The Road Trip of a Lifetime | Kystriksveien Van Life Norway
Had you heard about this coastal road trip that takes you all the way to the arctic circle, past craggy mountains and white sand beaches? Highway 17 from Steinkjer to Bodø one of the most scenic drives in the world. It's 670km long and includes 6 ferry crossings! National Geographic have cited it as one of the 101 most scenic drives in the world! Today we explore Torghatten and sleep under the Seven Sisters (De syv søstre).
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Who are we? 💁🏼♀️
We're Tom and Iz, who live and travel in our van La Bamba. We love nature and are currently traveling in Norway!!
You might find Tom in the forest IDing a mushroom, fixing something or starting an ambitious project with his laid-back relaxed approach whereas you could find Isabel cooking up a storm, sunning herself on a beach and being a busy, energetic bee with her endless enthusiasm and positivity! We are total opposites but it works!
How did we end up here?! 😁 ⏮
We met 10 years ago when we were both finishing our A-levels and had a whirlwind summer romance, hitch-hiking around France together before before going our separate ways to travel and to university. We've both always prioritised travel and adventure and have worked hard over the years in hospitality jobs to enable us to keep exploring.
Tom hitch-hiked across Europe and road tripped around Australia whilst Iz studied Environmental Science at York. Iz backpacked around South America with her sister whilst Tom studied Forestry at Aberdeen University. Little did we know we just weren't going to get each other out of our minds! Fast forward 4 years later, we found ourselves in campsite warden jobs, living in a bell tent in a wild flower meadow together! Maybe without realising this was the start of our van life journey!
Next, we both trained to be science teachers and during training, we bought a van, ripped out it's interior and converted it to live in it. Iz managed to get a remote work-from-home job that she could do from the van and Tom was passionate about starting up a KZread channel.
Since then we haven't looked back and when the pandemic allowed us to, we travelled to Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and around Cornwall. We are now on a big European road trip! We are giving it our best shot to do KZread full time. We have a dream of one day owning a little plot of land and building ourselves a cabin in the woods. If you're new around here you can check out our previous videos; we've been uploading weekly videos for the last 9 months and are currently releasing DAILY VIDEOS.
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“You’re not Gandalf” love the Tom’s Cornish humour 👍🏻 High praise from a Devonian 🤣🤣
Best channel, best adventurers and Barry's is the best cuppa, love from Ireland 🍀💚🍀
This is the best advertisement Norway can get. Brits driving along our beautiful coast. Thanks
Welcome to Sandnessjøen which i live nearby ! Drive carefully, the coastroad is very narrow, next ferries for you is Levang/Nesna, Kilboghamn/Jektvik and Ågskardet/Forøy, then there is no ferries all the way to up to Saltstraumen and Bodø. Saltstraumen is the strongest maelstrom in the world, Bodø is a nice city in this part of the year! Seeing you, a young couple on such a drive/trip through some of the nicest parts of Europe and Norway is probably the most romantic things i can imagine, i wish you perfect luck forever !
I just recently found your vlog but the two of you seem so happy that you bring joy to those of us who are watching, Thank you
Keep going. 100k subs Playbutton in the Van in no-time :)
I’m lovin the daily vlogs. You guys are really becoming quite the professional tour guides and also it’s educational but not in a we know it all kinda a way. Really great job!
Thomas and Isabel are just getting better, everyday. Awesome. I like their educated explanations. The marvellous two, found in transit.
@orapronobis2149
Жыл бұрын
May 4 2023: Enjoying your videos so very much. So, interesting how overseas, I live in Maryland, there are so many spots that you have shared through your travels that use the honor system in donating and using what is there. The hole in that mountain is huge. I agree how does something stand the test of time. Glad it does for so many to enjoy. I am now exploring areas to do day walks. I bought a walking stick to assist. Although 69 years of age and I am very active with teen grandchildren and their living with us. Isabele you are always prepared in your videos as you do the walks, hikes to have food! Cheers on many more journey’s. Your format is the best and I cannot get enough.
We have a native Irish Aspen in our garden, it makes the most beautiful sound! It's by fair my favorite tree in the garden, turns a fabulous colour in autumn too!
