The Backpack I use 👉 rb.gy/n5ztoy

This reminds me: To anyone travelling to Scandinavia (or Svalbard), never buy water, you can drink excellent water straight from the tap everywhere.

This is my absolute #1 bucket list trip! I know I'll never be able to go, but I am so glad that you took us with you! Thanks again 😊

In music there is a category "easy listening" , Tims channel is the video version "easy viewing" to me. Love it.

My absolute dream trip, I even had it booked until covid cancelled the trip, so thanks for finally getting me here! Only 10 mins in so far but loving it mate!

Hi Tim, love your videos! What I love most when watching your content is that you’re very relatable, and don’t exaggerate everything, or too high energy like a lot of other youtubers, and you’re so easy to watch. Me and my fiancée love watching your videos, and it’s pretty obvious that your channels going to be huge one day, just keep being you.

Putting milk in with the teabag still in the cup? Absolute madman.

I worked at the airport in Svalbard for two months - it was a super fun experience living in Svalbard. It is a special place with lots of history and interesting knicks and knacks. This video was a fun throwback 🫶🏼

So glad I started watching you back in March! Got to be honest this year and particularly the last 3 months have been tough for me but your videos never fail to make me smile and it’s great to see all these places I would perhaps never usually see thanks to you. Hope you, Gaby, Holly and Thumps have a great Christmas 🎄☃️

I will probably never make it to Svalbard, but I'm so fascinated by the remote-yet-warm feel of the town at night. What a modern miracle that I can get an idea of the feeling through your videos! Thanks for taking us with you, Tim.

I visited Longyearbyen/Svalbard earlier this year. It was absolutely amazing. I loved my 3 days stay there.

love the travel day vlog bits! also this video warmed my heart and gave me hope to hold onto on these cold and dull days. it’s not the daylight that makes somewhere cosy, it’s the whole vibe i guess. keep more wintery travel videos coming

Thank you for taking us along!! Soo beautiful!!

Great video Tim. Thanks for taking the time to share some information on the place, makes it more interesting 👌🏻

Hi Tim. I love the cosy feel of the room and the reception area.

What a great relaxing trip. Christopher seemed to really enjoy himself. Laughing and smiling.

Looks like you had such amazing time there Tim with an adventure, really love the sound how the hot tub and the sauna was included in your hotel.

Just wanted to say I love your narration, it's so professional and smooth sounding!

Interesting experience. Landing on a snowy runway! 🌨🌨❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄

Tim, your videos take me to places I’ve always wanted to go, but will never have the opportunity. So thank you and stay safe on your journeys.

Awesome, and such a unique place to visit. Thank you for showing us these amazing locations, you've worked so hard, I hope you get to enjoy some time off over the Christmas period x

I absolutely hate the cold but this place looks so intriguing I want to go here!

Hats off to the pilot, for landing that plane like a boss 👏 🙌 👍🏼 😎

Thanks for the tour. Really enjoyed it.

Love the bag! I almost always travel with just a backpack. It’s not always an option, but it’s so freeing when it is. Such an interesting trip! Thank you for taking us along with you,

Wow, I loved that. I do prefer the snowy places to the hot ones ❄️

Wonderful to see this again. I went there in 2018 and stayed in the same hotel. The rooms, bar and breakfast room look the same, but the reception looks like it has been refurbished. The buildings were actually built for the Lillehammer Winter olympics in 1994 and moved here to make this hotel after the games. I was quite surprised when I stayed there that if you book a room in the suites (I didn't) they were actually in a separate building opposite so you had to go outside to get to the hotel facilities which I thought was odd. Your journey seemed convoluted. When I did it you could do it both ways in a day which is what I did. I did Heathrow to Oslo then Oslo to Longyearbyen (both on SAS) and the same in reverse. Like on your trip the flight stopped in Tromso on the way too. The reason for this is Svalbard is actually outside Schengen (in fact I think technically there is no immigration there at all and anyone can go there without even a passport, if you can find a way to get there). Hence you have to go through customs at Tromso to leave Norway again I believe. As to the no gun sign in the shop, in Svalbard it is a legal requirement to have a gun with you (and various other equipment such as a locator beacon) if you go outside of the towns or at least one person in your party has to (hence tour guides will have a gun if you go on any tours). Hence most residents have guns. The Radisson Blu there used to have a gone cabinet near the shoe racks for that reason, not sure if it still does. The town looks much as I remember it but not sure if that big CoOp was there. I went in the summer, so had 24 hour daylight, but the snow was still on the tops of the mountains there. I shall be interested in seeing if you go on any excursions. I took a trip to Ny Alesund. I think this is actually the most northerly town in the world and it's where most expeditions to the North Pole set off from. There is a statue of Roald Amundsen there, who set off from there, as well a shop. Though it's mostly a research town. I had to go there by boat (it's about 3 hours each way I seem to remember) because there are no roads, but I think the sea ice would make it impossible in the winter. Also went Barentsburg and on a walking trip (but that is a Russian settlement, so it may not be possible now) and up to the mountains behind Longyearbyen (even in the summer, crampons and snow shoes required). Didn't see any polar bears though but did see the reindeer wandering in the town as you did , as well as Walruses. I would love to go back and hope to do so.l I had an amazing time there, it is quite literally like nowhere else on earth. Also the tour guide to Ny Alesund was excellent and very friendly so learnt a lot from her. Thank you so much for sharing this. It is wonderful to see it there again and to see what it is like in winter!

