Love your humor and welcome to our little Swedish patch on earth. I started watching your channel when you were studying in Khabarovsk. I could never dream that you would come to . Sweden, my homeland. Hope you had a pleasant trip in Scandinavia.
You're one of the most sensitive people I know, the thing you said about the saami people and how you compared their situation shows how you are able to have deep reflections on things. That's why I love to watch your videos!
Thats called being able to empathize with vulnerable groups in society... The saami people have been opressed and as a swede myself I see the value in preserving their traditions as its also a part of nordic history and culture. Its our "native Americans" sort of speak. They were here before the Scandinavians came to be. So not really a deep reflection. I mean don't most people feel sorry or empathize with the jews during the holocaust? I think it just means having an intellect or having a brain, lol.
@@MigthyDucksz24 you raise an interesting point with the holocaust. In this case for me (as a Pole) we often feel like a victim just like the Jews, a victim of Nazi Germany. We can empathise with them because they shared our fate, so the situation is different from the Sweden - Saami relation. Although in reality Polish Jewish relations were much more troubled, with some people hating them, and some risking their life and their family's life to save Jewish members of our society. Truly dark times.
@@MiSt3300 Yes, but in Nastya's case as a russian, Saami people should also hit close to home as the Kola Peninsula and probably other places in North-West of Russia is also inhabitated by Saamis. I think its very cool these people still exist and we need to do our best to keep it that way. Its a cultural heritage thing, and even some dialects of their language/s have died out already, or very few speakers of it remain. I just love and appreciate how they very much live in accordance to nature and they seem to live a spiritual life, that bypass many "regular" swedes, which I think is unfortunate. We can learn from them. Albeit I know there are Saamis that know have moved into the towns up north and they lead regular life just as any other swede, Norwegian, finn, and russian I assume would.
@@MigthyDucksz24 To be a bit nitpicky. They are native to northen Scandinavia, while Scandinavians/Norse people arose in Southern Scandinavia. Both populations have deep roots in Northen Europe. :) Sami are legally classified as indigenous legally because they where there and their identities where there before the modern day states that rule over them had taken over those lands, and to protection of heritage that comes with that in accordance to international law.
My mother grew up in a small town in Alabama. She tells me that, before public parks existed, people used to have picnics in cemeteries. It wasn't a grim place. It was a beautiful place with trees and grass, and your ancestors.
Same here, over the last few decades, our extended family would all come together in a rural area of the countryside where our family cemetery was situated. A basic picnic in the park, with the family grave markers in the background. It's not being planned anymore these years, the older people pass on and the younger generation loses interest in that sort of thing.
I''m an American living in Japan and here in August they have a 'festival' called Obon part of which requires them to visit their ancestors' graves and have a picnic there. If you think about it it is a healthy part of culture to include death since everyone will face it eventually.
In the early 1950s, the American underground writer William Burroughs happened to touch down in Malmö, then a rather greyish blue.collar industrial city (especially in comparison to the friendly and jovial Copenhagen just across the strait). To make it even worse, alcohol was regulated in Sweden back then, and getting any kind of wine or whisky served early in the day was a bit of a problem, especially to foreign tourists. Burroughs recorded his impressions in an angry rant, including the words "and a cemetery in the middle of the city" 😄 - ending in the line; "I said, "Eric, for God's Sake let's take the next boat back to Copenhagen!!". 😁 The passage was included in his "Naked Lunch" and for many years it used to be quoted as the rare instance when Malmö had made a mark in world literature. :) The town has changed a great deal in the last forty years, from a purely industrial city to a more diversified place.
I think one of my favorite parts of your videos is when you are in the middle of talking about one subject and the camera "notices" some other funny little sign or sight but you don't even interrupt what you're talking about to comment on it. It's subtly hilarious and it also makes me feel like I'm right there listening to you and looking around at the same time. Looking forward to the next one!
@@NoNtsmiiile are you a tiny child? Do you think that telling someone to stop losing will help them? I might as well tell you ... go become a billionaire. Did it help you? No. So, take your 1 ruble and fuck off.
The train you took is the X2000, probably one of the first successful tilting trains in Europe. The tilting actions means that it can go faster through corners without the sideway forces getting uncomfortable for the passengers. It is necessary for countries like Sweden where the rail network has many turns and can not "easily" be upgraded. As the ground is mostly never flat, and consist mostly of rock in Sweden instead of soil, constructing motorways or railways is very expensive. I like the X2000, it has a great ride, very comfortable. It is worth to upgrade to 1. class in the mornings as you get free breakfast!
Sometimes first class ticket in X2000 can even be cheaper than 2nd class or going by regional train. I used to live in Copenhagen and I'm originally from a small town near Gothenburg (and living in my hometown again now since 2012), and it was often better price for me to go first class in X2000 instead of 2nd on the same train, and either option was often less expensive (and always much faster) than the shitty Øresundståg. One advantage in First class other than the seats, is the free access to coffee/tea, water and juice, maybe some fruit as well. And you can pre-order (at an extra charge) a meal that is served at your seat. I had dinner like that once when going to my hometown after work, it was really convenient and the food was pretty good. Also nice to not have to stumble through half the train to the bistro car 😅
Wow, I remember watching your videos way back when you just started with UA-cam and were showing your dormitory back in Khabarovsk. Never would have thought I'd see you visit my country! A very pleasant surprise indeed. Добро пожаловать к нам!)
Russian humour is, ...different. I have known some Russians and they really do see the world in a different way. Nat is actually quite 'Western' with some of her humour, though it probably won't help her being in Scandinavia - Nordic humour is unusually 'dark.'
@@peteraschubert Yeah. Russian humour is very gallows in a way that doesn't make sense to our western psyche. In the West, we have extended adolescence that makes our humour naive. Russian humour presumes that youthful presumptions have already been crushed by life experience.
That little island is an artifiscual island, made from the rocks and soil from when they dug out for the tunnel. It’s a part of Denmark and is called “Peberholm” ( Pepper island ) and is situated right next to the small danish island “Saltholm” ( Salt island ).
Yes exactly. It is a play with words. Since the name Salt-holm already existed the new artificial iland was named in analogy with the existing iland. Like salt and pepper.
And the reason why traffic goes under the sea on the Danish side (not tbe Swedish) is the Copenhagen airport in Kastrup which is located close to the coast line. A bridge would interfere with the air traffic there.