I live here and the area is a kayaking paradise😊
That spectacular cave-tunnel was formed by the sea, but is now a 100m or so above the sea level - that's because at the end of the ice age when the snow cap melted and the weight of all those km thickness of ice was gone, so the surface of the earth started to boing back up above sea level (geological term, boing!) and is still boinging to this day! By the way Izzy, I brought a box of lovely Barry Tea back from Ireland too. Half way through it already! 🫖😋
Cliffhanger ending, did you like the Barrys tea ! :D
Can’t thank you guys enough for taking me to places I can no no longer access ♿️ #VicariousLiving . Love all the technical, scientific, historical info & the mythical stories too. Gives your location so much more relevance.
You need to take a left at Stokkvågen on the ferry out to Træna. The most spectacular place around there.
Ah good aul Barrys Tea enjoy and you still have your Guinness mug. Thank you I really am enjoying your road trip and I watch daily.
Norway deffo on my bucket list,great video guys,still laughing at your Gandalf comment Tom,brilliant 😄 😀
Day 26 in paradise 💗💗💗💗
As a norwegian its nice to get to explore norway through your eyes haha
What a drive and I laughed out loud at ‘why are you talking like that, your not Gandalf’🤣🤣 your both so natural and doing a vlog every day must be so time consuming but it’s great to watch 👏🏻👏🏻
Great video, I've been entertained and educated, what more do I need?.....Happy travels guys!
Every video, I always think, this is the absolute best place, I have to go here someday! But would never be able to do all of the hiking you young people do 😅 Norway is so fabulous! 🙂Looking forward to the next one.
Good video job. Bundles of energy. Thank you.
My favourite KZread subscription. Thanks guys, you’re the last thing I watch before I go to sleep.
Love your vlogs, we look forward to watching them. My wife wondered why Izzy wears white trousers so often when you live outdoors so much?!
@LostInTransit
2 жыл бұрын
We don’t have much choice in our wardrobe, hahaha. We wear all our clothes a lot. Our wardrobe does change fairly often as we like to shop in and donate to charity shops
Still following since leaving Ireland.Still love the content
I am always very envious when I watch your videos! The scenery looks stunning and you guys are living the dream, fair play to be both for taking the chance and going for it! 😎👍🍀
The scenery is fantastic Have a great weekend Tom & Isobel..👍🍀
Lovely to see you cruise through the areas where my family comes from, and headed to my hometown of Bodø. Feel free to reach out if you want any tips on what to do there, though I am sure you've already read about Saltstraumen, Kjerringøy and the quick hike up Keiservarden (on the sherpa steps) :)
just say 1st thing that comes to mind izzy thats why we love you lol another great vlog
On May 6th 1988, during approach to the airport, Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into the Torghatten Mountain. All the 36 people onboard was killed.
Each new video reveals even more spectacular Norwegian scenery.
Torghatten is amazing, Our family owns an island with hytter and has direct view towards it :)
Delighted to see the old Tom and Is again. You two have definitely got your Mojo back xx
Amazing views and stunning mountains . The seven sisters mountains are so beautiful.
I didn't think it was possible to better the scenery from your previous days in Norway but this one has it all. The drone shots are spectacular, as are the beaches. Incredible 👍
Again this is stunning viewing, thanks.
Hello from Ireland, we love how you keep referring back to your trip around Ireland.. we love tea here too. You have sold Norway to us.. I’m definitely going! Thank you for the daily blogs.. 💛
Wow! My parents are from this region and you hit upon all the major points here. Torghatten (and the legends of Helgeland, if I may add) the incredible beaches, shallow waters. In places you can swim for ages in normal pool depth water and then finally the Aspen. In my mother's childhood she grew so accustomed to this tree that she had to bring some to her new home to hear that familiar sound.
Hi Iz Tom,I have been watching all of the quick blogs it it’s been wonderful to see you both in different places most enjoyable,like the story about the seven sisters mountains I wonder how true this is mmm 😋 what a beautiful country Norway 🇳🇴 is thank you for showing all the lovely places,till next time take care keep yourself safe,John 🤗🤩👀🌹😆😋🇳🇴😜👏🤝👍🥰🥰
Hi, soooo absolutely beautiful country, a great day, thanks for it all. Love your sense of adventure and curiosity of everything about you. Lovin' it xx
Wonderful as ever. Thanks Tom and Isobel.
Amazing mountain having a tunnel. Looking pretty beautiful from afar.
Feel like you guys have your mojo back! Love watching your videos xx Ps Barry's tea isn't posh you must have been in an expensive shop! It is good tea though.
Can't beat Barry's!
Nice video guys as ever..and glad to see you appreciate Barry's 🍵 tea..a leftover from Ireland 🇮🇪 i presume! Amazing scenery too. Cheers, Steve
loving the views from all the ferry crossings the sisters mountains look amazing cant wait for the climb ;) lol
Oy, give my tea back!
