"domt til ild og bål" = "condemned to fire and flames" that must be an incredibly eerie place, with the waves and wind moving the fabric too... Chilling!
We are Brazilians and we went to Norway in 2018. It was a thrilling experience and we promised ourselves to return. Thanks for sharing that and congratulations for having such a lovely place on this planet!
Volta sempre. A minha esposa ta trabalhando em um traaler As vezes ela vou para Bjørnøya, Bear island. Fora da casa por 5 semanas, e volta 5 semanas em casa. Temos casamento no Rio de Janeiro. Grande festa na Barraca da Ana. Em frente da Ceasar Palace. Gosta muito o Rio de Janeireo. Temos saudade do Rio de Janeiro.
Hello, Maria! Oh wow! I think it's one of the most amazing videos I've watched! So inspiring, so interesting, and absorbing! Your voice and your storytelling are just beautiful. And of course, the landscapes are breathtaking and it was really possible to feel the power of the place you've visited.
I LOVED this. Much of it is similar to where I live in Newfoundland. I can relate to your feeling further north. That landscape and wildness hits deep in the soul, for me anyway. The stone that Bendik held up at 14:33 looks much like picasso stone. I am crazy for stones. Thanks for this wonderful experience.
I've lived in Scotland my whole life I've seen the Highland Mountain Ranges and lochs almost every day, you fail to appreciate your surroundings when you live in such a great place your whole life because its normal
What a delicious video! I enjoyed the views of the fishing village so much and hearing the clacking of the stones under the pull of the waves. That’s a nature sound I hadn’t heard before. It was wonderful seeing you, Maria!
Blessings from Michigan USA. Your video came up today so when I seen your sincere beautiful smile I decided to tap your Chanel not knowing your show. Your film and music is so tender to behold. Thank You dear for sharing your Rock Beach too. I love rocks❤. I am new to your circle of fans. Nice to meet You’all. ❤️🙏🏽🌎
@@Mariaandtheforest Thanks a lot, it was nice to chat with you! I wasn't able to stay the whole time, but just rewatched the second half of it. I hope you're doing fine!
My Grandmothers family’s old house used to be on the same fundament as kvitbrakka before it was burned down in the war. I don’t know if you noticed the bike at 17:50 but there’s a stair next to it but no door on wall. That’s where the entrance used to be.
This was genuinely one of the most refreshing videos I've watched in a long time (and trust me I watch a lot of nature videos). Your commentary throughout the whole video resonated with me so deeply. I live in a big city in India and I know exactly the special energy you're talking about when you go to a less crowded place, with vast open landscapes and the raw power of nature being demonstrated everywhere you look or turn 🪄♥️ It's profoundly healing and will forever remain so. Much respect and love 🙏🏼
Maria, what an imaginary natural scenery, landscape, wilderness and on the top of all that your commentary is a cherry on the cake. Bravo, Bravo and more Bravo!!!
This was such a Wonderful watch. I would dearly love to visit Norway 🇳🇴. I would feel so at home. This was so lovely of you to share this beautiful time in your life with us all. It just fills me with such Joy. Thank you Maria so much.
Thank you for taking us along on this fascinating and beautiful journey with you 😊. I'm so glad you were able to keep your promise to yourself and wait until you felt inspired to pick up the camera again. It's so important not to force these things. Everyone who loves what you create will still be here with you ❤.
What a great scenery ..i could smell the coffee and felt the rugged sand in my feet..especially with all that it happens in the world, the caos the pressure and distress Of ppl , economy , weather.. we all need a piece of heaven just to breathe..
Stunning landscapes everywhere. Thanks for taking us with you on your trip!. Stunning landscapes everywhere. Thanks for taking us with you on your trip!.
Excellent work Maria, as ever. Your narration is superb, and really brings the viewer on a journey through the landscape with you. While out of curiosity I have in the past looked at that part of the world on Google Street View, your video now brings it to life in a way I could never have imagined. Top quality viewing !
@@Mariaandtheforest Well maybe we're both a bit strange, each in our own way Maria !! Anyway yes, I seem to have developed a bit of a fascination for border crossings (I have no idea why !....though possibly the novelty factor, given that living in an island nation we have no such land borders with other nations here), and I was searching up in that area out of curiosity to see what the Norway - Russia border crossing looks like, and indeed the area in general. My Street View virtual "travels" have also taken me to Russia's border with North Korea among other places. The single characteristic the border crossings all have in common is how oddly unremarkable they look. They all seem such lonely and desolate places, rather than the triumphant gateways to proud nations I had imagined.
@@MarkGalbraithVideos Ah, thats interesting! The borders up here in Finnmark are strange places indeed! Bendik actually guarded the border to Russia and Finnland when he was in the military. Its not far from where we were in this video. He spent months sitting in a tower in the forest watching this desolate place 😅 . One foot across the border to Russia is a criminal offence so they have to watch out for tourists and hikers in general around that area.
