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I'm rejoining the rails
for another epic adventure.
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Are you excited? Who wouldn't be?
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I'm travelling around the globe
again, riding some of the most
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legendary trains in the world...
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..to experience more
spectacular railways.
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Look at this place.
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From the Arctic Circle...
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..to the glorious Andes...
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..and the half of Europe...
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Isn't it fantastic?
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It's just a ticket hall.
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..to the edge of America.
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Oh, oh, oh. This is amazing!
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And I'll venture off the tracks to
discover awe-inspiring places...
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England!
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..extraordinary people...
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Hey. Oh.
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..and unforgettable experiences.
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Staggering, isn't it?
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This time my journey starts in
Scandinavia, a place I've always
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been fascinated by.
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It feels like they've got the
best of everything - the food,
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the clean living, the social care.
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But do they really get it
right all the time?
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There's got to be more to it
than flat-packed furniture
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and open sandwiches.
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I'm on my way to Narvik now,
which is in the Arctic Circle.
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It's the furthest north I'm going
to go on this entire journey.
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I wonder what it's like...
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I wonder how people
deal with the cold.
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I wonder what the animals are like.
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HORN BLOWS
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Oh.
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After Narvik, I'll be travelling
down the length of Scandinavia
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to Denmark and continue
on into continental Europe,
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where I'll end my journey
in Hamburg.
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Due to Norway's spectacular scenery,
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which is not exactly an easy
landscape to build railways,
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the first line's construction began
in 1851, which is relatively late
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compared to the rest of Europe.
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Now there's well over
4,000 kilometres of track
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across the country.
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The Arctic Circle.
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I'm not sure if this is quite what
I'd imagined - a bit colder maybe,
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couple of penguins on the
platform with suitcases.
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In fact, the most remarkable thing
so far is that they've got
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a banana-coloured station.
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Apparently, this is actually
the most populated Arctic region
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in the world.
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Well, it doesn't feel
that populated, especially
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when you get out of town.
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WOLF HOWLS
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These forests are home to
some of the Arctic Circle's
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fiercest predators.
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And I'm on a mission to find them.
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But it's not really advised
to wander off looking for them
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by yourself.
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In this series,
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I've spent an awful lot of my time
surrounded by people, but now
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the last station is way behind me.
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I really feel like I'm in the wild.
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And things are about to
get even wilder.
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We're going to meet wolves.
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So first of all, when we walk in,
we will have our hands
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up like this to protect
ourselves, because the wolves
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really want to say hello.
They'll jump up? Yeah.
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And then we sit down with one knee
on the ground like this.
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Will they bite me? Eh, they can.
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If they bite, you just have to
sit completely still.
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Me or Anita will come
and help you.
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Can I say "Ow"? No. No?
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If you say "ouch",
you're like a squeaking toy
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and then they will only
push even harder.
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Just take the pain.
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So I have to put on this.
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Ramona is a wolf expert here at
Polar Park, where they specialise
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in familiarising wolves with humans.
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Now you're wolf-proof.
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Ready to see the wolves?
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There's a Norwegian word...
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I don't know if I'm pronouncing
this right. Is it "gruglede"?
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Yeah. It's how I feel now.
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It's like a combination
of terror and excitement.
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I think the wolves are just excited.
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Yeah, great.
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As long as they're not hungry.
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LAUGHTER
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Wolves can weigh up to
70 kilos and can take
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down and kill adult moose.
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It's very important from now
on that we have slow movements
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and we stay calm all the time.
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HOWLING
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Just stay completely still.
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The wolves are coming.
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Oh.
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You want to sit down.
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Wolves greet each other by licking,
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so that's what this is.
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An extended, drawn-out, wet hello.
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One of the wolves has just
bounced up to the director.
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They're trying to chew the
various bits of the camera
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and the sound equipment.
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Oh, you have a good smell.
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The wolf's spit's all right, is it?
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Yeah, I think so.
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People come from all over the
world to meet this wolf pack.
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What's the point of this,
from their point of view?
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The reason we do the socialising
is so the wolves can be here
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in a park and not be
afraid of people.
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Right now, they're a little bit
scared of the cameras.
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I'll tell you what, the camera is
more scared of them.
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LAUGHTER
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Yeah, we can see that.
You all right, Sam?
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You don't often nowadays
get that feeling -
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that kind of red, raw, amazing
feeling of a wild, dangerous
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and yet wonderful animal, do you?
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But I did.
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There are still a few hours left
before my train leaves - enough time
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for a quick face wash and to
continue my adventure in the wild.
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Among this amazing wilderness,
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one thing seems
perfectly clear to me.
