No, you did nothing wrong when you crossed the border from Finland to Norway. When you had nothing to clear customs, all you had to do was drive on. I think it was just a random spot check. Great videos you make.
Happy safe travels to Nordkapp. It is so much warmer place than Finland during winter months. Finns go to Arctic Norway to surf during winter because Atlantic ocean does not freeze. Thanks for the video, we love those dark long empty roads 💙
I remember in the olden days, when you could just bring small amounts of taxfree alcohol across the border. My parents and us kids were bringing the Oma to Sweden from Austria, and a customs officer decided to rip the car apart in the middle of the night. She went through bag after bag of dirty clothing, and gave up (perhaps because of tired children wailing) just before she would have discovered a huuuge wine bottle from Italy. Turned out Oma´s bag was also there, full of several liters of Stroh rum.... Close call.
That doesn’t sound like a very fun experience. they didn’t seem particularly bothered by the mention of my beers in the fridge and maybe they didn’t find the bottles of whisky in one of the cupboards…
I really enjoyed the drone footage in the early morning. Quite stunning golden light , you’re on a great adventure, many thanks for sharing . It’s great to see beautifull scenery , which is ia great contrast iand respite in these troubling times. Best Aron from Wales.
UA-cam is recommending your videos in reverse. If I keep this up, I'll be watching you getting your driver's license for the first time. 🤣🚚 also, great Video!
I like your use of the Kärscher window cleaner inside the windscreen. I have the exact same cleaner and also problems with water in the morning in autumn, winter and spring. I will try that!! 👍👍...have a nice trip. Love the views... long time since I was there.
Yeah it’s been working great. I learn about them for van use from @packthevanandgo & @johnandmandyuk Normally brilliant apart from this particular cold example.
You should consider visiting the Saltstraumen near Bodø. Since I saw it the first time ~20 years ago I visit on a regular basis. If you're able to plan a bit ahead, try to go there when it's full moon, because the current is the strongest.
Wow, you captured that opening sunrise with the drone perfectly, and followed with a super sunset. Top man. Great to see the coolant change worked out. Smashing vlog Alex, and a powerful aurora on the cards again tonight according to Space Weather live so hopefully you can catch it and relay it back to us at home. Take care mate 👍
@@MispronouncedAdventures Well the Met office are saying it should be visable in England tonight and tomorrow from the usual high places and a clear night so you should still be well positioned if you're still in Norway or Swedish latitudes. Where are you anyway?
Looks like you are enjoying life on Hoth! I see more trees there than in the movie. You could have been smuggling pickled herrings! Perhaps they thought you were scruffy looking?
Great video mate, Lovely sunrise that is! Good to see your coolants stopped freezing! Love.the grille cover 👌 Very informative video too, look forward to doing this myself one day!
Looks so amazing up there Alex. Such awesome adventures. The drone footage is brilliant its battery life must be a lot lower out there or still okay. Keep up the wonderful adventures bud, all the best 👍
It’s quite amazing up here. I’ve received quite a lot of messages about drone battery life. As I’m flying DJI spark. the flight time is so short normally the batteries don’t get time to get cold and fail
@@MispronouncedAdventures great one Alex. Brilliant drone name 👏 Keep up the wonderful adventures, absolutely amazing to follow. Take care 👍
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I''ve found your channel looking for some victron tips. And now binge watching, since i have already installed or planning to install similar stuff in my LR defender. Love the idea of water heater from old webasto.
Could be a routine check, I’be been stopped myself several times crossing back info Norway. Even the dogs joined the party at one occation. Possible because the dog unit was there at the moment. But a lot of tourists cross the border with WAY too much, especially alcohol. The Germans fishing tourists are notorious, filling the vans with beer. But Noway is not in the EU, the maximum legal amount is very restricted. A tiny fraction of what is accepted in the EU.
@@MispronouncedAdventures Technology is a wonderful thing,I take it your probably parked up in the North Circle somewhere corresponding with myself and other followers from the warmth of your van whilst I’m sat on my Sofa on the edge of Dartmoor…amazing.
When I drove from Skibotn on the E8 to the Finnish border, it was very odd. I never saw any customs buildings or developed laybys at all. We drove upto the rather lonely "Finland" sign. Walked into Finland, and then turned around and drove back to Skibotn. All we saw on the Norwegian side of the border was a series of heavy duty cameras on the side of the road several kilometres back from the border itself. The impression was that the Frontier was very "chill", but you had a completely different experience. I wasn't expecting that.