Thank you for visiting my home region, Finnmark. I live in the bottom of the Porsanger fjord, were climate is a lot warmer and fauna more lush and green. The coast of Finnmark is very barren that is for sure 🙂 I'm of Sami and Kveni origin, our people have been here for God know how long. For me Finnmark is the only place where I could ever live. It's great to travel and see the world, but I will always go back to the barren land far north of the polar circle, to the midnight sun and the northern light. If you ever come back to Finnmark, please visit the central and western parts as well, you will find many nice places 🙂
Thank you for watching too 😊. I can totally understand why you would not want to live anywhere else! And being both sami and kven you definitely have strong roots to the place as well. I will absolutely visit more places in the future. I have been to Kautokeino too and loved it.
Norway has such beautiful landscapes. I will never have the opportunity to go to the beautiful contry in my life, thank you your video has opened my eye.
You can if you set your mind to it. Think about it, dream about it and make it happen if you really want to. I've been 2 times (only southern Norway, up to almost Trøndheim) and the countries nature is unbelievable. Like walking around in a fairy tale land with amazingly diverse landscapes with mountains, fjords, forests, waterfalls everywhere. Pictures and video's are good but they can never convey the feeling of actually being there.
So glad to have you back, Maria. Thank you for taking us along on this beautiful journey to Finnmark. Stunning video and storytelling, and so so worth the wait. Hope you're feeling refreshed and energized :)
I hated for this video to end! Such lovely country that I will never see in person, I feel blessed to have seen it through your eyes. Thanks for sharing it.
Hi Maria. I live at the southern tip of Africa. I love Norway and I think it is such a beautiful country. This is the first video I discovered about Telemark and Finnmark. I was just settling in to enjoy this trip with you when you spoiled it for me with "mumbo jumbo". The sinful nature of man is on full display when they sacrifice humans to appease the "gods" . As a Christian I find such joy in the beauty of God's creation. And via my cellphone I am so blessed to go on all these wonderful journeys. Please keep on making videos about Norway since they bring MUCH JOY to your viewers. Thank you🌹
Thank you for taking me on this amazing trip to Northern Norway. It reminds me a lot of my country and how wild it can be the more Northern you venture. Blessings from Graham in Scotland 🏴🤝🇳🇴
Thank you for posting this wonderful video. It is not so simple to reach these far north territories and it was wonderful to experience these landscapes through your lens. I’ve made it as far north as Narvik and more recently to Lulea, but don’t think I will ever get any further north than that. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for sharing your summer adventure in northern Norway, skillfully done. I visited your beautiful country in summer of 1972 while young and single and explored the Sognefjord from Bergen aboard a commercial vessel delivering goods to communities along the fjord, took the steep Flam railway up to the Bergen-Oslo rail line, then rode the train from Oslo up to Andalsnes, and that's as far north as I was able to go due to time constraints. I've always had fond memories of my solo travels in Norway, and have never had the opportunity to return. You have such a beautiful country. Cheers from Lafayette, Louisiana, US.
Thank you Lafayette :-). It seems you got to see a lot while you were here! Åndalsnes is also so beautiful! I have only been there once, but Bendiks mother is from there. Thank you
As a Fellow Northerner, from The Yukon over in Canada.... I loved this meditative foray. Yes, Yes these arctic areas are so.... I've wondered about Norway's coasts and north and here you are, so generously navigating this for me. Haunting, raw beauty. I loved the caribou ..or raindeer eh... just milling around over yonder. If you have a calling, come visit us here in the Yukon, as it's so accessible and just as remote and untouched. Come for 6 weeks and use Whitehorse as your home base as you can reach so much easily from here. Take care.
I've only been to Finnmark once for a day trip from Inari in Finnish Lapland, actually quite close to where you were in Bugøynes. It was winter and it was magical. Watching this really made me wanna go back. I've been missing the north for years, the last time I was in in Lapland was 2018. The north of Fennoscandia is just so special. Barren but gorgeous landscapes, the magical light in summer and in winter and definitely a special energy as well, spiritual or not.
I felt happy seeing your face glowing with joy, dear Maria. I’m grateful you’ve shared with us such a precious journey. I would love to add more to describe my current feelings but at the same time I’m just- I feel speechless. I will pop up to these beautiful scenes every now and then to refresh my sense of joy ❤
Hei Maria, I enjoyed your video so much! It’s sooo beautiful, really a piece of art. I hope one day to visit that part of Norway. Thank you and keep up the good work! 😁👍🏽
I have been to Narvik...it was a dream..a beautiful little city...ringed by steep hills with a bay in the center... So nice...so safe feeling and clean...folks swept sidewalks at dawn...down to earth and wholesome people... I loved Norway
This is the first of your videos which I've seen, and it is truely remarkable. You live in the moment and notice things in a joyfully unique way. Refreshing and calming it definitely is. I've come to think of it as Nordic Zen...
This brings back some great memories back in the early nineties, my then girlfriend (and still good friend)lived in Kvalsund so I was able to spent some time in that area, Kirkeness, Vadso, Honningsvag, Nordkapp and Hammerfest. The landscape is majestic like the whole of Norway but the Northern part is completely different. I spent quite some time in different cabins while traveling on a snow mobile. Amazing sky in winter nights, unlimited stargazing. Anyway, love you guys travel adventures while you embrace nature at it’s deepest, I misssed it every day even though I have been in more than 130 countries and lived in a few Norway feels like home and I will go back.