@@Henning_Rech The toughest job of all is an infrastructure improvement job in which the surrounding pre-existing infrastructure cannot be changed at all. Newark's airport imposed a similar constraint.
I've been watching your channel for some time now and wanted to say thank you. Your style is unique, looking through your eyes at all these details that make an unknown country closer and "real". Great sense of humor. I never thought that a hut on chicken legs actually exists🙃. Your friend Josephine is nice and interesting person. I wish you all the best, and prosperity to the channel. Keep going❤❤❤
Yeah, real lucky to be in Finland, Europe. Nothing to the east except a reason to have 900.000 soldiers, and need a plane or ship to visit other countries. Not exactly few dollars and few minutes.
Tip of the cap to Josephine for playing along with Natasha feigning ignorance about the size of Sweden. Natasha seems progressively getting more relaxed as the trip continues. Looking forward to Germany.
Cultural influences have traveled throughout history with trade and other contacts also without major population movements, but of course more people moving has had faster effects.
there is a word in Russian language like "molniya"(молния). Which means - lightning, It came to Russian language from scandinavian "Mjölnir". Millions of russian speakers use this word almost everyday.
Welcome to Sweden! I noticed that you were much more relaxed and not anxious like you were when you had just arrived in the EU. Also, very good pronunciation of Swedish words and names!
I enjoy your impressions of new countries that you visit. I knew you were kidding because you are too smart to believe that. Hope you had and good time and looking forward to the next video. Stay well and safe.
Natasha, love your deadpan humour regarding the "Island of Sweden." As always, I enjoyed this vlog. Looking forward to your vlog from Berlin and your impressions of the city and its people. I lived and worked (for a small German firm) in Germany from 1991 to 1999. I have family and friends there. (Germany is like a second home for me.)
I like how you show us how you see other country from your point of view, but it's also cool that you take the time to dive deeper into those country history, people and every day life! Good job!
where I live we got the first Ikea in UK, it was so different - I'm an oldie and I can tell you when it opened it was radical, everybody bought from there, the prices were good, the quality excellent. I have been to Sweden a few times too, I even went a few times at Xmas, it's beautiful but wow, the ice cold wind in the streets of Stockholm, that was something else. I didn't try the fermented fish, but I did eat reindeer steak at Xmas - yes, it could have been Rudolph. I will never forgive myself but it was peer pressure that just got to me. you will get many opportunities to visit Sweden and actually, wherever you want to go. politics will change
Dear Natasha; Scandinavian history have a lot together with Russian if you go back 1000 years. The architecture is by function, and since we are all in the from the same climate, we do also share the same way of building bck in history.
@@joakimdorum so true Joa! Fascinating how monumental architecture commemorates Russian raids on the Swedish coast when the place itself (Roslagen) is called after Viking ships raiding what is now Russia
Love❤to see you in Sweden, Natasha. Hope you will enjoy your stay here! Appreciate to follow your observations from your alert ”outside eyes”.😊 together with your nice friend and guide!
You'll be an amazing explorer. All the countries you travel through and the reflections you make. It is already nice to hear your comparison of our different countries.
Your humor is wonderful and your showing different elements of the places visited was cool. I’ve been with you on your entire journey. My relatives are mostly from eastern Russia like you. You have transitioned nicely to being a Scandinavian and your sense of humor is great. - Mike in Colorado
Nice sense of humor, Natasha. If you are holding the camera while you speak, you also hold it amazingly steady. It seems as if you have a cameraman. Well done!
The tilting trains are for higher speed through curves on existing tracks. Main technologies for this are Pendolino of Italy and Talgo of Spain. For the highest speeds, dedicated lines are needed, like Japan's Shinkansen, TGV in France and ICE in Germany. By the way, the Russian train looks like an imported ICE train from Germany. Probably these trainsets were purchased as successors of the unsuccessful Russian Sokol-250 project of the 1990s.
Спасибо, Наташа, за отличную работу над твоими видео. Как канадец с русскими корнями, я хотел бы пригласить тебя в Канаду. Было бы особенно интересно, если бы ты посетила провинции на прериях, где старшее поколение до сих пор говорит на русском, польском и немецком. Было бы любопытно, если бы ты сравнила их русский с твоим.
@@apostolosderakis9840 not really, I prefer working from Poland. I worked in Sweden for a bit and I didn't know anyone there, so it was kind of dull to be honest. And I like my job so I prefer working, fika is supposed to be a break not a replacement for work. But you are just fooling around aren't you, my friend 😅
Natasha, it's nice to see that you're slowly loosening up. It looks like the trip is really doing you good. I hope you continue to have such a great trip.
It's no coincidence that you find Baba Yaga (and other Folktale and Mythological Similarities to Russia) in Sweden. Russia's origins are intertwined with the Vikings. The relationship between the early Russian state and the Vikings (often called Varangians) played a significant role in the development of what became modern Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. In the 9th century, Scandinavian Vikings, known as Varangians, began to settle and trade along the river routes connecting the Baltic Sea with the Byzantine Empire. These Vikings, primarily from what is now Sweden, established themselves in the Slavic lands of Eastern Europe. According to the Primary Chronicle, a key source of early Russian history, a Viking chieftain named Rurik was invited to rule over the Slavic and Finno-Ugric tribes in the region around Novgorod in 862 AD. His dynasty, the Rurikids, ruled over the Kievan Rus', which is considered a precursor to the Russian state. Over time, however, each culture developed its own unique pantheon and folklore. Still, some common motifs can be found. Other similarities are Domovoi (Slavic) vs. House Spirits (Norse) or Zmey Gorynych (Slavic) vs. Fafnir (Norse).
I absolutely loved this. I loved your wit and humor. Nah, you never fooled me. 🤡 55 years ago, I did briefly think of moving to Sweden. It was the time of the Vietnam War. But I decided to stay in America (California) and work at the grassroots level against the war. I didn't even know what bone spurs were. 😮 Again, I really enjoyed this video. So much to see and experience. 😊
Loved the little house discovery!! Your reaction was hilarious! Constantly entertained by your observations of the places you travel to! Thank you for the latest video! ❤
Cool to see the bridge and all the small people on the tiny island. You're dry humour is wonderful! I watched a documentary about the building of that bridge, it's impressive!