I crossed Norway/Finland and Norway/Sweden border many times after this and never had an other issues. I have been across the other ones which were just country signs
@@MispronouncedAdventures Oops… I‘m still at the beginning but got intrigued by your van setup and the adventures and am watching through your videos slowly. So curious to find out what music lies ahead 😁
Love your content! The landscapes are so beautiful. I have noticed that when you walk in the snow, it is so loud, and your voice is so low in comparison, that I miss some of what you were saying. Just thought you might want to know!
Completely understand what you mean! I did my best to stop doing this ( walking and talking ) , once I realised in the edit. For some reason, the microphone really picks up the footstep Audio.
There’s a LOT of crap footage and really BAD van info on UA-cam, but your content is totally worthy of supporting. I’d go as far as saying it is inspirational! Keep it up mate. Oh, just the start music on this vid was terrible hehehe 😉
haha. On the notifications on my phone I only get the first line of a comment as a pop up Notification, so had a great little mini heart attack reading the first line haha Yes it seems the brass music hasn’t gone down well with everyone! Glad you enjoyed the contents of an audio point of view 😂
When I drove from Sweden into Norway in 2018 the customs officer was only asked whether not I was carrying any beer. As he didn't ask about anything else I didn't tell him about the partially consumed bottle of whisky nor about the tobacco I had.
Unfortunately not learnt that skill yet. Winter mountaineering, ice climbing, snowshoeing, guiding and running winter mountain skills course for work and so on are in my current skills set. Still need to learn to ski
@@MispronouncedAdventures Downhill skiing it the king of winter mountain sports, just so damned easy to drop 1000m in 3 minutes, nd then let a lift pass haul you back up with no effort. :) Ski touring on the other hand is one of the most tiring things I've ever done, the Haute route was exhausting in winter.
At the top of the frozen world in the middle of no where getting stop and search by Scandinavian Customs I wouldn't ever imagine Something like this would happen . Wow what do you know .
Hello from Sweden, I´m new to the channel and I like it a lot so far! =) I just need to know what that music was in the beginning!? I liked it a lot so could you please inform me? Cheers and happy trails! =)
Hi there. I just found your channel and I have subscribed. you have put together a really nice van. I noticed you have a Midland Alan 42 DS, just like me. I wondered what you use it for? Have you considered a full upgrade on the radio? I have fitted a SS9900 SSB radio on my van and I have chatted to some great people on my travels. I chatted to guy from Italy the north west of Scotland on SSB which is an amazing distance. I find hardly anything on the Alan CB. Regards from Rob.
Good spot! In the last Europe trip I was out with friends and we all had them in are vans to talk when In convoy. We did have a lot of range issues with them even with external antenna. I haven’t fully looked into possible upgrades to do in the future
Well, I learned a lot of cold weather measures for driving. And enjoyed the views as well. Border patrol thought you were or may be part of an invasion force with what's going on in Europe.
The officers did'nt even think for a second you're bringing goods to norway. Your van looks quite different from the typical small goods hauler. That was all about drugs. But don't take it personal, when I travel to Scandinavia my car and my caravan get searched on almost every border crossing and I'm a customs officer too 🤣 Here in Germany this would'nt be possible for the living quarters of your van and the entirety of my trailer, because it is considered a living space and that is protected by our constitution ("Grundgesetz")
Definitely didn’t take it personally, The staff are actually really nice and told me about drug dog training afterwards and what they were doing. But that does ring about the questions apart from general chitchat were on where the trip was going and do I have any alcohol or drugs with me Interesting to hear how different countries interpret vans with living areas.
I also got stopped and searched at that very place 5 years ago, officious little bloke with a tache. Spent ages looking in everywhere he could and then put the drugs dog in to sniff around. I think he was bored because no one else was going through. Was very disappointed not find anything and quite begrudgingly let me carry on
Here in Norway we also have privacy rules for vehicles, but the Custom officers can inspect you anyway. Norway is in the EU inner market (called EES), but not an EU member, that is why there still is customs controls for goods.
Didn’t know that these spaces are protected but was wondering if they were. I assume this also includes lorry drivers‘ cabs then because they live in there too
@@demil3618 at least here in Germany these spaces aren't protected. Yes, they are used to sleep in, but are considered working material. (Don't know if "working material" is the right term, but I hope you get what I'm trying to say. I'm not a native speaker.)