What a truly truly magical place you shared with us🌾🌊🥹 Your voice is like no other and your voice over tells of your experiences with such passion. You have amazing talent, look forward to more from you🥰
Not only did you capture the most profound beauty on the most minimal and grand scales, I believe you carry everything you experienced and found with you even after the experience is over and that you always will. What profoundly changes us gives us a platform to give and effect others in the same way we were. At the very least it inspires others to find their own experience and remind us all it’s out there no matter how we feel in life. I think also that you brought some interesting reflections on the nature of persecution and thank you for sharing that as well as every other moment from the most epic sweeping scenery to the tiniest rock. I think this kind of travel documentation suits everyone involved in capturing it and it is deeply and profoundly moving.
My first time watching a video of yours. Beautiful camera work, and I truly love your calm voice, as well as the information you are sharing. Thank you!
I found this by chance and it brought me back to the last summer, when I experienced some time in Varanger and I absolutely loved this area. I have been to southern norway many many times, but now I only can imagine going back there again, and again, and again... thank you for bringing this beauty to me today when I really needed something calm and wonderful
i live in senja and been to hemningberg,vadsø,vardø,finnmark,kirkenes and northcape 4yrs ago at it was a beautiful place.. your video is amazing to watch it reminds me when i was there
Beautiful amazing seeing places like this. Nature is beyond compare there. Thanks for sharing these places wonderful and mysterious nature’s art like no other.
Thanks for this amazing video from the far north.I enjoyed watching it so much.I visit here many years ago,so it was very nice to remember the good times.Thanks again.
Oh this was extraordinary! What a trip. I'm SO glad you did a video for this. It is quite amazing how people live just about everywhere. I always look places up on the map whenever you travel, so I'm glad that you mention each of the places. Luovtatt with those beautiful stones, and the amazing sound of the sea pulling at them, is gorgeous. Berlevag is amazing. So glad you got to meet your friend Elly there! I will look up her work. Wonderful that you had a break from filming, but also really fantastic for us that you gave us this one. Takk sa mykke, Maria! Ha det!
I am so thankful for this comment Janina. Thank you for being so excited for me and for the video. It really means a lot. Also really cool that you are looking it up on the map! I wanted to include a map in the video but its a bit tricky to figure out the copyright of it all. Takk til deg også
@Mariaandtheforest Yes, I was thinking a map would be great but didn't think about the whole copyright problem! 🤦♀️Anyway, it was easy for me to look it up. It was definitely fantastic to see this video. The memorial for the witches was amazing! I had no idea that such a thing existed - and in such a place. Very powerful. It is great that your work takes you to places like this, and that you share it. How else would we get to see things like this in places that are not well travelled? That dinosaur/Viking ship sculpture was also amazing. And you are a real woman of the North swimming in that cold water. I think you have ice in your veins to be able to do that! 😊 There was so much to see here - daylight at 3am! And 4° when it was 30° farther south! Truly a special trip to be able to share - as are all your travel videos. You have a great talent. I even looked up the place where Elly was to see if maybe I could go there for an art residency. Lol. See you next time! 🙋♀️
@@janinafisher101 Yep, maybe if I have the time at some point I will draw my own map and use that! I feel so grateful too that I get to see all these places, that I might not have seen otherwise. And I get to share them with you all here, which makes it even more fun. Haha, I feel like the cold swimming gets easier the more you do it, we are capable of so much! So cool that you looked up Kvitbrakka, I hope you were able to find it. Maybe I should link it See you next time
@Mariaandtheforest Yes, you can draw a map in all that spare time you have! 😆 Good idea, though - as well as the link to Kvitbrakka. In Canada we call ourselves "tough Canadians" but you are a much tougher "Tough Norwegian!!!"
Somehow I caught your fascinating video. It was well narrated and ediited; it was though I was there and experiencing what you described. A Vietnamese friend and her colleagues recently visited Alta in July for research. Then (pronounced "Ten") is a journalist from Hanoi. Before her group departed for Norway, I warned her that they will see 24 hrs of daylight! From the population density of Hanoi to Alta, the climate, geography, the culture, the food, and the people were surreal for them. Then and her friends had not experienced such a vast difference in places. Incredibly enjoyable. Thanks!
as a resident in Berlevåg its really cool to see a random video on youtube get recommended to me about where i live :D Glad you enjoyed your stay, if you ever come back up here i recommend checking out a place called store molvik!
I just found you and so glad I did. Absolutely stunning and thank you for taking me to a place that I have wanted to visit. Cheers from Trondheim. ♥️🇧🇻
Wow! So so beautiful. Thank you for sharing, Maria. @kleinane said it best. Wishing you more and more love and laughter as you explore your life adventure. Hugs from Ontario Canada!!
