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Cecilia- girl I'm a long-time viewer since almost the beginning and I love your channel...but eagle-eyed super fan viewers like me are gonna recognize a lot of old footage here recycled from other videos. We want polar night updates! Take us in the village or to run errands! New stuff! We know it's dark there now. rustle up some new grub please. We wait eagerly all week for your videos!
@@thelaundress11This video is a recap style vid to show what an entire year looks like on Svalbard 😊 Next week is polar night update 😊 Thank you for watching!
@@thelaundress11She’s showing us the different months that have passed. It’s pretty obvious and shouldn’t need any explanation, nor any eagle eyes. Especially when she’s talking about February, march, April etc 🤣
Wowsers! Whatever deal Nord VPN gives you; they will have to increase it exponentially after Grimm's command performance. (Perhaps a children's book is Grimm's next project?!) Your sponsor segment hits all the feels…I now find myself googling their site!
Cecilia, Have you considered using still shots from each season to create a calendar of Svalbard scenes for each year? You already have so much incredible footage. That would be an amazing item for your store that viewers will enjoy and use.
I second this! LOL, I'm already grabbing screen shots for wallpaper for my laptop! (Mostly of Grim, heh. You could totally do a Grim calendar as well!)
I like the documentary style of your vlogs Cecilia. The cinematography is so soothing and beautiful with ASMR-ISH tones mixed with nature and emotional music. You create magical content for your viewers. ❤
When I hear you rhapsodize about the blue twilight, I am reminded of this Bosnian folk song interpreted by local favorite Pink Martini. With your delightful musical sense, I think you may enjoy this.
Did this woman literally just do a segment on every single month of the year?! Cecilia you just don’t stop! Obsessed with your amazing life on Svalbard!
Last week I went into labor with my first child & was told to distract myself with music or a show to keep calm until my contractions were close enough to go to the hospital. I went straight to your channel & it definitely helped! Now a week later I am watching your latest upload with my 7 day old daughter, Sophie! Thank you for the beautiful content and calming videos. You gained your youngest fan this week! 👶🏽
I literally did the same with my 3 week old baby boy lol. The pain was so bad I couldn’t watch anything after a while, but Cecilia’s videos were a great comfort before that while in the hospital! Congrats on your baby!
@TheMinimalistTherapist I am tired of the bots too. I always advocate for Christianity and Islam and the benefit of religion in society but many people hate us because there's always these online bots as well as ignorant blind people and people who try to reinterpret faith to misuse it. It makes my blood boil.
Hi Cecilia, I think you have truly outdone yourself with this video! It is so well put together and the storytelling is wonderful. Love to the three of you from Austria. ❤
OMG, I don't know what to comment about!! The scenery? The editing? The adventures? Or even the fantastic music selection?! I have a feeling that making this video has taken several months at least! I really enjoyed this documentary-ish video. Especially the cute Grim in the cutest pinkish sky background 04:41 Love you Cecilia ❤❤
16:52 My family and I took a cruise to Alaska in September of 2022. A lot had changed in my life and I was dealing with a lot of stresses, yet being out on the water sailing through the fjords... I'd never felt more at peace. At one point in the trip I just sat alone on one of the decks overlooking the scenery and just had a good long cry. It felt nice to just sit and let the weight fall off my shoulders and into the water. I imagine that visiting Svalbard would make me feel very much the same way. The northern lights of polar winter, the tinges of pink from the first rays of sun, the bright golds and oranges and reds of autumn... Thank you for sharing a piece of your heaven with us.
This one’s a masterpiece, Cecilia! So, so beautifully shot, and cut, and narrated AND scored. It actually made me a little weepy. Thank you for your work. Mean it sincerely. Thank you.
I love how perfectly matched cecilia and christoffer is despite the differences like cecilia is a very bright and energetic woman but loves the dark polar nights while christoffer is usually calm and very chill but is thriving during the polar day. Both are contradicting but it's what probably makes them complete with each other haha
Your writing is so good, excellent, Cecelia! Hand-in-hand gorgeous photography and narration, love this recap of changes month to month and your keen awareness and observations. Love the coziness and cozy family and life with Christoffer and Grim.♥
Breathtaking and amazing ! Cecilia you are a blessing to the world with your beautiful photography and narration skills ! Your music content is always so soothing and perfect for your videos ! Thank you for sharing your life and love of Svalbard with us, and thank you for sharing Grim and Christoffer with us too ! You have the perfect life !
I live in a desert with temperatures above +45C half of the year. My kids have never seen snow and I miss it a lot. Watching your incredible videos makes me feel like I experience all this beauty myself. Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to your passion!🙏🥰🪻
Such a beautiful video! I can see how living in Svalbard so close to nature can really make one's "problems" seem much less significant. Thanks for sharing your part of the world. ❤
I enjoyed this so much! This was mesmerizing to watch and I so appreciate your genuine love of nature and how it changes there for each season. You have wonderful photography skills which transport your audience to another place. Thank you Cecilia!
I live in Florida where its hot and sunny for most of the year. I can't imagine living in darkness for so many months, However, I thoroughly enjoy your videos and appreciate the natural beauty of your home.
Growing up as a child we are reminded to respect Mother Nature and be thankful for what SHE has given us. You, Christoffer and Grim are the envy of everyone, living where you do and reaping the rewards. This view throughout the yearly months was absolutely breathtaking. Thank you so much.