Around 1800 Russia was modernising and hired a lot of people from different countries. Jan van suchtelen, from the Netherlands if i remember correctly, was one of them. He worked on the fortifications on the Russia-Sweden borders. Sweden refused to take part in the naval blockade of Britain. Therefore France forced Russia to wage war against Sweden. Jan outsmarted the swedes at Sveaborg(a big fortification)outside of Helsinki and Sweden eventually capitulated after overthrowing the king. Of course, the people of eastern Sweden(ie Finland) had already pledged allegiance to the Russian Tsar and gained autonomy within Russia as part of the peace agreement. Jan van Suchtelen was then sent to Sweden as a diplomat. He liked to host guests and spent his time convincing the swedes to accept the loss of Finland and that the new border was better - a natural one, a whole ocean and that peace between Sweden and Russia now could exist forever. Sweden later signed a defensive pact with Russia and both nations, together with Britain and others crushed France. That was a very long story made very short, freely from my memory. Please do comment if i made some late night error. Let us not just hope for peace to prevail between Sweden and Russia. Let us not just hope that peace wins between Ukraine and Russia. Lets work for it.
Согласен с вышесказанным, если бы Швеция не вступала бы в НАТО, работа над нормализацией отношений проходила бы более легче, но к сожалению Швеция поставила оружие одной из сторон, между странами пролила кровь, не знаю, как наше правительство будет действовать
@@СергейТурутин-ч6г Россия напала на Украину, которая является независимым государством, как и Швеция. Будет мир, когда Россия покинет Украину. Slava Ukraini!
@@СергейТурутин-ч6гFuck that. Russia takes weapon from North Korea and Iran. How is that any different? Russia is massive and Ukraine was NOT, despite everything Russia claims, armed by Nato, prior to Russia invading. They had a few javelins barely They had very little, it's not a fair fight. They clearly for a long time wanted independence and we have all the documents!!! It would be like us invading finland and try to claim finns are oppressing Finnish swedes. That aint happening.it's their issue to deal with. If someone doesnt feel comfortable, they can move to sweden. Our relations by the way, went down the drain much earlier than the ukraine war in 2014.your government sucks, that is why it cant be normal. Dictators dont typically like us anyhow so nato or not would not matter.
Swedish people should be proud. Their country is well maintained, clean and infrastructure is operational. Whatever they're doing over there seems to be working somewhat (compared to some other countries that I will not name... you know who you are).
Gamla Stan is very touristy. We always used to stay a little bit away from that area but still walking/cycling distance - because there are some nice pubs and restaurants there.
Fun fact: the IKEA brand is owned and managed by Inter IKEA Systems B.V., based in the Netherlands. It's legally headquartered in Leiden (Netherlands).
The founder of IKEA was indeed Swedish but I believe he sold the business to a Dutch company when he decided to retire and enjoy the fortune he had made.
For a few seconds I thought you really thought that island was Sweden, but as soon as you said, Where is IKEA?, I burst out laughing. You got me. Fun video and looks like a lovely place to live where you already have a nice friend.
some folks, mistook her humour for serious talk in some of her previous videos. Basically, it was a certain person who never watched her content before..but clearly clicked on one of the EU videos & watched just few opening seconds in which Natasha was parodying zed propaganda garbage about 'western degeneracy'...and they thought she was being serious and went on twitter to rant about her...posting all kinds of comments...calling her names. Face palm! How embarrassing for them. So this time when I saw the photo of 'tiny island of Sweden' I chuckled so hard. I cant wait to see which idiot will go ranting about her now...only to embarrass themselves so badly.
Midgard is the Swedish border control. I'm Swedish and two years ago i was on a eurotrip, just me with my car. The only time i even got prompted to show my identification was when i was coming back into Sweden xD
@@dexterquotidian jestem z Polski więc interesuje mnie jej perspektywa. Mieszkam w Krakowie więc o Warszawie wiem już sporo, głównie negatywne stereotypy 😉😁
Regarding the trains. They are closing in on 40 years old, we have newer trains and the one you show doesn't have the new colorscheme. They are not vomit bags but garbage bags. The train tilts to take corners faster. While not really needed on the main lines it is benificial on the smaller railroads. This however seems to be something we are abandoning for our trains.
Hi Natasha. I was glad to see that you were in a good mood for your trip to Sweden. I enjoyed your sense of humor even with its hints of sarcasm. Great to see the original Ikea. Loved those extra long "shoe horns" as we call them. And the Swedish meatballs looked delish. I never fail to get them when I go to Ikea.
"Omtänksam" means thoughtful/considerate, not literally taking care of someone. I've been waiting for this video ever since your first EU travel video!! 😄 I'm so glad you had a good time here! ❤
Hi, Natasha! I must just comment here. I started to follow you channel many years ago and found it very interesting to learn more about Khabarovsk and Far East Russia! You have a very nice style for story telling and always find some small details in your videos! :) Now I'm proud to see you have also visited my home country, Sweden! :) I liked the video! And I can tell you one more thing: When you took the train from Malmö to Stockholm, you actually passed through the small city of Älmhult, where IKEA first started and still has its headquarter. Regarding the small island Peberholm: The reason why they build the Öresund connection as bridge -- artifical island -- tunnel is to not stop the sea connection from the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic. Especially for Russia, crossing the Öresund Strait is the only way of reaching the harbours in Kaliningrad and Sankt Peterburg from the Atlantic. A complete bridge between Sweden and Denmark would, together with the Danish Great-Belt bridge, cut off the Baltic sea from the Atlantic. You can imagine what Kremlin would say about that! :)
Sweden looks lovely. Thanks for showing us around Natasha. Your friend Josephine seems to be very nice and is a good guide. I always love your humor and the way you include some history in your videos. Your comments on the Sami people was much appreciated. Another good one Natasha.
Rurik, who was the first Rus in Russia came from Sweden, from a place north of Stockholm called Roslagen. In finnish the word for Sweden is Ruotsi and have the same origin.
Rus was in Ukraine, NOT in Russia. There was no Russia at the time. Its was called the Muscovy principality. In 1721 Muscovy literally stole the name Rus from the Ukrainian Rus and renamed itself to Russia in order to claim the Ukrainian Rus.
