24 HOURS in the town with 24 HOUR DARKNESS | Svalbard
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I moved in to Longyearbyen to live like a real local for a day! 😍 Join us for a pub crawl/night out on the town, and a full day of hanging out - where I document how it is living on Svalbard, during the polar night!🫶🏻 Thank you so much for being here, I appreciate each and every one of you! Love y'all!✨
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0:00 Longyearbyen 4pm
01:55 Moving in
03:08 Linn
04:04 Night Out
05:54 Svalbard Hotel
08:24 Adventures of Grim
09:59 Basecamp Hotel
12:57 Svalbar
15:32 Barentz Gastropub
16:31 Walking at night
18:48 11 am
20:18 Morning in Longyearbyen
24:11 1pm
26:14 Husky café
27:17 University
28:28 2pm Aurora
30:32 Breakfast
34:16 SO much Northern Lights
About Cecilia:
Cecilia Blomdahl is originally from Sweden and moved to Svalbard 8 years ago. She works as a photographer and videographer in Longyearbyen, and with her social media channels. Check her out on TikTok and Instagram under her handle @sejsejlija! Here on youtube she posts videos about her daily life in her cabin with her boyfriend Christoffer and her dog Grim, living just outside of Longyearbyen. Subscribe for videos about her daily life as well as adventures on an island close to the North Pole. They have polar bears there!
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@andreapatron9754
5 ай бұрын
Your ads are THE BEST. I’m always looking forward to see your creativity
@karenellis3619
5 ай бұрын
This ad with Grim had me loling🤣. So funny!
@Roooenriquez
5 ай бұрын
❤ Looove your nails 💅 and the Gim ad 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼 hahaha
@cinnamon8884
5 ай бұрын
love the ad!
@FiredUpFeminist
5 ай бұрын
Now THAT is how advertising is done! Ads are supposed to capture and engage the audience. Well done, Cecelia.
I just love how it’s totally normal for y’all to walk outside the house and see a reindeer like it’s a neighbor’s dog 🤣
@marithecookie
5 ай бұрын
That was one of my favourite parts of that video. Especially how the reindeer didn't care. Where I live we have some stubborn deer (I once was late to work because the street was blocked for quite some time by a herd of deer just standing there and refusing to move) but it you meet them singly most of them run away if they perceive you (I only met one who didn't, she stood on the other side of a fence and watched my dog complaining vocally because I didn't allow him to try and hunt her - to his defense he's been a stray for most of his life and hadn't realised at that point that he doesn't need to catch his own food anymore). Seeing this reindeer so unaffected was pretty funny.
THAT GRIM AD BREAK WAS HILARIOUS!!!! please do more like that, truly makes the ad breaks so much more enjoyable (not like they weren't before) but you get the point
I remember when you had like 115k subscribers, and it wasn’t even THAT long ago! Just goes to show how wonderful your videos are and how talented you are! And Christoffer and Grim, too, of course 😊
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
Awww you're the best! 🫶🏻
@debbeebrooks7852
5 ай бұрын
I remember when she had 24k and she started the video with Google Earth. ❤❤❤
@LeslieKnope4Pres
5 ай бұрын
@@debbeebrooks7852 I remember Google Earth! The first videos I ever saw was their cabin build a few years ago. I wasn’t a subscriber then but I kept watching her videos and didn’t even realize I wasn’t subscribed for a long time 😆
@JojoF339
5 ай бұрын
I first saw her on TikTok. 😍
@minime7375
5 ай бұрын
@@debbeebrooks7852 I’ve been watching on and off since she was under 100k subs too but I subbed when the channel had about 100k. I just checked after reading these comments and I was surprised, it grew so fast, I didn’t realize how popular Cecilia was😊
I love how uncrowded it is and how safe it is to walk around at night and not have to worry.
@jollyjoker6340
5 ай бұрын
...he says about a place where you're not allowed to leave town without a rifle ;)
@agnesobell
5 ай бұрын
at least it's the animals that are the concern.@@jollyjoker6340
@Bracarensis
4 ай бұрын
@jollyjoker6340 The town is several kms long so there's plenty of space to walk around 😉
@shen1801
4 ай бұрын
That's norway in general though, all off it
@FastGuy1
4 ай бұрын
@@shen1801Nice for you. Meanwhile here in the U.S you have to worry about gun violence 24/7 😢
🎄A beautiful Christmas gift to all of us: seeing two friends celebrate Polar Night and their friendship. At 72 years now, living in a no snow environment I long to return to my Northern roots and my dear gal friends of 50 plus years. 🎄☃️🎄
@deebee.14
5 ай бұрын
Always do what you long to do as one day you will wake up and realise its to late. ❤
@mikespurg8006
5 ай бұрын
Shoveling snow at my age like I did back in the 1950s is not missed, lol, as well as the freezing cold, but still it is interesting to watch those still living in the north country.....