So good to know that there are other Winter Girls out there who love the dark evenings and cold temps...!! In North Carolina, I have to be very purposeful to survive our long and harsh summers... Thank you for being there for all the Winter Girls...!!
Oh Cecilia, there’s so many breath taking views in your video it’s hard to catch your breath. Thank you. I’m sitting here in bed watching at 6:30 am. It’s not light here for another hour. And only 33 degrees. This video is one that has to be watched many times it’s so good. Seriously Thank you. Just incredible
Cecilia, I think this is the most magnificent video ever made about Svalbard. You have done such a wonderful job with it. BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!! I will watch it over and over again.
Svalbard is an amazing place and so wonderful for you to share it with us! Love the pink time when the sunlight makes the mountains glow. Thank you for sharing with us! Love your videos!
I wanted to come back to this video and share my takeaway from watching your year for the past year. This was my favorite video of all. One day of sub changes for us is an entire year of sun change for you. That was amazing. But in a personal level, polar night has come to have deep meaning for me. I'm a music director and housekeeper to make a living. In October I suffered a back injury that has gone on for four months now. 2 herniated discs and degenerative disc stuff. My life style for the past 5 years has been near constant work since I left an abusive marriage of 27 years and have needed to survive all on my own. You have helped me find that elusive "self care" that has been devoid in my world for so long through coming to learn about polar night. Your videos have bled into my well being in a much unexpected way. Much of my physical work slowed by December and I've been uncharacteristically off. We've had several boughts of inclement weather. It's been involuntary down time. In order to deal with this, I began to draw on your experience of polar night, to accept that you will be more tired, to acceor some inability to do some things. I began to create this cozy lit, candled space in my bedroom where I was up in pain so many nights at 3am. I made warm and cozy out of darkness of many varieties by watching your videos, and I love that I have these new thoughts and understandings in me now that can helo nourish me through this time if healing and rest.
I live in the Caribbean and we have traveled a good bit over the years (we are very blessed to have had this opportunity)...seen many seasons and snow storms(last one was just December past)...and for me sunshine is life.....I can't live without it...but I guess that's what I grew up with and that's what I love....just like how u love polar night....I love our Caribbean weather and a sunset in my front patio brings me peace as I would imagine golden hour on your deck brings you happiness . My husband and I love your videos and have followed you since day 1. We especially love the Grimm features on your videos 😅...sending love and best wishes from Trinidad and Tobago!!!!!
Thank you, Cecilia. I really needed a Svalbard fix after an extremely grueling night and morning caring for an elderly family member who will be 100 in June. ❤ Bless You, Kristopher and Grim. 😍
Grim is so so so cute... I absolutely love how you incorporated him in the ads.... and seeing Christopher a lot more with you and grim makes my heart happy... the way you both treat grim makes me believe you would both be great parents....
I am almost 70 and, if I have any regrets, I wish I would have known of Svalbard as a young women, for I would have moved there to stay. I, too, am a winter person and live in northern Michigan, loving the snow, the cold, the amazing wildlife, and wonderful fish. The first time I learned of Svalbard was after reading about the seed vault, but truly understanding the beauty and nature of the place I learned from you and Christopher, and I am grateful beyond words. Had I lived there, I think I would have missed forests, but I am always overcome by the beauty of your videos. Again, I am so grateful to both of you for sharing your islands, your lives, your talents, particularly Christopher's extraordinary culinary skills, and beautiful Grim with whom I have also fallen in love. God bless you both, for you have brought much happiness into my life, more than you will ever know.
Oh my god Cecilia this video brings me to tears! What an effort you make for us! I feel like you are soaking me right into Svalbard's magic by your footage and your calming voice. Thanks from heart for this video, its a healing treasure!!
Cecília, happy New Year to you and Kristoffer and Grim! This video is my favorite of all the videos you have made, and that’s saying a lot, since I’ve enjoyed every single one. What I liked this time was your thorough and joyful tribute to the varying qualities of each month on Svalbard, in chronological order. Thank you so much for organizing and sharing this 12 month “calendar” of your life. 💐
Cecilia, i love that you are such a full on, hi energy person yet you can produce half an hour of soul soothing, calm video ❤ This was gorgeous and Svalbard tourism should be grateful to you!
Wow Cecilia you have outdone yourself this time this video is amazing! I loved how you did month by month season by season it really showed how beautiful Svalbard is all year round and of course we can’t forget Christoffer and Grim! Looking forward to your next one from Australia ❤
I'm sure it was a lot of work going through old footage and picking out the best shots for this video. The colors you get to experience in the sky is amazing. Here's to another great year of peeping in on your life.
Can you go around and interview the locals and local businesses so we can see who they are, how they ended up there, how they feel owning a business there etc. I would be especially interested in teachers, bakeries, tour guides, etc. Who is the oldest person there, I assume there are no care homes? Do many people have extended family there? Are their midwives? How do people date? Are some people seasonal? Does anyone have neat polar bear encounter stories? What are the most common activities, sports etc
Thank Cecilia. Words feel hollow and could never express fully my gratitude for your offering here. You live in paradise. Here in BC, Canada, I am not a big fan of summer. Too busy and bright for me. In my dream, I will come and spend a polar winter on Svalbard. Stunning beauty. Thank you again. ❤❤❤
I’ve definitely watched these vlogs and to see them all come together each month. Was amazing. I have to say your august time is beautiful compared to most months there . And the whales how amazing . That’s truly a blessing . I get that gratitude feeling ! I feel it watching this . Thank you . Happy new year !
