a Friday in Longyearbyen︱*Food festival, Snow, October︱Svalbard
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Welcoooome October! What does a Friday afternoon look like in Longyearbyen, Svalbard? What kind of events and happenings to we have here in the World's Northernmost Town? Today we are going to our yearly food festival tent to check it out, and I tell you about lots of other things you can do here on this island close to the North Pole! I hope you enjoy this video and thank you so much for being here! ✨♡
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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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@firstprototype
7 ай бұрын
Can you please 🙏 😢 write ✍️ 🙏 us the name of that cheese 🧀 so we can find it all over the world 🌎 🙏???
@pug8550
7 ай бұрын
Cecilia please do scenery more longer :) Just an ambient song and scenery. Its my sleeping pills. Hehe
@penguinswithwifi
7 ай бұрын
Cecilia, would love for you to do a video on the wifi and cell phone coverage in Svalbard. For instance, here 3:43 can you get cell phone coverage?
@tanyas6643
7 ай бұрын
Just bought a lifetime subscription to Babel… to learn Swedish. (Norwegian or Danish might be next… ) I had been thinking about it for a while but “Grimm’s ad” in your video pushed me to have another look at their site and the deal was just too good to pass up.
@fluffygarden2629
7 ай бұрын
I always dreaming to love in a calm place like yours. Full of snow and very calm surround u. By the way, I wanna say this from long ago.... I love your cabin and it's very inspiring me to have like yours 1 day. It's so cozy and homey.
Cecelia, I realized you are the human equivalent of Grim. Always happy and full of joy for a new day and going outside. This is your appeal. It’s lovely!
@killjoy.beauty
7 ай бұрын
Yesss supposedly dogs pick up on their owners traits and basically has their personality
@jstanders6973
7 ай бұрын
Aww yes, so sweet comment and true 🌸
@sheilamann6721
7 ай бұрын
Yes so true!😊
@extendedpinky
7 ай бұрын
She is like grim but she passes up the frozen poop 💩 lol
@sshaw4429
7 ай бұрын
“Lovely”……perfect word for Cecelia.
The storytelling, editing and low key presentation on this channel is absolutely next level. Thank you Cecilia, Christoffer and Grimm for giving us a glimpse of your slice of heaven, an area that most of us never knew before you and probably will never visit but enjoy living vicariously through your family
@CeciliaBlomdahl
7 ай бұрын
Awww THANK YOU! 🙌🏻🫶🏻
@smittyboo9566
7 ай бұрын
Cecilia, hello from Canada! I came here to say exactly this! I’m new to your channel, Cecilia, and really enjoying your stories and life on Svalbard. Please continue to share your wonderful stories! ❤️
@OperaJH
7 ай бұрын
So beautifully said! 👏🏻👏🏻
@kfmckeever
7 ай бұрын
I agree 💯!! So well done. Cecilia, your love of life comes through loud and clear in each video. Thank you for sharing with us.
@researchersusie169
7 ай бұрын
100% Agree! Well said. ❤ Thank you Cecelia, Christoffer & Grimm.
I love that she just calls the airport and says, hi, it's Cecilia
@jacquelynroe9036
7 ай бұрын
Yes! That was great 😂
@BlackCatsandPumpkins
Ай бұрын
She's Svalbard famous now 🤣.
OMG the way Grim reacted when the glasses slid down his face, it was so cute, almost human-like. Grim is the best.
Length of video isn’t as important as content. The content today was full and left me wanting more. Which is the goal. Excellent job giving glimpses into life in Longyearben and Svalbard! It’s fascinating to me that babies nap outside…and that’s normal for your part of the world! I’m sure there are other things. Your channel is the best and I’m thankful I stumbled across it. You do a great job! It’s good to see more of Christoffer, too.
@CeciliaBlomdahl
7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for these kind comments 🙏🏻 😊
I laughed so much when Christoffer said “I’d say stark. I don’t know what it means but it is very stark”. I love his sense of humor. Love you, guys!
The babies taking their afternoon nap outside is hilarious and amazing at the same time. How wonderful to live within such a safe environment. 😊
2:22: in the gentlest way possible, I demand a footage focused on Grimm doing THAT.