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If you're a man, woman or beast,
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life up here is completely dictated
by the weather and the landscape.
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I'm about to meet someone
who has a lifetime of experience
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living here in fjord country.
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These fjords were made in the last
ice age. As the glaciers retreated,
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they carved out huge U-shaped
valleys, which was subsequently
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filled with sea water.
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There are over
1,000 fjords in Norway.
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And my boat captain for the day,
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Gunnar, has lived on them
for most of his life.
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Have you always been a seaman?
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I've been in the military and the
coastal artillery, and that's
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very close to the sea and
that's why I'm very interested
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in going out and fishing.
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For me, living on a small place
by the fjords is better
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than the big city.
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What kind of person do you have
to be to be a fjordsman or woman?
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I think you can be a normal person.
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It feels a little bit cold now,
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but it's only around zero.
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Zero degrees?
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I can barely feel my face.
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Norway is situated on the same
northern latitudes as northern
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Siberia, but it's the Gulf Stream
that makes it so temperate.
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Well, temperate for some.
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It's off the boat and onto land
because Gunnar has got something
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very special to show me.
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Oh, perfect
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Which way now?
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Oh, we will find the track up here.
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It feels like we're following
a Norwegian mountain goat.
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Come on, crew. Keep up.
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Finally, after an hour's uphill
trek, we find what we're after.
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I can't see much here.
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Let's go and have a look.
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Is it on here somewhere? It's here.
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See the lines here?
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Here's one line.
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I'm starting to see it now.
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Let's see if we can reveal
the whole thing.
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You can see it's ears! Yes.
That's amazing.
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This sort of prehistoric rock
art is called a petroglyph
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and has been found
all across Scandinavia.
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The drawings in this area
are the oldest ever discovered.
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How old do they reckon this is?
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This is about 11th or near so.
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How amazing that has stayed
there all this time.
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This is an incredibly dramatic time,
because this is the time
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when the glaciers are
starting to melt
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and what had been totally
uninhabitable land was land
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that was rich enough to support
animals like this.
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And not only that,
but there were people here.
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Suddenly, they're able to carve out
a living on this landscape.
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It does feel like we've seen
the very beginnings of the people
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who made Norway. Yes.
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I'm glad we did that.
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Next time, you come in
summertime, OK?
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Could you get me a skimobile or
something to get me back?
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Coming up, I'll be riding the real
life Polar Express....
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Look a that.
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..which crosses the border
and takes me into Sweden...
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Imagine how difficult it
must have been to build.
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..where I sweat is out with
a bunch of Swedes.
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In England, my exposure to sauna is,
there's a load of guys together,
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you all put your hands
on your genitals.
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And I don't know what
happens after that
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cos I'm always the first
to stagger out.
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I'm rejoining the railway, setting
off on one of the most spectacular
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train journeys possible.
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It's the start with the
Arctic Circle train -
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a three-hour journey past fjords,
frozen waterfalls
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and Swedish mountains.
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I can't bloody wait.
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The route takes me
from the Norwegian coast
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across the Swedish border
to a town called Kiruna.
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So this is the first station
just outside Narvik.
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And as you can see, the line's
winding up the side of a fjord,
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whose name I can't remember, but the
man over there can pronounce it.
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O... Ofotfjord. Ofotfjord.
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CAMERA RESTARTS
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Up the side of this fjord...
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CAMERA RESTARTS
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Ofotfjord. Ofotfjord.
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Ofotfj... Ofotfjord. Ofot.
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CAMERA RESTARTS
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Winding its way up Ofotfjord.
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It's a great way to get
up to the top of a fjord
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without hiking, isn't it?
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An hour into the trip,
and it's time for a sandwich.
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I didn't think I'd like
this kind of bread.
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It's a bit sort of dry and rye
for me, but I'm actually
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really developing quite
a taste for it.
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Enough about sandwiches.
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I'm on the Arctic Circle train.
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This particular train may be full
of passengers heading to Sweden,
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but the line was originally
built for transporting
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something entirely different -
iron ore.
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The line was built in 1902,
had 100 miles of track.
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Imagine how difficult it
must've been to build it.
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In the late 1800s,
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itinerant workers, or navvies, came
from all over the Nordic countries
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to help build this railway.
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Small settlements grew along
the route and there was
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a Klondike-like boom.
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Today, it's still providing jobs
for people on this frozen
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stretch of wilderness.
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We're now in Sweden.
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How do I know?
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My phone just told me.
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The amount of iron ore
that makes its way along
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these tracks is astonishing.
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Ten of these trains a day carry
enough iron ore to make 70,000 cars.