@nickh2799
5 ай бұрын
I love the style of Cecelia’s as well as her friends houses. Definitely very Scandinavian vibes. We remodeled our house in Florida very similar.
@spiritofanu3112
5 ай бұрын
Thinking the same, I am 71 from a northern climate.
@donnabaardsen5372
5 ай бұрын
@@deebee.14 She's already 72. I can't imagine waiting that long to do anything. I'm 68, and have been and lived just about everywhere Have traveled from an early age..
Spending time with good friends is really PRICELESS. No matter where you are.
I can't stop crying. WHY? At the end of your video, you stopped to show us the beautiful Northern Lights and I started crying without thinking about it and can't stop. It's like the sky is full of Angels...our ancestors looking over us. I'm not a cryer ...this is overwhelming.
@2strokeadventures
5 ай бұрын
Same! I would love to come stay a winter out there.
Every video I watch I swear is better than the last, but truthfully they all are wonderful! I was laughing from the depths of my heart with you both at the milk spill and pancake flipping. 😄 🤣 I hope Lynn didn't burn her hand. This was such a delicious fun video! I was so bummed for you when the mulled wine was so expensive and didn't even taste good. So sad!!!! 😢 And I literally gasped when the poor waiter dropped and spilled the drink. My goodness you got some good moments for this video Cecilia!!:) To Lynn, thank you so much for being willing to share yourself with all of us. I personally appreciate it, seeing you and Cecilia hang out and have fun was so warming and sweet. I shared so many laughs with you guys!! :) Always love seeing you, hope we will see you again soon. Hope you have a lovely time skiing with your family. ❤️
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
😭🧡😍 Thank you for this lovely comment! I am so happy that you enjoyed the video 🧡
Best part of Sunday is my “visit” to Svalbard. 😊
We just returned from our holiday in Svalbard and it was wonderful. The polar night is so incredibly relaxing, and the mood in town is so chilled out. If you really want to slow down, this is the perfect place. Besides, there are a lot of activities you can do such as dog sledding, driving a snowmobile, going hiking to an ice cave, visiting an authentic coal mine, hunting northern lights, and beer tasting among many others and we were lucky to attend a local bar crawl - the Julemarsj. Thanks for your videos that made us go there, indeed :) And guess what, we saw you in the Svalbar and sat behind you, but of course, we didn't want to disturb you ;)
Back again for Grim's commercial. "Spent his whole allowance on cheap flight tickets to Finland" - breaks me up, lol.
Love Grim as the ‘evil hacker’. So innocent! And your expensive wine- no good! Oh no! But mainly, I love your beautiful friendship with Linn! What a treasure!
Love the friendship time here!!! This is the only channel for which I will never fast forward through the in-video ads. I hope Grim can go on his trip soon 😂
Happy Sunday Cecilia and everyone in the comments. Going to make a coffee and sit down and watch.
@hollylane47
5 ай бұрын
Happy Sunday to you too. I did the same! :) Just finished my coffee and the video.
@laritidoma
5 ай бұрын
Or some hot chocolate lol
Hi Cecilia, I'm from Northern Michigan, and when I was about 16 years old, I had the opportunity to see the Northern light literary outside my parents' home. It was breathe taking, and to this day, I can still clearly see them in my mind. How beautiful to see them every day.
I LOVE videos like this! Even your city life is relaxing. The sky is breathtaking with the stars in motion. So peaceful and soothing. Thank you 🙂
I never laughed so much when the milk exploded 😂😂 the tour of the town Lynn is such a great friend enjoy the journey merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄 love from Michigan 🖐️❤️
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
😂 it was CHAOS haha!
@Toadosaur
5 ай бұрын
Omg! Hello fellow michigander! 👋
@Janom66
5 ай бұрын
I was worried, it was hot milk. A very unexpected event! Then everyone laughed, it was a day of surprises!
@An__-
5 ай бұрын
I don't even have the foggiest clue how that happened with the milk. It literally exploded out of the container.
@carolfugaban2071
5 ай бұрын
@@Toadosaur hello 🎄👋
I love it when Linn appears in your videos. She’s a gem and should have her own KZread channel!
Every time I see Lynn, I swear she used to be shorter than you. Has she grown?🤭 She is such a lovely person! This was so much fun! Good friends are such a blessing!❤❤❤
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
hahah Linn is suuuper tall! 😍
Fun to be in a video even though it included throwing champagne around 😅🙌🏼 really sorry about that one !
