Washington D.C., I am in heaven with German food prices!
I'm sure their fresh stuff is expensive since it has to be shipped so far. But yeah, their Oatly is like $3-$4 a container which is similar to the price where I live in rural Upper Midwest. I didn't think the frozen berries for $3 or body wash for $10 sounded out of the norm either.
What people often forget is that in the Nordic countries (excluding Norway) middle class income is around 4k usd a month (before taxes, after taxes below 3k) so 1200 to 1400 usd a month on food is a considerable amount. Even with two middle class incomes. Now we don’t know what Cecilia makes so but up to 1400 a month is a lot for just 2 people. Imagine what bigger families have to spend.
@@rebeccaludwig391 it's still so awesome you can speak two languages...my grandparents spoke waloon and as a child they tried to teach me and i regret not working with it.
I can imagine polar night being nice and cozy for a couple of days, but after weeks of darkness I would probably blow my brains out. If you can survive that, I salute you
Cecilia! Have you considered including a calendar in your merch line? With your incredible photos of aurora, icebergs, the animals, etc? I'd snatch one up in an instant! :)
It’s 1:08am on Monday morning Here in south Australia. Im home from my night shift and this is how I relax. Your videos are sooo calming. It is a dream to be able to visit your beautiful village one day and an even bigger dream to be able to live there.
I'm watching from far north QLD never ending heat & humidity!!! Love to be in cold weather. The 12 hour approx' ( varies in peak "winter which is not winter! June -August" and summer) days of day / night is so boring!! lol
I always wear a mask on a plane especially a long haul flight because the air is recylced and i nearly died from a chest infection caught on a plane. Ive just found ypur channel and i LOVE it!
I absolutely love winter here in Finland. So good to relax and wait for the snow to come. I am a night time person and love to walk around our local forests and take pictures of Aurora and stars on cold clear nights. We don't get as much darkness as you guys but still enough. My father moved from England to live with us after my mother died. It's going to be his first winter here so hopefully he copes with the extreme temperatures and darkness.
What a envy.....here in Brazil we have to face an extremely hot summer, which longs 10 months ( at least). Only during winter time we have some relief. Gosh!!!
Cecilia, you have such a wonderful combination of beautiful videography, vlog and daily life, and interesting information about that gorgeous area. The videos feel simultaneously comforting and inspiring, and I can't be the only person who somehow feels like you are my friend even though we've never met :)
@@LucianaVIP1 Cecilia has mentioned that there are two vets, and one hospital that also functions as a general doctor's office. Only basic procedures and check ups are done there, anything specialized or life threatening is required to be treated on the mainland (Norway). There isn't even a maternity ward since giving birth on the island is illegal. Not sure how much the vets are able to cover, the only mention that I've seen her talk about in her videos is that she once took Grim to get dental work done which did require anesthesia. With that though, there were lots of rescheduling and delays that lasted weeks since all the medicine has to be shipped in and sometimes specially ordered, and sometimes the boats/planes experience delays.
@@StrawberryRaine Thank you for helping me have an idea of how things work there. I could never have a pet without all the assistance needed (if needed). And regular check-ups, blood work, etc...
I live in Alaska and although our winters are not as extreme as yours as far as darkness goes, I can relate to a lot of your experiences. Your perspective and joyful outlook really encourages me. It challenges me to embrace our unique living conditions and celebrate them. This will be my second year watching your channel. I just love it! My husband and I hope to visit your country one day as tourist and enjoy all of the restaurants and coffee shops you show. ❤
IDK why it's so fascinating to see ppl grocery shop in another country. It just is! Putting the camera on the trolley is a good idea. Trolley Cam 😅 Love the transition from semi-dark to pitch black during your polar night ❤ It's heading towards summer here in south-eastern Australia, and we're experiencing a LaNina weather pattern, so it's getting icky and humid, with ridiculous amounts of rain in some areas.
Heading toward summer sounds great! We’re already freezing in Utah/Colorado. Absolutely love SE Australia. I’m pressing for that move. Haha. Hope you stay dry!
@@donnalawrence8593 Most of the flooding is a fair way north of where I am in Melbourne (Australia is a big continent, lol!) but we did have local flooding quite close to my home last month. Lots of ppl a few suburbs away lost their belongings 😔
@@crin28 Lol! I'm guessing you're talking about Sydney? I'm in Melbourne, which is a fabulous city for food and culture but has rather unpredictable weather!
It's amazing to have this supermarket basically a stone's throw from the North Pole. I used to live north of the Arctic Circle - about twice as far from the North Pole as Svalbard. That extra 1300 km really puts things in perspective - Svalbard is truly at the doorstep of the Pole. And the scenery - especially the northern lights - are simply magnificent.
I think they can do that because they have their entry playing as an airlock (I think they all have this in the north countries because of how cold and extreme the weather is), so the house keeps the warmth while they can dress up and go out
Same. I had to say good-bye to my old dog in May. Old dogs are so sweet. This guy looks like he is doing a good job of greeting customers and getting love. It’s a hard job, but someone has to do it. 💝
Your fridge is so clean. 😊 your life is so cuddly. We just had a blizzard here in Saskatchewan Canada. Winter is cuddly as long as everyone is home safe.
@@karencorcoran4628 all the more of an excuse for one heck of a snowball fight, if there was more. Sorry, but the kid in me LOVES a good snowball fight. I’m in Cape Breton.
I'm from Palm Springs, California where the temperature averages between 100-110 degrees. I really enjoyed watching this. The snow ❄️ looked so cozy against backdrop of night. I loved the shopping trip as well. Thanks!
I think anytime you go somewhere new your body isn’t used to, you’re more susceptible to catch things. I am from America, but because it’s such a huge country, if I go across to the other side I also catch things more easily because my body isn’t used to that environment and is also weak and tired from travel.