I love your summer videos, but the autumn into polar night videos are like soul fooood. I love them. I get a bit of seasonal depression and incorporating your videos into my self care in the winter makes it so much nicer!!! ❤🎉
Your videos are always a treat to watch. Your soothing voice and the stunning scenery, along with the gentle music, create a perfect harmony. They help me relax and sleep well at night
@CeciliaBlomdahl
7 ай бұрын
Wow, thank you! ♡
Ok, Grim with his proper glasses and proper flannel....can you say SUPER ADORABLE?!?!?!?
My day started a little rough, but it brightened as soon as I heard your voice! I thought ,"Geez, I really like her, I wish we could be friends."Cecilia you are such a warm , interesting and funny person. I really love your videos, you make this tropical beach lover want to explore the artic. You help me to find the beautiful in everyday. Keep being you, and thank you for sharing! 💛
@CeciliaBlomdahl
7 ай бұрын
Awww thank you! I hope you have a better day! Lots of love from us here! 🧡
@shannonlynne1558
7 ай бұрын
“They will check your papers……..your blah blah.” 😆
I love Grim. He looks so content in his world there.
I need to be there. Away from this mad world. Than you again for taking me away for a bit. I really do find your videos calming.
I just love your voice, Cecilia. So comforting,... I could listen to you speak all day long. You ever thought about doing audio books? Ha ha. Cheers....
Thank you, Cecelia, for showing Svalbard. I found your channel a couple of months ago and have been enjoying it immensely. My family and I have been struggling with winter the last few years and watching your videos is giving me ideas on how we can appreciate the dark and snowy months again. Hope you, Christoffer, and Grim have an amazing day.
Christoffer at 2:35 "Very stark. I don't know what it means, but it looks very stark." I almost fell out of my chair laughing! 🤣
I don't comment often but I watch religiously. Knowing there was going to be a video from you got me out of bed this morning. Thanks to you, Christoffer, and Grim ❤
@CeciliaBlomdahl
7 ай бұрын
Thank you sooo much for being here! 🧡🫶🏻☀️
I love the polar night season! I started to watch your videos at this time of the year in 2021. Coming to my 3rd Christmas with you guys, you always crack me up on that livestream, Cecilia.
@CeciliaBlomdahl
7 ай бұрын
I'm so happy to hear that! 🧡 haha I look forward to another Christmas mess on youtube 😂
@norinefitzgerald5259
7 ай бұрын
@@CeciliaBlomdahlYes I as well, a great appreciation of another part of our great big world with the most wonderful couple... yes, yes Grimmmm we love you too. For all your happy viewers, keep up the amazing sharing of such a spy place. ❤❤❤
I LOVE the Babbel add with Grim typing. That is sooooo cute!
Hahahah when she tells Grim to think about his actions. Had me laughing so hard.
"Gjetost" is what we called brown cheese when I stayed with relatives in Trondheim, Norway. I was not a fan of it on its own, as I just don't prefer goat cheese or milk. However, I would definitely eat the heart shaped Scandinavian waffles with Ski Queen, sour cream, and jam! I would eat everything you tasted, and might pick up some Ski Queen in Minneapolis, next time my relatives ask me to bring them some specialty Norske meat. (I was eating pickled herring with crackers and Lingonberries in yogurt just today!)
That was fun. Christoffer is getting so much more comfortable in front now, such a co-host 😊 I'm from Calgary, Canada, so it won't be long until I'm seeing the same weather ❤ you look out the window, I go to Banff, check it out, I'm sure you would love the views, and know why I love your home too. Roll on polar nights with all the cozy vibes 😊
@fluttergirl75
7 ай бұрын
I noticed how comfortable Cristoffer is too!
I sure do like that Grimm. He's adorable.
I just love watching your videos, your so lucky living in such a magical place. Feels a million miles away from the troubles of the world, there seems to be an amazing feeling of peacefulness. Grim is awesome 😊 . ❤😊 xx
LOL.. love Grimms paws typing on the keyboard
I'm so glad i found this channel. I live in southern Italy, where the weather is completely different, rarely too cold and very often too hot. It snows maybe once every 10 or 15 years and it barely even sticks. I enjoy Svalbard crispiness vicariously through your videos. I just LOVE them, and I can't wait for polar night to start! Please make LOTS of polar night videos!