What an incredible journey! 🌄🇳🇴 Exploring the hidden gem of Finnmark and experiencing 24-hour sunlight must have been truly surreal. Thanks for taking us along on this adventure and welcome back! 🙌✨
Your explanation about why ‘someone was to blame’, rather than acknowledging the power and unpredictability of nature was something I’d never considered before. Hey, and why not blame a ‘witch’? I think the latter comes from the insecurity of most men who are inherently terrified of the process of new life, and of (mostly) women’s intuition, i.e. of ‘knowing the unknown’. Your film also made the intensity of mythology in spiritual beings in this part of the world, much more understandable. Great storytelling, truly great!
Yes yes yes. I was thinking something along those lines too. The feminist writer Camille Paglia came to mind. Not a coincidence that most of the people that were burned as witches were women... Really glad you liked the video
My uncle lives in Berlevag! I’ve been a few times in Feb, you are right with the road closures, the mountain road closes regularly! The wildlife is amazing to watch there!
First I should say at the beginning I have been living in tropical or desert places most of my life. I remember once being half frozen while repairing a ships deck crane in Nova Scotia, I was a ships engineer for many years. I have always struggled with the cold, when sent to school in England, I found the winters difficult, at night I never seemed to warm up. I guess we are all made differently, I admire how you seemed not to worry about the cold at all. I loved your video, I have never thought of going north for a holiday, always escaping to a tropical beach. Those beach stones were especially fascinating, with so many different colours. Here in Thailand where I have been settled for over 20 years, many rocks or formations of similar shapes to animals or humans are highly revered by the Thais, many ending up in temples and given names. One I often visit, which is in the middle of a river, is of a tortoise, with its head extended out from the shell, a popular picnic spot, but now fully submerged due to heavy monsoon rains.
It is close to 50 years now since an old school friend and i travelled from Scotland to Norway; then drove all the way up to Nordkapp then through a little of Finland into Sweden then all the way south until we crossed back into Norway to catch the car ferry back to Scotland. We did not schedule enough time for the trip to visit the many places we should have visited. While I was a Marine Engineering officer I did spend some time in Gothenburg, Sweden and Haugesund Norway. All three countries have their own beauty.
Just discovered your videos... I was in Europe in the military years ago.... Never made it over that way... Nice video though, :)Looking forward to more :)
I can't wait, it's lovely to see you back and with a beautiful happy smile.
Aww thank you for waiting. It's really nice to be back too
"domt til ild og bål" = "condemned to fire and flames" that must be an incredibly eerie place, with the waves and wind moving the fabric too... Chilling!
We are Brazilians and we went to Norway in 2018. It was a thrilling experience and we promised ourselves to return. Thanks for sharing that and congratulations for having such a lovely place on this planet!
Volta sempre. A minha esposa ta trabalhando em um traaler As vezes ela vou para Bjørnøya, Bear island. Fora da casa por 5 semanas, e volta 5 semanas em casa. Temos casamento no Rio de Janeiro. Grande festa na Barraca da Ana. Em frente da Ceasar Palace. Gosta muito o Rio de Janeireo. Temos saudade do Rio de Janeiro.
Hello, Maria! Oh wow! I think it's one of the most amazing videos I've watched! So inspiring, so interesting, and absorbing! Your voice and your storytelling are just beautiful. And of course, the landscapes are breathtaking and it was really possible to feel the power of the place you've visited.
Thank you so so much
And so poetic too.
@@Mariaandtheforest Love your videos from India hope to meet u once
❤❤❤
This is what I love about youtube. Not the platform itself but the creative people using it.
I LOVED this. Much of it is similar to where I live in Newfoundland. I can relate to your feeling further north. That landscape and wildness hits deep in the soul, for me anyway. The stone that Bendik held up at 14:33 looks much like picasso stone. I am crazy for stones. Thanks for this wonderful experience.
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I've lived in Scotland my whole life I've seen the Highland Mountain Ranges and lochs almost every day, you fail to appreciate your surroundings when you live in such a great place your whole life because its normal
What a delicious video! I enjoyed the views of the fishing village so much and hearing the clacking of the stones under the pull of the waves. That’s a nature sound I hadn’t heard before. It was wonderful seeing you, Maria!
So glad you liked it! I had never heard that sound either, really cool. Wonderful seeing you in the comments too :-)
I lived in Finnmark for two years. It was magical, and the people were so friendly ❤❤
That must have been an experience
Blessings from Michigan USA. Your video came up today so when I seen your sincere beautiful smile I decided to tap your Chanel not knowing your show. Your film and music is so tender to behold. Thank You dear for sharing your Rock Beach too. I love rocks❤. I am new to your circle of fans. Nice to meet You’all. ❤️🙏🏽🌎
Thank you so much! Nice to have you join our little community
Stunning landscapes everywhere. Thanks for taking us with you on your trip!
Thank you for watching! Nice to hang out a little in the live chat. I hope you get to go there eventually :-)
@@Mariaandtheforest Thanks a lot, it was nice to chat with you! I wasn't able to stay the whole time, but just rewatched the second half of it. I hope you're doing fine!
My Grandmothers family’s old house used to be on the same fundament as kvitbrakka before it was burned down in the war. I don’t know if you noticed the bike at 17:50 but there’s a stair next to it but no door on wall. That’s where the entrance used to be.
