I tried World’s SMELLIEST food in Sweden 🇸🇪[S3 - Eps. 21]

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2020
  • In this episode I am trying a typical Swedish tradition - I am opening a can of Surströmming: fermented herring. Some say the smell resembles that of a dead body. Well, it was worse..
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  • @dalastark
    @dalastark 3 роки тому +338

    Well this is just amazing. This is the first episode ive seen and you are camping literaly one kilometer from my house - on the sandbank where i stand and fish.

    • @scottholder4431
      @scottholder4431 2 роки тому +11

      That's crazy!!!!

    • @r.f.9872
      @r.f.9872 2 роки тому +8

      Nils Holgerson? I heard about you?

    • @fred-san
      @fred-san Рік тому

      no hasardous

    • @citizenkane4831
      @citizenkane4831 Рік тому +8

      And you shouldn´t smelled the faul smell from the Surströmming when she opened it. If I was there. I would emidetly gone to check who´s that idiot was who did something like that. surströmming really do smell. She are not overexadurate the smell. Poor Ronin who had to go trough something like that.

    • @gunillawoiski6206
      @gunillawoiski6206 3 місяці тому

      Because she is Dutch and not American I guess. Follow her journey through Africa. Very interesting

  • @senchaholic
    @senchaholic 3 роки тому +108

    Really impressed how well you did your research. You cleaned the fish and ate it with bread, potatoes and red onion. Some like it with sour cream as well. And you approached it and tried it like an adult, not like many other foreigners have, and you expressed a nuanced opinion. Finally! Having said that, I think you appreciate it more than I do, which is to say I can't stand the stuff. 😄

    • @SpeedyK2003
      @SpeedyK2003 Рік тому +1

      I think she might also like hollands nieuwe, Dutch herring with onions

    • @ronhuffman7973
      @ronhuffman7973 4 місяці тому

      Lol😂

  • @Ronny_van_Gerwen
    @Ronny_van_Gerwen 3 роки тому +84

    Surströmming: The only can in the world that has no expired date on it, but a “Do not open before” date.

    • @Ronny_van_Gerwen
      @Ronny_van_Gerwen 3 роки тому

      @Xavier Finley And what does that has to do with Surströmming?

  • @raygrant2439
    @raygrant2439 Рік тому +22

    You are one of the bravest persons I know! I Experience this canned fish back in the 90's. At the time my Norwegian girlfriend,s brother brought some back to Berlin were we where living at the time. He was not known to volunteer to cook , when he suggested dinner and had the chairs and table outside I suspected something fishy! I can honestly say this is one of the worst smells I come across. It reminded me of the smell of rotten intestines
    Your cameras and sound are of great quality. Thank you.

  • @christoffersjoberg6273
    @christoffersjoberg6273 3 роки тому +445

    Don’t worry about the speed cameras, they only photograph from the front and they don’t measure average speed. They need to see your face + license plate to give you a fine. Just enjoy the Swedish landscape :)
    / Swedish biker

    • @SteifWood
      @SteifWood 3 роки тому +7

      Yeep, that's right. If they also had taken a pic from behind the film rolls (ehmmm, disco duros, cloud, whatever) would have been speckled with wayyyy too many fine arses ....

    • @Sgt.Snorkel
      @Sgt.Snorkel 3 роки тому +31

      Also like 80% of them are disabled.

    • @allt_mojligtblandat4187
      @allt_mojligtblandat4187 3 роки тому +4

      😊 Yes. Thats how it is for us in Sweden on motorbikes. So it is only maybe if the police stay somewhere irl and have control for speeding you could get a ticket if you speeding to fast.

    • @abc-eq9so
      @abc-eq9so 3 роки тому +6

      You should see the cameras in South East Europe. Croatia, Serbia etc. They photograph you from every damn side and measure average speed :D

    • @SirIdot
      @SirIdot 3 роки тому +4

      @@Sgt.Snorkel They used to be that way before when people had to manually collect the images.
      But these days they are all digital and send in the images electronically, so every one of them are active these days.

  • @bdmmanbdmman3526
    @bdmmanbdmman3526 2 роки тому +39

    Beautiful campsite!!!!! I have to apologize to you. Sorry, but I have not laughed so hard in a long time. The faces you made preparing your Swedish delicacy were priceless. They could not have been rehearsed. You always try to bring us reality in your videos, and this time you outdid yourself! I am of Polish and Ukrainina ancestry, but luckily I never had to experience something similar. Be safe and may a following wind be at your back!