Fantastic Alex I have got tyre pressure monitor on my Sprinter kit that I bought from Amazon gives you pressure and temperature on all four corners of the van Brand: Jansite 4.0 out of 5 stars202 Reviews TPMS Solar Tyre Pressure Monitoring System 22-87 Psi Mount on Windshield with 4 External Sensors Car Tire Real-time Wireless Auto Alarm System… 👍👍
@@MispronouncedAdventures For me, the change from yellow to white mean, higher prices, lower speed, less freedom and long checks at the border. I prefer white to yellow :)
I use it daily, but in those extreme temperatures, even with the heated windscreen on and the blowers directed at the windscreen internally, the wind chill and cold air over powers it
@@MispronouncedAdventures thanks for the fast reply. Didnt think that the heating elements/lines + blower cant fight back to the cold its mad! Might have to do something with the windshield being quite big, so the surface cools a lot. Nice content!
What fuel would you recommend for cooking in summer for travelling in nordic countries particularly Norway. For example is there a problem getting gas cartridges that are used in UK?
Unfortunately, I’m not able to help there as I only use electric for my cooking. Some of my friends on a previous trip did use gas, but they had an app which showed them where they could fill up the LPG tanks.
At the beginnings of the trip there was almost no point as it had turned to ice. After about half way thought the trip there was a thaw and it was mild so it would melt off almost date. On top of that it didn’t snow that many times
draining and disposing of almost 11 L of coolant in the wilderness was quite difficult and I didn’t have the containers. I tried a few garages to do a swap but no availability. It’s a pretty easy job to remove around 6 L worth of coolant from the radiator side , but to get the 11 L was difficult. So it was easy for me to remove half of it and put 100% glyco in
@@MispronouncedAdventures yea I saw that video, I’m glad you managed to sort it! I was just curious if adding -36 to the whole system would cause issues. I have the same van but the jumbo model and want to do a similar trip soon. Thanks for replying mate 👍🏼.
@@Jarv263 -36c coolant is just a premixed 50/50 water/glycol mix My glycol part was already less than 50%. So removed a bunch on mixed stuff and replacing it with 100% will hopefully a make the correct mix
@@MispronouncedAdventures yea I got you, thanks for explaining 👍🏼. While I’ve got you mate, I need an engine preheater fitted to my van, I don’t suppose you know anywhere that fit them? I watched your install video and the electric side of it is a bit to much for me to do myself.
Not entirely sure if it had a name. But I went through multiple other Finnish / Norway borders during the trip. Decided I would stop and check but customs would just tell me there was no need to stop and send me on.
@@MispronouncedAdventures OK, I'm back subscribed, just let me enjoy the beautiful sound of nature, silence, wind, rain and your great narrative. It's what makes your travels so special.
It’s fine with me I can’t make right decision with music all the time correctly on a video I tried something different and it didn’t work out. Generally though for drone footage music is required because there is no audio with the footage
No, you did nothing wrong when you crossed the border from Finland to Norway. When you had nothing to clear customs, all you had to do was drive on. I think it was just a random spot check. Great videos you make.
Thank you. I didn’t think I did. I ended up stopping on the borders but always told me I didn’t need to.
Just a spot check.
I especially liked the soundtrack of this episode. The horns really fit the scenery, and the tune sounded like a Nordic anthem.
Seems you are one of the only who did! Thanks for watching
Happy safe travels to Nordkapp. It is so much warmer place than Finland during winter months. Finns go to Arctic Norway to surf during winter because Atlantic ocean does not freeze. Thanks for the video, we love those dark long empty roads 💙
Thank you! I’ve always been one for loving the cold over the warm. My trip up to Nordkapp is eventful! But more on that soon
I remember in the olden days, when you could just bring small amounts of taxfree alcohol across the border. My parents and us kids were bringing the Oma to Sweden from Austria, and a customs officer decided to rip the car apart in the middle of the night. She went through bag after bag of dirty clothing, and gave up (perhaps because of tired children wailing) just before she would have discovered a huuuge wine bottle from Italy. Turned out Oma´s bag was also there, full of several liters of Stroh rum.... Close call.