Have watched this twice………beautifully prepared for us viewers. I shared with friends and expect they will be subscribing soon. The narration--the appreciation of nature and the changing light---is superb! Thank-you Cecilia! Hello to all of you from Florida. Special hello to Grimm. Considered him my celebrity dog-crush.
Hello Cecelia, I am so glad we get to see Svalbard through your eyes and your enthusiasm for life. You truly are a one of kind in the best way possible and so glad to have followed you along on your journey for the last 3 years ❤ May this year bring you much happiness along with everything you would like to achieve and more. Have a blessed week 🙏
I never expected to become so emotional watching this. Your narration and visuals were wonderful! You managed to convey the beauty of each month. Thank you for sharing your beautiful homeland! From a new subscriber in the United States.
I too love your polar nights. Being cozy for a minute is good for the soul. Lay low, drink tea, read books , write books, just stop for a minute. And then reset! You, Christopher, and Grimm are so comforting. Thank you for letting us see this life!
Absolutely stunning! Breathtakingly beautiful!! The colors, the wildlife❤❤❤!!!!! Your narrative is so good Cecilia! I shared this with my sister right away. Your appreciation for your surroundings is a testimony to how you find joy in life simply, which is a blessing. Grimm is such a ❤️. Thanks for a wonderful video. Peace and love! I'm going to watch a couple more times.
There was something so beautiful to me about how you highlighting the Polar Day season being a time when Grim and Christopher thrive and that being what you love about it. so nice to find gratitude in something because it lights up someone you love, but not necessarily because it lights you up (no puns intended lol).
I am a winter girl, too. Hot days are terrible for me. I should live in the northermost place on earth!. But as an Italian I have to endure long hot summers and now winters with little snow! Fantastic video, as usual. The Svalbards are a paradise and Grim is so cute.
Same here, winter girl. But it's harder for me than u, coz I live in saudi arabia. Its 30 degree celsius in jan 2024😔😔😔 I thrive in winter vacations in europe and uk
I am also Italian and winter girl. For this reason I moved from tuscany to trentino. 😁 It is not magical as Svalbard... But it is stunning beautiful anyway. 😍
@cecelia blomdhal I'm visiting in November staying at guesthouse 102 for 1 week. My partner and I like to do things by ourselves not too keen on joining tourist groups etc. What's some fun things we can do in the village? It's our first time. Thank you for the inspiration ❤️🎇
I know you hear this all the time but I wanted to let you know how magical your videos are to watch. I get all comfy on my couch and watch on my iPad and get lost in the beauty before my eyes. The music draws me in to your magical playground. A sense of calm comes over me. Your photography is so stunning! Keep doing what your doing it’s where you are meant to be. Thank you & sending love to you, Christoffer & Grim from my home in NW Ohio US near Lake Erie ❤
This was so awesome! Thanks for sharing a year of Svalbard with us, I'm with you...the polar night seems the most beautiful and magical, but all the seasons are gorgeous in their own ways.
What a treat to watch along with you. Amazing work this video! Collecting all the bits for each month, the editing, the voice over - all so great. Thank you and have a nice day!
We’ve had quite a few cloudy days the past month & my depression is setting in. I appreciate your videos as I know I can’t live where the sun doesn’t shine. I truly think it’s gorgeous & would like to visit, during the midnight sun perhaps. As someone who requires sunlight for normal daily functioning, I’m quite intrigued by folks like you who love the polar nights. I love learning from you. Thanks for sharing Svalbard with us. God bless.
This retrospective has made me realise just how quickly the last year has gone but also how much there is to look forward to this year. I love when the long summer days arrive here in the UK but find it very relaxing watching the polar nights. The cold water dips are most certainly not for me..makes me shiver just watching them.😊. Have a happy, healthy 2024
I am fairly new to your channel, Cecilia, but your videos have stolen my heart! The beauty on Svalbard is intense and so different from here in the US. Thank you for sharing your incredible world.... Your joy is palpable, your family trio is sweet and full of love. This is my favorite video yet of all the ones I have binge watched.....❤ Much love to you all and blessings for our new and magical year! 💜💜💜
Such a different and beautiful place you live. When you were talking in the golden hour and said you felt “an overwhelming sense of gratitude”, I think that is because your life is so full and you are so thankful for all that you have, and you just have a zest and love of life! ❤
Incredibly beautiful video. The tempo, the soundtrack, the scenery, your authentic narration…I felt there and connected to it. Thank you for sharing your life with us. I feel expanded.
look, i know that moving to any place comes with its set of difficulties, and especially a place with extreme seasons, however, Cecilia's videos give me a sence like i am reading a magnificent book and the scenery comes to life through the lense. i wish i could snap my fingers and be transported into this amazingly, gloriously beautiful place. thank you so much Cecilia for giving me this feeling, at the end of any day, when i can watch your videos i get this feeling of calmness and so much beauty, i really am thankfull for the channel and all the wokr you put in! i wish you all the very best for your sweet family, may you be always blessed with good health and happy smiles! thank you for sharing a piece of your life with us!
This was balm to my soul! Your videography and photography is amazing of this beautiful place. ☺️ I enjoy your vlogs, it's a lovely bit of my weekly routine. It was lovely to see svalbard over a whole year. What a brilliant idea ☺️
Oh what a fantastic video! And I've just realised that a year on Svalbard is like a day in other places... You have the Night, that would be January - March. Then the Morning, March - May, then Noon & Afternoon, the Midnight Sun and then back to Night with evenings in September - October and Night time again! It's. Beautiful!!!