  • @Nen_niN
    @Nen_niN 3 роки тому +39

    13:43
    protip: always walk away a distance from where you eat to open the can, and clean out the fish there. This will not only allow you to eat your fish free and far away from the bits we don't eat, but it will also lure in most of the flies

  • @daysiewaysie
    @daysiewaysie 2 роки тому +53

    fantastic production values, wonderful & engaging narration, beautiful scenery, sympathetic accompanying music and thank you from the bottom of my soul for explaining and trying out Surströmming, so that we don't have to. I can barely imagine how gross it must have been.
    thank you @Itchy Boots 💖

    • @BohdanMelnychuk
      @BohdanMelnychuk Рік тому

      I think the weirdest thing about the food for me when I tried it several years ago was how relatively normal the texture is of the fish. But then it is of course terrible, I could only handle about ⅔ of a portion kindly prepared by some Swedes for me and had to give up 😂

  • @GOLDDYNACO
    @GOLDDYNACO 3 роки тому +53

    You are the bravest girl I know. One day You travel around in the most challenging parts of the world alone on a motorcycle. The next day you dare open a box of Surstrømming. Quite impressed!

    • @123456bpb
      @123456bpb 3 роки тому +8

      Noraly is tough. She also has a profound likeable personality. I think this is how she avoids becoming a victim. She has a natural radiating internal beauty for sure.

    • @acajutla
      @acajutla 3 роки тому +4

      Brave indeed. As a nearly 70 year old Swede I will never try it.

  • @skillmeup53
    @skillmeup53 3 роки тому +38

    Oh gosh, you have to love UA-cam (and Noraly), now there is an experience I don't have to experience. Thanks Noraly - really appreciate you taking one for the team.

  • @Tonyslyxxlyaa
    @Tonyslyxxlyaa 4 місяці тому +3

    fun fact! you were talking about odin and freya. our weekdays are named after the Old Norse gods, Monday is called "Måndag" and is named after Måne or Máni. Tuesday is called "Tisdag" and is named after tyrs, son of odin. Wednesday is called "Onsdag" and named after Odin. Thursday is called "Torsdag" and is named after thor. Friday is called "Fredag" and is called after Freya. Sunday is called "Söndag" and is called after Sunna or Sunne, She is also sister to Måne.

  • @nieczerwony
    @nieczerwony 3 роки тому +21

    I am Polish and I love surströmming.
    In fact I love loads of fermented food as this is also tradition in Poland.
    However I am not allowed to open sour herring in home 😂

  • @WhiteTiger333
    @WhiteTiger333 3 роки тому +83

    Oh - I thought you were going to say the process of fermenting herring started with that 16th century war because they realized they could completely defeat the enemy by catapulting it all over them. So glad it tasted better than it smelled - LOL!
    More lovely countryside, drone footage and interesting history of the place. Thank you! Wow - I look forward to the Swedish Tet!

    • @guille2074
      @guille2074 3 роки тому

      hahahha I can imagine a rain of fermented herring, and everybody running away

  • @kevinmobile
    @kevinmobile 3 роки тому +14

    Stabbing a pressured can of Surströming with a knife. What could possibly go wrong?
    I love it, more of this please...

    • @mrrickcrushing
      @mrrickcrushing 3 роки тому

      I was holding my breath through that, and not because of the smell! :)

  • @beakittelscherz5419
    @beakittelscherz5419 3 роки тому +11

    Noraly: Brings a tin of rotten Fish and eats it on a beautiful pond full of ...FRESH FISH . ... ohhh the Irony ! lol .
    Awesome foodwise braveheart Episode ! Thumps Up , Itchy Boots ;-)

  • @chris1978nl
    @chris1978nl 3 роки тому +54

    Surströmming is for the Swedish the same as Durian is for some Asian countries. ;) Great you are open for this kind of things. Respect

    • @NayanJB
      @NayanJB 2 роки тому

      Durian is a fruit!

    • @chris1978nl
      @chris1978nl 2 роки тому +13

      @@NayanJB you missed my point.

  • @vincentvelazquez6001
    @vincentvelazquez6001 3 роки тому +25

    Noraly thank you for the history lesson about gods and kings in the early years of Sweden and thumbs up for eating that "Surstromming herring".

    • @afrench4683
      @afrench4683 3 роки тому

      We need more and more of those stories !

    • @fridakahlua6674
      @fridakahlua6674 3 роки тому

      Vincent Velazquez only from Noraly.

  • @zweispurmopped
    @zweispurmopped 3 роки тому +172

    O.O Non-Swedish, tries Surströming for the first time, actually gets to eating it and even smiles soon after.
    Noraly, you are ten times tougher than I'll ever be. o.0
    And I have been through hell and back.

    • @sudhirbhilare7342
      @sudhirbhilare7342 3 роки тому +11

      100% true she is much more tough than many of us.

    • @robertb2444
      @robertb2444 3 роки тому +9

      And she opened the can with a knife! Impressive! I done it, it's hard to do! Just another thing for her!

    • @pistolpete9548
      @pistolpete9548 3 роки тому +9

      My thoughts exactly.
      I will sample any food (maybe except Balut) and when confronted with Surstrømming I was determined to try it. That stopped immediately after just puncturing the can. Absolutely vile.
      She is one tough lady.

    • @zweispurmopped
      @zweispurmopped 3 роки тому +7

      @@robertb2444 I wonder how long her dish bag will maintain the smell.