That doesn’t sound like a very fun experience. they didn’t seem particularly bothered by the mention of my beers in the fridge and maybe they didn’t find the bottles of whisky in one of the cupboards…
I really enjoyed the drone footage in the early morning. Quite stunning golden light , you’re on a great adventure, many thanks for sharing . It’s great to see beautifull scenery , which is ia great contrast iand respite in these troubling times. Best Aron from Wales.
The morning sunsets and sunrises are amazing up here this fair north. Lots of beautiful scenery as well
UA-cam is recommending your videos in reverse. If I keep this up, I'll be watching you getting your driver's license for the first time. 🤣🚚 also, great Video!
Glad you’re enjoying the series, even if it’s in reverse!
I like your use of the Kärscher window cleaner inside the windscreen. I have the exact same cleaner and also problems with water in the morning in autumn, winter and spring. I will try that!! 👍👍...have a nice trip. Love the views... long time since I was there.
Yeah it’s been working great. I learn about them for van use from @packthevanandgo & @johnandmandyuk
Normally brilliant apart from this particular cold example.
I would feel guilty when I didn't do anything 🌏😂. Such a great experience watching you.
So did I! It’s unnerving when people are searching your house
@@MispronouncedAdventures exactly! Its like did anyone come in my home and leave something bad?? That would be disastrous!
I think they just thought ,what a van?, let’s have a look . great landscapes cheers
Yeah I was the only vehicle going north as well
You should consider visiting the Saltstraumen near Bodø. Since I saw it the first time ~20 years ago I visit on a regular basis. If you're able to plan a bit ahead, try to go there when it's full moon, because the current is the strongest.
I’m going to have to look that up! Thank you for the tips
Maybe they were searching for your diesel stash mate LOL. Some great footage again Alex.
They will probably be disappointed fuel is about £2.09
Wow, you captured that opening sunrise with the drone perfectly, and followed with a super sunset. Top man. Great to see the coolant change worked out. Smashing vlog Alex, and a powerful aurora on the cards again tonight according to Space Weather live so hopefully you can catch it and relay it back to us at home. Take care mate 👍
Yeah I just couldn’t not film the sunset! Definitely going to be keeping my eye out for the Aurora tonight
@@MispronouncedAdventures Looks like tomorrow night may be even better for the aurora with a higher KP index of 6
Wish I was were way further north now!
@@MispronouncedAdventures Well the Met office are saying it should be visable in England tonight and tomorrow from the usual high places and a clear night so you should still be well positioned if you're still in Norway or Swedish latitudes. Where are you anyway?
Looks like you are enjoying life on Hoth! I see more trees there than in the movie.
You could have been smuggling pickled herrings! Perhaps they thought you were scruffy looking?
Hoth Is lovely this time of year!
“Scruffy looking” you say, well played sir! 😊👌
Great video mate, Lovely sunrise that is! Good to see your coolants stopped freezing! Love.the grille cover 👌 Very informative video too, look forward to doing this myself one day!
Thank you Max! I’m sure you will at somepoint!
The van got a proper search. Just be thankful they didn't search (probe) you personally. LOL. It's all part of the fun of vanlife. Great video again.
Yeah definitely a full search! The dog did sniff around me but no personal search
I like the guitar and other mellow music too..
Thank you
So jealous... looks like an amazing trip, one I'd like to do myself at some point... but my current van would need some serious upgrades.
It’s amazing but it’s also a serious environment if you or your van is unprepared. Definitely glad of the upgrades I did to my van
Another great video . Thanks
Looks so amazing up there Alex. Such awesome adventures. The drone footage is brilliant its battery life must be a lot lower out there or still okay. Keep up the wonderful adventures bud, all the best 👍
It’s quite amazing up here. I’ve received quite a lot of messages about drone battery life. As I’m flying DJI spark. the flight time is so short normally the batteries don’t get time to get cold and fail
@@MispronouncedAdventures great one Alex. Brilliant drone name 👏 Keep up the wonderful adventures, absolutely amazing to follow. Take care 👍
I''ve found your channel looking for some victron tips. And now binge watching, since i have already installed or planning to install similar stuff in my LR defender. Love the idea of water heater from old webasto.
Glad you are enjoying the channel! That engine pre heater is great. Back in the Arctic this winter and using it most days
"Punch it chewie" I nearly spat my coffee out when you said that :)
Oh no! Please don’t waste coffee!!!