Yes I noticed that part! How cool that she used to live there. I'm sad it was burned down though, like so many other places.
This was genuinely one of the most refreshing videos I've watched in a long time (and trust me I watch a lot of nature videos). Your commentary throughout the whole video resonated with me so deeply. I live in a big city in India and I know exactly the special energy you're talking about when you go to a less crowded place, with vast open landscapes and the raw power of nature being demonstrated everywhere you look or turn 🪄♥️
It's profoundly healing and will forever remain so. Much respect and love 🙏🏼
Thank you so very much for sharing this wonderfully beautiful part of the world in your videos! ❤
Thank you for watching
Maria, what an imaginary natural scenery, landscape, wilderness and on the top of all that your commentary is a cherry on the cake.
Bravo, Bravo and more Bravo!!!
Thank you so much ❤️
This was such a Wonderful watch. I would dearly love to visit Norway 🇳🇴. I would feel so at home. This was so lovely of you to share this beautiful time in your life with us all. It just fills me with such Joy. Thank you Maria so much.
I am so glad you enjoyed it! I hope you get to see it some day
Thank you for taking us along on this fascinating and beautiful journey with you 😊. I'm so glad you were able to keep your promise to yourself and wait until you felt inspired to pick up the camera again. It's so important not to force these things. Everyone who loves what you create will still be here with you ❤.
So glad you came along for the journey
@@Mariaandtheforest You both make a nice couple best wishes to u both love from India
What a great scenery ..i could smell the coffee and felt the rugged sand in my feet..especially with all that it happens in the world, the caos the pressure and distress Of ppl , economy , weather.. we all need a piece of heaven just to breathe..
Stunning landscapes everywhere. Thanks for taking us with you on your trip!. Stunning landscapes everywhere. Thanks for taking us with you on your trip!.
Nice adventure into Norway's most remote region. As beautiful as Maria is, that region was just as beautiful!
Excellent work Maria, as ever. Your narration is superb, and really brings the viewer on a journey through the landscape with you. While out of curiosity I have in the past looked at that part of the world on Google Street View, your video now brings it to life in a way I could never have imagined. Top quality viewing !
Thank you Mark
@@Mariaandtheforest Well maybe we're both a bit strange, each in our own way Maria !!
Anyway yes, I seem to have developed a bit of a fascination for border crossings (I have no idea why !....though possibly the novelty factor, given that living in an island nation we have no such land borders with other nations here), and I was searching up in that area out of curiosity to see what the Norway - Russia border crossing looks like, and indeed the area in general.
My Street View virtual "travels" have also taken me to Russia's border with North Korea among other places. The single characteristic the border crossings all have in common is how oddly unremarkable they look. They all seem such lonely and desolate places, rather than the triumphant gateways to proud nations I had imagined.
@@MarkGalbraithVideos Ah, thats interesting! The borders up here in Finnmark are strange places indeed! Bendik actually guarded the border to Russia and Finnland when he was in the military. Its not far from where we were in this video. He spent months sitting in a tower in the forest watching this desolate place 😅 . One foot across the border to Russia is a criminal offence so they have to watch out for tourists and hikers in general around that area.
@@Mariaandtheforest Gosh, I had no idea it would be a criminal offence. Just as well I only did it virtually on Street View !!
@@MarkGalbraithVideos Haha, yes thats the good thing about street view I guess 😆
This was genuinely one of the most refreshing videos I've watched in a long time 😀
What a beautiful video….thank you for sharing. I would never get to see this beautiful place, thank you again😊
The sky is amazing ..it’s all so beautiful ..thank you for sharing
Thank you for visiting my home region, Finnmark. I live in the bottom of the Porsanger fjord, were climate is a lot warmer and fauna more lush and green. The coast of Finnmark is very barren that is for sure 🙂 I'm of Sami and Kveni origin, our people have been here for God know how long. For me Finnmark is the only place where I could ever live. It's great to travel and see the world, but I will always go back to the barren land far north of the polar circle, to the midnight sun and the northern light.
If you ever come back to Finnmark, please visit the central and western parts as well, you will find many nice places 🙂
Thank you for watching too 😊. I can totally understand why you would not want to live anywhere else! And being both sami and kven you definitely have strong roots to the place as well. I will absolutely visit more places in the future. I have been to Kautokeino too and loved it.
Norway has such beautiful landscapes. I will never have the opportunity to go to the beautiful contry in my life, thank you your video has opened my eye.
You can if you set your mind to it. Think about it, dream about it and make it happen if you really want to.
I've been 2 times (only southern Norway, up to almost Trøndheim) and the countries nature is unbelievable. Like walking around in a fairy tale land with amazingly diverse landscapes with mountains, fjords, forests, waterfalls everywhere. Pictures and video's are good but they can never convey the feeling of actually being there.
So glad to have you back, Maria. Thank you for taking us along on this beautiful journey to Finnmark. Stunning video and storytelling, and so so worth the wait. Hope you're feeling refreshed and energized :)
I'm glad to be back
I hated for this video to end! Such lovely country that I will never see in person, I feel blessed to have seen it through your eyes. Thanks for sharing it.