I read on Wiki most people only live there 7 years and no one over 66 lives there. I am 70. Don’t think I could live there year round. I love seeing younger generation doing their thing! Thanks🌹
I’m just so fascinated by your life during polar nights! Also, this is the story of my life while shopping “I think we are done now…we don’t need anything else………OHhhh!!!” 😂
as someone from Brazil where I literally get mangos and avocados in my backyard (and I live in a 700thousand people city), I'm really amazed to see how great is the variety of foods in your supermarket.
That dog you greeted when you walked into the Husky Cafe looks just like my late dog D/BO. On my sons fourth birthday, he walked into my sons room, gave him one last nose poke, and literally went to heaven on the side of his bed. It was one of the worst things I have ever experienced. Not to be a mood killer, but I just felt like sharing.
Thank you for your generosity and showing us an intimate look inside your daily life and sharing your culture. This is delightful to watch and wonderful to connect with others so far away through basic needs! I'm enjoying your channel very much thank you
I live in Canada and first of all I was really surprised at how warm it is there!! And of the items I saw prices for, most were fairly comparable or even cheaper than what I pay here. I was also surprised to see the good quality of produce...nice bananas, and nice, big avocadoes!
Yes I agree! I'm in Alberta and the prices make me want to cry. Our inflation is insane. This very much reminds me of the north west territories and Nunavut Yukon type area. Very similar life style and way of life other than I haven't seen much for native population on her channel so I'm not sure if they have a native population or not.
We have alot of Scandavian residents here in N. WI. USA. Our Church just had a Scandavian Dinner last week. Lutifisk, meatballs, rutabagas and carrots, peas, red potatoes, lefsa, rye bread, herring ,pickled beets, with tapioca pudding topped with lindenberry sauce and a Krumkaka cookie. Lots of butter..... Along with the Scandavian bake sale we made $5000 for the community charities. Many Dale of Norway sweaters worn.
I find winter nights to be cozy. We light candles and the fireplace, have warm and soft blankets, and cook comfort soups and stews. Today we came off daylight savings time and the sun will set at 4:56 pm tonight. (MN)
Great shopping with you all and lovely set up for kitchen kind to help the old dog and so beautiful seeing you n Grim and the lights in distance liked the sled and Christoffer bringing the shopping home Thanks for the trip
Hey! I have a suggestion? Run a 200' length of 3/8" steel cable from front door to car park, and rig up a pulley system...hang a wooden sled to put your groceries in, and then you can lower them down! If you add a $200 Front bumper winch to the rig you could pull UP the items to the truck!!
this is my 2nd polar night with you, and im so excited to experience it with you by watching your videos. as always thank you for sharing your life with us all we appreciate it. polar night is just stunning and so special ❤
@@noix666dezephir some badly designed grocery bags probably. The kind that fool you into thinking you can hang it on your shoulder but the straps are just short enough that you can't quite. 😂
You guys have become my official before bed time viewing. I live in the S.E. U.S. and have wanted to live in a colder climate (bc it’s just way too hot) for a while now. I’m living vicariously through your adventures! You guys(and yes that includes Grim!) are welcome anytime! Stay frosty and be safe out there 🤙🏻
These Polar Night videos are super cozy and lovely to watch. I would absolutely love to live somewhere like that - can't think of anywhere I would rather be. The grocery prices shown were actually quite similar to what you'd find in my medium-sized Midwestern (USA) city, cheaper in a few cases. That was shocking, I was sure things would be higher since everything has to be shipped/flown in. Very interesting.
I was thinking the same thing. I live an hour as the crow flies from Hollywood, and everything is astronomically expensive, including fresh produce grown right here or just south of the border. And the store in Longyearbyen has a MUCH better selection than my California grocery chain! Those crisp breads! 😍 We used to get them when I lived in the Netherlands too, along with the round rusks. There's something so satisfying about Northern European shopping. 😊 Everything is packaged so nicely and looks so appealing.
I also loved how you were so caring to the elder dog in the coffee shop! So very sweet of you to give him so much attention! I am a huge animal lover - dogs especially - I just love when you talk to Grim!❤️🐾🐾
I’ve been following you for quite a while. You make amazing videos! I adore Grim and I think Christoffer is very handsome the way he is a bit shy on the videos although he is starting to relax. I can’t blame him, I would be the same way. You are the perfect couple. Svalbard is magical. Thank you all for sharing! Cant wait for more of Cooking with your mountain man!
I just stumbled onto your page. Absolutely fascinating and such a gorgeous place!! I’m born and raised in upstate NY, about an hour and a half north of NYC. I literally almost swallowed my tongue at your grocery prices. You made me feel so much better… thank you for that!😂😂 My weekly budget is $120.00. That’s had to remain the same even through our country’s inflation nightmare. Prices have pretty much doubled in the last several months. For examples… milk was $3 a gallon now it’s just under $6. Eggs were about $2 a dozen now $5 & up. Fuel prices have more than doubled which is one of our biggest issues. Thank the lord we use our wood stove to heat our entire home. I actually love it and wouldn’t ever want to change it. There’s something about that kind of heat. So comforting! We do have a furnace (we use it in spring and late fall when we can’t use our wood stove because it’s just too warm) but… kerosene is over $9.00 a gallon now (from roughly $3). My husband cuts and splits all our firewood every year. We have about 25 cord cut and split right now and have 2 loads of logs (that need to sit so it can be used next year) that will also be in the neighborhood of 25 cord when he’s done cutting and splitting. The wood was $600 a load and has since gone up to $750. My in-laws are next door to us and that wood heats both houses from late fall to spring. I’m binging your channel now…
I just came back from Svalbard and your video is very relatable now! I heard of Svalbard when I was little, reading "His Dark Materials", but never really considered visiting. I only considered visiting after watching your videos I think! Longyearbyen/Svalbard was beautiful. I had to keep reminding myself where I was in the world, it was so unreal and dramatic. We even managed to see the northern lights before the weather turned more snowy. My friends and I all got sick on our last day, the same day you said you were sick at the beginning of the video! :D There was so much more we would have loved to do in Longyearbyen, we will have to come back - maybe we can experience Spring/Summer next time.