Could be a routine check, I’be been stopped myself several times crossing back info Norway. Even the dogs joined the party at one occation. Possible because the dog unit was there at the moment. But a lot of tourists cross the border with WAY too much, especially alcohol. The Germans fishing tourists are notorious, filling the vans with beer. But Noway is not in the EU, the maximum legal amount is very restricted. A tiny fraction of what is accepted in the EU.
Yeah I don’t really have a issues with it. But I did cross a Norway border a few more times and they weren’t bothered
Now I’m worried those sniffer markers will have left a trace!!
Im not wouldn’t worry to much, they removed the marker after
At 2m30….absolute legend mate👌🏼👌🏼 I do the exact same thing when lucky enough to be driving in snow 😂
I could hardly resist!
Brilliant and Beautiful vlog again Alex,loved the Chewwy bit🤣🤣safe travels fella,looking forward to the Nord Cap vlog.👍
Thank you very much! Oh the Nordkapp stuff is definitely coming up!
@@MispronouncedAdventures your welcome,Nice one,looking forward to that one,Bucket List for me.🤞👍
Oh there’s more than one for that! Definitely a good item for the bucket list
@@MispronouncedAdventures Technology is a wonderful thing,I take it your probably parked up in the North Circle somewhere corresponding with myself and other followers from the warmth of your van whilst I’m sat on my Sofa on the edge of Dartmoor…amazing.
It’s truly a wonderful thing. Not quite in the Arctic Circle any more as I need to start making my way back to the UK. Still in Sweden however
When I drove from Skibotn on the E8 to the Finnish border, it was very odd. I never saw any customs buildings or developed laybys at all. We drove upto the rather lonely "Finland" sign. Walked into Finland, and then turned around and drove back to Skibotn. All we saw on the Norwegian side of the border was a series of heavy duty cameras on the side of the road several kilometres back from the border itself.
The impression was that the Frontier was very "chill", but you had a completely different experience. I wasn't expecting that.
I crossed Norway/Finland and Norway/Sweden border many times after this and never had an other issues. I have been across the other ones which were just country signs
Wait a minute! I just spotted you and your van in George's video on the other side of the continent!
Haha yes. Greg’s video is from part of my last Euro trip. He borrowed some footage from this trip
Nice brass tunes at the beginning! 👍
I think the majority of the comments has banned me from ever using brass again!
@@MispronouncedAdventures Oops…
I‘m still at the beginning but got intrigued by your van setup and the adventures and am watching through your videos slowly. So curious to find out what music lies ahead 😁
Love your content! The landscapes are so beautiful. I have noticed that when you walk in the snow, it is so loud, and your voice is so low in comparison, that I miss some of what you were saying. Just thought you might want to know!
Completely understand what you mean! I did my best to stop doing this ( walking and talking ) , once I realised in the edit. For some reason, the microphone really picks up the footstep Audio.
Thanks
Thank you very much! I hope you enjoy the rest of the arctic adventures!
Sounds like Ole Edward Antonsen playing the trumpet?!
I’m not sure who that is I’m afraid. It was available music in the UA-cam audio library
Hope the sent markers don't give false readings at other checkpoints lol
The markers were little bits of fabric they removed after and put in pretty none storage like places on the van. So hopefully they plan for that
There’s a LOT of crap footage and really BAD van info on UA-cam, but your content is totally worthy of supporting. I’d go as far as saying it is inspirational! Keep it up mate. Oh, just the start music on this vid was terrible hehehe 😉
haha. On the notifications on my phone I only get the first line of a comment as a pop up Notification, so had a great little mini heart attack reading the first line haha
Yes it seems the brass music hasn’t gone down well with everyone! Glad you enjoyed the contents of an audio point of view 😂
@@MispronouncedAdventures hahaha, now I know that, I’ll start every comment with something derogatory about something else hehehe
😂
When I drove from Sweden into Norway in 2018 the customs officer was only asked whether not I was carrying any beer. As he didn't ask about anything else I didn't tell him about the partially consumed bottle of whisky nor about the tobacco I had.
I may have also particular said there were no beer, they never asked about the whisky!
Very special, did you do a lot of ski touring, seems the most viable adventure sport there.
Unfortunately not learnt that skill yet. Winter mountaineering, ice climbing, snowshoeing, guiding and running winter mountain skills course for work and so on are in my current skills set. Still need to learn to ski
@@MispronouncedAdventures Downhill skiing it the king of winter mountain sports, just so damned easy to drop 1000m in 3 minutes, nd then let a lift pass haul you back up with no effort. :) Ski touring on the other hand is one of the most tiring things I've ever done, the Haute route was exhausting in winter.