@UTube4Junky, there was also no Ukraine at the time, and the term "Ukrainian Rus" simply never existed. Even the so-called "Kievan Rus" is a convinient yet retroactively made up term lol There was no Russia, Ukraine or Belarus - only Rus'
@@Артём-ж3р8ы Correct.. If there’s an entity with a “historically” legitimate claim to the Kyivan Rus it’d be Sweden and Norway. After all, Vikings were the original founders of the settlements in today’s Ukraine. I can tell you’re a pro-ruskyi history revisionist the way you misspelled and russified the term “Kyivan” Kyivan Rus had nothing - zero - to do with today’s fascist federation centered in Moscow... The Muscovy’s Principality’s theft of the Kyivan Rus name is similar to the Teutonic Knight’s achievement of “stealing” the name Prussia from the original Baltic Prussian tribes who had absolutely nothing to do with the Germanic knights - no connection whatsoever linguistically, culturally or religiously, etc. Once most of the original Prussians had vanished (guess how?) the Teutonic Order knights became Prussian themselves.
Hope you enjoyed my city (malmö) and country. The thing in the park was just an event for kids but it's part of the big city festival (Malmöfestivalen). A bunch of conserts and events. Everything is free too. About IKEA, you actually traveled past the real first original store on the train. It's in a small town called Älmhult. And the train to Stockholm goes straight through this town.
Very interesting to watch your travels. I love to travel to Denmark and Sweden. I hope you had a good time I’m Berlin (my hometown). Can’t wait for the next video.
lol don't apologize for the midsommar references, you are honoring traditional European culture!🙂 A great movie came out a couple of years ago that was essentially like an adaptation of 'Midsummer Night's Dream' and an adaptation of a Fayet ritual for contemporary American times... it became a cult-hit among people our age although the studio executives tried to bury it, lol. It's called "The Menu". Highly recommend.
What you see there is just the island shaped box they keep Sweden stored in...
Once there, some assembly is required.
Haha !
Aaaaah, a flat pack country. Ingenious!
Haaaaaaaaaaa! xD
Yoooo 😂
Very cleaver😂Being from Rinkeby... Some assembly required indeed.
Love your humor and welcome to our little Swedish patch on earth. I started watching your channel when you were studying in Khabarovsk. I could never dream that you would come to . Sweden, my homeland. Hope you had a pleasant trip in Scandinavia.
@@tommynyberg2122 you should be ashamed... She is banned coming to Sweden. She should fight Putin's war instead..
You're one of the most sensitive people I know, the thing you said about the saami people and how you compared their situation shows how you are able to have deep reflections on things. That's why I love to watch your videos!
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Thats called being able to empathize with vulnerable groups in society... The saami people have been opressed and as a swede myself I see the value in preserving their traditions as its also a part of nordic history and culture. Its our "native Americans" sort of speak. They were here before the Scandinavians came to be. So not really a deep reflection. I mean don't most people feel sorry or empathize with the jews during the holocaust? I think it just means having an intellect or having a brain, lol.
@@MigthyDucksz24 you raise an interesting point with the holocaust. In this case for me (as a Pole) we often feel like a victim just like the Jews, a victim of Nazi Germany. We can empathise with them because they shared our fate, so the situation is different from the Sweden - Saami relation. Although in reality Polish Jewish relations were much more troubled, with some people hating them, and some risking their life and their family's life to save Jewish members of our society. Truly dark times.
@@MiSt3300 Yes, but in Nastya's case as a russian, Saami people should also hit close to home as the Kola Peninsula and probably other places in North-West of Russia is also inhabitated by Saamis. I think its very cool these people still exist and we need to do our best to keep it that way. Its a cultural heritage thing, and even some dialects of their language/s have died out already, or very few speakers of it remain. I just love and appreciate how they very much live in accordance to nature and they seem to live a spiritual life, that bypass many "regular" swedes, which I think is unfortunate. We can learn from them. Albeit I know there are Saamis that know have moved into the towns up north and they lead regular life just as any other swede, Norwegian, finn, and russian I assume would.
@@MigthyDucksz24 To be a bit nitpicky. They are native to northen Scandinavia, while Scandinavians/Norse people arose in Southern Scandinavia. Both populations have deep roots in Northen Europe. :)
Sami are legally classified as indigenous legally because they where there and their identities where there before the modern day states that rule over them had taken over those lands, and to protection of heritage that comes with that in accordance to international law.
My mother grew up in a small town in Alabama. She tells me that, before public parks existed, people used to have picnics in cemeteries. It wasn't a grim place. It was a beautiful place with trees and grass, and your ancestors.
Same here, over the last few decades, our extended family would all come together in a rural area of the countryside where our family cemetery was situated. A basic picnic in the park, with the family grave markers in the background. It's not being planned anymore these years, the older people pass on and the younger generation loses interest in that sort of thing.
I''m an American living in Japan and here in August they have a 'festival' called Obon part of which requires them to visit their ancestors' graves and have a picnic there. If you think about it it is a healthy part of culture to include death since everyone will face it eventually.
In the early 1950s, the American underground writer William Burroughs happened to touch down in Malmö, then a rather greyish blue.collar industrial city (especially in comparison to the friendly and jovial Copenhagen just across the strait). To make it even worse, alcohol was regulated in Sweden back then, and getting any kind of wine or whisky served early in the day was a bit of a problem, especially to foreign tourists. Burroughs recorded his impressions in an angry rant, including the words "and a cemetery in the middle of the city" 😄 - ending in the line; "I said, "Eric, for God's Sake let's take the next boat back to Copenhagen!!". 😁
The passage was included in his "Naked Lunch" and for many years it used to be quoted as the rare instance when Malmö had made a mark in world literature. :) The town has changed a great deal in the last forty years, from a purely industrial city to a more diversified place.
You are having such a great time. I love your dry sense of humor. I was smiling the whole time.
So sad.
"Dry sense of humor"? She doesn't smile. She's Russian. They don't have smile muscles.
I think one of my favorite parts of your videos is when you are in the middle of talking about one subject and the camera "notices" some other funny little sign or sight but you don't even interrupt what you're talking about to comment on it. It's subtly hilarious and it also makes me feel like I'm right there listening to you and looking around at the same time. Looking forward to the next one!
Very tactfully noted.