Hello from Ukraine! in my hometown, it is always a warm red summer up to +30C, a yellow-orange autumn, a white winter (it used to be more cold and snowy) up to -25C and a green and blooming spring. I, like you, go out on the balcony of the apartment and look at the sky, both during the day and at night. these colors are beautiful, wonderful. I feel your emotions with you! Thanks for such a great video! p.s. the longest day in June is 16 hours and 33 minutes.
Hi Celia, Chris and Grim. I love watching your videos as I sit in bed recuperating from chemo. Thanks for sharing your life and nature. Nature helps me, it brings me back to life. Thanks
Cecilia I relate to your comments “This is my deck, this is my view”. I use to live on the Monterey Peninsula in California and almost every day I would think “I get to live here in this natural beauty”. I too lived near the water and would ride my bike along the ocean bike path. I’d pinch myself to think that I got to live here-it never got old and I never lost my sense of wonder and gratitude.
I found myself in awe of your incredibly beautiful footage from each month. How special to see all the nature your world has to offer; thank you for sharing.
Cecelia, I too love the winter. I am originally from Michigan and somehow I ended up in the desert! We’ve lived in Arizona for the last 24 years. You remind me of how much I love my home, Michigan will always be home. Thanks for taking us through the year once again. Your gratitude is contagious! ❤
Thank you for the beautiful video. Take us to the grocery store again please. Are there any ethnic specific things you do for the coming Valentine’s Day or St Patrick’s day? Want to see more of your daily life too. Books? Do you crochet or knit?
Your Grim Nord VPN commercials are much better than "commercial" commercials. Granted, that may be because we are familiar with the entire scene...but, still.... 😁 Oooh, I remember the clips from the past. So much fun. What a wonderful look at the year, all in one video. It really showcased how Nature offers different kinds of beauty in every season!
Beautiful cinematic docu of the amazing and wonderful seasons at Svalbard. It was also so fun to see the images and footage of what you have shared in the past year or two. It’s all so worth it to see again and especially in such a beautiful sequence. Well done Cecilia and big NY hugs to all 3 of you ❤ Alana
I can’t believe that having booked a holiday to Spitsbergen over 12 months ago we have finally arrived here in Longyearbyen yesterday. Having watched many of your videos Cecilia it felt so strange to walk into the clothes shop that I have seen you work in. The dog sleigh excursion today with Green Dog this morning was fascinating. Living in the UK 24 hrs of darkness is a once in a lifetime experience just had to do. Electric snow mobile tomorrow loving Norway and Longyearbyen. Still another four nights and days to experience. 😊❤
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Cecilia- girl I'm a long-time viewer since almost the beginning and I love your channel...but eagle-eyed super fan viewers like me are gonna recognize a lot of old footage here recycled from other videos. We want polar night updates! Take us in the village or to run errands! New stuff! We know it's dark there now. rustle up some new grub please. We wait eagerly all week for your videos!
Cecilia, the night sky is gorgeous and so very clear. Have you ever seen a UFO or caught any strange phenomenon on your time lapse recordings?
@@thelaundress11This video is a recap style vid to show what an entire year looks like on Svalbard 😊 Next week is polar night update 😊 Thank you for watching!
@@thelaundress11She’s showing us the different months that have passed. It’s pretty obvious and shouldn’t need any explanation, nor any eagle eyes. Especially when she’s talking about February, march, April etc 🤣
Wowsers! Whatever deal Nord VPN gives you; they will have to increase it exponentially after Grimm's command performance. (Perhaps a children's book is Grimm's next project?!) Your sponsor segment hits all the feels…I now find myself googling their site!
Cecilia, Have you considered using still shots from each season to create a calendar of Svalbard scenes for each year? You already have so much incredible footage. That would be an amazing item for your store that viewers will enjoy and use.
Great idea !
Only if the week starts on a Sunday. Yes a great idea
I second this! LOL, I'm already grabbing screen shots for wallpaper for my laptop! (Mostly of Grim, heh. You could totally do a Grim calendar as well!)
I would buy that!
I would buy that as well!
I like the documentary style of your vlogs Cecilia. The cinematography is so soothing and beautiful with ASMR-ISH tones mixed with nature and emotional music. You create magical content for your viewers. ❤
Thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I agree ❤
When I hear you rhapsodize about the blue twilight, I am reminded of this Bosnian folk song interpreted by local favorite Pink Martini. With your delightful musical sense, I think you may enjoy this.
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Did this woman literally just do a segment on every single month of the year?! Cecilia you just don’t stop! Obsessed with your amazing life on Svalbard!
🙏🏻🧡✨ Thank yooouuu!
Last week I went into labor with my first child & was told to distract myself with music or a show to keep calm until my contractions were close enough to go to the hospital. I went straight to your channel & it definitely helped! Now a week later I am watching your latest upload with my 7 day old daughter, Sophie! Thank you for the beautiful content and calming videos. You gained your youngest fan this week! 👶🏽
I literally did the same with my 3 week old baby boy lol. The pain was so bad I couldn’t watch anything after a while, but Cecilia’s videos were a great comfort before that while in the hospital! Congrats on your baby!