Cecilia thank you for helping me each Fall and Winter see the dark days with so much more wonder and comfort. Living in Northern Illinois we are entering shorter days and frost at night. I have decorated my home with more candles and string lights because of you! ❤
Stark-Christoffer cracks me up 🤣🤣
Hi Cecilia, I just came across your channel.and am greatly enjoying it. I'd hoped to do a Northern Lights trip 10 years ago but was prevented by urgent back surgery. Svalbard was not on the itinerary as the trip was in December. I didn't realise that it would have been polar night so all dark. The colours of your vids are amazing. Thanks for sharing your life with Christoffer & Grim with us. I don't know whether I'll ever make it to Norway now due to mobility issues so this is great. Thanks for mentioning the brown goats cheese. I was introduced to it as a child in Singapore by Norwegian neighbours and just loved it. We're about to go into a long hot Aussie summer here while you're wearing your winter woolies etc.
Food Festival looked great and not expensive at all given the prices of food these days. Look forward to seeing more town activities. Have a great weeks!
@cliffontheroad
7 ай бұрын
Loved the concept of small portions with small prices. I've seen festivals where you make a blind choice on one vendor.
One of the definitions of the word stark is barren and desolate so....spot on Cecelia.
So nice to see what you were doing on Friday afternoon in Longyearbyen - and yes, how cute was Grimm with his glasses on!!! I can sense your excitement at moving into the winter season Cecilia and I completely get that! Although not such a dramatic change in the UK - we are now moving into autumn so getting the jumpers ready and stockpiling the firewood!
I bought your cookbook last week and everything looks so unique and yummy. I still have to make a recipe. Christoffer should have his own food stall with all his amazing recipes 🤩
It' so interesting to see the word "smak" in a different language, because in polish it also means taste!
@agnesskibicka
7 ай бұрын
@gabrielaturemka, hello 👋 from Poland 🇵🇱 and my channel 😊 and countryside 🏡!
@fiaclaire
7 ай бұрын
In Dutch "smak" describes a sound you make with your lips and "smakken" (which is the verb of "smak") means clapping the lips or tongue when eating and drinking!
Whenever I am watching your videos,this is what you call "Bring your own sunshine wherever you".I wanna experience life there in Svalbard but I am not sure how long could I live there.I
Love this valley and those mountains to the right with the strange triangular formations.
Hi Cecelia, I have been to Svalbard in the summer, but after watching your channel, I just booked a cruise to Svalbard in late October 2024. I want to experience the polar night you showed us. Thank you again for all of your videos.
Seeing you guys so close to that drop off, especially Grimm walking near it continually freaks me out.
It's not gloomy! Its simply divine! Here in Australia, we are 1 month into spring, so lots of windy days that are cool but the sun sure is hot when the wind isn't around. Thanks for the tip on the cheapest time of year to come to Svalbard. It's definitely on my bucketlist.
@MarcelleHechenberger-jg7pl
7 ай бұрын
Mine too. Love her videos
@notsureiL
7 ай бұрын
Australia is on my bucket list. Amazing how it is spring down under.
Your home is so beautiful in such a unique way. Not the life for everyone, but surely the life for you and Chris ❤
Visiting Svalbard is definitely a must for me. This time last year, I was on a ship touring the Antarctic and landed in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. I'm eager to see Longyearbyen so that I can add the northernmost city in the world to my bucket list.