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Behind them is that iron ore
mine there.
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It produces something like 90%
of all Europe's iron ore.
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So the chances are that wherever
you are, you're sitting next
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to something made of metal that
originally came from that mine.
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The mine is 1,500 metres deep
and has 80km of roads.
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In fact, it's so big that
it's starting to encroach
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on the local town, causing
subsidence on the houses.
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I was born here in 1958.
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Lars is a resident here in Kiruna.
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We have the best iron in the world.
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The problem is that the people
living in the centre of the town
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had to move. Why is that?
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Because the ground was falling down.
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It started to crack
because of the mining.
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So you've got this
iron ore mine... That goes...
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It's going under the city.
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..and then the city goes "blah"
and collapses. Yes.
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This has sparked a massive
engineering project to move some
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parts of the town
3km east.
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Now they start to figure out how
they're going to move the church,
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this one, because they have to move.
255
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That is a beautiful building.
256
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Yeah. Wow, that's lovely.
257
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They've just got to move that,
haven't they?
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The town move is a hot topic
of conversation here in Kiruna.
259
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But it didn't feel right
talking about it in a freezing car.
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STEAM BLOWS
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So, will you guys take a sauna
together when you finish work?
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Every day. Every day?! Yes.
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In England, my exposure
to the sauna is,
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if there's a load of guys together,
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you all put your hands on
your genitals, you all look
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forwards, and then the biggest,
burliest one will come with a ladle
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and they'll whack it on there.
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And I don't know what happens
after that
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cos I'm always the first
to stagger out.
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I always wondered about Swede's
obsession with saunas,
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but it's as common here
as going down the pub
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is with your mates back home.
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It doesn't do that much for me,
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but you've had two saunas
already today, haven't you?
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Yeah, I had two.
276
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You know, you just never stop.
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He's a little.... Yeah, you know.
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LAUGHTER
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But here, you just gossip
basically, don't you?
280
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Yes. We sit and gossip in the sauna.
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All three of you work for the mine.
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How do you feel about it?
You've got to move.
283
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Yeah. I don't have any choice.
284
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It's sad for a lot of people.
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They feel scared.
286
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What's going to happen in ten years?
Nobody knows.
287
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If we don't have the mine,
we don't have the town.
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And most people are
philosophical about that?
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They accept the need for it?
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Not everybody. No.
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But what can you do?
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If you stay, you have to do that.
293
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You have to accept it. Yeah.
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No matter how people feel about
moving to the new town,
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I'm not sure how much
choice they have.
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In this sparsely populated area,
it's hard to see what other options
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there are unless you're prepared
to move much further afield.
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The next morning, I'm on my way
to see what opportunities
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are being created with what
they have got loads of - ice.
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So I've swapped my towel for two
jackets, a hat, gloves and some
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rather toasty thermal leggings.
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It's really nippy now.
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It's minus 15 degrees.
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If you don't believe me,
have a look at that.
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00:17:26,360 --> 00:17:30,680
6% of Sweden's population
live in the Arctic Circle.
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I'm not sure I'd want to,
but I'm learning that constantly
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dealing with the cold is
just part of life up here.
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Here at the Icehotel
in Jukkasjarvi,
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they're using the freezing
temperatures to their advantage.
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It's down the road from Kiruna
and about 70,000 people
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visit every year.
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Wow. Fairy land.
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Look at these.
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It's like a Disney dream, isn't it?
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Each year, artists from all over
the world are selected to
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design and create rooms here
at the permanent Icehotel...
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Oh, it's gorgeous.
318
00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,840
..where you can sleep in sub-zero
temperatures all-year round.
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This one is called Oh Deer.
320
00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:14,240
Oh, that's stunning, isn't it?
321
00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,600
But I'm not binning down just yet,
because there's something else
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I really want to see.
323
00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:27,040
This is the area around the back -
the unglamorous bit of the hotel
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where all the work goes on.
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I know it doesn't look like it now,
but believe me, it's a hive
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of activity most of the time because
they have to build a brand-new
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hotel every year.
328
00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:39,240
That's a lot of graft.
329
00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,320
Welcome inside.
330
00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:49,280
Julia's agreed to take me
behind the scenes into a factory
331
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that's full of ice.
332
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Oh, this is amazing!
333
00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,520
It's used to build a temporary
winter extension to the permanent
334
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Icehotel each year.
335
00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,360
Can I touch one?
336
00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:01,400
Yes, you can.
337
00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,320
Oh, they're weird, aren't they?
It's very dry.
338
00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,400
It's almost like metal.
339
00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,120
Can I lick it?