@@noahjb87 it was a coincidence that she recorded on that spot, she was "shocked" when she realized
Så herlig! Hun er så bubbly og full av personlighet, dette var en fin video :)
sluta lmao.
I'm luving this european tour series! Lovely done!
Baba Yaga also moved out of Russia after the war started, it's easy for her to bring her entire house with her on foot.
Fun fact - Baba Yaga is the name given to the most powerful Ukrainian hexa-drone, that hunts russians during the night.
@@UninstallingWindows tell them to stop losing then
@@NoNtsmiiile are you a tiny child? Do you think that telling someone to stop losing will help them? I might as well tell you ... go become a billionaire. Did it help you? No. So, take your 1 ruble and fuck off.
when baba yaga has better marals than putin
The train you took is the X2000, probably one of the first successful tilting trains in Europe. The tilting actions means that it can go faster through corners without the sideway forces getting uncomfortable for the passengers. It is necessary for countries like Sweden where the rail network has many turns and can not "easily" be upgraded. As the ground is mostly never flat, and consist mostly of rock in Sweden instead of soil, constructing motorways or railways is very expensive. I like the X2000, it has a great ride, very comfortable. It is worth to upgrade to 1. class in the mornings as you get free breakfast!
Definitely not one of the firs successful tilting trains in Europe
If you pay more, you get breakfast for free? :)
Also reduces wear on the rails due to centrifugal force.
The breakfast is not worth the money
Sometimes first class ticket in X2000 can even be cheaper than 2nd class or going by regional train. I used to live in Copenhagen and I'm originally from a small town near Gothenburg (and living in my hometown again now since 2012), and it was often better price for me to go first class in X2000 instead of 2nd on the same train, and either option was often less expensive (and always much faster) than the shitty Øresundståg.
One advantage in First class other than the seats, is the free access to coffee/tea, water and juice, maybe some fruit as well. And you can pre-order (at an extra charge) a meal that is served at your seat. I had dinner like that once when going to my hometown after work, it was really convenient and the food was pretty good. Also nice to not have to stumble through half the train to the bistro car 😅
Wow, I remember watching your videos way back when you just started with UA-cam and were showing your dormitory back in Khabarovsk. Never would have thought I'd see you visit my country! A very pleasant surprise indeed. Добро пожаловать к нам!)
I love your deadpan humor and also the editing, your vlogs are very entertaining keep them coming!!
Russian humour is, ...different. I have known some Russians and they really do see the world in a different way. Nat is actually quite 'Western' with some of her humour, though it probably won't help her being in Scandinavia - Nordic humour is unusually 'dark.'
It's so deadpan at first i wasnt sure if she was even trying to make a joke. (it became obvious later) 🤣
@@peteraschubert Yeah. Russian humour is very gallows in a way that doesn't make sense to our western psyche. In the West, we have extended adolescence that makes our humour naive. Russian humour presumes that youthful presumptions have already been crushed by life experience.
That little island is an artifiscual island, made from the rocks and soil from when they dug out for the tunnel. It’s a part of Denmark and is called “Peberholm” ( Pepper island ) and is situated right next to the small danish island “Saltholm” ( Salt island ).
Yes exactly. It is a play with words. Since the name Salt-holm already existed the new artificial iland was named in analogy with the existing iland. Like salt and pepper.
And the reason why traffic goes under the sea on the Danish side (not tbe Swedish) is the Copenhagen airport in Kastrup which is located close to the coast line. A bridge would interfere with the air traffic there.
@@Henning_Rech
The toughest job of all is an infrastructure improvement job in which the surrounding pre-existing infrastructure cannot be changed at all. Newark's airport imposed a similar constraint.
" of course I think I'm better then other people " good one, you crack me up 😂😂 ❤❤
I've been watching your channel for some time now and wanted to say thank you. Your style is unique, looking through your eyes at all these details that make an unknown country closer and "real". Great sense of humor. I never thought that a hut on chicken legs actually exists🙃. Your friend Josephine is nice and interesting person. I wish you all the best, and prosperity to the channel. Keep going❤❤❤
Welcome to Sweden, Natasha! (From a Ukrainian-Swedish). Hope you'll have a good time here.
Love your videos Natasha; especially on this wonderful adventure !
Thanks to Josephine !
European people are so lucky. I live in Australia - I wish I could take a bus to another country for a few dollars in 40 minutes! What a dream
On the other hand some neighbours are aggressors like Ruzzia and Belaruz, then it is good to be located right in the middle of nowhere lika Oz!
your lucky to be an island away from this nightmare
WHAT..WE DONT WANT RUSSIAN PEOPLE IN SWEDEN
@@Dan-ln4kn Here in Australia, every living creature is capable of killing us. We don't need neighbours to invade.
Yeah, real lucky to be in Finland, Europe. Nothing to the east except a reason to have 900.000 soldiers, and need a plane or ship to visit other countries. Not exactly few dollars and few minutes.
Tip of the cap to Josephine for playing along with Natasha feigning ignorance about the size of Sweden. Natasha seems progressively getting more relaxed as the trip continues. Looking forward to Germany.
Next episode: Germany is just a ring road wrapped around the city of Ausfahrt in the middle…
@@Чех-б2юits not hansa from the metro books mate
@@Чех-б2ю
Das war eine russische Einfahrt. Es gab viel Erdgas.
@@Чех-б2ю Can't find my way back to the hotel. Wait, I wrote down the street name. Einbahnstrasse.
The Vikings in Russia came from Sweden, that's probably the reason some of the folklore is similar, like the little house.
Exctly! I wonder if young Russians are taught of their Swedish roots.
@@caspasesumo But I wonder if Natalia, being from the far east would have the same genealogy as the russians in the west?
Cultural influences have traveled throughout history with trade and other contacts also without major population movements, but of course more people moving has had faster effects.
there is a word in Russian language like "molniya"(молния). Which means - lightning, It came to Russian language from scandinavian "Mjölnir". Millions of russian speakers use this word almost everyday.
@@dubious_potat4587 she looks like a typical north-eastern european, let's be honest.
Girrrl, you're living your best life, and I'm happy to be here for it. Continued safe and happy travels!
Welcome to Sweden! I noticed that you were much more relaxed and not anxious like you were when you had just arrived in the EU. Also, very good pronunciation of Swedish words and names!