So glad to have found your channel and thanks for sharing your life with us. I have always been intrigued by folks who choose to live in remote cold places. I am a Jamaican living in Canada and struggle with the cold! You are helping me to embrace a different way of living!
Thank you for letting me be a fly on the wall! That was the coziest video ever! 😊I hope you feel better soon. Grimm seemed very happy to have you home❤
I love how open and honest you are about finances and kids. As an American I wish we did the same. Love the way you and your man think ❤ sending you lots of love from nyc
Hello from Vancouver Canada! 👋 Clocks just changed which means sunset is around 4:30pm now, which is something I usually dread, but your enthusiasm and optimism about polar night (something I admit still sort of sounds like hell to me) has made me more open to trying to embrace this cold cozy season. 😊
Same here, usually it gets pitch black at 5pm already here. I usually get home at 4pm from school so I tend to be lazy since it gets dark that quick. I'd love it to be dark for a couple of months but I'd just lay and do nothing the entire time.
Thank you for sharing your daily life with us. I live in the total "polar" opposite climate. I live in southeastern Georgia, USA. We are a subtropical climate with 10 months of summer. Today we had a 116 degree Fahrenheit heat index due to the high humidity here. The actual temp was 97. Earlier this week, we had a 116 degree heat index on a 92 actual temp day. Your toes sweat the minute you step outside in sandals. In closed shoes, your feet area already sweating. Winter comes sometimes for a few days in December with extreme temps in the 20-freezing temp of 32. Winter is more a January/February thing, but even then it can be 50-70 degrees with 90s by April. I love seeing your community, daily life, and culture. Please keep sharing.
Just loving this darker season to begin and in your place, there is everything I appreciate so much: snow, coldness, cozy home and your sparkling positive spirit! Greetings from Berlin
I just went grocery shopping this weekend and complained about paying $4.50 for 5 avocados. Our grocery bill was $172.00 and we will shop one more time just before Thanksgiving. We spend roughly $400.00 - $500.00 a month in groceries for the 2 of us. I shop the sells, buy close to expiration date as well. Love going shopping with y'all.
Yes, I live in San Diego and spend about $500/month for two people. This includes cleaning/laundry supplies and paper products. Always shopping the sales. No coupons.
also loving the polar nights from a distance..... super cozy but not sure how I would fair.... keep them coming....living vicariously through you both!!!
I’d love more Grim content (or dog content)! How you exercise them, keep them healthy, bathe/groom them, breed them…also are there working dogs on the island? Vets? How to dogs cope in all weathers & with the wild animals/birds? Grim is such a good boy.
We went grocery shopping yesterday too in Texas. Had daylight and options lol. Thanks for sharing your very unique life with us. My wife and I love discussing your videos and we now want to come visit! Well maybe when there is daylight!
In Midwest America we spend four hundred and fifty dollars a week for a family of four. And on the sixth day of a weekly haul the fridge is bare. Two teenagers.
Grim reminds me so much of my girl Meg. She’s a husky mix, so she’s got some sort of shepherd in her as well, but she’s still got that fluffy coat and the excited loud panting when she’s happy. I think it’s so funny you mentioned how Grim becomes a couch potato during polar night because I feel like my dogs get even more restless than normal during the winter, although they’ve got lots of exercise.
I always start watching you videos around this time of the year. im happy to be back. you're making feel winter like a cozy blanket and not this wet dark depressing thing
I love your vlogs so much! (Selfishly) glad you felt ok enough to record, edit and upload a new one fresh off your trip to the U.S. Hope you're both tip top shape again! And also hope to see a vlog from your time in America (if you felt well enough to record anything). Thanks Cecilia and Christopher!
I enjoyed this! Seeing grocery items from other countries is interesting. Also enjoyed your food storage drawers and cabinets. Enjoyed seeing the Husky Cafe. ❤️❤️❤️
The best medicine for anxiety is focusing on other's, rather than our own feeling's. There are so many needing help of all kinds. Volunteering in any capacity is a good start.
The sky is the most beautiful colour! Before you went to the store and after, on the way out. If I could ever live there I think I would get nothing done, I would just nurse a cup of coffee and stare at the sky all day and night long.
I live in Alaska and it’s so interesting to see how our lives are similar in many ways. 469$ on groceries isn’t too much at all considering where you live! I spend a similar amount per month for two people. Love your videos!
Watching you two grocery shop is amazing I’m from Hawaii and they reason they say our food is so expensive is because everything gets shipped in. But where you are from it’s still so much cheaper and takes so much more to get shipped in… that box of granola that you said was expensive is 8x more expensive here in Hawaii
I'm so happy I found your channel a couple of months ago. Another interesting post on a fascinating part of the world that most will never be able to visit. Your positivity is totally infectious (no pun intended!)
That supermarket is impressive! Clean, modern, and has all the trendy foods. Much better than many markers in the small towns. All Artic towns look poor with bad infrastructure but this town looks very modern with good infrastructure. I love to live here for a year to experience life there!
@@carochan86 things slowly improve in Jan and feb and by feb the sun sets at 6-7 pm in late February and rises at 8 am. November and Dec are the darkest here. But still very cold in Jan. Minus 40 degrees Celsius.
Love this vlog so much! Glad your cold is better! While I could not function at all in 24/7 darkness, your polar night videos have actually helped me tolerate the shorter days of winter here in the southeastern US, and I thank you for that!! 😊❤️
You have completely changed my thoughts of living g way up North. It’s not the hard desolate life I thought. You both are awsome. Thank you for alowding us to see what it’s really like Your house is so pretty.
Wow. What a beautiful sight...to look up and see the sky full of twinkling light and vibrant color. It's magical.Thank you for sharing this! Your dog is super adorable! Can't wait to watch more of your videos! 😊
As a New Zealander it blows my mind that you guys get kiwifruit grown in New Zealand all the way up in Svalbard. That kiwifruit has literally travelled the world to get there!!