What a beautiful peek into Svalbard living. Plus, vegan options, like the raw cake, I could totally visit one day. ❄️⚡️
Your enthusiasm and joie de vivre is contagious! Thank you for sharing it with us! You cheer me up and make me appreciate my life more. Love you so much ♥️
Wow Patti Smith played their. You so lucky
3:15 Love that food for thought for Grim 🤣🍛
Cecilia, I found you on Tic Toc and then discovered your weekly ,longer content on KZread. My husband and I LOVE your content. So restful, relaxing yet informative and seeing a different way of life. We watch you every week, just like a regular television show. 😊 OK, now to the important stuff, I Love the coat and top you are wearing at the beginning of this video!! I must have them! Lol😊😊 can you share where you got them? Thank you so much for your show, and of course we love love love Grim! ( that song about him makes me laugh out loud every time I listen!) Have a wonderful day...or should I say Polar Night?🌙 😊 Byyyyeee! ❤
The drone footage of the mountains with the buildings below looks like a negative image. The red roof of one building helps to orient that it isn't. I think I have been looking at too many negatives lately to notice this. Beautiful as always.
If all your ads were that cute no one would skip ahead!
I love how Cecilia can transfer that warm fuzzy, arctic feeling through her videography and ediiting. I wish to feel that arctic feeling soon!
Christopher is such a handsome man as well as an amazing cook. I'm so happy you both are together.
@CeciliaBlomdahl
7 ай бұрын
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Enjoyed this video. Cecilia you were in rare form in this video, lol but loved it. You show just how much you love your village when most would shy from it or possibly be less enthusiastic due to the polar nights and no sunshine. I would never think about going to a place where there is this much snow. However, you just changed my mind. The tranquility of Svalbard seems so relaxing. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us. Maybe someday my husband and I will visit with our husky in your area.
I have found brown cheese on Amazon and they deliver to me here in Peterhead 34 miles north of Aberdeen Scotland... oh happy day xxx
Really liked your extra goofy vibe thus video 'you're not in a bad mood. You're in a good mood. So, think about that for a minute' 😆. I'm gonna say that to my husband when he's cranky.
“Grim! You are PEWPING A LOT” 😂😂
I stayed up til midnight in Australia waiting for your new video! Beautiful as always. I can't get Svalbard out of my mind. Thank you Cecilia for telling us about the Ski Queen cheese, I will order some.
I’m so jealous, they way you eat so much and look so fabulous!
Just got back from Longyearbyen. By far the most magical trip of my life. Thank you for your videos!
@CeciliaBlomdahl
7 ай бұрын
SOOO glad you enjoy it! 😍🫶🏻
Short, but sweet and fun. The glimpse into village festival life & culture was a real treat (& it appears - so was the food!). I already can't wait for the next one with its winter preparations for the approaching season. You & your little family & circle of friends have truly brought Svalbard to life in a way which manages to invite the viewer into sharing its unique set of delights and challenges. And your talent both in front of & behind the camera (along with your superb narrative skills) are outstanding & just continue to get better & better.
Christopher”I don’t know what it means but it looks very Stark” LOL 😂🤣 “Stark”: severe or bare in appearance or outline.
Yay…Polar night is on it’s way! Your attitude and embrace of winter & P.N. has helped me to embrace the five months of subzero cold & darkness at 45°N 93°W. Thanks, Cecilla, Christopher & Grim(the wonder pupper)✌🏼
@tshelby5212
7 ай бұрын
So ur in Minneapolis I doubt you get sub zero temperatures there
@firstlovemusicmn
7 ай бұрын
@tshelby5212 I live in the twin cities metro, and I can assure you it gets subzero about a month out of the year. A year or two ago, it was -30 Fahrenheit with a wind chill of -60 for a few days.
@wrinklesandsprinkles
7 ай бұрын
@@tshelby5212 You’re incorrect! We have subzero (f) temps most of January and February. I’ve lived here my entire life. How long have you lived here?
@wrinklesandsprinkles
7 ай бұрын
@@firstlovemusicmn I’m sure he’s never even visited Minneapolis!!😂
@yamiletvega8780
7 ай бұрын
Scariest part is when ice/frost gets build up in the windows inside the house during sub-zero temps! michigander here 😂
Love your videos!!! Look forward to them each week. I don’t mind that the weather is gloomy. I live in Michigan. The weather is gloomy all winter here in Michigan. We measure how much we see the sun for months in minutes!!! Today is a beautiful fall day and the sun is shining but it will not stay like that. November will come soon enough and so will the gray days. Cannot wait for the Polar nights videos. I have been with you since your channel was very small and I love Polar nights!!!❤❤❤
“Cooking with Christoffer” at the Food Festival 2024??? 👍🏽💥💨 😁
Grim is so cute. What a good boy!