WELCOME..HOW COULD SHE COME HERE...WE DONT LIKE RUSSIAN PEOPLE IN SWEDEN..
I enjoy your impressions of new countries that you visit. I knew you were kidding because you are too smart to believe that. Hope you had and good time and looking forward to the next video. Stay well and safe.
Humor on point today, Natasha! Looks like a great festival! Wonderful video!
Natasha, you have a great sense of humor. You are very entertaining.
Natasha-I’ve been a fan for years. This may be the best photography and example of your sarcastic sense of humor. I’m glad you’re feeling better!
Natasha, love your deadpan humour regarding the "Island of Sweden." As always, I enjoyed this vlog.
Looking forward to your vlog from Berlin and your impressions of the city and its people. I lived and worked (for a small German firm) in Germany from 1991 to 1999. I have family and friends there. (Germany is like a second home for me.)
I like how you show us how you see other country from your point of view, but it's also cool that you take the time to dive deeper into those country history, people and every day life! Good job!
where I live we got the first Ikea in UK, it was so different - I'm an oldie and I can tell you when it opened it was radical, everybody bought from there, the prices were good, the quality excellent. I have been to Sweden a few times too, I even went a few times at Xmas, it's beautiful but wow, the ice cold wind in the streets of Stockholm, that was something else. I didn't try the fermented fish, but I did eat reindeer steak at Xmas - yes, it could have been Rudolph. I will never forgive myself but it was peer pressure that just got to me. you will get many opportunities to visit Sweden and actually, wherever you want to go. politics will change
Well, if you eat pork it could have been piglet.
This was so incredibly cool. Especially the duo vibe learning about the local culture. The swedes have such a great eye for architecture.
Yay I've been looking forward to this!
You have a great sense of humor... a droll sense, as we would say in the US. Love your videos, and Happy Trails!
@@charlesharris2749 droll or troll, I think it is the second
@@apostolosderakis9840 'I think'.... a claim not in evidence.
Yes! I've heard that, at times, such as on someone else's channel, negative opinions about the Ytuber might should be kept to one's self.
@@charlesharris2749 says more about them than me.
Dear Natasha; Scandinavian history have a lot together with Russian if you go back 1000 years. The architecture is by function, and since we are all in the from the same climate, we do also share the same way of building bck in history.
Well, Russia got it's name from the Rus (Swedish Vikings).
@@joakimdorum so true Joa! Fascinating how monumental architecture commemorates Russian raids on the Swedish coast when the place itself (Roslagen) is called after Viking ships raiding what is now Russia
"Impressive nordic city planning" - I love it! :D
Love❤to see you in Sweden, Natasha. Hope you will enjoy your stay here! Appreciate to follow your observations from your alert ”outside eyes”.😊 together with your nice friend and guide!
You'll be an amazing explorer. All the countries you travel through and the reflections you make. It is already nice to hear your comparison of our different countries.
Natasha fits well in Sweden.
She does
Very enjoyable. Sweden is my adoptive country, and you have presented it quite well for me. (from California)
Great video; it was a great pleasure to discover the beautiful town of Stockholm with you, Natasha, the best tourist guide of the Western hemisphere!
Your humor is wonderful and your showing different elements of the places visited was cool. I’ve been with you on your entire journey. My relatives are mostly from eastern Russia like you. You have transitioned nicely to being a Scandinavian and your sense of humor is great. - Mike in Colorado
Went to Sweden in my teens for soccer tournament. Cleanest streets I have ever seen.
Visit Switzerland.
Thanks for sharing, I hope you enjoy your pension
Top level editing on this video. The videos are getting better each time! 😃
Nice sense of humor, Natasha. If you are holding the camera while you speak, you also hold it amazingly steady. It seems as if you have a cameraman. Well done!
Welcome to Sweden! 😊
Thanks Natasha, I'm really enjoying these videos. Your humour is so dry I need a drink now!
Your swedish pronunciation is quite good
Thank you, Natasha, for showing us part of Sweden. I always enjoy your videos.
The tilting trains are for higher speed through curves on existing tracks. Main technologies for this are Pendolino of Italy and Talgo of Spain. For the highest speeds, dedicated lines are needed, like Japan's Shinkansen, TGV in France and ICE in Germany. By the way, the Russian train looks like an imported ICE train from Germany. Probably these trainsets were purchased as successors of the unsuccessful Russian Sokol-250 project of the 1990s.
Oh I rode a pendolino train in Poland! Yeah that was trippy 😆
Another great video from your travels Natasha. Looking forward to next part.
Спасибо, Наташа, за отличную работу над твоими видео. Как канадец с русскими корнями, я хотел бы пригласить тебя в Канаду. Было бы особенно интересно, если бы ты посетила провинции на прериях, где старшее поколение до сих пор говорит на русском, польском и немецком. Было бы любопытно, если бы ты сравнила их русский с твоим.
Thank you for the tour of Sweden, Natasha! I watched your video from our Airbnb in Malmo! We've been here all week. Be well!
I work for a Swedish company and it has offices in Poland, and we are having a fika every Tuesday and Friday 😊
Get a transfer to Sweden and you may do some work on Tuesdays and Fridays (and fika the rest of the time)
@@apostolosderakis9840 not really, I prefer working from Poland. I worked in Sweden for a bit and I didn't know anyone there, so it was kind of dull to be honest. And I like my job so I prefer working, fika is supposed to be a break not a replacement for work. But you are just fooling around aren't you, my friend 😅
@@MiSt3300
Unless you're fluent fluent in Swedish, you're going to have a rough time, and getting work and having new friends will be difficult.
@@dallysinghson5569 yeah that was my experience 🙃
Natasha, it's nice to see that you're slowly loosening up. It looks like the trip is really doing you good. I hope you continue to have such a great trip.
It's no coincidence that you find Baba Yaga (and other Folktale and Mythological Similarities to Russia) in Sweden. Russia's origins are intertwined with the Vikings. The relationship between the early Russian state and the Vikings (often called Varangians) played a significant role in the development of what became modern Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
In the 9th century, Scandinavian Vikings, known as Varangians, began to settle and trade along the river routes connecting the Baltic Sea with the Byzantine Empire. These Vikings, primarily from what is now Sweden, established themselves in the Slavic lands of Eastern Europe. According to the Primary Chronicle, a key source of early Russian history, a Viking chieftain named Rurik was invited to rule over the Slavic and Finno-Ugric tribes in the region around Novgorod in 862 AD. His dynasty, the Rurikids, ruled over the Kievan Rus', which is considered a precursor to the Russian state.