SHE LAUGHS
340
00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:12,400
Yes, you can lick it.
My tongue won't get stuck?
341
00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:13,400
We fix it.
342
00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,560
I don't know why
I wanted to do that.
343
00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:20,680
It was quite nice.
344
00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:21,680
LAUGHTER
345
00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,680
How many of these blocks do
you reckon you have?
346
00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:30,280
We have around 1,500 blocks
inside here.
347
00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,400
So it's a...it's a lot of ice.
348
00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,680
How much do these weigh?
Around two tonnes.
349
00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,320
This is all ice from the river?
350
00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,600
Exactly. It's all from
the Torne River.
351
00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:44,520
The Torne River is the mother of
the Icehotel, as it provides
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the raw material for
its construction.
353
00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:51,120
Every year in March, when the ice
is at its thickest, the blocks
354
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are cut out of the frozen river
and stored here in this massive
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freezer until it's cold
enough outside to start
356
00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,600
building the extension.
357
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,680
Eight hardy souls work
in this freezing factory
358
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all-year round.
359
00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,400
I'm so fascinated that
they're absolutely transparent.
360
00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,600
You could see right
through to the bottom.
361
00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,040
Do you ever find stuff
inside these blocks?
362
00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:19,440
Yes, we do.
363
00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,560
We find leaves and natural things.
364
00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:27,040
But not dead dogs and tin cans?
No, not dead dogs. No.
365
00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,120
We found a fish one.
366
00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:32,600
Aw. When you melted the ice,
could it just swim away?
367
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,960
No, it was dead.
368
00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:35,960
I'm sorry.
369
00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:43,640
This is where the Icehotel
will eventually be.
370
00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:49,120
This weird structure is the template
for what will eventually be a long
371
00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:53,360
ice tunnel, which will be
incorporated into the hotel.
372
00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:56,800
It seems unbelievable that all
this hard work melts back
373
00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,160
into the river when the temperature
increases in the spring,
374
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,760
and then they have to start working
on the extension all over again.
375
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,920
Not sure I'd have the patience
to build something
376
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:08,720
that disappears every year.
377
00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,520
Time for bed and to really test
out those thermals.
378
00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,680
All right. This is me.
379
00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,120
It's a very dramatic walk in.
380
00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,040
Ah.
381
00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,680
I suppose I'll have to take
my boots off.
382
00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,280
I don't really want to,
to tell you the truth.
383
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:34,280
It's hard to express quite
how cold this is.
384
00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,680
It's five degrees in here,
which is why I'm hardly taking
385
00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:38,840
any clothes off.
386
00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:41,240
I'll let you in on a secret.
387
00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,600
I got another coat underneath that.
388
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:47,240
Goodnight.
389
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,000
I hope I don't need a wee.
390
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,240
You can't tell,
but I'm dreaming of home,
391
00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,040
which is a whole 20 degrees
warmer moment.
392
00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,480
Still to come...
393
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,200
..I board a sleeper train...
394
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,760
Three berther.
395
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,720
Can invite some friends in,
couldn't I?
396
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,000
..and cross the border from
Sweden to Denmark
397
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,600
on an incredible bridge.
398
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,240
I discover the secret of happiness
in Copenhagen and summon
399
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,360
my inner Viking.
400
00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,360
I'm back at the station in
Kiruna, which is actually
401
00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:39,280
a fairly new station.
402
00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,440
The old one used to be closer
to the town but was demolished
403
00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:46,400
in 2017 as part of the
town move project.
404
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,680
All that's left is this statue.
405
00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:49,680
Gah.
406
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,280
It really gives you a sense of
how hard it must have been
407
00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:55,840
to build this line, doesn't it?
408
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:07,600
I'm on the same line as I was on
from Narvik to Kiruna,
409
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,440
the old iron ore line.
410
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,640
The difference with this train,
though, is that this one's
411
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,160
got some beds.
412
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,280
And quite a lot of doors.
413
00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:30,840
I love this thing that you have
to smack to open the door.
414
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:35,920
This one doesn't got on.
415
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:39,880
Here we go.
416
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,160
37-39.
417
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:43,440
Huh.
418
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,680
Quite cosy, isn't it?
419
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:48,800
It's lovely and warm.
420
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,080
The first time I've been warm
for two days.
421
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:54,480
MAN WHISTLES
422
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,080
Let's see what we've got here.
423
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:08,800
Oh.
424
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:13,240
Three berther. I could invite
some friends in, couldn't I?
425
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,720
I came to Norway and Sweden to
try and understand what life
426
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,200
was like up here in the
Arctic Circle.