Congratulations 🎉 Well done Mama and welcome earthside little Sophie ❤
@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus1 🙄 These bots never have anything relevant to say do they!? 🤣
@TheMinimalistTherapist I am tired of the bots too. I always advocate for Christianity and Islam and the benefit of religion in society but many people hate us because there's always these online bots as well as ignorant blind people and people who try to reinterpret faith to misuse it. It makes my blood boil.
Hi Cecilia, I think you have truly outdone yourself with this video! It is so well put together and the storytelling is wonderful. Love to the three of you from Austria. ❤
Thank youuuu! 🧡
OMG, I don't know what to comment about!!
The scenery? The editing? The adventures? Or even the fantastic music selection?!
I have a feeling that making this video has taken several months at least!
I really enjoyed this documentary-ish video. Especially the cute Grim in the cutest pinkish sky background 04:41
Love you Cecilia ❤❤
Woow thank you so much for the kind words! 😍🙏🏻🫶🏻
I agree! It was all so beautiful.
I never get tired of seeing the beauty of where you live. Thank you for continuing to share your lives with all of us.
Standing on the doorstep to our galaxy! I love that!
16:52 My family and I took a cruise to Alaska in September of 2022. A lot had changed in my life and I was dealing with a lot of stresses, yet being out on the water sailing through the fjords... I'd never felt more at peace. At one point in the trip I just sat alone on one of the decks overlooking the scenery and just had a good long cry. It felt nice to just sit and let the weight fall off my shoulders and into the water. I imagine that visiting Svalbard would make me feel very much the same way. The northern lights of polar winter, the tinges of pink from the first rays of sun, the bright golds and oranges and reds of autumn... Thank you for sharing a piece of your heaven with us.
One thing that I always feel from you and Christoffer is your profound gratefulness for the beautiful life you 2 have created together.❤❤❤
This one’s a masterpiece, Cecilia! So, so beautifully shot, and cut, and narrated AND scored. It actually made me a little weepy. Thank you for your work. Mean it sincerely. Thank you.
I love how perfectly matched cecilia and christoffer is despite the differences like cecilia is a very bright and energetic woman but loves the dark polar nights while christoffer is usually calm and very chill but is thriving during the polar day. Both are contradicting but it's what probably makes them complete with each other haha
I visited Longyearbyen in April 2023 and it was absolutely stunningly beautifull. Loved it.
Did you get to meet Cecilia and Christopher?
@@dinahquillen9380 No, I wasnt so lucky
Wow!! You are so talented Cecilia!! The cinematography is breathtaking!! Thank you for providing us the means to “travel” without leaving our home. ❤❤
The northern lights take my breath away, you capture its magnificence beautifully. Each vlog has me mesmerized. Happy New Year!🎉🎉🎉
Your writing is so good, excellent, Cecelia! Hand-in-hand gorgeous photography and narration, love this recap of changes month to month and your keen awareness and observations. Love the coziness and cozy family and life with Christoffer and Grim.♥
Breathtaking and amazing ! Cecilia you are a blessing to the world with your beautiful photography and narration skills ! Your music content is always so soothing and perfect for your videos ! Thank you for sharing your life and love of Svalbard with us, and thank you for sharing Grim and Christoffer with us too ! You have the perfect life !
I live in a desert with temperatures above +45C half of the year. My kids have never seen snow and I miss it a lot. Watching your incredible videos makes me feel like I experience all this beauty myself. Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to your passion!🙏🥰🪻
I wait all week for this lazy,cozy, morning wrapped in a warm blanket with my coffee. It just so peaceful that it sets the moon for the day.
It's our Sunday morning ritual, my husband and I!
My Sunday morning ritual too!
You ate such an amazing story teller! Even people who hate the cold and snow want to move there after seeing your videos😆❤
Your videos are always stunning. Thanks for sharing your life’s story with us. Such a great learning experience.
Such a beautiful video! I can see how living in Svalbard so close to nature can really make one's "problems" seem much less significant. Thanks for sharing your part of the world. ❤
Sun fest, all the people waiting to feel its warmth, made me emotional, beautiful ❤️
I always look forward to starting my Sundays with good coffee, Cecilia, Christoffer and everyone's favorite Puffball Grim!🎉😊
I enjoyed this so much! This was mesmerizing to watch and I so appreciate your genuine love of nature and how it changes there for each season. You have wonderful photography skills which transport your audience to another place. Thank you Cecilia!
I live in Florida where its hot and sunny for most of the year. I can't imagine living in darkness for so many months, However, I thoroughly enjoy your videos and appreciate the natural beauty of your home.
Growing up as a child we are reminded to respect Mother Nature and be thankful for what SHE has given us. You, Christoffer and Grim are the envy of everyone, living where you do and reaping the rewards. This view throughout the yearly months was absolutely breathtaking. Thank you so much.
So good to know that there are other Winter Girls out there who love the dark evenings and cold temps...!! In North Carolina, I have to be very purposeful to survive our long and harsh summers... Thank you for being there for all the Winter Girls...!!
Where in NC are you? I’m also a winter girl. Hoping we get some white stuff this winter. I live in Rocky Mount.
0:18 Grim is truly such a beautiful and peaceful soul. Absolutely stunning.
Oh Cecilia, there’s so many breath taking views in your video it’s hard to catch your breath. Thank you. I’m sitting here in bed watching at 6:30 am. It’s not light here for another hour. And only 33 degrees. This video is one that has to be watched many times it’s so good. Seriously Thank you. Just incredible
Cecilia, I think this is the most magnificent video ever made about Svalbard. You have done such a wonderful job with it. BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!! I will watch it over and over again.