Those kiwis were probably grown elsewhere. Italy, Greece and Portugal also grow them.
@@VeraDonna Sorry, but the label clearly says they're from New Zealand (see 14:23). Norwegian supermarkets typically show the origins of fruits and vegetables.
And too think its probably cheaper there than what we pay here for it 🤦♀️
@@awhinakeefe4663 i was looking at the prices and thinking the same thing. like that coffee. 7usd (just over $10nzd) isn't even that bad. a pack of instant maconna coffee is like 15 in NZ
@@legitjafa its out of it aye,its so expensive here…I dont think others would shops they way they do here lol
I keep forgetting it's polar night, halfway through I'm thinking "wow she really gets a lot done in the evenings" 😂
lol
A real night owl 😂
Me, too! 😅
I was so confused to see her making coffee in the middle of the night
Gina that's a good comment - as for making coffee at night - as for the other comment some one made about coffee at night - I live in the deep South in the US we drink Coffee with Chicory all hours of the day and night lol - I grew up drinking hot and cold coffee as the #1 beverage
Svalbard is so magical. I'm completely obsessed with the lifestyle, and the absolute beauty.
obsessed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you took the words right out of my mouth. it is magical
I think the funniest part is the “I went to America and I came back with this adorable bag from Tractor Supply.” 🤣
It's the little things
I chuckled at that myself. Tractor supply has everything. Lol
Also Target tote bags. Seems like every second person in my neighborhood in New York uses a Target bag.
@@thebiblioholic for nordic ppl thats ikea bags or ullared bags 🥴
Trader Joe's has some nice bags too. I have a variety of Daiso bags too.
I don't know why grocery shop videos are some of my favorite. You guys have mostly the same stuff we do but it's still cool to see what the shopping experience is like there.
I always check out grocery stores in every country or region I visit. Even though so much has become the same all over the world. It’s still fun.
@@itzel1735 me too! It is like visiting a museum for me;) I like to look at everything we don't have in our stores.
A grocery video of hers is what brought me to her channel years ago! Haha
Omg that white faced husky in the cafe just melted my heart! What a sweet bot
Something very comforting about your winter vlogs, it allows me to embrace the winter months to come and my chill out vibes to kick in. .
I so agree!
I know I'm literally buying strip lights, I thought I knew winter in northern alberta but I think she wins
I agree, I usually dread winter but watching someone who LOVES it helps!
Me too!! I’m obsessed with her channel❤
Her attitude towards the darkness makes me have a better attitude toward our sunset before 5 p.m. Tonight I sat outside and watched the sun go down and the moon come up. It was beautiful. It didn’t hurt that it was over 70 F.
OMG Grimm "power walking" alongside the car was TOO cute
You JUST got back! You are NOT leaving me again! 😄😄
I was going to say the same thing lol he is such a smart pup!
He needed some exercise, they needed go grocery shopping still tired fro the long flight and Cecilia having the cold.
I love how Cecilia’s videos are filled with dogs and coffee. (I’m actually more of a cat person, but I like doggies too.)
I don’t know if I could face pulling all those groceries down in a sled in the dark cold snow and putting them away. But that’s why I don’t live in Svalbard 😜.
It’s so interesting to see that the prices are considered extremely expensive. The granola here in the USA would likely be around $6-8 a box instead of $3
Agreed! The prices in Svalbard are wayyyyyy lower than in D.C., and many places in the US. I live in Germany now and prices here are similar to Svalbard. Germans think prices are too high. Apparently many countries in Europe have even cheaper food. I guess it all depends on what you’re used to! Coming from Washington D.C., I am in heaven with German food prices!
I'm sure their fresh stuff is expensive since it has to be shipped so far. But yeah, their Oatly is like $3-$4 a container which is similar to the price where I live in rural Upper Midwest. I didn't think the frozen berries for $3 or body wash for $10 sounded out of the norm either.
I can't believe how inexpensive it was really. And how wide the selection was. Especially compared to northern Canada!
Yeah, that Oatly alone being less than $3.50 when here in NJ at Target, that size is $4.59
What people often forget is that in the Nordic countries (excluding Norway) middle class income is around 4k usd a month (before taxes, after taxes below 3k) so 1200 to 1400 usd a month on food is a considerable amount. Even with two middle class incomes. Now we don’t know what Cecilia makes so but up to 1400 a month is a lot for just 2 people. Imagine what bigger families have to spend.
I love how Cecilia can switch between English and her native tounge with such ease...i so wish i was bilingual
It's still brain work though and sometimes exhausting. I often have to switch between my native language German and English.
@@rebeccaludwig391 it's still so awesome you can speak two languages...my grandparents spoke waloon and as a child they tried to teach me and i regret not working with it.
A lot of people in Europe, speak multiple languages and are at least bi-lingual. I speak English and German.
Yes very listenerable voice 👌
Every bilingual person does this :)
I can imagine polar night being nice and cozy for a couple of days, but after weeks of darkness I would probably blow my brains out. If you can survive that, I salute you
The first weeks are actually the hardest. After that you get used to it.
Your so brave living there I couldn't I'd be so bored 😅 do you have a television?
Cecilia! Have you considered including a calendar in your merch line? With your incredible photos of aurora, icebergs, the animals, etc? I'd snatch one up in an instant! :)
Or a coffee table book. That way she can do book signings!
Go the calendar, If it had Grimm in a Xmas hat for December, I’d buy it! 😂
I would totally buy a calendar 📅
I would love ❤️ a calendar as well..
A grim calendar
It’s 1:08am on Monday morning Here in south Australia. Im home from my night shift and this is how I relax. Your videos are sooo calming. It is a dream to be able to visit your beautiful village one day and an even bigger dream to be able to live there.