    • @zweispurmopped
      @zweispurmopped 3 роки тому +8

      @@pistolpete9548 A few years ago I saw a documentary about the Thirty Year War where Swedish troops were involved. Apparently all other troops were scared of the Swedes for being able to survive on that food, and some historian said that, judging by the reports from back then, Surströming could be described as an early form of biological warfare.

  • @rupinjayal
    @rupinjayal Рік тому +9

    My grandmother was Swedish and studied at Uppsala. Thank you so much for showing me her country in such a perfectly insightful way😊

  • @dprout3392
    @dprout3392 2 роки тому +10

    I ate surströmming back in the seventies. It was so "done" that it had turned into a very smelly grey mass. It didn't look like fish anymore. Great experience and laugh for every one.😉😉👍👍

  • @StephaneDemers
    @StephaneDemers 3 роки тому +53

    We have a town in northern Ontario Canada called Upsala, it was named after Uppsala Sweden by Swedish immigrants in the 1880s.

    • @ashdobbs7492
      @ashdobbs7492 3 роки тому

      thats nice dear

    • @sarppaleffat
      @sarppaleffat 3 роки тому +4

      It seems there are places around the northern American continent named after the home towns of the immigrants. There is a village called Oulu in Wisconsin. Village has less than 1000 people, and the city of Oulu in Finland has nowdays around 200 000 population. Map of of Oulu of Wisconsin shows a lot of Finnish surnames as street names.

    • @hnorrstrom
      @hnorrstrom 3 роки тому +2

      There is one Upsala in Minnesota too. With one p is the old spelling before 1907 or so.

  • @Moja421
    @Moja421 3 роки тому +109

    I remember when I worked in a nursing home and the old people living there had a surströmming party indoors. When it was time to help them back I had to go down some stairs and open a closed door. It smelled like they had opened a mass grave in there, it really isn´t for the faint of heart. I´m really impressed you took on that challenge, this kind of thing grows hair on your chest (hopefully you don´t have to experience that)

    • @LEGOpachinko
      @LEGOpachinko Рік тому

      2 people were actually dead for a week already but nobody noticed it

    • @carolak.9249
      @carolak.9249 10 місяців тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Maximvx
    @Maximvx 3 роки тому +268

    Finally someone who tries this the right way with the right condiments instead of trying a hole fish as it is. :-D

    • @AstroKidOne
      @AstroKidOne 3 роки тому +9

      it really smells like death ,BUT! as you say, it is really good to see a person trying it the RIGHT way 😂👍

    • @AstroKidOne
      @AstroKidOne 3 роки тому +3

      and she couldn't find her can opener, so had 2 use a knife 😂 yummy

    • @AstroKidOne
      @AstroKidOne 3 роки тому +2

      good thing she remembered opening the Can in water

    • @AstroKidOne
      @AstroKidOne 3 роки тому +7

      but it tastes better than it smells👍

    • @shallowlord
      @shallowlord 3 роки тому +7

      I love Surströmming and i love the smell...

  • @nelsong4719
    @nelsong4719 3 роки тому +10

    There is a French saying "Chacun a son gout " which simply means everyone has their own taste. When I was first introduced to blue cheese I wasn't sure but I've developed such a palate for it I can distinguish different types. Good on you for trying that herring. There is more to food than Pizza Pops.

  • @Subcomandante73
    @Subcomandante73 3 роки тому +69

    A good way to clear the campsite :)

  • @MrFillefloe
    @MrFillefloe 3 роки тому +37

    Best Surströmmning test i've seen yet, others are so cliché. This was great :)

  • @JEmmertz
    @JEmmertz 3 роки тому +24

    I fell into this when seeing a UA-cam clip with someone that was about to test surströmming, and I was totally and completely hooked within 30 seconds. I still have a few episodes to watch (I'm all over the place when it comes to watching), but I enjoy this far more than any TV show I have seen in the last 5 years. You go, Noraly S! I love your drive, gumption, fearlessness and general attitude. I promise to be watching until the bitter end (that should take some time, I hope)!

  • @mbrider56
    @mbrider56 Рік тому +6

    Hats off to you Noraly for trying that Swedish delicacy. You researched that so well and did it justice. Thanks for educating me.

  • @peterpanimg
    @peterpanimg 3 роки тому +70

    Noraly : Hey Stone Cold, what you doin'?
    Austin : Just opened a can of whoopass on a clown, wbu?
    Noraly : Oh! Well I just opened a can of Surströming.
    Austin : Damn! You are one tough woman and that's the bottomline

  • @kasperkjrsgaard1447
    @kasperkjrsgaard1447 3 роки тому +47

    You are the toughest person, not just man or woman, but person i’ve ever seen. 😁💪
    The way you handled that Surströmning was fenominal. Amazing.
    Noraly, I salute you 🤘
    Love your views of Sweden. Should I ever get tired of being Danish, as if, Sweden would be the place to go. Lovely landscape and “trevliga” people

  • @EliCrousey
    @EliCrousey 2 роки тому +10

    You are so brave…smelly food eating is waaaaay more scary than riding a motorcycle. That 🏕 is mwah!! Perfect! I’ve been jumping around watching the seasons again while I wait for your latest video. Stay safe! 💕

  • @lwsrider
    @lwsrider 3 роки тому +13

    The expression look on your face told me everything I needed to know about that food. You are one very brave woman!