I wanna have a conversation with you Above.🤦♂️🤷♀️
Oh this is something I wait for, cozy times with you my favorite family on Svalbard!❤😊
Me too. I love the Sunday morning ritual of watching Cecilia, Christoffer and Grim. I have my tea, furry blanket and it's time.😊❤❤
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Me too,a cup of coffee
@@shelliebancroft4145 I had my dinner 🍽 😋, so nice and cozy!
Svalbard is an amazing place and so wonderful for you to share it with us! Love the pink time when the sunlight makes the mountains glow. Thank you for sharing with us! Love your videos!
This may be one of my favorite videos of yours ever! It was beautiful and so so fun to see the seasons month by month.
I wanted to come back to this video and share my takeaway from watching your year for the past year. This was my favorite video of all. One day of sub changes for us is an entire year of sun change for you. That was amazing. But in a personal level, polar night has come to have deep meaning for me. I'm a music director and housekeeper to make a living. In October I suffered a back injury that has gone on for four months now. 2 herniated discs and degenerative disc stuff. My life style for the past 5 years has been near constant work since I left an abusive marriage of 27 years and have needed to survive all on my own. You have helped me find that elusive "self care" that has been devoid in my world for so long through coming to learn about polar night. Your videos have bled into my well being in a much unexpected way. Much of my physical work slowed by December and I've been uncharacteristically off. We've had several boughts of inclement weather. It's been involuntary down time. In order to deal with this, I began to draw on your experience of polar night, to accept that you will be more tired, to acceor some inability to do some things. I began to create this cozy lit, candled space in my bedroom where I was up in pain so many nights at 3am. I made warm and cozy out of darkness of many varieties by watching your videos, and I love that I have these new thoughts and understandings in me now that can helo nourish me through this time if healing and rest.
This should be a documentary! Gorgeous.
I live in the Caribbean and we have traveled a good bit over the years (we are very blessed to have had this opportunity)...seen many seasons and snow storms(last one was just December past)...and for me sunshine is life.....I can't live without it...but I guess that's what I grew up with and that's what I love....just like how u love polar night....I love our Caribbean weather and a sunset in my front patio brings me peace as I would imagine golden hour on your deck brings you happiness . My husband and I love your videos and have followed you since day 1. We especially love the Grimm features on your videos 😅...sending love and best wishes from Trinidad and Tobago!!!!!
This was beautiful Cecilia, thank you for taking the time to do this for us all. Pure Magic.
Your positivity in such extreme weather conditions is truly inspiring ✨
You, Christopher and Grim end my Sunday on a high note. Greetings from South Africa.
Thank you, Cecilia. I really needed a Svalbard fix after an extremely grueling night and morning caring for an elderly family member who will be 100 in June. ❤
Bless You, Kristopher and Grim. 😍
Cecilia what about a beautiful calendar with all the lovely shots youre taking? We enjoy watching your videos so very much🥰🥰
Grim is so so so cute... I absolutely love how you incorporated him in the ads.... and seeing Christopher a lot more with you and grim makes my heart happy... the way you both treat grim makes me believe you would both be great parents....
I'm a night girl too🙌 Summer is my least favorite season, I find the long days and intense light exhausting. Beautiful video, I loved this one!
I am almost 70 and, if I have any regrets, I wish I would have known of Svalbard as a young women, for I would have moved there to stay. I, too, am a winter person and live in northern Michigan, loving the snow, the cold, the amazing wildlife, and wonderful fish. The first time I learned of Svalbard was after reading about the seed vault, but truly understanding the beauty and nature of the place I learned from you and Christopher, and I am grateful beyond words. Had I lived there, I think I would have missed forests, but I am always overcome by the beauty of your videos. Again, I am so grateful to both of you for sharing your islands, your lives, your talents, particularly Christopher's extraordinary culinary skills, and beautiful Grim with whom I have also fallen in love. God bless you both, for you have brought much happiness into my life, more than you will ever know.
Oh my god Cecilia this video brings me to tears! What an effort you make for us! I feel like you are soaking me right into Svalbard's magic by your footage and your calming voice. Thanks from heart for this video, its a healing treasure!!
A beautiful reminder that time really does fly and no season lasts forever. Amazing video, Cecelia. Thank you.
Cecília, happy New Year to you and Kristoffer and Grim! This video is my favorite of all the videos you have made, and that’s saying a lot, since I’ve enjoyed every single one. What I liked this time was your thorough and joyful tribute to the varying qualities of each month on Svalbard, in chronological order. Thank you so much for organizing and sharing this 12 month “calendar” of your life. 💐
Cecilia, i love that you are such a full on, hi energy person yet you can produce half an hour of soul soothing, calm video ❤
This was gorgeous and Svalbard tourism should be grateful to you!
Wow Cecilia you have outdone yourself this time this video is amazing! I loved how you did month by month season by season it really showed how beautiful Svalbard is all year round and of course we can’t forget Christoffer and Grim! Looking forward to your next one from Australia ❤
I’m soo glad you liked it! I wanted to do a recap/year compilation 😍❤️
I'm sure it was a lot of work going through old footage and picking out the best shots for this video. The colors you get to experience in the sky is amazing. Here's to another great year of peeping in on your life.