I’m watching in Sydney. So good right!? Agree about the calm of these - love watching.
I'm watching from far north QLD never ending heat & humidity!!! Love to be in cold weather.
The 12 hour approx' ( varies in peak "winter which is not winter! June -August" and summer) days of day / night is so boring!! lol
Oz Oz Oz, oi oi oi....! 😁
No? 🤔😅
I'll see myself right out, thank you for your attention 😅😅
I bet your life is interesting as well
I always wear a mask on a plane especially a long haul flight because the air is recylced and i nearly died from a chest infection caught on a plane. Ive just found ypur channel and i LOVE it!
I absolutely love winter here in Finland.
So good to relax and wait for the snow to come.
I am a night time person and love to walk around our local forests and take pictures of Aurora and stars on cold clear nights. We don't get as much darkness as you guys but still enough. My father moved from England to live with us after my mother died. It's going to be his first winter here so hopefully he copes with the extreme temperatures and darkness.
What a envy.....here in Brazil we have to face an extremely hot summer, which longs 10 months ( at least). Only during winter time we have some relief. Gosh!!!
@@mechaileh1 how the f , summer for 10 months 🤔🤔
I would love to go to Finland but I never been out of the US I have to get my passport first
@@haroonaman4068 no that person is wrong summer is not 10 months
@@wildlifewarrior2670 have you been to Brazil 🌝
Cecilia, you have such a wonderful combination of beautiful videography, vlog and daily life, and interesting information about that gorgeous area. The videos feel simultaneously comforting and inspiring, and I can't be the only person who somehow feels like you are my friend even though we've never met :)
Thank you so so much 😭🧡🧡🧡
Yes, I’ve been feeling this way too. She’s so personable and just lovely inviting us into her life. I feel like we’re friends.
Thats exactly like I feel also !
She is living my dream so I love love her vids😍
This is true !
Love that you took out some time to give that older dog some much needed lovin ❤ Elderly dogs have my heart 🥺
Why did the dog need "much needed lovin?" He’s in a coffee shop everyone would be patting him!
Do you know if there is a veterinarian there? a hospital?
@@LucianaVIP1 Cecilia has mentioned that there are two vets, and one hospital that also functions as a general doctor's office. Only basic procedures and check ups are done there, anything specialized or life threatening is required to be treated on the mainland (Norway). There isn't even a maternity ward since giving birth on the island is illegal.
Not sure how much the vets are able to cover, the only mention that I've seen her talk about in her videos is that she once took Grim to get dental work done which did require anesthesia. With that though, there were lots of rescheduling and delays that lasted weeks since all the medicine has to be shipped in and sometimes specially ordered, and sometimes the boats/planes experience delays.
@@StrawberryRaine Thank you for helping me have an idea of how things work there. I could never have a pet without all the assistance needed (if needed). And regular check-ups, blood work, etc...
I live in Alaska and although our winters are not as extreme as yours as far as darkness goes, I can relate to a lot of your experiences. Your perspective and joyful outlook really encourages me. It challenges me to embrace our unique living conditions and celebrate them. This will be my second year watching your channel. I just love it! My husband and I hope to visit your country one day as tourist and enjoy all of the restaurants and coffee shops you show. ❤
IDK why it's so fascinating to see ppl grocery shop in another country. It just is! Putting the camera on the trolley is a good idea. Trolley Cam 😅 Love the transition from semi-dark to pitch black during your polar night ❤ It's heading towards summer here in south-eastern Australia, and we're experiencing a LaNina weather pattern, so it's getting icky and humid, with ridiculous amounts of rain in some areas.
I cant believe how little they bought for $500.00
I hope you didn't get flooded. I wish it was going on spring in America. Quite warm for November. I had a yard sale last week and was hot.
Heading toward summer sounds great! We’re already freezing in Utah/Colorado.
Absolutely love SE Australia. I’m pressing for that move. Haha. Hope you stay dry!
@@donnalawrence8593 Most of the flooding is a fair way north of where I am in Melbourne (Australia is a big continent, lol!) but we did have local flooding quite close to my home last month. Lots of ppl a few suburbs away lost their belongings 😔
@@crin28 Lol! I'm guessing you're talking about Sydney? I'm in Melbourne, which is a fabulous city for food and culture but has rather unpredictable weather!
It's amazing to have this supermarket basically a stone's throw from the North Pole. I used to live north of the Arctic Circle - about twice as far from the North Pole as Svalbard. That extra 1300 km really puts things in perspective - Svalbard is truly at the doorstep of the Pole. And the scenery - especially the northern lights - are simply magnificent.
can't deny it, I was shivering watching you leave the front door open while you finished getting dressed
I was going crazy watching how they were letting the heat out for so long!
It genuinely gave me minor anxiety 🤣
Like I yell and tell my son, close the door while it is only 32 f. outside.
I kept hearing my mom “are you trying to heat up the entire neighborhood?”
I think they can do that because they have their entry playing as an airlock (I think they all have this in the north countries because of how cold and extreme the weather is), so the house keeps the warmth while they can dress up and go out
I love Cecilia's attitude. Here she is not feeling well and still going about her day smiling and with purpose.
Every time I see your beautiful cozy home. I go wishing. I wish I could be sitting there. It's so beautiful there.
My favorite part was the old dog in the coffee shop. So sweet! Reminded me of my old dog!
Same. I had to say good-bye to my old dog in May. Old dogs are so sweet. This guy looks like he is doing a good job of greeting customers and getting love. It’s a hard job, but someone has to do it. 💝
Your fridge is so clean. 😊 your life is so cuddly. We just had a blizzard here in Saskatchewan Canada. Winter is cuddly as long as everyone is home safe.
WOW 😮 How many cm of snow did you end up with?
@@mayfleur36 we got about 5 plus inches. Well needed.
@@karencorcoran4628 all the more of an excuse for one heck of a snowball fight, if there was more. Sorry, but the kid in me LOVES a good snowball fight. I’m in Cape Breton.