  • @jameshamre8778
    @jameshamre8778 3 роки тому +20

    You are such a good sport! Cultural Cuisine sampling, what a great concept, and I learned something about the history . As a member of a Swedish heritage family, I can appreciate how bad that food smells! Made me laugh and remember my childhood. Thank you thank you thank you

  • @jeetts59
    @jeetts59 3 роки тому +33

    That was one of your most entertaining vids. Best camp site ever

  • @user-jd9sj1mq2b
    @user-jd9sj1mq2b 3 роки тому +85

    Really impressed you gave surströmming a real try. I would mix in some gräddfil with the surströmming (would help with the acidity) and ditch the kaviar. The kaviar is best used with bread and butter alone, or even better with eggs.

    • @dadygee
      @dadygee 3 роки тому +5

      On a knäckemacka with bregott and a slice of hushållsost!

    • @carinaejag
      @carinaejag 3 роки тому +3

      Dutch food is just horrible so if she can eat that then she can handle most.

    • @Nen_niN
      @Nen_niN 3 роки тому +2

      @GotWood? Bushcraft and more Gmail Ost och kaviar är faktiskt gott, ingen anledning att förolämpa någon på det där viset

    • @2canines
      @2canines 3 роки тому +2

      @@Nen_niN Jag förstår dig. Att bli anklagad som stockholmare är över gränsen.

  • @SgtAponeSWE
    @SgtAponeSWE Рік тому +4

    Outstanding work right there, probably the best "foreigner tries spooky foods" ever, approaching the surströmming with most proper accessories and opening the can the best way.
    As a surströmming-lover, I would recommend opening the can a bit away from where you eat it, most flies are drawn to the bouillon and not the rinsed fish.
    Filets are most popular by rookies, but female whole fish usually have the delicious caviar - there are even special cans with ONLY "lage females with caviar". A bit pricier but I prefer them that way.
    Akvavit and beer are normal drinks to surströmming, but some (like myself) also enjoy them with milk (takes some of the acidity away), and have some sweet "messmör" on the bread or on the side.
    Great episode - as always!

  • @anupmondal28
    @anupmondal28 3 роки тому +22

    its fun to see you and your journey

  • @jacobnassar6185
    @jacobnassar6185 3 роки тому +21

    The campsite is very nice . I lived in Sweden for a year and they have a very nice nature . We used to swim in the sea during summer school break .
    Thanks for sharing 🤗😘

  • @queenlis8418
    @queenlis8418 3 роки тому +8

    RESPECT. I've been through this a year ago and must say: you nailed it perfectly.

  • @alexdelarge8772
    @alexdelarge8772 Рік тому +2

    Eating Surströmming is much more brave than traveling the world solo on a motorbike! I don't know if I could do it, and I have eaten a lot of strange things in different lands, but the look on your face says it all!

  • @indianajon7980
    @indianajon7980 3 роки тому +8

    It blows me away time and again how professional your vids are! This is part of the world I have never been too but really want to! Thanks to you I feel I'm along for the tour despite the current situation. Thank you

  • @rogerbrown5558
    @rogerbrown5558 3 роки тому +6

    One of the best presentations of your experiences. We can see what you do, we can hear what you do and we are glad we can't smell it from here but just laugh at your reactions. Love it. Glad I never tried it when I was there.

  • @Baleur
    @Baleur 2 роки тому +24

    Native swede here. I've never eaten surströmming in my life, apart from one bite once as a kid.
    Never again xD
    But i must say, EVERY youtuber who tries it, just eats it straight off the can.
    That's even worse. It really should be prepared properly.
    Almost every food can be disgusting if you just eat it straight from the package.
    Except surströmming is always disgusting xD

    • @Andreas-yt9wv
      @Andreas-yt9wv Рік тому

      But you should never try it alone! Although after trying it noone wants to stay with you anyways 😆

  • @paullagmark
    @paullagmark 3 роки тому +13

    I as a swede loves this clip. You educate me about my beautiful country. The view of a tourist is refreshing. Strong work with the Surströmming!
    Thank you and I will sub

  • @joeyjimenez3938
    @joeyjimenez3938 3 роки тому +7

    Spectacularly made episode Noraly! Bravo!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼And again, thank you for the tour!🍻🍻🍻

  • @hermanhermit853
    @hermanhermit853 2 роки тому +10

    I was worried about you as i follow your rides from Patagonia. I realized how awful and dangerous are off-roads of South America. You've been mostly alone negotiating the various types of terrains. Your courage is incomparable: you're very brave for a woman. God watches over you up to Alaska, and all your life. God bless

    • @wedwardes
      @wedwardes Рік тому +1

      "you're very brave for a woman." Haha. We can't say that any more.