Can you go around and interview the locals and local businesses so we can see who they are, how they ended up there, how they feel owning a business there etc. I would be especially interested in teachers, bakeries, tour guides, etc. Who is the oldest person there, I assume there are no care homes? Do many people have extended family there? Are their midwives? How do people date? Are some people seasonal? Does anyone have neat polar bear encounter stories? What are the most common activities, sports etc
Thank Cecilia. Words feel hollow and could never express fully my gratitude for your offering here. You live in paradise. Here in BC, Canada, I am not a big fan of summer. Too busy and bright for me. In my dream, I will come and spend a polar winter on Svalbard. Stunning beauty. Thank you again. ❤❤❤
I’ve definitely watched these vlogs and to see them all come together each month. Was amazing. I have to say your august time is beautiful compared to most months there . And the whales how amazing . That’s truly a blessing . I get that gratitude feeling ! I feel it watching this . Thank you . Happy new year !
OMGOSH! The orange hue of fall is magical!
Have watched this twice………beautifully prepared for us viewers. I shared with friends and expect they will be subscribing soon.
The narration--the appreciation of nature and the changing light---is superb!
Thank-you Cecilia! Hello to all of you from Florida.
Special hello to Grimm. Considered him my celebrity dog-crush.
Hello Cecelia, I am so glad we get to see Svalbard through your eyes and your enthusiasm for life. You truly are a one of kind in the best way possible and so glad to have followed you along on your journey for the last 3 years ❤ May this year bring you much happiness along with everything you would like to achieve and more. Have a blessed week 🙏
I never expected to become so emotional watching this. Your narration and visuals were wonderful! You managed to convey the beauty of each month. Thank you for sharing your beautiful homeland!
From a new subscriber in the United States.
I too love your polar nights. Being cozy for a minute is good for the soul. Lay low, drink tea, read books , write books, just stop for a minute. And then reset! You, Christopher, and Grimm are so comforting. Thank you for letting us see this life!
What a beautiful video! I can imagine it took days to edit, so thank you so much for doing this one Cecilia.
17:20. Gratitude. It's good for us and you have a great practice ❤ thanks for sharing it ❤
Absolutely stunning! Breathtakingly beautiful!! The colors, the wildlife❤❤❤!!!!! Your narrative is so good Cecilia! I shared this with my sister right away. Your appreciation for your surroundings is a testimony to how you find joy in life simply, which is a blessing. Grimm is such a ❤️. Thanks for a wonderful video. Peace and love! I'm going to watch a couple more times.
There was something so beautiful to me about how you highlighting the Polar Day season being a time when Grim and Christopher thrive and that being what you love about it. so nice to find gratitude in something because it lights up someone you love, but not necessarily because it lights you up (no puns intended lol).
I am a winter girl, too. Hot days are terrible for me. I should live in the northermost place on earth!. But as an Italian I have to endure long hot summers and now winters with little snow! Fantastic video, as usual. The Svalbards are a paradise and Grim is so cute.
Same here, winter girl. But it's harder for me than u, coz I live in saudi arabia. Its 30 degree celsius in jan 2024😔😔😔
I thrive in winter vacations in europe and uk
I am also Italian and winter girl. For this reason I moved from tuscany to trentino. 😁 It is not magical as Svalbard... But it is stunning beautiful anyway. 😍
I sooo loved this video recap!! Thank you Cecilia, you’re the queen of cozyness and the best entertainment throughout the whole year 🤍💙
It's weekly holiday time to Svalbard! Time to relax... ❤
@cecelia blomdhal I'm visiting in November staying at guesthouse 102 for 1 week. My partner and I like to do things by ourselves not too keen on joining tourist groups etc. What's some fun things we can do in the village? It's our first time. Thank you for the inspiration ❤️🎇
What a beautiful, chronological documentary of a year on Svalbard!
What a beautiful compilation - something to treasure and send to friends who ask why I love watching your videos so much❤️❤️❤️
You are so kind 😍✨🧡
I know you hear this all the time but I wanted to let you know how magical your videos are to watch. I get all comfy on my couch and watch on my iPad and get lost in the beauty before my eyes. The music draws me in to your magical playground. A sense of calm comes over me. Your photography is so stunning! Keep doing what your doing it’s where you are meant to be. Thank you & sending love to you, Christoffer & Grim from my home in NW Ohio US near Lake Erie ❤
8:32 I am sure, Grim knows how to start “Paw Patrol”. 😂
This was so awesome! Thanks for sharing a year of Svalbard with us, I'm with you...the polar night seems the most beautiful and magical, but all the seasons are gorgeous in their own ways.
Yay! Got here in the first 30 sec and first like
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Holy smokes I got a like from Cecilia ! Thank you! Love your content, it's so wholesome
What a treat to watch along with you. Amazing work this video! Collecting all the bits for each month, the editing, the voice over - all so great. Thank you and have a nice day!
We’ve had quite a few cloudy days the past month & my depression is setting in. I appreciate your videos as I know I can’t live where the sun doesn’t shine. I truly think it’s gorgeous & would like to visit, during the midnight sun perhaps. As someone who requires sunlight for normal daily functioning, I’m quite intrigued by folks like you who love the polar nights. I love learning from you. Thanks for sharing Svalbard with us. God bless.
This retrospective has made me realise just how quickly the last year has gone but also how much there is to look forward to this year.