I am so glad I could share it with you
I so agree with you. It was a joy to watch.
This compilation of yours just sings to my heart - thank you, Maria
Wow, this is a really good video.
really well put together great angles, shots and narration.
This top notch content!
Thank you so much
So much of this looks like northern Canada and Newfoundland. Lots of love from Cape Breton Island Nova Scotia, Canada.
Hi Maria. I live at the southern tip of Africa. I love Norway and I think it is such a beautiful country. This is the first video I discovered about Telemark and Finnmark. I was just settling in to enjoy this trip with you when you spoiled it for me with "mumbo jumbo". The sinful nature of man is on full display when they sacrifice humans to appease the "gods" . As a Christian I find such joy in the beauty of God's creation. And via my cellphone I am so blessed to go on all these wonderful journeys. Please keep on making videos about Norway since they bring MUCH JOY to your viewers. Thank you🌹
Thank you for taking me on this amazing trip to Northern Norway. It reminds me a lot of my country and how wild it can be the more Northern you venture. Blessings from Graham in Scotland 🏴🤝🇳🇴
Thank you for posting this wonderful video. It is not so simple to reach these far north territories and it was wonderful to experience these landscapes through your lens. I’ve made it as far north as Narvik and more recently to Lulea, but don’t think I will ever get any further north than that. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you for the kindness and taking me with you!
Exceptional beauty captured with your camera! Thank you very much Maria for sharing your creativity and your journey!
Thanks for sharing your summer adventure in northern Norway, skillfully done. I visited your beautiful country in summer of 1972 while young and single and explored the Sognefjord from Bergen aboard a commercial vessel delivering goods to communities along the fjord, took the steep Flam railway up to the Bergen-Oslo rail line, then rode the train from Oslo up to Andalsnes, and that's as far north as I was able to go due to time constraints. I've always had fond memories of my solo travels in Norway, and have never had the opportunity to return. You have such a beautiful country. Cheers from Lafayette, Louisiana, US.
Thank you Lafayette :-). It seems you got to see a lot while you were here! Åndalsnes is also so beautiful! I have only been there once, but Bendiks mother is from there. Thank you
As a Fellow Northerner, from The Yukon over in Canada.... I loved this meditative foray. Yes, Yes these arctic areas are so....
I've wondered about Norway's coasts and north and here you are, so generously navigating this for me. Haunting, raw beauty. I loved the caribou ..or raindeer eh... just milling around over yonder.
If you have a calling, come visit us here in the Yukon, as it's so accessible and just as remote and untouched. Come for 6 weeks and use Whitehorse as your home base as you can reach so much easily from here.
Take care.
Yukon has always sounded to me like a very interesting place! Thank you so much for the invitation
I've only been to Finnmark once for a day trip from Inari in Finnish Lapland, actually quite close to where you were in Bugøynes. It was winter and it was magical. Watching this really made me wanna go back. I've been missing the north for years, the last time I was in in Lapland was 2018. The north of Fennoscandia is just so special. Barren but gorgeous landscapes, the magical light in summer and in winter and definitely a special energy as well, spiritual or not.
My grandfather came to America from Vadso in the late 1800s. I've never been farther north than Tromso so thank you for this video!!
Wow, that is kind of wild to think about. How it must have been I mean. Glad you enjoyed it :-)
Very nice and informative about the northern part of Norway
I felt happy seeing your face glowing with joy, dear Maria. I’m grateful you’ve shared with us such a precious journey. I would love to add more to describe my current feelings but at the same time I’m just- I feel speechless. I will pop up to these beautiful scenes every now and then to refresh my sense of joy ❤
Aww thank you. So nice to have people like you out there who wish to see me happy
Hei Maria, I enjoyed your video so much! It’s sooo beautiful, really a piece of art. I hope one day to visit that part of Norway. Thank you and keep up the good work! 😁👍🏽
Thank you so much Debby
What a lovely way to spend these past minutes. Thank you for taking me someplace that I will not be able to go to but now I know that it’s there.
Really well put together video. Love your voice and the narration. Spectacular scenery !!!
I have been to Narvik...it was a dream..a beautiful little city...ringed by steep hills with a bay in the center... So nice...so safe feeling and clean...folks swept sidewalks at dawn...down to earth and wholesome people... I loved Norway
Oooh! Good to know this part there. I enjoy that landscape found there.
This is the first of your videos which I've seen, and it is truely remarkable. You live in the moment and notice things in a joyfully unique way. Refreshing and calming it definitely is. I've come to think of it as Nordic Zen...
This brings back some great memories back in the early nineties, my then girlfriend (and still good friend)lived in Kvalsund so I was able to spent some time in that area, Kirkeness, Vadso, Honningsvag, Nordkapp and Hammerfest. The landscape is majestic like the whole of Norway but the Northern part is completely different. I spent quite some time in different cabins while traveling on a snow mobile. Amazing sky in winter nights, unlimited stargazing. Anyway, love you guys travel adventures while you embrace nature at it’s deepest, I misssed it every day even though I have been in more than 130 countries and lived in a few Norway feels like home and I will go back.