I’m so glad you showed the flights, how you get to Svalbard… love it!

Hi Tim, so good that you share experience from visiting such a cold world´s end. I´d not bother going there but thank to you I can visit it wile sitting in my warm living room. Great thanks!

Thank you for sharing your trip. And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!😊😊😊

Room looks very cosy indeed, and brekkie looks alright!

Thoroughly enjoyed this Tim, thanks. Interesting journey/travel day coverage, and then such an interesting and unusual location. Really gave a sense of joining you on the adventure, without having to even leave the sofa! I hope you get some time off from making videos and travelling all over the place over the festive period at least. And maybe then you can take it a bit easier for a while and do some more of your UK hotel videos (my absolute favourites) for a while!🙂

Wonderful stuff, I love it when you do these sort of places most of us are very unlikely to ever be able to go to, that hotel looked wonderful as well, the hot tub just topped it off!

Excellent video! This is fascinating. I've heard of "polar routes" or the "great circle route" for flights but I have never thought about actually flying close enough to the North Pole and something as every day as hotels there. Happy, safe travels and Happy Holidays!🥂

Wow Tim, thank you so much for sharing this with us all! ⭐ Merry Christmas to you and you're family xxx

Omg what an amazing adventure...jealous. thanks for sharing your journeys.. u do inspire

One of my fave videos of yours Tim. I've always been intrigued and wanted to visit. I like that your videos are down to earth and show everything realistically. Anyway, can't wait to watch the next part! X

This video popped up on my suggestions, so I watched and I must say, I truly liked it. You're very informative, always good to learn new things and I love to learn about travel and different ways around the world and places. Your speaking voice is calm and good, keeps you listening. I will subscribe to your channel now. Oh and...It looked like the lady at 12:08 had shoes on!! Lol

One day you'll need to land and take off during a blizzard and minus 30° f from Minneapolis St. Paul International. It's an everyday thing; just as it is in the Scandinavian countries.

Thanks for sharing Tim!

What an awesome trip! Thanks for posting this!

Fantastic Tim, as ever. Loved this. You definitely deserve a break over xmas. 🎉 x

Tim, a really GREAT and extreme venture, that again brought lots of smiles to me and your myriad of other fans! You are fantastic and really transforming the average person toward feeling as if they are right there with you!! Keep up the fantastic work (hope you, Gaby, Thumps, and all feeling better & 100% for Christmas!!)

love the vid man, keep it up snowy

Loved this. Fascinating place and pretty epic journey too.

Even for me as a Norwegian, this is pretty exotic. I love your vlogs from hotels everywhere, and it makes me want to travel more 🙂 I should definitely take a trip to Svalbard!

Hi guys,merry Christmas,all of you,all the best 🎅🌲🎅

ONE OF THE MOST COOL VIDEOS I HAVE EVER WATCHED. THANKS A LOT

Ŵhere is your back pack. You didnt have it when you walked. Thanks for sharing your trip with us.

Love the hotel room, yes a little more simple probably modules build elsewhere and just put together.

Nice luggage area, Nice big TV, Nice luggage rack, nice little desk, idea idea to embed in the desk, nice chair, nice desk here, very nice comfy chair, nice place to relax, nice little leather tray (very nice!), nice little kettle, really nice suede headboard, nice little bit of historic information, underfloor heating….nice! 😂 did make me laugh Tim - I think you found lots nice about the room!

Loved this Vlog..darkness all day wow! What an experience Tim.

I have stayed at the Radison Blue in Hamburg and in Zurich. Both were very pleasant experiences. The rooms were comfy and cozy and the staff were very helpful. Thank you for sharing your experience.

It was a very good travel day blog today chilling out and staying in

Amazing. Very interesting. Thanks! Love the polar bear at the breakfast! He looks like he’s been there all night and is hung over….😂😂😂

What a majestic place! The Main Street there with all the businesses is so beautiful. Thinking of taking my dad somewhere like this as he’s getting older and we’ve always enjoyed doing guy trips to places. He loves places like Norway, Sweden, Iceland and all those countries. This seems like a solid option!

Really enjoyed that video Tim. Thank you!

Flew into Reykjavik last year right at the tail end of their massive blizzard, and it was a little bit of a white-knuckler, but those Icelandair pilots were amazing. Quite possibly the smoothest touchdown I'd ever experienced. They also had the same smooth landing on the return flight. Very impressed. Also found it strange that in such a Northern climate, there's no inside walkway from the landing site to the main terminal. You have to go outside and grab a shuttle bus. You expect a bit of an outdoor airport on Oahu or Fiji, but not in Iceland or Norway

yap as I worked for Radisson Blu , they have the same standards of course! England, Uk for sure, Austria, Germany , etc

Great video Tim, Happy Holidays!