Love seeing all the beautiful places that you visit, and Norway is on my bucket list, so thank you for a little "online travels" with you guys. Great editing btw. Enjoy Barry's 😉 greetings from Ireland ☘
@agehellander8419
2 жыл бұрын
Don't come to Norway. Go to Sweden, Denmark or Finland. There is endless forest and no wies or mountains at all. Norway is not for bored and lazy people. If you care to sit in a camper van and look at fake Sámi People and a immaginary Santa. Then Finland must be the obvious choice. Not Norway were everything is authentich. We are not living in a immaginary country. Think about that, before you come here.
just found your channel.. i live in that town at the edge of the 7 sisters:-)
You can't beat a cup of Barry's tea it's the best 😃
For your next trip to this beautiful area, you might consider visiting Træna. They have a similar cave on an island, although it doesn't punch a hole through the mountain. There is an annual music festival at Træna, which I'm told is the most amazing event you could attend. I haven't been myself.
Love you 2 x
Looking forward to watching the episode about my home town, Bodø :D
Very wise to be drinking Barry’s the best ❤️
Unbelievable journey you are on. Bon voyage mates.
Stunningly beautiful scenery.😲👍😊
Also, freakishly, a few decades ago, a family had seven sisters with the middle ones being twins like the mountains! What are the odds of that? Tjøtta, coincidentally, is famous for a Viking (Hårek fra Tjøtta)who fought in the battle of Stiklestad leading the army which killed Olav the Holy.
People can be divided between 'Barry's' and 'Lyons' tea. I always buy Lyons red label ... probably just because my Nanna did 🙈
Everyone likes Barry’s!
We are also heading for the Artic circle, probably about a week behind you. We have a large bag of Barrys tea in the van if you run out.
Thank you so much for an enjoyable video..
Awesome vlog guys. Stunning views.
Yeah! Go Barry's tea! Isobel, can you tell me where you got that blue roll neck jumper that you have on going through the hole in the mountain? Thanks for the upload :)
Looks absolutely incredible, great drone shots, for a split second I thought you were gonna fly it through that giant hole in the mountain rock ahha. So impressed with the dailies!! Takes some serious stamina to keep them up, we were knackered by the end of our two months, but then you weirdly miss them haha.
@LostInTransit
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I didn’t realise you did two months!!! 😳 It is tough going, There are actually lots of bits I prefer to weekly vlogs, we might do like 2-3 vlogs a week after this challenge, not sure yet, but would be nice to have a day off every now and then. I tried to fly through the hole but it lost gps and suddenly decided to fly to the right very fast of its own accord, so decided it wasn’t worth it
Lovely scenery as per usual. Did a quick search for a stave church which you mentioned yesterday. very impressive. Are they only in the south of Norway? Don't think I have had Barry's Tea before but you can't beat Nambarrie, Yorkshire Tea or Lapsang Souchong Tea.
@nor-wayking6757
2 жыл бұрын
A total of 2,000 stave churches have probably been built in Norway, if not more. Around 1350, there were probably just under 1,000 stave churches in the country. Today there are only 28 stave churches left. Most are located in the inner part of Eastern Norway and in the inner fjord areas of Western Norway.
@CharlesCollins
2 жыл бұрын
@@nor-wayking6757 Thank you for your reply
@KINGKONG-jc7xh
2 жыл бұрын
I'm from cork I hate tea but Barry's is the best ,it's made in cork aswell further up north you go especially Dublin the woukd be Lyons tea drinkers
@catepearce2138
2 жыл бұрын
Yorkshire tea is king, of course. I'm not biased of course, ha ha
Barry’s tea is the best
Beautiful
How does Tom know so much about trees??? Very cool
@LostInTransit
2 жыл бұрын
I have a degree in forestry
@charlie_robin
2 жыл бұрын
@@LostInTransit that’s awesome very interesting stuff you talk about!
Great video guys, just found you.....really good content.
Enjoyed this one ☝️
It’s amazing 😻
Again, thanks a lot taking us with you. I am sure you read about the myth of the hole in the Torghatten. You will get the real caribean feeling at Ramberg and Haukeland Beach. Enjoy your roadtrip of lifetime which it is definetely. Follow the tourist signs on the lofoten and you will not be disappointed. On Senja you will find the golden toilett for sure. On the Vesteralen you have to goo and visit Myre and on the way to Stö you will pass the village "Klo" which is the abbreviation for saying toilett in german language. Be always prepared to get stuck on the road by lazy sheeps lay down on the heated asphalt. If you havent seen an elk yet just look for them very early morning right after sunrise when the come out of the woods crossing the grasland and going to nearby flat shores to eat seawheat cos these provide a lot of salt to them. This can happen also in late evenings. Be aware in early morning driving, those elks are massive and can appear suddenly in front of you. Also take care when they are focused running back into the woods, they even dont take care of cars.