427
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,760
And one thing I've definitely
learned is that to live
428
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,560
in the frozen north,
you have to work with nature,
429
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,000
not against it.
430
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,920
Time to thaw out, because there's
so much more of Scandinavia
431
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,560
to discover.
432
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:34,640
From Kiruna,
433
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,600
the train hurtles south
pretty much the entire length
434
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,840
of the country to Stockholm,
435
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,960
where you have to change trains
to continue the journey.
436
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,760
Over the last two years, almost
double the amount of Swedes
437
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,480
have opted for train travel
over planes.
438
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,720
And I'm all for it.
439
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:56,040
The final leg of the journey takes
you across the Oresund Bridge.
440
00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:00,280
It's the longest road and rail
bridge in Europe, with five miles
441
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,160
of bridge shooting out
from the Swedish coast,
442
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,720
then disappearing into a
two and a half mile long tunnel.
443
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,800
Once you're through that,
you're in Denmark.
444
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,720
1,000 years ago, Copenhagen was
a small fishing village.
445
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,800
It's now the largest city
in Denmark.
446
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,720
The station is slap bang
in the centre of town,
447
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,200
and we should be going
straight to our hotel.
448
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:24,640
But here's the thing -
449
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:30,400
station here, amusement park there,
amusement park there, station here.
450
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,040
I might be pretty wiped out,
but I've got to go, haven't I?
451
00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,240
Tivoli is the world's second
oldest amusement park.
452
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,720
It was founded in 1843.
453
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,160
We've barely stepped off
the platform and already the crew
454
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,840
and I are having a great time.
455
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,000
Hey!
456
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,240
But we can't muck about all night,
457
00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,280
because I'm here to discover
what makes Copenhagen one
458
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:03,680
of the happiest places to
live on the planet.
459
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,000
Ooh! My legs are all wobbly.
460
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,840
Denmark has regularly topped
the World Happiness Report.
461
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,160
They actually take
happiness so seriously,
462
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,200
there's a research institute
dedicated to its study.
463
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,000
Alex and Diana are
Happiness Analysts.
464
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:27,440
Explain to me what it is
that you actually do.
465
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,400
Basically, we try to
answer three questions -
466
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,760
How can we actually
measure happiness?
467
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,000
Why are some people
happier than others?
468
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,760
And how can we improve life
for most people possible?
469
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,920
According to Alex, a key criterion
of a happy population
470
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,920
is having a high level of trust, and
there's an interesting experiment
471
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,240
we can do to test that, apparently.
472
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:57,600
We are dropping wallets.
Dropping wallets? Dropping wallets,
473
00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,840
trying to figure out if people
are actually returning them.
474
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,840
So we write our phone number
down and put it in the wallet
475
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,520
with a small amount of cash
and then just wait and see
476
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:08,800
if people call us.
477
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:10,720
Seems pretty genius to me.
478
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,320
Where do you think I should put it?
479
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,760
I think do it like so people
don't see it. No, no.
480
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:16,760
LAUGHTER
481
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,600
Should we walk down there
and drop another? Yeah.
482
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,600
In a recent wallet study,
82% were returned in Denmark.
483
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,840
That's higher than anywhere
else in the world.
484
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,080
LAUGHTER
485
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,400
CAR BEEPS
486
00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,520
THEY LAUGH
487
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,240
Thank you.
488
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:50,760
Thank you very much.
489
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,400
We dropped the wallet,
and within three seconds,
490
00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,640
somebody went "Beep, beep,
beep, beep, beep",
491
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,080
and rolled down his window.
492
00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,600
"You've dropped your wallet."
493
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,120
Definitely a high level
of trust on this street.
494
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,680
There's no secret to the health
benefits you get from cycling,
495
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,840
but apparently commuting
on a bicycle
496
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:13,240
increases your happiness as well.
497
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,120
And boy, are there some
bicycle's in Copenhagen.
498
00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:18,320
It's like Holland on steroids.
499
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,320
There are five times as many
bikes as cars in Copenhagen.
500
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,720
This is actually my bike.
I don't own a car.
501
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,360
I live here in the
centre of Copenhagen.
502
00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,760
And I have two small kids
and I just transport them
503
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,040
in this cargo bike.
504
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,960
I don't think I'd want to
put my kids in that.
505
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:33,520
It doesn't look very robust.
506
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,840
No, no, no. It's perfect.
It even takes an adult.
507
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,200
Challenge accepted.
508
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,680
Do you want to try it? Yes.
Hold on. Hold on.
509
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,160
I'm not...
510
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,840
Oh, God.
511
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,240
Nearly shot right up to the air.