    • @rainbowhappins5767
      @rainbowhappins5767 Рік тому +3

      Noo don't say it like that. It's like saying "you express feelings well for being a man" which isn't really great D:.. Don't separate qualities to the genders, there are brave men and women, coward men and women, good nautral and bad, coming from different backgrounds, we are all nuanced people! 😀 But yes! She is a brave woman! You are correct 😇

  • @mr.t5610
    @mr.t5610 3 роки тому +5

    Noraly, your reaction while opening the can of surströmming was priceless 🤣🤣🤣 ! However, I have to say that you're sooo brave to try that Swedish special delicassy 🤣🤣🤣 !

  • @MrOhitsujiza
    @MrOhitsujiza 3 роки тому +16

    I love that you actually looked up what to have with and how to deal with the surströmming, like every other "look i tried surströmming" they just open the can (often spraying themselves with the contents) and then proceed to just take a bite even when its the whole fish......
    Full disclosure i haven't eaten it but i do know a bit about it from family, friends and some info online.
    I have wanted to try it for a while but never really got the chance.

  • @danadiggins793
    @danadiggins793 3 роки тому +3

    OMG! I was yelling at the video...Noraly don’t eat that!! Lol! You are the bravest! Your response to the smell was priceless! And what a great campsite!

  • @reginalda350
    @reginalda350 3 роки тому +17

    Priceless expression on your face after puncturing that can and getting a whiff of the smell 😂😂
    Awesome countryside and camping spot! 😍
    Loved the music and drone footage as well!

    • @bagadonicz
      @bagadonicz 3 роки тому +1

      There's a thing in Sweden called Allmänsrätt, which give people the right to go or camp virtually anywhere in the country. I've seen people camping next to the roads in Halmstad where I live.

    • @reginalda350
      @reginalda350 3 роки тому

      @@bagadonicz that's really nice 😁 i hope they leave the place as clean as they found it

    • @bagadonicz
      @bagadonicz 3 роки тому +1

      @@reginalda350 Swedes wouldn't consider anything less.

  • @eduardowittemoller8621
    @eduardowittemoller8621 3 роки тому

    Hermoso el cierre del video, el vuelo del dron mostrando el lugar... libertad total. La música muy emotiva. Noraly, cuídate mucho!!!

  • @samstiernhuvud1150
    @samstiernhuvud1150 3 роки тому +6

    My hat goes off for you Noraly. I have lived 35 years in Sweden (not anymore for 12 years) and not even all Swedes can tolerate surstrømming. I personally enjoy it with a clothespin in my nose. (once a year) ;)
    Keep up the good work of educating ignorant people of each others. We are all of the same human kind so lets be more tolerate for our differences.

  • @troupier88
    @troupier88 3 роки тому +5

    Always a smile and a laugh, even in difficulty ! 😄

  • @BaffledApe
    @BaffledApe 3 роки тому +7

    So entertaining and informative :) Noraly's adventures proving the saying that "Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone".

  • @annequesada5894
    @annequesada5894 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for a good laugh Noraly I keep on laughing as you start opening the can 🤣🤣...Enjoy and take care always

  • @2woofs784
    @2woofs784 3 роки тому

    Glad you're having a great time. I enjoy your videos most when you are riding; I'm not a big history buff. Thanks for sharing! Let's go Itchy Boots Noraly, Prayers Flying for safe travels!

  • @spegelkula
    @spegelkula 3 роки тому +11

    Hi! Love to see you riding in Sweden, a warm welcome! Btw the traffic cameras can’t catch motorcycles today, they take photos of the front only. Happy ride! Hope you get good weather on the way.

  • @fred993a
    @fred993a 3 роки тому +5

    Of the thousands and thousands of reasons I love you, your honestly and adventure are near the top!

  • @CarleAldrete
    @CarleAldrete 3 роки тому +1

    You are so brave and so lovely. The barns along the river were beautiful but your water gathering in the rain was spectacular. I loved seeing the rain drops. Glad you avoided the wires with your drone.

  • @ArrakOfNorway
    @ArrakOfNorway Рік тому +2

    This video definately deserved a thumbs up. I am officially impressed with how well you took on the first meeting with Surstrõmming. You passed with flying colors..

  • @PDXtransplant
    @PDXtransplant 3 роки тому +3

    You're too brave to open that can and eat it!! I have a weak stomach when it comes to smells. 😜 I'm loving this trip. That camping spot was primo!! History is so awesome! Thanks for sharing! 🤗✌

  • @earlrobicheaux2632
    @earlrobicheaux2632 3 роки тому +18

    I ate Surstroming in Austin, Tx in the middle of the summer with a Root Beer. Somehow I survived.