@@mayfleur36 Absolutely!
I'm from Palm Springs, California where the temperature averages between 100-110 degrees. I really enjoyed watching this. The snow ❄️ looked so cozy against backdrop of night. I loved the shopping trip as well. Thanks!
A coffee shop with dogs. Sounds like heaven to me. 🐶
Sorry you were sick in America. Hope it's not something we did. 😀. Feel better.
I think it’s the air. I instantly got sick too when I got to the US.
I think anytime you go somewhere new your body isn’t used to, you’re more susceptible to catch things. I am from America, but because it’s such a huge country, if I go across to the other side I also catch things more easily because my body isn’t used to that environment and is also weak and tired from travel.
Cecilia showing her true colors taking the time to give a elderly dog some love 💕
Yes while shopping sick and spreading her germs in the market and that small coffee shop, how kind of her 🙄
@@medeya560 it’s a cold. Get over it. 🙄
@@medeya560 do you expect people to stay home because of a cold? Its not corona or the flu
❤agreed
@@medeya560 Oh don't be such a big baby.
I live in the most rainy and cloudy part of Spain. I can´t imagine to live without seeing the sun for such a long time. Good luck and stay strong!!!
"I think we're done now. I don't think we need anything else...-ooooh🤨🤩"
Is literally me every time I go shopping 🤣❤
Or how about shopping with your stomach..lol..i swear i have to stop doing that
The scenery looks absolutely breathtaking. We all hope you’re doing well. Keep doing the things you love. May God bless you and your family.
I read on Wiki most people only live there 7 years and no one over 66 lives there. I am 70. Don’t think I could live there year round. I love seeing younger generation doing their thing! Thanks🌹
I’m just so fascinated by your life during polar nights!
Also, this is the story of my life while shopping “I think we are done now…we don’t need anything else………OHhhh!!!” 😂
Hahaha 🤣
I do that too.
I can appreciate your affection for Salvard and appreciation of the deafening quiet. I don't know of I could adjust to 2 months of no sun.
as someone from Brazil where I literally get mangos and avocados in my backyard (and I live in a 700thousand people city), I'm really amazed to see how great is the variety of foods in your supermarket.
It's so crazy that avocados from my country Peru go all the way to the artic it just blows my mind 🤯
I live in Oklahoma and I have never seen anything like this before. Definitely bucket list visit. Absolutely amazing places like that exist.
That dog you greeted when you walked into the Husky Cafe looks just like my late dog D/BO. On my sons fourth birthday, he walked into my sons room, gave him one last nose poke, and literally went to heaven on the side of his bed. It was one of the worst things I have ever experienced. Not to be a mood killer, but I just felt like sharing.
Thank you for your generosity and showing us an intimate look inside your daily life and sharing your culture. This is delightful to watch and wonderful to connect with others so far away through basic needs! I'm enjoying your channel very much thank you
I loved seeing the Target shopping bag- I’m American living in Belgium and it made me a bit homesick.
These vlogs are fascinating to me. I love how you live in extreme conditions and are right at home 😊
I live in Canada and first of all I was really surprised at how warm it is there!! And of the items I saw prices for, most were fairly comparable or even cheaper than what I pay here. I was also surprised to see the good quality of produce...nice bananas, and nice, big avocadoes!
Yes I agree! I'm in Alberta and the prices make me want to cry. Our inflation is insane. This very much reminds me of the north west territories and Nunavut Yukon type area. Very similar life style and way of life other than I haven't seen much for native population on her channel so I'm not sure if they have a native population or not.
Yes prices not too bad for so remote!!
Svalbard never had native people.
Yes, I’m just in the UK, and I was surprised that it was just -2.
We have alot of Scandavian residents here in N. WI. USA. Our Church just had a Scandavian Dinner last week. Lutifisk, meatballs, rutabagas and carrots, peas, red potatoes, lefsa, rye bread, herring ,pickled beets, with tapioca pudding topped with lindenberry sauce and a Krumkaka cookie. Lots of butter..... Along with the Scandavian bake sale we made $5000 for the community charities. Many Dale of Norway sweaters worn.
I find winter nights to be cozy. We light candles and the fireplace, have warm and soft blankets, and cook comfort soups and stews. Today we came off daylight savings time and the sun will set at 4:56 pm tonight. (MN)
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Great shopping with you all and lovely set up for kitchen kind to help the old dog and so beautiful seeing you n Grim and the lights in distance liked the sled and Christoffer bringing the shopping home Thanks for the trip
I absolutely am not usually a fan of winter but Cecilia makes me wanna enjoy it 💓
Hey! I have a suggestion? Run a 200' length of 3/8" steel cable from front door to car park, and rig up a pulley system...hang a wooden sled to put your groceries in, and then you can lower them down! If you add a $200 Front bumper winch to the rig you could pull UP the items to the truck!!
this is my 2nd polar night with you, and im so excited to experience it with you by watching your videos. as always thank you for sharing your life with us all we appreciate it. polar night is just stunning and so special ❤
Yaaay! Thank you for being here 😃😃
Same:). I absolutely love the cozy season. xo
Cecilia -> super happy about reusable grocery bags.
Me -> I wish I had that much serotonin lol
shes not happy about reusable grocery bags. shes just bored af.
@@shirwishir lol
Who hurt you ? Lol
@@noix666dezephir some badly designed grocery bags probably. The kind that fool you into thinking you can hang it on your shoulder but the straps are just short enough that you can't quite. 😂
you have such a lovely heart. it is so sweet watching you love on that older dog at the cafe.
The lightest part of your day right now is absolutely beautiful 💙🤩💙
You guys have become my official before bed time viewing. I live in the S.E. U.S. and have wanted to live in a colder climate (bc it’s just way too hot) for a while now. I’m living vicariously through your adventures! You guys(and yes that includes Grim!) are welcome anytime! Stay frosty and be safe out there 🤙🏻
Where is SEUS?