Over time, however, each culture developed its own unique pantheon and folklore. Still, some common motifs can be found. Other similarities are Domovoi (Slavic) vs. House Spirits (Norse) or Zmey Gorynych (Slavic) vs. Fafnir (Norse).
This is a swell video, thank you for taking us along on some of your world travelings. Happy explorations.
I absolutely loved this. I loved your wit and humor. Nah, you never fooled me. 🤡 55 years ago, I did briefly think of moving to Sweden. It was the time of the Vietnam War. But I decided to stay in America (California) and work at the grassroots level against the war. I didn't even know what bone spurs were. 😮 Again, I really enjoyed this video. So much to see and experience. 😊
Loved the little house discovery!! Your reaction was hilarious! Constantly entertained by your observations of the places you travel to! Thank you for the latest video! ❤
Hope you visited the Vasa museum too. It's one of the best museums I have ever been to.
Yes, all those films there too. Really good.
Cool to see the bridge and all the small people on the tiny island. You're dry humour is wonderful!
I watched a documentary about the building of that bridge, it's impressive!
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful scenery. I enjoyed this video. 😊❤
The island trick is actually an Undetectable Extension Charm from Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling must like the Swedes.
was a Great video, funny and informative. Great shots of the cities.
Around 1800 Russia was modernising and hired a lot of people from different countries. Jan van suchtelen, from the Netherlands if i remember correctly, was one of them. He worked on the fortifications on the Russia-Sweden borders.
Sweden refused to take part in the naval blockade of Britain. Therefore France forced Russia to wage war against Sweden.
Jan outsmarted the swedes at Sveaborg(a big fortification)outside of Helsinki and Sweden eventually capitulated after overthrowing the king.
Of course, the people of eastern Sweden(ie Finland) had already pledged allegiance to the Russian Tsar and gained autonomy within Russia as part of the peace agreement.
Jan van Suchtelen was then sent to Sweden as a diplomat. He liked to host guests and spent his time convincing the swedes to accept the loss of Finland and that the new border was better - a natural one, a whole ocean and that peace between Sweden and Russia now could exist forever.
Sweden later signed a defensive pact with Russia and both nations, together with Britain and others crushed France.
That was a very long story made very short, freely from my memory. Please do comment if i made some late night error.
Let us not just hope for peace to prevail between Sweden and Russia. Let us not just hope that peace wins between Ukraine and Russia. Lets work for it.
Согласен с вышесказанным, если бы Швеция не вступала бы в НАТО, работа над нормализацией отношений проходила бы более легче, но к сожалению Швеция поставила оружие одной из сторон, между странами пролила кровь, не знаю, как наше правительство будет действовать
@@СергейТурутин-ч6г Россия напала на Украину, которая является независимым государством, как и Швеция. Будет мир, когда Россия покинет Украину. Slava Ukraini!
@@MartinRunesson если "Сало Уронили ", то надо поднимать 🤡
@@СергейТурутин-ч6гFuck that. Russia takes weapon from North Korea and Iran. How is that any different? Russia is massive and Ukraine was NOT, despite everything Russia claims, armed by Nato, prior to Russia invading. They had a few javelins barely They had very little, it's not a fair fight. They clearly for a long time wanted independence and we have all the documents!!! It would be like us invading finland and try to claim finns are oppressing Finnish swedes. That aint happening.it's their issue to deal with. If someone doesnt feel comfortable, they can move to sweden. Our relations by the way, went down the drain much earlier than the ukraine war in 2014.your government sucks, that is why it cant be normal. Dictators dont typically like us anyhow so nato or not would not matter.
Thank You for the video 😊 Have a nice day ❤
Swedish people should be proud. Their country is well maintained, clean and infrastructure is operational. Whatever they're doing over there seems to be working somewhat (compared to some other countries that I will not name... you know who you are).
They are proud
I love how you vlog your travel, so insightful and packed with information but not boring, cheers!
Gamla Stan is very touristy. We always used to stay a little bit away from that area but still walking/cycling distance - because there are some nice pubs and restaurants there.
Big hug and welcome to Sweden!
Fun fact: the IKEA brand is owned and managed by Inter IKEA Systems B.V., based in the Netherlands. It's legally headquartered in Leiden (Netherlands).
They're using a Dutch tax loophole.
The founder of IKEA was indeed Swedish but I believe he sold the business to a Dutch company when he decided to retire and enjoy the fortune he had made.
@@Frank-Lee-Speekingno his son
Thanks, and glad you cleared up the no doubt common confusion about how they could fit so much Sweden on such a little island. Be well 😊
For a few seconds I thought you really thought that island was Sweden, but as soon as you said, Where is IKEA?, I burst out laughing. You got me. Fun video and looks like a lovely place to live where you already have a nice friend.
some folks, mistook her humour for serious talk in some of her previous videos. Basically, it was a certain person who never watched her content before..but clearly clicked on one of the EU videos & watched just few opening seconds in which Natasha was parodying zed propaganda garbage about 'western degeneracy'...and they thought she was being serious and went on twitter to rant about her...posting all kinds of comments...calling her names. Face palm! How embarrassing for them. So this time when I saw the photo of 'tiny island of Sweden' I chuckled so hard. I cant wait to see which idiot will go ranting about her now...only to embarrass themselves so badly.
To get to Sweden you have to go to Midgard first and be judged😎
And you will be judged on how much unholy beverage you bring with 😉
@@Opiuth This is the very reason vikings had horns on their helmets, beercan helmets with mead.
@@magnusnilsson9792 vikings never had horns in their helmets, this Richard Wagner opera... set helmets...
Midgard is the Swedish border control. I'm Swedish and two years ago i was on a eurotrip, just me with my car. The only time i even got prompted to show my identification was when i was coming back into Sweden xD
@@RRKS On the bright side, they didn’t examine your entrails to see if you were human😎.
Excellent travel report - very funny how you focused on a bridge and a cemetary. Looking forward for the next video!
Can't wait for your video from Warsaw!