    • @nzxt1234
      @nzxt1234 3 роки тому +1

      sounds like u shuld get a T-shirt or someting says "i survived the Surstroming challange!"

  • @tonimusgrave9530
    @tonimusgrave9530 Рік тому +1

    This is September 11, 2022… I wanted to go back and look at some of the old videos and this is the one that I picked first. The video was very good as usual but absolutely hilarious with the testing of the fish… I also love going back and looking at some of the places that you have been and where you are today… I’ve been here since the beginning and what a wild ride!

  • @gunnerbrink197
    @gunnerbrink197 3 роки тому +2

    One of the best videos of your series (and I started watching them all). 30 plus years on submarines, I have eaten some pretty crazy food......but listening to your commentary and watching your facial expressions while preparing your Surströmming was priceless. LOL!!!

  • @ErikJensen666
    @ErikJensen666 3 роки тому +9

    Oooh man Noraly huge respect to you !! You are the first person I have ever seen who have not puked when opening a surstrømning can.. hahaha.. and you even eat it without making Funny faces haha ha....👍👍👍👍

  • @daverossflutist
    @daverossflutist 2 роки тому +3

    Noraly, two of the things I enjoy most about your vlogs is your scientific and cultural observations. Your background as a geologist shines through! I checked out Lake Siljan, which was new to me. What a fantastic impact crater and lake! You probably know that the formation of these craters from impacts was not widely accepted by the geologic community until after 1960 - and then, largely because of PhD work done by your namesake - Gene Shoemaker.

  • @goldfieldgary
    @goldfieldgary Рік тому +1

    I learned two things today! 1.) Surströmming exists
    2.) Following up online, there also exist Surströmming Snobs, who are happy to tell others that if they didn't try Surströmming according to their exclusive set of circumstances, you've never tried it at all!
    Anyway thanks Noraly, an interesting episode!

  • @eljefe7578
    @eljefe7578 3 роки тому +1

    Nobody travels adventure bikes better than Noraly! I love cultural immersion over the technical component of riding!💝

  • @rockstonedread
    @rockstonedread 3 роки тому +8

    Now I need to try a can of Surströmming. Sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing, keep safe and keep the rubber side down.

  • @pekkaastrom7346
    @pekkaastrom7346 3 роки тому +13

    I love your motorcycle videos. They kind of grow on me the more episodes I watch.
    By the way, while growing up as a Swede, we always ate surströmming with sour creme (and red onions). It neutralises some of the foul taste...😁

  • @viktorlindskog9909
    @viktorlindskog9909 3 роки тому +1

    Ha ha ha, i really cant stop laughing about your reaction over the smell. It never gets old to see people react like that ;D

  • @dennism665
    @dennism665 3 роки тому

    Your lead Ins are great. And that face after opening the can...priceless. Keep going kiddo. I never tire of your adventures.

  • @jpdj2715
    @jpdj2715 3 роки тому +60

    I guess the Swedish "sur" part is akin to Dutch "zuur" or English "sour" - the "strömming" being the fish.
    Wiki: German food critic and author Wolfgang Fassbender wrote that "the biggest challenge when eating surströmming is to vomit only after the first bite, as opposed to before". Wolfgang Fassbender in Swiss newspaper [Neue Zürcher Zeitung], August 2011.
    Wiki: Due to being made from herring from the Baltic sea, surströmming today contains higher levels of dioxins and PCBs than permitted in the EU.

    • @md2perpe
      @md2perpe 3 роки тому

      It's correct that Swedish "sur" is cognate and means the same as English "sour".

    • @fridakahlua6674
      @fridakahlua6674 3 роки тому

      JP dJ hahhahahahhaahahahahahhahaahahahahahahah

    • @jpdj2715
      @jpdj2715 3 роки тому

      @@toqtoq3361 - as a scientist I object against your transitive reasoning. Somewhere you - generatio spontaneoso - pull to the qualification out of thin air.
      Measurements an data may be based in science. What comes next is opinion.
      P/fun intended

    • @jpdj2715
      @jpdj2715 3 роки тому

      All comment fun aside, Noraly's performance was pure sitcom. And considering her grown up eating, she was a trooper at it.
      I would need a bathroom, sitting on a porcelain throne, pants down, next to a sink as this food might trigger the same response in me as English tea with milk does when it comes out on both ends of the digestive tract.

    • @jpdj2715
      @jpdj2715 3 роки тому

      @@toqtoq3361 - I am always prepared to take risks when I have a notion of chances they materialize and the subsequent impact. This here is a case of "over my dead body".
      No, I don't like to eat animal corpses too, but when fresh and well prepared I can be tempted.

  • @christerstrom4814
    @christerstrom4814 3 роки тому +49

    I can´t believe that my favorite youtuber now have traveled on my favorite roads in Dalarna Sweden, I even knows where that camping site is, nice place. Keep up the good work Noraly!