In a time when the holiday season has become so commercial, I have so enjoyed your videos this month, as they are about finding joy and beauty in all the right places 😊
@jacqueline-fc8wb
5 ай бұрын
Hi. When I go into stores, I pretend not to notice the Christmas stuff since it is on display so early. But now I will look since the day is getting closer.
That little photo to video transition of you two in the snow was SO cute. I love videos with Linn! 🥰
The northern lights never gets old! They are magical and the crisp air along with them is amazing. I feel lucky to have seen them. It’s truly a moment that will stay with me.
Laughing at the sparking drink spill, laughing even harder at Grim in the ad!
Freshly made happiness right from the north pole!!❤❤
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
♡
It's so good to see the gorgeous Linn back in a video. her apartment is so perfect and cosy. And Grim's adverts are getting funnier, I love them! Now I can how easy it, I am definitely putting a pub crawl on my list for when I come . Also made a note to pack my reflective vest. I also love that you went to some of the hotel bars, it's nice to the places I am looking at trying to decide where to stay.
What a lovely video, so nice to see Linn again. I love your friendship and that you still have sleepovers!! You're never too old. The shots of the aurora and the stars twinkling are truly breathtaking. Cecilia, your never-ending awe and love for Svalbard is infectious and puts a smile on my face every video. Please never stop sharing your world with us. Merry Christmas to you Cecilia and your little cabin family 🎅
I just love Lynn. She is not only stunning but just seems like she is so much fun.
Thank you guys for taking us along on your fun day! ❤🎄
I watch and rejoice at how quickly the number of subscribers increases! Great stuff, great Cecilia and Christopher! And everyone loves Grim! Happy and good mood to everyone!!!
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
Awww thank youuu! 😍
The word you are looking for is "shenanigans". It's a good word that covers a lot of what happens when you two hang out. It's a good thing!
8:25 is where Grimm's starring role starts, lol. The first shot of him in the hat is priceless.
Thank you Cecilia! I’m a new subscriber and I can’t thank you enough for opening up my world. With you I am transported to a world of my dreams, I feel so energised and so rejuvenated. In a very very long time I feel I have found my space my time my life back in which I’m an explorer, on a journey on a discovery to new places. It’s just filling up my heart in a way I’ve not felt before. And I have to say your videos are becoming therapeutic for me. I’m healing and feeling good ❤️💜🙏🏼 So grateful to you
@gabriellafox7948
5 ай бұрын
Amen
@donnabaardsen5372
5 ай бұрын
Seriously? You don't have your own dreams and adventures? Wow! Life is way too short to live vicariously through the lives of others.
@meghamilan9308
5 ай бұрын
@@donnabaardsen5372 completely agree with you 🙏🏼
The waiter met Lynn's eyes and his hands lost strength... goodbye 🍾champagne!😍 This is so sweet🤗🤗🤗
@hollylane47
5 ай бұрын
😄 🤣 Right! Aw poor guy. Can't blame him though. :)
You and Linn are hilarious!! Thanks for sharing your day with us!
Best KZread commercial award ever for Cecilia...and Grim! And welcome home Linn.
The video about spills everywhere! 😂 Looks like you two had such a hoot and a half!
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
hahah!
The wonderful enjoyment and creativity of the polar night with you. We live the adventure with you❤❤❤❤🎉
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😍✨
@MziouChames-hh4db
5 ай бұрын
@@CeciliaBlomdahl ♥️♥️
It's a good thing Cecilia happened to NOT sit where she was when the milk spilled on that first stop, having dressed up and all lol! Hope Lynn wouldn't burn her hand from the morning milk bust. Thanks for taking us on your girls night out, it was fun. Stay safe and healthy! (PS: the black northern sky is AMAZING! So many stars and with aurora too..)
Love and look forward to every vlog but this one was extra wonderful, festive, and COZY. And the northern lights at the end... bonus! Always the best part of every Sunday!
37 minutes of pure bliss..put the phone off the hook ( is that still a thing?). Joking....im obsessed with Cecilia, Christopher and Grim❤
The way there were TWO drinks spilt in this video omg! the luck!
svalbard looks like the most beautiful place in the world it’s my dream to see the northern lights 😍 i could not feel more christmasy watching cecilia’s videos 🎄
Lynn thank you for letting us into your home. You ladies looked like you had a great time. Wish I was there to have fun with you guys. Hope Christopher is feeling better. Merry Christmas to all of you.