At the top of the frozen world in the middle of no where getting stop and search by Scandinavian Customs I wouldn't ever imagine Something like this would happen . Wow what do you know .
I guess they need it sure I’m not bring anything taxable to the top of the world!
Hello from Sweden, I´m new to the channel and I like it a lot so far! =) I just need to know what that music was in the beginning!? I liked it a lot so could you please inform me? Cheers and happy trails! =)
First song of the video is “when all of this is over” by the Westerlies. It’s part of the UA-cam
audio library.
Glad you are enjoying the channel
Sounded just like Harrison Ford... punch it chewie!
Haha 😂
Hi there. I just found your channel and I have subscribed. you have put together a really nice van. I noticed you have a Midland Alan 42 DS, just like me. I wondered what you use it for? Have you considered a full upgrade on the radio? I have fitted a SS9900 SSB radio on my van and I have chatted to some great people on my travels. I chatted to guy from Italy the north west of Scotland on SSB which is an amazing distance. I find hardly anything on the Alan CB. Regards from Rob.
Good spot! In the last Europe trip I was out with friends and we all had them in are vans to talk when In convoy. We did have a lot of range issues with them even with external antenna.
I haven’t fully looked into possible upgrades to do in the future
Well, I learned a lot of cold weather measures for driving.
And enjoyed the views as well.
Border patrol thought you were or may be part of an invasion force with what's going on in Europe.
Glad it’s been helpful!
Let’s hope the border I didn’t think that was my intended goal!
The officers did'nt even think for a second you're bringing goods to norway. Your van looks quite different from the typical small goods hauler. That was all about drugs. But don't take it personal, when I travel to Scandinavia my car and my caravan get searched on almost every border crossing and I'm a customs officer too 🤣
Here in Germany this would'nt be possible for the living quarters of your van and the entirety of my trailer, because it is considered a living space and that is protected by our constitution ("Grundgesetz")
Definitely didn’t take it personally, The staff are actually really nice and told me about drug dog training afterwards and what they were doing. But that does ring about the questions apart from general chitchat were on where the trip was going and do I have any alcohol or drugs with me
Interesting to hear how different countries interpret vans with living areas.
I also got stopped and searched at that very place 5 years ago, officious little bloke with a tache. Spent ages looking in everywhere he could and then put the drugs dog in to sniff around. I think he was bored because no one else was going through. Was very disappointed not find anything and quite begrudgingly let me carry on
Here in Norway we also have privacy rules for vehicles, but the Custom officers can inspect you anyway. Norway is in the EU inner market (called EES), but not an EU member, that is why there still is customs controls for goods.
Didn’t know that these spaces are protected but was wondering if they were.
I assume this also includes lorry drivers‘ cabs then because they live in there too
@@demil3618 at least here in Germany these spaces aren't protected. Yes, they are used to sleep in, but are considered working material. (Don't know if "working material" is the right term, but I hope you get what I'm trying to say. I'm not a native speaker.)
Fantastic Alex I have got tyre pressure monitor on my Sprinter kit that I bought from Amazon gives you pressure and temperature on all four corners of the van Brand: Jansite
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That’s cool. it’s actually something I’ve been looking into recently. More data and information the better! I’ll take a look at the one your using
Hey, enjoying your trip vids 😁 what fabric did you use for your window and grill covers please? Thanks!
“Insulated/thermal quilted fabric for window blinds” is sort of the name I looked for. Quite a few different results on Google for the same things
Yellow speed signs with red border means you're still in Sweden. Norway has white speed signs with red border.
I did notice signage changes at boarders
@@MispronouncedAdventures For me, the change from yellow to white mean, higher prices, lower speed, less freedom and long checks at the border. I prefer white to yellow :)
Fun! what do you eat while staying in your van? do you eat out a lot or do you just live off instant noodles?
Anything really, same as you were in the house I’ve got a induction stove and an air fryer for an oven
why dont you use your heated windshield which is one of the biggest advantages in north of the transit?
I use it daily, but in those extreme temperatures, even with the heated windscreen on and the blowers directed at the windscreen internally, the wind chill and cold air over powers it
@@MispronouncedAdventures thanks for the fast reply. Didnt think that the heating elements/lines + blower cant fight back to the cold its mad! Might have to do something with the windshield being quite big, so the surface cools a lot. Nice content!