I’d assume he means the South East of the United States ?
@@hay1707 Yep! Sorry about my wonky abbreviation.🙂
Same! This looks HEAVENLY 💞
Love from Alabama!🥵😂
🙂 I watch Cecilia for the same reason. I was a towhead from Michigan and now live in South Florida. It's too hot and too bright.
These Polar Night videos are super cozy and lovely to watch. I would absolutely love to live somewhere like that - can't think of anywhere I would rather be. The grocery prices shown were actually quite similar to what you'd find in my medium-sized Midwestern (USA) city, cheaper in a few cases. That was shocking, I was sure things would be higher since everything has to be shipped/flown in. Very interesting.
I was thinking the same thing. I live an hour as the crow flies from Hollywood, and everything is astronomically expensive, including fresh produce grown right here or just south of the border. And the store in Longyearbyen has a MUCH better selection than my California grocery chain! Those crisp breads! 😍 We used to get them when I lived in the Netherlands too, along with the round rusks. There's something so satisfying about Northern European shopping. 😊 Everything is packaged so nicely and looks so appealing.
Thank you for sharing with us! Cecilia you are so uplifting and happy all of the time! You, Christopher and Grim are living a wonderful life!
I also loved how you were so caring to the elder dog in the coffee shop! So very sweet of you to give him so much attention! I am a huge animal lover - dogs especially - I just love when you talk to Grim!❤️🐾🐾
The darkness, snow and lights looks so beautiful like a postcard .❤
I love your fairy lights! Makes your home look so cosy 🥰
The quality of your video always amaze me, your truly one of the best creators on UA-cam.
I’ve been following you for quite a while. You make amazing videos! I adore Grim and I think Christoffer is very handsome the way he is a bit shy on the videos although he is starting to relax. I can’t blame him, I would be the same way. You are the perfect couple. Svalbard is magical. Thank you all for sharing! Cant wait for more of Cooking with your mountain man!
I just stumbled onto your page. Absolutely fascinating and such a gorgeous place!! I’m born and raised in upstate NY, about an hour and a half north of NYC. I literally almost swallowed my tongue at your grocery prices. You made me feel so much better… thank you for that!😂😂 My weekly budget is $120.00. That’s had to remain the same even through our country’s inflation nightmare. Prices have pretty much doubled in the last several months. For examples… milk was $3 a gallon now it’s just under $6. Eggs were about $2 a dozen now $5 & up. Fuel prices have more than doubled which is one of our biggest issues. Thank the lord we use our wood stove to heat our entire home. I actually love it and wouldn’t ever want to change it. There’s something about that kind of heat. So comforting! We do have a furnace (we use it in spring and late fall when we can’t use our wood stove because it’s just too warm) but… kerosene is over $9.00 a gallon now (from roughly $3). My husband cuts and splits all our firewood every year. We have about 25 cord cut and split right now and have 2 loads of logs (that need to sit so it can be used next year) that will also be in the neighborhood of 25 cord when he’s done cutting and splitting. The wood was $600 a load and has since gone up to $750. My in-laws are next door to us and that wood heats both houses from late fall to spring. I’m binging your channel now…
I love that Grim has a snack drawer. Also love the shopping videos to see what’s available and the prices.
I just came back from Svalbard and your video is very relatable now! I heard of Svalbard when I was little, reading "His Dark Materials", but never really considered visiting. I only considered visiting after watching your videos I think! Longyearbyen/Svalbard was beautiful. I had to keep reminding myself where I was in the world, it was so unreal and dramatic. We even managed to see the northern lights before the weather turned more snowy. My friends and I all got sick on our last day, the same day you said you were sick at the beginning of the video! :D There was so much more we would have loved to do in Longyearbyen, we will have to come back - maybe we can experience Spring/Summer next time.
Love how Grimm is talking back 🥰❤️
Sounds like you had the flu which is going around. So glad you’re better and back with Grimm!
Glad you are on the mend. Grim looks cute as ever!
So glad to have found your channel and thanks for sharing your life with us. I have always been intrigued by folks who choose to live in remote cold places. I am a Jamaican living in Canada and struggle with the cold! You are helping me to embrace a different way of living!
Thank you for letting me be a fly on the wall! That was the coziest video ever! 😊I hope you feel better soon. Grimm seemed very happy to have you home❤
this video was like putting on a warm blanket and taking a trip to Svalbard....loved every second of it !
I love how open and honest you are about finances and kids. As an American I wish we did the same. Love the way you and your man think ❤ sending you lots of love from nyc
Your house looks so cosy and comfy, and then the location... The waterfront !
Hello from Vancouver Canada! 👋 Clocks just changed which means sunset is around 4:30pm now, which is something I usually dread, but your enthusiasm and optimism about polar night (something I admit still sort of sounds like hell to me) has made me more open to trying to embrace this cold cozy season. 😊
I feel the same way. I’ve followed her last year during polar night and really helped me embrace this time of year better
Howdy neighbor! 🇨🇦 I just flew back to Québec after 4 months in Vancity with my cat Merri. What's weird is, it's warmer here than in BC right now 😮
Same here, usually it gets pitch black at 5pm already here. I usually get home at 4pm from school so I tend to be lazy since it gets dark that quick. I'd love it to be dark for a couple of months but I'd just lay and do nothing the entire time.
@@IzzyOnTheMove hello! 👋It's been unseasonably cold here. A month ago it was 25 degrees, now I wake up everyday to frost!
Thank you for sharing your daily life with us. I live in the total "polar" opposite climate. I live in southeastern Georgia, USA. We are a subtropical climate with 10 months of summer. Today we had a 116 degree Fahrenheit heat index due to the high humidity here. The actual temp was 97. Earlier this week, we had a 116 degree heat index on a 92 actual temp day. Your toes sweat the minute you step outside in sandals. In closed shoes, your feet area already sweating. Winter comes sometimes for a few days in December with extreme temps in the 20-freezing temp of 32. Winter is more a January/February thing, but even then it can be 50-70 degrees with 90s by April. I love seeing your community, daily life, and culture. Please keep sharing.