I love Lynn! It's always fun when she's around! At the wild cabins with snowmobiles or in the glaciers when you guys went... Oh how I've loved this video! Or on her boat and even her apartment is spectacular! Wow, Lynn means fun! And here I am in my 15*C thinking "Oh -1*C? Not that cold!" 🤣 But I would die if this was where I am!
How nice , 2 girls walking home late at night without a care, refreshing !!!
I loved this! Linn's beauty knocked that poor waiter off his feet and the drink went flying. LOL And then the milk spill and the pancake flipping. You and Linn just have the BEST and most precious friendship I have seen in a very long time. Thanks for taking us along on your sleepover! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Loved this - an extra special cosy vlog. With a beautiful message about friendship. I'm the same as you Cecilia and only have a small friendship group. I've been friends with one since we were 5 years old, 57 years ago. I experienced a devasting family tragedy recently - my youngest Sister died suddenly. As soon as my friend found out she was here, she'll also be at her funeral next week to offer support and a hug. Close friends are often like an extension of family - we may go for weeks without seeing each other, but we know we'll be there for each other through fun times and sad times.
Friendship, reindeer, pub crawling, coffee and northern lights - what life is all about. Thank you for this cheery video.
That was much too fun to "hang out" with you two for a day! Not the best 24 hours for beverages, though! 😲😂 First, the glass falling and breaking, then the hot milk explosion! Hope neither of you got burned! By the way, if the planet is red/orange, it's probably Mars! ;-)
I don't know why, but I didn't know that stars shine through the Northern Lights. It's amazing beautiful. I feel as if I've checked something magical off of my bucket list. Thanks, Cecilia. I'm glad you had a wonderful time with Linn.
@44TJG
5 ай бұрын
My thoughts exactly! Nothing would compare to the magical images Cecilia has captured. Have a wonderful Christmas 🎄 ❤
LOVE your channel! I've got my daughter hooked too! Sending LOVE and gratitude to you from Massachusetts. ❄️❤️🐻❄️
Another long video to keep me company!!! Thank you and have a happy holidays to your family!!
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
Same to you! 🙌🏻😍
In this crazy scary world we live in, I love watching your videos. I love your joy over the simple things in life, like having a coffee with your best friend, seeing a wild rain deer and the Northern Lights.
Back again for the Grim NordVPN plug at 8:29. His look in THAT hat just cracks me up. There is some merch right there - a T shirt or a cup, lol.😊
Hi Cecilia! I just found your channel a few weeks ago and have been cozied up in my house binge watching your adventures!!! You are so fun and interesting and SUCH a joy to watch! It's like hanging with a my BFF for a few hours🎉😊.. I was wondering what musical artists you use in your videos..your music choices are just SUPERB!!!! Thanks!!😊
This was my favorite video yet! Eventful beverage spills, tour of the town, luxury coffee, friendship, and northern lights. What a great combination!
✨❣️WHEN YOU AND YOUR FRIEND GAVE EACH OTHER A HUG UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS, THAT GAVE MY HEART SUCH A HAPPY FEELING! HOW GRAND YOUR FRIENDSHIP IS! I LOVE YOU CECELIA MY DARLING❣️✨❄️🥂🎄☃️🎀💋
The chaotic energy in this video is brilliant.
Omg, that poor guy spilling the whole bottle!! And of course it had to happen when someone was filming 😂
The staggered houses on the different levels are just so beautiful to me. It really looks like a winter or Christmas village replica you’d see at someone’s house on display, but never in real life. It seems too good to be true, but it‘a obviously not. I absolutely love it!
The last few clips of northern lights was purely magical and spectacular 🤩 thank you Cecilia for showcasing your beautiful world around you
I live in the far east of Russia and i can't help noticing just how well lit your town is. We don't have polar nights here in my town, but still it is pretty dark. In winter we go for work while it's still dark, during the daytime the sun is up, but when it's time to go back home it's already dark again. But the streets here are dark as f... Most lanterns don't work which is a shame. I'm glad that they take good care of those things in Svalbard, so it looks cosy and safe. Thank you for your videos.
I wish I could see it with my own eyes. Everything looks so serene, right out of a storybook. To bundle up, find a quiet spot and just gaze at the aurora would be so cathartic. PS For the waiter/waitress that dropped the bottle. Your not wasting it, you’re sharing with those that aren’t with us anymore. It’s an old motto from a restaurant I used to work at.
@ElizabethWarrenYeahYeah
5 ай бұрын
What a lovely way to think about it. I'd love to be sharing a drink with my Dad again, and next time I spill anything (alcoholic) I'll toast him and be sharing it with him. Thanks for letting us know about this lovely tradition. 😊
@maxxod1
5 ай бұрын
@@ElizabethWarrenYeahYeah You are quite welcome.