    • @tommythurin1688
      @tommythurin1688 3 роки тому +7

      The feeling when you recognice every little red house by the road she has travelled😁😎👍.

  • @lawrencesvlog5944
    @lawrencesvlog5944 3 роки тому +2

    The way you tell stories. I can’t wait til’ you visit Greece 😊 even though we’ve heard a lot about their history. It’ should be nice to listen it from you 🙂 Safe travels Noraly ♥️

  • @christopherx7428
    @christopherx7428 3 роки тому +1

    Brave indeed! There is a reason the surströmming tradition is strongest along the norther Swedish coast: The Baltic sea may be technically part of the oceans, but the northern part of it is nearly fresh water. Thus, salt was expensive and the Swedes of old were dirt poor so they could not afford to use as much salt as they should and neither could they throw away food even when it had gone bad. So, they accepted it found that it was not poisonous after all and today it is really a cultural marker of those parts of Sweden.
    I have tried it and it is NOT worth the trouble. If you want good, traditional, Swedish food you should try the cured salmon!

  • @stever6447
    @stever6447 3 роки тому +42

    "Oh....that's really really bad......" - I hit the thumbs up button knowing what she was trying :D then continue on with the vlog.

    • @Mentoz1
      @Mentoz1 3 роки тому

      Same

    • @stefanpries638
      @stefanpries638 3 роки тому

      I did the same. That’s brave.

    • @stefanpries638
      @stefanpries638 3 роки тому

      You are so brave. I wouldn’t touch it with a 10meter pole.

  • @sccsbrewingsolutions9210
    @sccsbrewingsolutions9210 3 роки тому +4

    I am totally fascinated by your stories. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Brazil

  • @gherardolazzeri6139
    @gherardolazzeri6139 2 роки тому +1

    We (me) are so glad you tried Surströmming for us! From behind the screen it was manageable... hehe!

  • @jamesrehn6609
    @jamesrehn6609 3 роки тому +2

    Hi Noraly I am second generation Swedish/American. It is neat to see the homeland through your eyes and the beauty of Sweden. I have never been myself, but am enjoying it through you. Also, you couldn't pay me enough to eat that Herring, again I will do it through your experiences...lol...thank you so much for the awesome content.

  • @TheRapand
    @TheRapand 3 роки тому +3

    Congratulations! Of all the UA-camrs I have seen attempting the surströmming you by far handled it the best, and with the least fuss!

  • @stephan4ever64
    @stephan4ever64 3 роки тому +3

    The surströmming part was the most fun of all the video you made. You did great, I have never been near surströmming despite being Swedish. 🤣😍

  • @johncranwell3783
    @johncranwell3783 3 роки тому

    These films of yours are absolutely lovely and very well taken.... I visited Sweden a lot last year and I am looking forward to touring in my van when covid-19 settles somewhat.
    Again thanks for your films and travel safe.
    Blessings John 🙏

  • @campsitesweden
    @campsitesweden 3 роки тому +1

    Glad that you visited Gamla Uppsala! Its a nice and interesting archeological site! Around where now is the church there was once another shrine, and on the open space behind the church were a majestic longhouse, much larger than most others in the Nordics. I live close nearby and use to go running there now and then. Glad you could visit! And glad you also tried the Surströmming, a real delicasy of mine!

  • @timjones6255
    @timjones6255 3 роки тому +25

    The Swedes seem to like doing unusual things on a Thursday. Clearly heavily influenced by what Thor told them to do all those centuries ago 😉

    • @andreaspersson5673
      @andreaspersson5673 3 роки тому

      Well itchy publish new video on Wednesday and Friday and we have a whole thursday to kill with boreness...

    • @nealeburgess6756
      @nealeburgess6756 3 роки тому

      I think I like the sound of coffee and cake better than smelly fish!

    • @cyuiyuwyguiyui8540
      @cyuiyuwyguiyui8540 3 роки тому

      Nope,its the weekends the crazy stuff begins..Trust me on this one.

  • @mupadhyaya6091
    @mupadhyaya6091 3 роки тому +34

    Such mounds are also found in Assam, a north eastern state of India you drove through when you were going out of India on Basanti. The kings of Ahom dynasty were laid to rest in those.

    • @niharkashyap3897
      @niharkashyap3897 3 роки тому +3

      I am glad you said it. Joi aai Axom

    • @VR-mw1do
      @VR-mw1do 3 роки тому +2

      👍🏼

    • @phogelbice
      @phogelbice 3 роки тому +5

      We are old indo-european cultures founded when the old "aryan" tribes wandered west and south to what is today europe, persia, india. We share some cool history.

    • @mupadhyaya6091
      @mupadhyaya6091 3 роки тому

      @@niharkashyap3897 They looked pretty similar to the moidams in Charaideu, right? These are older, however, than those of the resting place of Ahom chiefs. Jai aai Axom!