512
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:51,720
Well, this is quite a good way to
end an interview on happiness.
513
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,040
It's not so bad, is it?
514
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,640
We never did get called about
those wallets we dropped.
515
00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:02,120
They were probably picked up by some
untrustworthy British tourists.
516
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,960
Oh, well, I still say Copenhagen
is my happy place,
517
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,720
unless this ticket machine
doesn't start playing ball.
518
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,320
All right. Which platform?
Let's have a look.
519
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:24,400
I'm leaving the capital and taking
a short intercity train to Roskilde.
520
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,040
I love being on the top
deck of the train.
521
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,240
Feels like you see so much more.
522
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,360
A bit like being on the top deck
of the bus when you're a kid.
523
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:39,040
This route is along the oldest train
line in Denmark, opened in 1847.
524
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,880
It's come a long way since then -
all the mod cons.
525
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:43,880
Cappuccino.
526
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,200
Caffeine free, I journey on.
527
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,720
More bikes.
528
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:01,840
Big vases.
529
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:07,120
Everyone knows that the capital
of Denmark is Copenhagen,
530
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,280
but 1,000 years ago, it wasn't.
531
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,720
It was this place, Roskilde.
532
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,600
And that was the Viking era.
533
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:20,800
It's also the site of a
significant Viking discovery.
534
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:22,600
In 1962,
535
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,600
five Viking ships were
excavated from the fjord.
536
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,520
They've been carefully reconstructed
piece by piece.
537
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,200
Martin? Hi, Tony.
538
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,640
What's going on here?
539
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:42,000
I'm making beams for this
small cargo ship right here.
540
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,440
Small cargo ship.
541
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:44,960
It looks pretty big to me.
542
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,800
It's a 14-metre replica of
one of the five ships found out
543
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,360
in the fjord.
544
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,800
Archaeologists and ship builders
like Martin can work out
545
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,720
how the boats were constructed.
546
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,760
I just think it's incredible
how you can find something
547
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:03,280
that is so wrecked and work out
exactly how the people who
548
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,440
originally built it created it.
549
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,320
It's a huge jigsaw puzzle.
550
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:11,200
It's kind of reverse engineering,
you can see. Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
551
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,400
So would there have been
a deck here?
552
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,240
These bits sit across the
boat like this.
553
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:18,320
Yeah.
554
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:21,880
There'll be a frame here too.
555
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,520
And then you put the deck in
between the beams here.
556
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,880
Chit-chat over, Martin's keen
to put me to work.
557
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,880
We want to split out this one.
This? Yeah.
558
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,680
It looks a ropey old bit of wood,
doesn't it? It is.
559
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,880
I mean, I hope that, but it's nice.
560
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:45,240
We use small wedges like this to
start out with and then we go
561
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:46,840
about bigger wedges.
562
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,640
Like a true Viking gentleman,
563
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,320
he gets it going for me.
564
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:52,640
Then it's my turn.
565
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:55,760
Give it a wack.
566
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,000
I'll admit my hammer
works quite delicate,
567
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,080
so I thought it best to let
Martin take over.
568
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:03,400
Oh, can you hear that?
569
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,120
WOOD CRACKS
570
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,200
WHISPERS: You can actually hear
it cracking, can't you? Yeah.
571
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,800
Vikings were skilled craftsmen.
572
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,400
All the tools Martin uses
are replicas of Viking tools
573
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,240
that have been found.
574
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,560
It's harder work watching you,
believe me.
575
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:20,760
THEY LAUGH
576
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,480
It's brilliant to think that the
work that you're doing now
577
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,960
is just duplicating work
that went on here to build boats
578
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,240
over 1,000 years ago.
579
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,960
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
580
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,120
So it's a lot of man hours that
goes into making a Viking boat,
581
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:36,440
aren't there? Yeah.
582
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,120
You work on it in a time where
you couldn't go travelling.
583
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,200
Travelling.
584
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:42,440
You call it travelling.
585
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:47,280
We call it plunder, destruction.
Travelling.
586
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:48,440
Now that's not fair, is it,
587
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,040
because you were great traders.
588
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,480
Things are starting to get serious.
589
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,640
I think you should come
on this side.
590
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,520
I must summon "Thor Robinson".
591
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:04,480
Oh, hey! Hey!
592
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,120
There you go. Awesome.
593
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,160
That was great.
594
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,880
That's it, that's it.
595
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,320
It simply just comes apart.
596
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,120
It looks beautiful, doesn't it?
Yeah, it really does.