@spikespa5208
5 ай бұрын
Kinda like " the angel's share" ?
@maxxod1
5 ай бұрын
@@spikespa5208 Pretty much. There’s a lot of different ways to say it. Old Russian guy used to say “a salute to fallen comrades” but I really like the “angel’s share”. It has a nice sound to it.
@spikespa5208
5 ай бұрын
@@maxxod1 Comes from the distilling industry/art. What is lost to evaporation making spirits.
Wonderful time of year to have the opportunity to hang with friends! Glad you young ladies enjoyed your visit! 🎄🎉😊❣️
I love that Grim & Cecilia VPN act! I think this is the 1st time I actually watched the whole VPN ads in any video!
Simply beautiful. Such a wonderful friendship. ❤❤
Even although it’s so dark the lights make it look magical ❤
I make sure to take time out if my Sunday routine for your videos. I dream of living like this. Thank you for sharing your home and life with us. Much love from Louisiana, USA.
Thank you for showing us the beautiful Northern lights.
I just love your friendship. It’s so great to have a bestie who you may not hang with every day, but when you do, it’s like no time has passed at all!
I just wanted to say that your videos really changed my outlook on life. You look at the world with such wonder and excitement, and it's really beautiful😊
OMG I always wanted to request fr this exact video, Bar Hoping in Svaldbard village and this edition of sleep over with your bestie is just perfect! Love this for you guys ❤This is also a reminder to call up and catch up with my bestie.
This video is SO COMFTY haha. Idk how a video can feel so warm and welcoming. But it does!
WHY IS THIS SO EVENTFUL!?!?!?!? You both just DESTROY everything!?
A very good blog,one of your best. You seem that you are both accident prone,but happy with it. Look forward to the next one. Season best wishes to all three of you.
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
hahaha that made me laugh!
Mom's out drinking. Jr is home ordering stuff on the Internet. Dad is out sick. Wild animals running the streets. Yep, that's modern life everywhere! 😂 Seriously, maybe you need to limit Grim's screentime. Don't fall for his excuse that this is light therapy in winter! 🛋️ 🐖😁
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
hahaha!
It's nice to see great friends having fun together.
Lynn is super-cool. She also came across that way on the four-day boat ride video. How nice to have such a good friend.
So enjoyable dear Cecilia and Linn first the champagne then the milk but friendship can handle it all! My friend visited Longyearbyn one year and he thought that tree small reindeers was a polarbear and got very scared! He was visiting a year before the avalanche happened and spent Christmas on Svalbard!
As always, my Sunday morning routine! Hi from Chicago! 💕
This vid has given me so much happiness. With the little be it extraordinary things you have , you have the best moments. It is truly inspiring.
I rewatched the advertisement with Grim twice it was so funny and nice 😂. Cecilia, you are so creative
I really enjoy your videos! I love how you stay true to yourself and keep your inner-child alive. Your videos are refreshing - they are not about makeup, latest fashion trends, and toxic drama. People work together and have fun where you live. You are so creative and down-to-earth. Grim's commercial had me laughing so much, with the hats and the glasses. More Grim commercials anytime, please, haha.🤣🎀🐶🦌♥
Cecilia, you were so excited when you got to your friend's home! It was so cute!
Oh my, that ending. Absolutely magical.
You both look beautiful! And that Grim booking his flight to Finland! Suspicious indeed! 🤣🤣🤣
Wonderful to see the lovely Linn again, a night out on the town with you both and Cristoffer would be my idea of heaven. Big love to you all x
I remember you touring this apartment. It's so cute and cozy inside.
We're visiting Longyearbyen in February so I'm excited to see all the different places in town!
I don't know how I missed this! You guys are so adorable now I'm going to associate a hug under Northern lights means one more year of great friendship ❤.
Good to finally see Lynn
I love the ‘soccer mom chic’ aesthetic, practical and fashionable ❤😂
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
😂🧡
The Grim ad breaks are quite honestly as good as the main video. I LOVE them!
We love Linn. The difference between what you are wearing outside is hilarious.
@CeciliaBlomdahl
5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
Cecilia, I love your videos year round, but your polar night/Christmas vlogs have to be my favorite. It just seems so magical!
This was so fun to watch! I felt like I was right there with you and Lynn enjoying every minute!
Thanks for taking us along on your Longyearbyen pub crawl/sleepover. Having friends you can relax around and laugh with is really important 😊
I got my polar night sweatshirt for Christmas and so excited!