    • @niharkashyap3897
      @niharkashyap3897 3 роки тому

      @@phogelbice Yeah man. Such similarities so far across the planet is really mind blowing

  • @BorisEkner
    @BorisEkner 3 роки тому

    For several years I lived very close to the narrow bridge you passed over from Gesunda to Sollerön. So lovely to see it all again! ❤️

  • @Kanelraketen
    @Kanelraketen 3 роки тому +1

    I love Nordic folklore. The soundtrack you added with the drone shot was just perfect!

  • @ON8JP
    @ON8JP 3 роки тому +11

    I've seen grown big men burst into tears and run away when the can opened. You're one brave girl, that's a fact!

  • @harikrishnaparuchuri6570
    @harikrishnaparuchuri6570 3 роки тому +7

    I have never seen such expression from your face 😂😂😂😂😂.
    The story behind the fish is really interesting

  • @dangustafsson1806
    @dangustafsson1806 3 роки тому

    Hats off and huge respect how you in a proper manner tasted the "surströmming". Well done - first time I see a taster eat it in a correct way.

  • @timjerow3042
    @timjerow3042 3 роки тому +1

    I must say have been watching some of your videos and you are getting around in a big way !!!! Keep riding.

  • @BerishStarr
    @BerishStarr 3 роки тому +29

    When I did my military service we did a little prank on our officers. In the early morning we snuck into their room where they were sleeping soundly. Opened one of those cans, rushed out and barred the door. When we got back from breakfast (across the yard) we could smell it across the whole base. xD

    • @mrcassioo
      @mrcassioo 3 роки тому +1

      lmao, my officers were pure sadists. We would never have dared todo that. (We did throw one of them in the water same day as "M.U.C.K." tho.) ;)

    • @BunnyKingHogs
      @BunnyKingHogs 3 роки тому

      Bet you were popular. Did you get caught?

    • @BerishStarr
      @BerishStarr 3 роки тому

      @@BunnyKingHogs In a way, but we made sure to do it the same day we were finishing our service. Would not have dared do it mid service. 😆

    • @mrcassioo
      @mrcassioo 3 роки тому +1

      @@BerishStarr Same as us then, haha. :D

    • @Xanthopteryx
      @Xanthopteryx 3 роки тому +1

      A school had to close since someone put some surströmming in the ventilation intake.

  • @robertb2444
    @robertb2444 3 роки тому +7

    Wow you open a can with a knife? You go girl! I am impressed! You continue to amaze!

  • @juanjoviadero7182
    @juanjoviadero7182 3 роки тому

    One more video to say you are the bravest woman l know not only for riding your bike alone around the world but being able to taste that kind of food. You just put your tent in the middle of paradise. May God be with you, Noraly.

  • @shanepeterson1198
    @shanepeterson1198 3 роки тому

    The FUNNIEST episode yet. And always with a smile. It is that positive demeanor and likeability that keeps me coming back. Cheers to you (and smelly fish).

  • @thekosup
    @thekosup 3 роки тому +3

    I really had fun. 😂 Txh for this video and for your beatiful smile! Have a nice day

  • @ollesjohan
    @ollesjohan 3 роки тому +57

    Motorcycles can't be fined by the cameras in Sweden! Hope you enjoy our country!

    • @officialBJW71
      @officialBJW71 3 роки тому +5

      Why is that Johan? Because of the way the camera's are positioned?

    • @MarkusLindblad
      @MarkusLindblad 3 роки тому +12

      @@officialBJW71 There are no licens plate on the front of motorcycles, and the cameras only takes photos from the front, and never from behind. There are not many active cameras anyway. They are mostly turned off.

    • @ollesjohan
      @ollesjohan 3 роки тому +19

      @@officialBJW71 yes, they only take pictures from the front +the law stipulates that the driver needs to be identified as well. Only the driver can be fined, not the owner of the vehicle!

    • @Perkelenaattori
      @Perkelenaattori 3 роки тому +3

      I guess our western neighbours don't have the same fancy cameras we have here that film backwards too..

    • @officialBJW71
      @officialBJW71 3 роки тому

      @@ollesjohan Thanks Johan... I thought so but wasn't really sure. Hope to visit Sweden next year again.

  • @peterliljeholmen5703
    @peterliljeholmen5703 4 місяці тому +1

    Found recently this channel and got totally soaked in to it. Just watched, and still following, the recent season 7 and the adventures in West Africa which is just amazing. Being a Swede I’m now doing a recap of this season 3 and it is really awesome to follow the trip across Scandinavia. Pity you didn’t stay longer in Stockholm (where I live) but nice that you tried out Swedish food traditions such as fika, pea soap and pancakes, and surströmming!! Love your channel, cheers and greetings from Sweden ❤️🍀✨

  • @paulbehrend8819
    @paulbehrend8819 Рік тому +2

    You are officially the coolest--and bravest--motorcyclist on UA-cam, and quite possibly the bravest UA-camr ever because you actually got the surströmming down the hatch without gagging up your toes!! Skål!!