597
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,240
I think what'll stay in my head
598
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:28,480
is the notion that 1,000 years ago
there would have been a couple
599
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:33,120
of blokes like us who found
a piece of wood like this,
600
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:38,040
split it in half, transformed it
into a piece of wood like that,
601
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:43,040
and maybe two days later,
they had a crossbeam to put
602
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:44,640
in their boat.
603
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,440
But I can only do that one, mate.
604
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:47,720
I'm knackered now.
605
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:54,040
Coming up, my train sets
sail for Germany...
606
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:57,440
You don't to see this very often
on a ferry, do you?
607
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,480
..I visit a record
breaking railway...
608
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,240
It would be so much easier
if the world was this big.
609
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,400
..and go behind the scenes
of a miniature wonderland.
610
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,000
I want to be in there.
611
00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:22,260
After a brief interlude
with the Vikings,
612
00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:23,780
I'm back on the track south.
613
00:34:25,460 --> 00:34:27,980
The thing I'll remember most
about the Scandinavian leg
614
00:34:27,980 --> 00:34:30,460
of my journey is the weather.
615
00:34:30,460 --> 00:34:33,380
It was either "wear everything
you've got for the entire journey
616
00:34:33,380 --> 00:34:36,020
at the same time" weather,
or it was
617
00:34:36,020 --> 00:34:39,220
"shirt, jacket and thermals just
to be on the safe side" weather.
618
00:34:39,220 --> 00:34:41,540
Always different, always cold.
619
00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:46,740
Maybe that's their secret
to a happy life - the weather.
620
00:34:46,740 --> 00:34:47,900
Nah, can't be.
621
00:34:50,020 --> 00:34:56,140
I'm ICE 3, an intercity train
heading down to the Danish coast.
622
00:34:56,140 --> 00:34:59,660
Before I set off on my journeys
around the world by train,
623
00:34:59,660 --> 00:35:03,900
I don't think I've given any thought
at all to train seats, but now
624
00:35:03,900 --> 00:35:06,780
they've become a
central part of my life.
625
00:35:06,780 --> 00:35:08,420
Take this one, for instance.
626
00:35:08,420 --> 00:35:10,820
Just looks pretty straightforward,
isn't it?
627
00:35:10,820 --> 00:35:13,340
Nice grey, leafy motif.
628
00:35:13,340 --> 00:35:17,860
A splash of... What would
you call that? Red. Red.
629
00:35:17,860 --> 00:35:20,060
It's got plenty of support
for the back.
630
00:35:20,060 --> 00:35:22,580
Very nice, if understated.
631
00:35:22,580 --> 00:35:24,180
9.5 out of 10.
632
00:35:28,940 --> 00:35:32,020
I think this train's got
something against me.
633
00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:43,460
We're going on this green line
down here, heading towards Hamburg,
634
00:35:43,460 --> 00:35:47,660
but the line seems to stop
before we get there, here.
635
00:35:47,660 --> 00:35:49,180
And then there's water.
636
00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:57,140
Yep, you heard that right.
637
00:35:57,140 --> 00:35:59,300
The train has boarded a ferry.
638
00:36:00,660 --> 00:36:03,340
It's big enough to fit a
three-carriage train in the
639
00:36:03,340 --> 00:36:05,060
parking area below deck.
640
00:36:05,060 --> 00:36:06,060
Amazing!
641
00:36:08,780 --> 00:36:11,020
I feel like I'm on a
booze cruise to Calais.
642
00:36:17,820 --> 00:36:20,540
If you've just turned on the telly
and are expecting to see a show
643
00:36:20,540 --> 00:36:22,300
called Around the World by Train,
644
00:36:22,300 --> 00:36:27,060
well, you are on the right channel,
it's just that the train in question
645
00:36:27,060 --> 00:36:31,260
is under my feet, somewhere
between the deck and the sea.
646
00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:37,700
I'm leaving Denmark and Sweden and
the rest of Scandinavia behind me
647
00:36:37,700 --> 00:36:42,060
over there, and we're heading
towards Hamburg and Germany.
648
00:36:42,060 --> 00:36:45,180
And the boat's just starting
to wobble a little bit now.
649
00:36:45,180 --> 00:36:47,700
Well, I'm glad I brought my
sea legs with me.
650
00:36:50,340 --> 00:36:54,420
It's only a 45-minute crossing,
so no time to settle in.
651
00:36:54,420 --> 00:36:57,300
You don't see this very often
on a ferry, do you?
652
00:36:57,300 --> 00:37:02,300
To the cars, to the buses,
to the train, down this lift.
653
00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:05,500
Yes, here we are.
654
00:37:10,740 --> 00:37:15,060
I bet you've never seen a ferry
give birth to a train before.