I love when the long summer days arrive here in the UK but find it very relaxing watching the polar nights. The cold water dips are most certainly not for me..makes me shiver just watching them.😊. Have a happy, healthy 2024
I am fairly new to your channel, Cecilia, but your videos have stolen my heart! The beauty on Svalbard is intense and so different from here in the US. Thank you for sharing your incredible world.... Your joy is palpable, your family trio is sweet and full of love. This is my favorite video yet of all the ones I have binge watched.....❤ Much love to you all and blessings for our new and magical year! 💜💜💜
Thank you Cecilia, Christoffer and Grimm, for sharing your beautiful Svalbard with us.♥️🙏
This should become a series!!Yearly Svalbard recap would be amazing. Love your videos🫶🏼
Such a different and beautiful place you live. When you were talking in the golden hour and said you felt “an overwhelming sense of gratitude”, I think that is because your life is so full and you are so thankful for all that you have, and you just have a zest and love of life! ❤
Incredibly beautiful video. The tempo, the soundtrack, the scenery, your authentic narration…I felt there and connected to it. Thank you for sharing your life with us. I feel expanded.
look, i know that moving to any place comes with its set of difficulties, and especially a place with extreme seasons, however, Cecilia's videos give me a sence like i am reading a magnificent book and the scenery comes to life through the lense. i wish i could snap my fingers and be transported into this amazingly, gloriously beautiful place. thank you so much Cecilia for giving me this feeling, at the end of any day, when i can watch your videos i get this feeling of calmness and so much beauty, i really am thankfull for the channel and all the wokr you put in! i wish you all the very best for your sweet family, may you be always blessed with good health and happy smiles! thank you for sharing a piece of your life with us!
Happy New Year! All the best for you and Christoffer and Grimm for 2024!
Cecilia this never ceases to amaze me. I’m in awe of the difference between months . Thank you for this unique window into another “world”. ❤
This was balm to my soul! Your videography and photography is amazing of this beautiful place. ☺️ I enjoy your vlogs, it's a lovely bit of my weekly routine. It was lovely to see svalbard over a whole year. What a brilliant idea ☺️
...just keep writing the comments to thank Cecilia for more and more videos from one of the most amazing parts of the world 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Oh what a fantastic video! And I've just realised that a year on Svalbard is like a day in other places... You have the Night, that would be January - March. Then the Morning, March - May, then Noon & Afternoon, the Midnight Sun and then back to Night with evenings in September - October and Night time again! It's. Beautiful!!!
Hello from Ukraine!
in my hometown, it is always a warm red summer up to +30C, a yellow-orange autumn, a white winter (it used to be more cold and snowy) up to -25C and a green and blooming spring.
I, like you, go out on the balcony of the apartment and look at the sky, both during the day and at night. these colors are beautiful, wonderful. I feel your emotions with you! Thanks for such a great video!
p.s. the longest day in June is 16 hours and 33 minutes.
Loved this video. It's like taking a year long vacation. The season colors are amazing. I just love your channel. It's so uplifting.❤
Hi Celia, Chris and Grim. I love watching your videos as I sit in bed recuperating from chemo. Thanks for sharing your life and nature. Nature helps me, it brings me back to life. Thanks
Cecilia I relate to your comments “This is my deck, this is my view”. I use to live on the Monterey Peninsula in California and almost every day I would think “I get to live here in this natural beauty”. I too lived near the water and would ride my bike along the ocean bike path. I’d pinch myself to think that I got to live here-it never got old and I never lost my sense of wonder and gratitude.
I wanna have a conversation with you Above.🤦♂️🤷♀️
I found myself in awe of your incredibly beautiful footage from each month. How special to see all the nature your world has to offer; thank you for sharing.
Cecelia, I too love the winter. I am originally from Michigan and somehow I ended up in the desert! We’ve lived in Arizona for the last 24 years. You remind me of how much I love my home, Michigan will always be home. Thanks for taking us through the year once again. Your gratitude is contagious! ❤
Thank you for the beautiful video. Take us to the grocery store again please. Are there any ethnic specific things you do for the coming Valentine’s Day or St Patrick’s day? Want to see more of your daily life too. Books? Do you crochet or knit?
What a wondeful look at the passing of a year. It looks beautiful. Wishing another gorgeous year ahead for you, Christoffer and Grim
Your Grim Nord VPN commercials are much better than "commercial" commercials. Granted, that may be because we are familiar with the entire scene...but, still.... 😁
Oooh, I remember the clips from the past. So much fun. What a wonderful look at the year, all in one video. It really showcased how Nature offers different kinds of beauty in every season!
Beautiful cinematic docu of the amazing and wonderful seasons at Svalbard. It was also so fun to see the images and footage of what you have shared in the past year or two. It’s all so worth it to see again and especially in such a beautiful sequence. Well done Cecilia and big NY hugs to all 3 of you ❤ Alana
Congratulations!!!!
The beauty of these landscapes is overwhelming!
I can’t believe that having booked a holiday to Spitsbergen over 12 months ago we have finally arrived here in Longyearbyen yesterday. Having watched many of your videos Cecilia it felt so strange to walk into the clothes shop that I have seen you work in. The dog sleigh excursion today with Green Dog this morning was fascinating. Living in the UK 24 hrs of darkness is a once in a lifetime experience just had to do. Electric snow mobile tomorrow loving Norway and Longyearbyen. Still another four nights and days to experience. 😊❤
I wanna have a conversation with you Above.🤦♂️🤷♀️,,,,
This has to be one of the most beautiful videos I have ever seen. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful home with us. xx