I lived there for 5 years. Ask me anything
@@dexterquotidian jestem z Polski więc interesuje mnie jej perspektywa. Mieszkam w Krakowie więc o Warszawie wiem już sporo, głównie negatywne stereotypy 😉😁
Thank you, Natasha, for being so honest in sharing not only your positive experience, but also some mistakes. ❤
Regarding the trains. They are closing in on 40 years old, we have newer trains and the one you show doesn't have the new colorscheme.
They are not vomit bags but garbage bags.
The train tilts to take corners faster. While not really needed on the main lines it is benificial on the smaller railroads. This however seems to be something we are abandoning for our trains.
Your sense of humor is fantastic. Great episode, and keep up the great work!
The famous graveyard in St. Petersburg, just beside the statue on Aleksander Nevsky, is in the centre. It is at the east end of Nevsky Prospect.
Hi Natasha. I was glad to see that you were in a good mood for your trip to Sweden. I enjoyed your sense of humor even with its hints of sarcasm. Great to see the original Ikea. Loved those extra long "shoe horns" as we call them. And the Swedish meatballs looked delish. I never fail to get them when I go to Ikea.
What!!!! You are here in Sweden! Nice! Hope you liked it.
Your best vlog yet! Love your dry humor. And, you are starting to relax. It is visible in your body language, and sly smile. Enjoy.
1:50 the dry delivery is something else :DDDD
"Omtänksam" means thoughtful/considerate, not literally taking care of someone.
I've been waiting for this video ever since your first EU travel video!! 😄 I'm so glad you had a good time here! ❤
Hi, Natasha! I must just comment here. I started to follow you channel many years ago and found it very interesting to learn more about Khabarovsk and Far East Russia! You have a very nice style for story telling and always find some small details in your videos! :) Now I'm proud to see you have also visited my home country, Sweden! :) I liked the video! And I can tell you one more thing: When you took the train from Malmö to Stockholm, you actually passed through the small city of Älmhult, where IKEA first started and still has its headquarter.
Regarding the small island Peberholm: The reason why they build the Öresund connection as bridge -- artifical island -- tunnel is to not stop the sea connection from the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic. Especially for Russia, crossing the Öresund Strait is the only way of reaching the harbours in Kaliningrad and Sankt Peterburg from the Atlantic. A complete bridge between Sweden and Denmark would, together with the Danish Great-Belt bridge, cut off the Baltic sea from the Atlantic. You can imagine what Kremlin would say about that! :)
I can't believe you're in my city(Stockholm)! I've been watching your videos since long before you moved from russia. Welcome Natasha!
You are very welcome! ❤
Välkommen till Sverige 😊
I love your humour and the way you say "poka poka" is so cute❤🤗 It's a pity you didn't continue your trip to Finland though😟
Next time you can visit the front side of Sweden, Gothenburg. 🙂
Sweden looks lovely. Thanks for showing us around Natasha. Your friend Josephine seems to be very nice and is a good guide. I always love your humor and the way you include some history in your videos. Your comments on the Sami people was much appreciated. Another good one Natasha.
Rurik, who was the first Rus in Russia came from Sweden, from a place north of Stockholm called Roslagen. In finnish the word for Sweden is Ruotsi and have the same origin.
Rus was in Ukraine, NOT in Russia. There was no Russia at the time. Its was called the Muscovy principality.
In 1721 Muscovy literally stole the name Rus from the Ukrainian Rus and renamed itself to Russia in order to claim the Ukrainian Rus.
@@UTube4Junkyand since Siberia was conquered by the Zap Sich, it is Ukrainian too.
@@apostolosderakis9840 vso byde Ukraina lmao
@UTube4Junky, there was also no Ukraine at the time, and the term "Ukrainian Rus" simply never existed. Even the so-called "Kievan Rus" is a convinient yet retroactively made up term lol
There was no Russia, Ukraine or Belarus - only Rus'
@@Артём-ж3р8ы
Correct..
If there’s an entity with a “historically” legitimate claim to the Kyivan Rus it’d be Sweden and Norway. After all, Vikings were the original founders of the settlements in today’s Ukraine.
I can tell you’re a pro-ruskyi history revisionist the way you misspelled and russified the term “Kyivan”
Kyivan Rus had nothing - zero - to do with today’s fascist federation centered in Moscow...
The Muscovy’s Principality’s theft of the Kyivan Rus name is similar to the Teutonic Knight’s achievement of “stealing” the name Prussia from the original Baltic Prussian tribes who had absolutely nothing to do with the Germanic knights - no connection whatsoever linguistically, culturally or religiously, etc.
Once most of the original Prussians had vanished (guess how?) the Teutonic Order knights became Prussian themselves.
I love watching you experience Europe! Welcome home!
That bag is not womit bag. It is just carbage bag. We have same in Finland.
and in Danmark
Several places in Norway too, Very Nordic thing to have.
It's both
hahahaha
@@younghirsch maybe in Russia.
I was in Malmo last September. Very nice. Traveling between Denmark and Sweden is so easy, without any customs check.
Hope you enjoyed my city (malmö) and country. The thing in the park was just an event for kids but it's part of the big city festival (Malmöfestivalen). A bunch of conserts and events. Everything is free too.
About IKEA, you actually traveled past the real first original store on the train. It's in a small town called Älmhult. And the train to Stockholm goes straight through this town.
Charming and fun-filled, as usual. thank you stay safe
My favorite country along with Norway! Scandinavia is the best. I'm even learning the language.
Which one, Arabic?
@@ivanmatveyev13 yes unfortunately this is true and I really hope Sweden will wake up
@@vladimiradoshev5310
They woke up long long long ago, but not in the right way :D
@@vladimiradoshev5310
Yeah and kick all migrants out even the European ones
Best of luck with your language skills!
Try to see at any new language as a new best friend.
Be open and accept it with mind and heart.
👍
Very interesting to watch your travels. I love to travel to Denmark and Sweden. I hope you had a good time I’m Berlin (my hometown). Can’t wait for the next video.
Berlin is awesome.
lol don't apologize for the midsommar references, you are honoring traditional European culture!🙂 A great movie came out a couple of years ago that was essentially like an adaptation of 'Midsummer Night's Dream' and an adaptation of a Fayet ritual for contemporary American times... it became a cult-hit among people our age although the studio executives tried to bury it, lol. It's called "The Menu". Highly recommend.