0:47 tom sounding like he just touched down in shagaluf
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Barry’s Tea 🇮🇪 in a Guinness cup
Hi Guys , never mind about the road trip of a Lifetime . did you get a jubilee clip after lol . stunning enjoy .
I genuinely taught it was only Ireland that had amazing and green country side
@torernning8652
2 жыл бұрын
Norway, Sweden and Finland is full of it.
Gandalizzy.
I've seen the hatchet by the door a couple of times but only just realised what it means. You're being held captive by a crazy woman! Thought it might be the other way around at first but we've all heard about Amber and Johnny so if you need rescue tell us about arctic botany in your sober Cap'n Jack voice while asking where the rum is. We'll get the message. In the meantime, stay strong...
Hey folks, another great video of lovely Norway! Sorry to ask a mundane question, but what do you about clothes washing? I don't recall you saying anything about this.
Is the water too cold for the bathing suit swims?? A true geographic intro for the hole in the mountain @ 1:50. hehe
I'm pretty sure thats not quaking aspen. I hate being that "yeah but" commenter, buuut, I grew up at elevation in colorado and those leaves you showed aren't quaking aspen. The serrations are practically lobes. Quaking aspen have very fine serration like a japanese handsaw. What you showed is maybe big tooth aspen? I dunno, just a guess, I don't know a lot about european trees. We have more common poplars at lower elevation (like 6k feet) and they make a ton of noise too. I can hear my neighbors poplar from 2 houses down. Anyway, I'm not an expert, but I majored in dendrology for a couple of years before I figured out it wasn't for me.
@LostInTransit
2 жыл бұрын
As far as I’m aware we only have a single species of aspen in Europe sometimes called european aspen, aspen trembling aspen or quaking aspen. This gets confusing when the americas have more nuanced names, that’s why it’s usually better to rely on the Latin, this is Populus tremula (larger lobes) I think the saw tooth one you are talking about is Populus tremuloides
@VanInhalin
2 жыл бұрын
@@LostInTransit yes you're right. I should spend more time being a better listener and less time being a better beer drinker. Anyway, I enjoy the show. I've seen most of ur vids. 😁
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Please let us know what you think of Barry's tea. The future of my subscription to this channel depends on it. Yes, it's that serious!
Nice
Cúpan tae 🇮🇪👌
Great videoes. How good is the mobile coverage up there?
How was the Barry's??
Well? How was the tea?
Are the ferries expensive to take and do you have to take them rather than drive up north?
👍 for Lyons 👎 for Barrys
So, how was the Barry's tea ?
Lovely guys, apart from the fart at the start
So fun fact Tom and everyone else. Recently they've actually found a new largest living organism (area based aspen still rules in mass) in Australia! Posidonia australis a type of seagrass that covers around 200 square kilometres. And before that technically a fungi held the title, though now Posidonia australis has taken both the title of largest living plant and organism.
second largest mabi? new data shows the largest living organism may actually be a parasitic honey fungus called armillaria solidipes found in a national forest in Oregon spanning 2,200 acre's estimated to be 2400 years old!
@LostInTransit
2 жыл бұрын
I think the aspen still takes the title if you do it by weight. Apparently there is a sea grass forest in Australia I hadn’t heard about as well. Love these organisms that stretch the idea of individual like this, very cool
@aaronjames0587
2 жыл бұрын
@@LostInTransit if you do it by weight I think you're probably right!. I'm going to have a look at the sea grass I've not heard about it so will definitely check that out. you should listen to Joe Rogan's podcast with Paul Stamets. he's a mycologist. very interesting conversation especially his theory on honey bee decline and it's link to fungus. might help get you through your next long drive!
No Barrys review??! I'm very disappointed
She. Doesn’t look like Gandalf!
Enjoy the arctic mosquitoes
@nor-wayking6757
2 жыл бұрын
lol
Another fabulous Vlog...🚐👏👏 Just home to the Midlands from a wet and windy Sligo. Visited Rosses Point knowing you'd been there. Mmmmm Barry's.🤔😂