That sounds amazing
Beautiful place
What a truly truly magical place you shared with us🌾🌊🥹 Your voice is like no other and your voice over tells of your experiences with such passion. You have amazing talent, look forward to more from you🥰
So nice of you
Thank you Maria for a beautiful and inspiring video.
Cheers from Lille, France.
Not only did you capture the most profound beauty on the most minimal and grand scales, I believe you carry everything you experienced and found with you even after the experience is over and that you always will. What profoundly changes us gives us a platform to give and effect others in the same way we were. At the very least it inspires others to find their own experience and remind us all it’s out there no matter how we feel in life. I think also that you brought some interesting reflections on the nature of persecution and thank you for sharing that as well as every other moment from the most epic sweeping scenery to the tiniest rock. I think this kind of travel documentation suits everyone involved in capturing it and it is deeply and profoundly moving.
beautiful video
Thank you for this beautiful video!
A visually supported meditation on the concept of "beautiful" . I'd take one whole year to roam these spaces at ease.
Hello from North Carolina
Good to see you guys again
Hello! Same
Rolling Stones…..we have a beach like this in Maine, USA. I love the sound when the water pulls away!
My first time watching a video of yours. Beautiful camera work, and I truly love your calm voice, as well as the information you are sharing. Thank you!
I'm following your exciting posts.
I just visited Norway in May 2023 , I made it to Oslo , Bergen , Flåm.
Your video about Bergen really inspired me
So glad you felt inspired
So beautiful and poetic. I've been looking for a video like this for awhile
...thank You...
thank you too Marco! I really appreciate the support
Wow beautiful segment of a beautiful place thnx so much for sharing
Thank you for watching
I found this by chance and it brought me back to the last summer, when I experienced some time in Varanger and I absolutely loved this area. I have been to southern norway many many times, but now I only can imagine going back there again, and again, and again...
thank you for bringing this beauty to me today when I really needed something calm and wonderful
I feel you! I love Varanger too, there is something very special about it. Thank you so much too for watching and commenting
i live in senja and been to hemningberg,vadsø,vardø,finnmark,kirkenes and northcape 4yrs ago at it was a beautiful place.. your video is amazing to watch it reminds me when i was there
just beutiful, great storytelling, so inspired to visit north now
Beautiful amazing seeing places like this. Nature is beyond compare there. Thanks for sharing these places wonderful and mysterious nature’s art like no other.
What an amazing land. Thank you for the sharing your journey.
Thanks for this amazing video from the far north.I enjoyed watching it so much.I visit here many years ago,so it was very nice to remember the good times.Thanks again.
A Beautiful country. Thank you for sharing with us
Thanks for watching ♡
Thank you for this video. So beautiful. You’re a great narrator as well.
Thank you so much!
I loved the sound of the tide pulling the rocks back to the sea.
It was wild!
So harsh, so different, so impressive and so beautiful! Nature is fantastic! ❤
It is ♡
Oh this was extraordinary! What a trip. I'm SO glad you did a video for this. It is quite amazing how people live just about everywhere. I always look places up on the map whenever you travel, so I'm glad that you mention each of the places. Luovtatt with those beautiful stones, and the amazing sound of the sea pulling at them, is gorgeous. Berlevag is amazing. So glad you got to meet your friend Elly there! I will look up her work. Wonderful that you had a break from filming, but also really fantastic for us that you gave us this one. Takk sa mykke, Maria! Ha det!
I am so thankful for this comment Janina. Thank you for being so excited for me and for the video. It really means a lot. Also really cool that you are looking it up on the map! I wanted to include a map in the video but its a bit tricky to figure out the copyright of it all.
Takk til deg også
@Mariaandtheforest Yes, I was thinking a map would be great but didn't think about the whole copyright problem! 🤦♀️Anyway, it was easy for me to look it up. It was definitely fantastic to see this video. The memorial for the witches was amazing! I had no idea that such a thing existed - and in such a place. Very powerful. It is great that your work takes you to places like this, and that you share it. How else would we get to see things like this in places that are not well travelled? That dinosaur/Viking ship sculpture was also amazing. And you are a real woman of the North swimming in that cold water. I think you have ice in your veins to be able to do that! 😊 There was so much to see here - daylight at 3am! And 4° when it was 30° farther south! Truly a special trip to be able to share - as are all your travel videos. You have a great talent. I even looked up the place where Elly was to see if maybe I could go there for an art residency. Lol. See you next time! 🙋♀️
@@janinafisher101 Yep, maybe if I have the time at some point I will draw my own map and use that!
I feel so grateful too that I get to see all these places, that I might not have seen otherwise. And I get to share them with you all here, which makes it even more fun. Haha, I feel like the cold swimming gets easier the more you do it, we are capable of so much!
So cool that you looked up Kvitbrakka, I hope you were able to find it. Maybe I should link it See you next time
@Mariaandtheforest Yes, you can draw a map in all that spare time you have! 😆 Good idea, though - as well as the link to Kvitbrakka. In Canada we call ourselves "tough Canadians" but you are a much tougher "Tough Norwegian!!!"