No problem. Stationary and -30. No problem defrosting the windscreen, but driving the combined Wind chill effect just overpowers it
What fuel would you recommend for cooking in summer for travelling in nordic countries particularly Norway. For example is there a problem getting gas cartridges that are used in UK?
Unfortunately, I’m not able to help there as I only use electric for my cooking. Some of my friends on a previous trip did use gas, but they had an app which showed them where they could fill up the LPG tanks.
I had the same problem with the heater on my Ford ranger when i was visiting north. Had the same solution.Must be a Ford problem..
It’s all vehicle problem. Most vans ( and cars ) put grille covers on in the extreme cold to stop air when driving cooling the engine too much
Doesn’t your van have a heated windscreen ?
Indeed it does, I use it daily. But the air temp was overpowered it
How often to you clean the snow/ice off the panels?
At the beginnings of the trip there was almost no point as it had turned to ice. After about half way thought the trip there was a thaw and it was mild so it would melt off almost date. On top of that it didn’t snow that many times
Another great video. Music not so.
Thank you, and your not the first to say. I can’t get it right all the time. It’s been noted for future edits
@@MispronouncedAdventures I loved the music! So good to hear something different. Nice to hear some brass.
Did you notice the yeti at 3.02?
Ah i missed it im afraid
Just a quick one mate, why didn’t you just fill the cooling system will -36 coolant? Why do the calculations?
draining and disposing of almost 11 L of coolant in the wilderness was quite difficult and I didn’t have the containers. I tried a few garages to do a swap but no availability. It’s a pretty easy job to remove around 6 L worth of coolant from the radiator side , but to get the 11 L was difficult. So it was easy for me to remove half of it and put 100% glyco in
@@MispronouncedAdventures yea I saw that video, I’m glad you managed to sort it! I was just curious if adding -36 to the whole system would cause issues. I have the same van but the jumbo model and want to do a similar trip soon. Thanks for replying mate 👍🏼.
@@Jarv263 -36c coolant is just a premixed 50/50 water/glycol mix
My glycol part was already less than 50%. So removed a bunch on mixed stuff and replacing it with 100% will hopefully a make the correct mix
@@MispronouncedAdventures yea I got you, thanks for explaining 👍🏼. While I’ve got you mate, I need an engine preheater fitted to my van, I don’t suppose you know anywhere that fit them? I watched your install video and the electric side of it is a bit to much for me to do myself.
It’s unfortunate hard to find a uk company which I’ll do it. If you wanted to buy a kit, you could look at the AutoTerm Flow 5D
How long did the search take?
I was probably there about 20 minutes or a little more I think. I was chatting to them for a bit at the end as well.
Very good video but terrible music.
Thanks & that’s ok, it’s never going to be everyone tastes, I’ll take that into consideration when editing future videos
Could this have something to do with BREXIT? Brits abroad
Unlike, as they rule going between Finland and Norway wouldn’t have changed that much. Plus, I also crossed many of other Nordic border without issue.
Which Norwegian border station was that?
Not entirely sure if it had a name. But I went through multiple other Finnish / Norway borders during the trip. Decided I would stop and check but customs would just tell me there was no need to stop and send me on.
Probably Kivilompolo (between Mounio in Finland and Kautokeino in Norway)
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If you don’t want a dog in your van, you can say that, they are not legal to let a dog in, if you don’t want that ………
Sorry could not do the music on beautiful scenery and nature, it just cheapens the feel. Had to unsubscribe. Good luck in your travels.
Yeah I’m sorry about that. A few people have said. I’ve made improvements
@@MispronouncedAdventures OK, I'm back subscribed, just let me enjoy the beautiful sound of nature, silence, wind, rain and your great narrative. It's what makes your travels so special.
Sorry, I did not mean to be pushy, it's your dream and your videos and your decisions. The caught in a storm at the edge of the coast was epic.
It’s fine with me I can’t make right decision with music all the time correctly on a video I tried something different and it didn’t work out. Generally though for drone footage music is required because there is no audio with the footage
who would smuggle from finland to norway...makes little sense
I don’t think smuggling is the purpose, just the legalities of law and the individuals nationality
I found the music really annoying
Yeah I’ve made a mistake there, a few people have said. I make a note of it for next time
No probs mate, next time