Watching for the first time. Really very good. Well done. Very informative.

Oslo always reminds me of Onslow from Keeping up Appearances lol.. great video 👍

Amazing review yet again Tim. :) thanks for taking us with you… Although, I feel you need a warmer coat and a hat for these cold, snowy places!

WOW! Looks comfortable and fascinating-hot tub, sauna, plush linen, breakfast, and all!

I’m so happy I’m found your channel. You show the amazing sights and sounds of places I’ll probably never go. Keep doing it 😂❤❤❤

Good to see what's changed since I was doing a bit of work there over 15 years ago. The bedrooms have at the Radisson have had a serious upgrade! They were very utilitarian back when I was there. The pub/restaurant in the hotel seems much the same. Up the valley on the other side of town is a sort of town hall that had a serious night club going on inside, but also a tiny restaurant called Huset with the most amazing wine list at astonishingly reasonable prices.

That coziness you like is called hygge

I would LOVE to visit there, it looks fantastic! the reindeer! what a bucket list place.

just found your channel and I love it. Thank you. I subscribed.

Looks like an amazing trip, Tim. Great hotel as well. This has to be on my bucket list. I don’t think £146 per night is bad with breakfast and jacuzzi etc especially where it is!

Hi Tim! I’ve been watching you for almost a year now, and I can honestly say I always look forward to new Tim video! Your editing is so good, and videos are really fun to watch and so informative so thank you. Merry Christmas! 🎉

Congratulations to you both, so well deserved. Keep up the great work , all the best for 2024 🎉

great video Tim, very enjoyable, well done Sir.

One thing you didn't mention, there is no tax on beer in Spitsbergen so beer is around the same price as the UK. We went there around 0 years ago, from Southampton on the QE2. We ended up at the hotel you stayed in. It's a wonderful place. Thanks for the video, cant wait for the next one.

WOW Tim that's some commitment mate taking all those flights to get to this hotel €35 euro 😮 lovely place! Would love to visit one day. Until then thanks Tim

Amazing video again Tim looks fantastic hope you and your family have a great Christmas and a happy new year xx

Wow what a fantastic place & thanks Tim 🤗Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to & your family 🎅🎄🥳

3 flights from the UK to get to Tromso ? Nice for the adventure, but there is also a direct Norwegian flight from Gatwick to Tromso in 3.5 hours.

🤔 me thinks are you in Svalbard.. Lots of Northern Lights on show as, Polar Night

Thanks for showing this, I sell trips to Svalbard & they stay at the Radisson Blu hotel, for the summer time though, good to see how it is and in wintertime !

I LOVE all your vlogs !!!!!!!

Cant wait 😂

As a long time watcher of both you and Cecilia Blomdahl it was very surreal to see you in Longyearbyen 😯 The hotel wasn't bad at all. To be honest I would have gone in October or April, that way you get both day and night so you can fully appreciate the stunning scenery as well as the Northern lights ✨ 😊 By the way Tromso is pronounced Trom-ser

Loved this! I hope to visit also. SAS is one of my favorite airlines.

I watch videos from Cecilia in Svalbard ! Love the polar night videos

awesome! more svalbard please!

Really looking forward to this one!!!!

Fab hot tub..great stream..ty for sharing Tim🎉

I would love to go here, think this is my favourite so far 😍😍 great vid

Why don't you believe in hats or scarfs?

Love the fact that he did the hugggge hot tub person count! 😂 👌🏼

Amazing video. It brings back memories of my visit there in November 2022, also during the polar night. The skies were purple at 10am. I also dined at the pub at the Radisson and had a reindeer steak if I remember correctly which was nice. I stayed uptown in the hostel in Nybyen. I would love to be back for the midnight sun.

Walks into front reception Immediately sees a woman wearing her shoes lol

There’s “snow” doubt that the polar bear is their mascot for their football team! 🐻‍❄️ ⚽️ 😂

Hello and thank you for this lovely video! We stayed in the Radisson in Tromso around the same time. This brought back lots of good memories. I’m still impressed with the beautiful decorations everywhere. Next time skip the detour through Arlanda and take the direct Oslo to LHR.

Enjoying the walk.

Love this video. Great filming and commentary. A trip to Svalbard is definitely something I'd love to do. Considering the nature of the hotel, £146 for a night/breakfast/sauna seems a reasonable deal. Trosmo/Tromso made me laugh :) Any plans to redo this in the Midnight Sun?

Absolutely amazing! The journey of getting there is an adventure in itself. Very reasonable cost for the hotel, I thought. Without a doubt, an incredible experience, and really appreciate being able to share this experience with you, from the warmth of home! It is somewhere I think you would consider visiting twice, summer and winter, to experience both total darkness and total daylight. (I don't expect that polar bear had a passport!)

Menino, não consigo parar de assistir seus videos hahhaa muito bom. Mais uma inscrita!

Another fantastic video the fact there’s a raddison blu in the artic is mind blowing 🤯