This is lovely. The landscape is starkly, wildly beautiful, and wonderfully captured by you
Thank you for sharing it with us
Thank you so much for watching 😊
Hey great video. I drove to Vadso and Vardo from the Uk a few years ago. Great experience. You brought back many happy memories. Thanks.
Just beautiful and inspiring to watch. Thank you
So glad you think so! Thank you :-)
Most beautiful video of Norway
Somehow I caught your fascinating video. It was well narrated and ediited; it was though I was there and experiencing what you described. A Vietnamese friend and her colleagues recently visited Alta in July for research. Then (pronounced "Ten") is a journalist from Hanoi. Before her group departed for Norway, I warned her that they will see 24 hrs of daylight! From the population density of Hanoi to Alta, the climate, geography, the culture, the food, and the people were surreal for them. Then and her friends had not experienced such a vast difference in places. Incredibly enjoyable. Thanks!
Truly beautiful. Excellent choice of rocks.
So much like NW Scotland. Captivating, thank you.
Beautiful ! Thank you Maria for giving us a glimpse of Finnmark.
❤Thank you for sharing your Journey. The sites and sounds were Beautiful!💙🤍
as a resident in Berlevåg its really cool to see a random video on youtube get recommended to me about where i live :D Glad you enjoyed your stay, if you ever come back up here i recommend checking out a place called store molvik!
wow, that was a nice vacation. thanks for sharing
Beautiful land scape.
Coldest country.
Awesome cinematography
My father is from Honningsvåg. My grandfather (Bestefar) is buried in Honningsvåg. I have visited the town twice.
Oh my goodness. The rocks… building blocks of my soul. I would have a hard time deciding which stone to bring back
It was tricky indeed! A very wonderful place
super video -well made ..thanks & God Bless - from Ireland
I just found you and so glad I did. Absolutely stunning and thank you for taking me to a place that I have wanted to visit. Cheers from Trondheim. ♥️🇧🇻
Wow! So so beautiful. Thank you for sharing, Maria. @kleinane said it best. Wishing you more and more love and laughter as you explore your life adventure. Hugs from Ontario Canada!!
Thank you so much
What an incredible journey! 🌄🇳🇴
Exploring the hidden gem of Finnmark and experiencing 24-hour sunlight must have been truly surreal.
Thanks for taking us along on this adventure and welcome back! 🙌✨
It is truly a wild place
@@Mariaandtheforest Love your videos from India Maria
wonderfully poetic video, thank you, really enjoyed this, you bring northern Norway like a story.. it's really something!
I just found your videos, feel like I stumbled upon a long lost friend. Another artist, I’m excited to watch more
Aww, thats so nice
Your explanation about why ‘someone was to blame’, rather than acknowledging the power and unpredictability of nature was something I’d never considered before. Hey, and why not blame a ‘witch’?
I think the latter comes from the insecurity of most men who are inherently terrified of the process of new life, and of (mostly) women’s intuition, i.e. of ‘knowing the unknown’.
Your film also made the intensity of mythology in spiritual beings in this part of the world, much more understandable.
Great storytelling, truly great!
Yes yes yes. I was thinking something along those lines too. The feminist writer Camille Paglia came to mind. Not a coincidence that most of the people that were burned as witches were women...
Really glad you liked the video
I hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBE just from that opening shot. Well done.
thank you
I loved Norway so much. I hope to go visit again one day. It’s certainly on my bucket list and it may be at the top!
My uncle lives in Berlevag! I’ve been a few times in Feb, you are right with the road closures, the mountain road closes regularly!
The wildlife is amazing to watch there!
How cool! It must be pretty rough living there all year, but also an experience!
I totally agree, so much beautiful wildlife
First I should say at the beginning I have been living in tropical or desert places most of my life. I remember once being half frozen while repairing a ships deck crane in Nova Scotia, I was a ships engineer for many years. I have always struggled with the cold, when sent to school in England, I found the winters difficult, at night I never seemed to warm up. I guess we are all made differently, I admire how you seemed not to worry about the cold at all. I loved your video, I have never thought of going north for a holiday, always escaping to a tropical beach. Those beach stones were especially fascinating, with so many different colours. Here in Thailand where I have been settled for over 20 years, many rocks or formations of similar shapes to animals or humans are highly revered by the Thais, many ending up in temples and given names. One I often visit, which is in the middle of a river, is of a tortoise, with its head extended out from the shell, a popular picnic spot, but now fully submerged due to heavy monsoon rains.
Beautiful country...Looks cold. I like silence so much...Forest, Village. Watching from Jakarta, Indonesia in the midday
It is close to 50 years now since an old school friend and i travelled from Scotland to Norway; then drove all the way up to Nordkapp then through a little of Finland into Sweden then all the way south until we crossed back into Norway to catch the car ferry back to Scotland. We did not schedule enough time for the trip to visit the many places we should have visited. While I was a Marine Engineering officer I did spend some time in Gothenburg, Sweden and Haugesund Norway. All three countries have their own beauty.
Just discovered your videos... I was in Europe in the military years ago.... Never made it over that way... Nice video though, :)Looking forward to more :)