I have visited Svalbard twice for photography trips. I was absolutely enchanted by the village and atmosphere. I hung out in a cafe/ yarn shop, a coffee shop, and loved the general store, mall area. Everyone was welcoming and kind. Watching your videos makes me want to return for a longer stay. I love your posts!
We enjoy you and Christoffer and Grim too Cecelia ( from Ottawa, Canada). We are travelling now but when home one of the first things we will do is search for your newly posted videos! Thank you for your positive vibes. You all feel like friends of ours! ( my sister from BC visited recently and now she is a fan too! Lol )
Svalbard is beautiful in shades of gray!
My favorite part of every weekend is a new video from you. Thank you for sharing your amazing life with us. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Grim in glasses is too adorable!!! I love your videos. It's so interesting to learn more about your polar small town
Breathtaking winter land views..
Grim in glasses is the best!
I love the blue tint on the almost monochrome drone view.
I've been watching the coverage from Isreal . You , friend are a much needed mental meditation. Thank you for sharing your serinty .
I would absolutely love to come to Svalbard! Every week I tell my husband I’m going to my cozy place.
Cecilia, I happened upon your channel and I totally LOVE it! Thank you Cecilia, Christoffer and Grim for sharing your lives with us! You live in such a unique and beautiful place on earth!!!!❤
To me, it is beautiful--stunningly beautiful--no matter the weather, the cloudiness, or the season. I live in northern Michigan, so I love winter, and your scenery is simply breathtaking. God bless you, Christopher, and Grim. Stay safe and warm, and I cannot wait to see your next video. Many thanks.
I love it when it is like this in your videos, I don’t find it stark or gloomy but kind of comforting and enveloping, like a big artic hug! ☺️
"Sarma" is a traditional food in my home country, Romania (I guess in all Eastern Europe &Turkey). With every video I watch on your channel I am one step closer to buying a plane ticket to Svalvard 😂❤
This is gorgeous! A couple days ago, it was 28c here in Oregon....in OCTOBER!!!! It's cooled down to normal temps now.
I'm not sure how I stumbled upon your page, but I am absolutely loving your videos! Such beautiful scenery, it looks so peaceful. I would love to see the Northern Lights in person.
I’d love to see places that, for me, would make Svalbard “homelike”. The two that come to mind would be any churches and definitely the library.
Svalbard is so beautiful! Always love your drone footage!
Your such a trick Cecilia.....love this Video and yummy food. Incredible beauty in this place. You, Christoffer and Grim are so happy and content....rare these days! 😊❤xxoo
Love the visit to town, and Grimm is the most handsome spokesman ever!
Grim being the goodest boy ever puts such a huge smile on my face!
Grim looked very studious in his glasses, good to see he takes his job seriously.
Beautiful just beautiful, no other words can describe svalbard😍 One day i will live there!
Your videos bring me endless joy and i find them so therapeutic. Thanks for being yourselves Christofer, Cecilia and Grim❤
I remember it was the beginning of Polar Night 2022 when I started following this channel. So lovely to have come around full circle on Svalbard, and so eager to go around again 😌
Cecilia, it’s always great to see Christoffer and Grimm in your videos. Grimm in those glasses was cute 🥰
I can't believe it's been almost exactly 1 year since I was in Longyearbyen! I will have to come back one day in the summer.
Just loving the content. It's amazing to see what a lovely community you have around you.
6:32 Christopher should have a table/booth set up!
I only visited Longyearbyen for 3 days back in April, but I absolutely loved it...I so want to go back one day.
Cecilia + Christoffer = Couple goals! Seriously the perfect balance for each other!
I'm always surprised at how fast Cecilia's videos go by. Great scenery, great content.
Every video i fall in love even more with svalbard i cannot wait to visit
I get cold just watching your videos. It’s wonderful that you love where you live. I love my mild winters, forests, and farmlands of my rural Indiana USA.
I look forward to your new videos on Sundays. I watch & drink my coffee. And, yes, I love coffee too.