The instant trust in that dogs eyes at the Husky Cafe when you petted her speaks volumes. You’re a really wonderful person 🙏🏼 Animals know.
Just loving this darker season to begin and in your place, there is everything I appreciate so much: snow, coldness, cozy home and your sparkling positive spirit! Greetings from Berlin
I was also amazed by the variety of selection in Norwegian supermarkets.
At 9:50 happy Grim! Doing his miles....
I just went grocery shopping this weekend and complained about paying $4.50 for 5 avocados. Our grocery bill was $172.00 and we will shop one more time just before Thanksgiving. We spend roughly $400.00 - $500.00 a month in groceries for the 2 of us. I shop the sells, buy close to expiration date as well. Love going shopping with y'all.
Yes, I live in San Diego and spend about $500/month for two people. This includes cleaning/laundry supplies and paper products. Always shopping the sales. No coupons.
also loving the polar nights from a distance..... super cozy but not sure how I would fair.... keep them coming....living vicariously through you both!!!
I’d love more Grim content (or dog content)! How you exercise them, keep them healthy, bathe/groom them, breed them…also are there working dogs on the island? Vets? How to dogs cope in all weathers & with the wild animals/birds? Grim is such a good boy.
We went grocery shopping yesterday too in Texas. Had daylight and options lol. Thanks for sharing your very unique life with us. My wife and I love discussing your videos and we now want to come visit! Well maybe when there is daylight!
In Midwest America we spend four hundred and fifty dollars a week for a family of four. And on the sixth day of a weekly haul the fridge is bare. Two teenagers.
Grim reminds me so much of my girl Meg. She’s a husky mix, so she’s got some sort of shepherd in her as well, but she’s still got that fluffy coat and the excited loud panting when she’s happy. I think it’s so funny you mentioned how Grim becomes a couch potato during polar night because I feel like my dogs get even more restless than normal during the winter, although they’ve got lots of exercise.
I always start watching you videos around this time of the year. im happy to be back. you're making feel winter like a cozy blanket and not this wet dark depressing thing
WOwwwww !!! I would LOVE to have all of this darkness and COLD weather! 😮
I love your vlogs so much! (Selfishly) glad you felt ok enough to record, edit and upload a new one fresh off your trip to the U.S. Hope you're both tip top shape again! And also hope to see a vlog from your time in America (if you felt well enough to record anything). Thanks Cecilia and Christopher!
I LOVE your home! So cosy inside, and that view!
I enjoyed this! Seeing grocery items from other countries is interesting. Also enjoyed your food storage drawers and cabinets. Enjoyed seeing the Husky Cafe. ❤️❤️❤️
Grim has a lot to say today. I love him soooo much!!!!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
I’ve been dealing with extreme anxiety over the last few months, and your videos give me so much peace. Thank you 🙏🏻♥️
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Hello fellow Arizonian!
The best medicine for anxiety is focusing on other's, rather than our own feeling's. There are so many needing help of all kinds. Volunteering in any capacity is a good start.
@@donnabaardsen5372 thanks for your advice! 🫶🏼
Probably you feel thankful you have the 🌞.
The sky is the most beautiful colour! Before you went to the store and after, on the way out. If I could ever live there I think I would get nothing done, I would just nurse a cup of coffee and stare at the sky all day and night long.
So beautiful. I do enjoying hearing about your life. I sure envy you during the summer humidity here in Florida.
I live in Alaska and it’s so interesting to see how our lives are similar in many ways. 469$ on groceries isn’t too much at all considering where you live! I spend a similar amount per month for two people.
Love your videos!
We shop every 10 days ish so its 1400$ a month🙂
Yes I should have specified. 469$ on the trip in the video 😆😊
Watching you two grocery shop is amazing I’m from Hawaii and they reason they say our food is so expensive is because everything gets shipped in. But where you are from it’s still so much cheaper and takes so much more to get shipped in… that box of granola that you said was expensive is 8x more expensive here in Hawaii
I'm so happy I found your channel a couple of months ago. Another interesting post on a fascinating part of the world that most will never be able to visit. Your positivity is totally infectious (no pun intended!)
Winter nights or polar nights are indescribable splendor, my friend
That supermarket is impressive! Clean, modern, and has all the trendy foods. Much better than many markers in the small towns. All Artic towns look poor with bad infrastructure but this town looks very modern with good infrastructure. I love to live here for a year to experience life there!
So sorry you got this illness. We have an month long and more illness happening in the US October into November and it's brutal!
I could not handle complete darkness at all. In northern Canada the sun rises at 9 am and sets at 2:30 in December. I hope you feel better soon.
Does it get worse then that in January and February?
@@carochan86 things slowly improve in Jan and feb and by feb the sun sets at 6-7 pm in late February and rises at 8 am. November and Dec are the darkest here. But still very cold in Jan. Minus 40 degrees Celsius.
We just had daylight savings end here in Wisconsin...it starts getting dark at 4pm and totally dark by 5pm so i guess i shouldn't complain lol
@@ctgctg1 yeah you can keep those temperatures. I prefer 10 C or higher .
@@cb.1212 I think it's the staying indoors that depresses me. I get way hungrier too.
Love this vlog so much! Glad your cold is better! While I could not function at all in 24/7 darkness, your polar night videos have actually helped me tolerate the shorter days of winter here in the southeastern US, and I thank you for that!! 😊❤️
You have completely changed my thoughts of living g way up
North. It’s not the hard desolate life I thought. You both are awsome. Thank you for alowding us to see what it’s really like Your house is so pretty.
Wow. What a beautiful sight...to look up and see the sky full of twinkling light and vibrant color. It's magical.Thank you for sharing this! Your dog is super adorable! Can't wait to watch more of your videos! 😊