655
00:37:17,780 --> 00:37:21,180
As we fly through the German
countryside, I realise I've lost
656
00:37:21,180 --> 00:37:24,380
the ability to make interesting
smalltalk with fellow passengers.
657
00:37:24,380 --> 00:37:27,060
Are you a fan of these seats?
658
00:37:27,060 --> 00:37:28,900
Um...
659
00:37:30,340 --> 00:37:33,340
I don't know. Are they
special in some way?
660
00:37:33,340 --> 00:37:36,900
They're great. They're so comfy.
I think it's just a normal seat, no?
661
00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:39,140
"Just a normal seat."
662
00:37:39,140 --> 00:37:42,300
I found that's what's great
about Scandinavians in general,
663
00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:46,700
they're so polite and usually happy
to let me bore them rigid.
664
00:37:46,700 --> 00:37:49,540
I've done a lot of journeys
through Europe on the train now,
665
00:37:49,540 --> 00:37:52,220
but it's amazing how many
times it just looks
666
00:37:52,220 --> 00:37:53,940
like I'm going through Kent.
667
00:37:53,940 --> 00:37:55,660
Ooh, Ashford next stop.
668
00:37:56,980 --> 00:37:58,460
It's not. It's Hamburg.
669
00:38:02,740 --> 00:38:06,180
The moment we crossed the water,
I felt like I was in a different
670
00:38:06,180 --> 00:38:07,380
part of Europe.
671
00:38:07,380 --> 00:38:08,580
It's just busier.
672
00:38:12,300 --> 00:38:16,060
The greater Hamburg region
actually has the same population
673
00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:20,300
as the whole of Norway,
which I can hardly compute.
674
00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:25,020
This station, for a long time, was
Europe's second-most busy station,
675
00:38:25,020 --> 00:38:26,860
and its crowning glory
676
00:38:26,860 --> 00:38:32,540
is this glass roof -
140 metres long, 70 metres wide.
677
00:38:32,540 --> 00:38:34,700
As you can imagine,
in the Second World War,
678
00:38:34,700 --> 00:38:37,900
the Allies smashed it to pieces.
679
00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:41,100
But because the uprights
were made of iron,
680
00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:45,540
when the war was over, they were
able to put all the glass back in.
681
00:38:45,540 --> 00:38:50,300
And so, today, it looks just like it
did over 100 years ago.
682
00:38:53,020 --> 00:38:57,780
It's not the only place where my
train comes into either.
683
00:38:57,780 --> 00:39:00,500
Hamburg is home to
Miniatur Wunderland,
684
00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:02,620
the world's largest model railway.
685
00:39:05,340 --> 00:39:06,900
It's like a dream.
686
00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:10,780
Here's the fjord in northern
Norway, which we zoomed
687
00:39:10,780 --> 00:39:12,660
up in our little boat.
688
00:39:12,660 --> 00:39:14,980
There's the Icehotel,
with lots of people bopping
689
00:39:14,980 --> 00:39:18,140
around and having loads
of freezing fun.
690
00:39:18,140 --> 00:39:19,700
Here's Kiruna Mine.
691
00:39:19,700 --> 00:39:24,220
And here's Kiruna Station,
and that's the statue
692
00:39:24,220 --> 00:39:25,300
that I love so much.
693
00:39:26,980 --> 00:39:30,460
It's even got the train
ferry leg of our journey.
694
00:39:30,460 --> 00:39:33,180
I've been around the
world twice now.
695
00:39:33,180 --> 00:39:34,420
It's tough,
696
00:39:34,420 --> 00:39:35,980
it's often boring,
697
00:39:35,980 --> 00:39:38,700
it's arduous, it's long -
698
00:39:38,700 --> 00:39:42,940
it would be so much easier
if the world was this big.
699
00:39:42,940 --> 00:39:49,220
They've got about 1,000 trains,
260,000 figurines and so much track
700
00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,180
that even Sebastian,
the man in charge,
701
00:39:51,180 --> 00:39:53,420
doesn't know the exact figure.
702
00:39:53,420 --> 00:39:56,940
We have about 14.5...
703
00:39:56,940 --> 00:40:00,060
Now I need to think. Is it 14.5?
704
00:40:00,060 --> 00:40:01,420
14.6...
705
00:40:01,420 --> 00:40:06,220
15... It's 15.8 of kilometres?
706
00:40:06,220 --> 00:40:07,260
15.4?
707
00:40:08,620 --> 00:40:12,300
So we have nearly 16km of track.
What about cleaning it?
708
00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:13,380
That must be difficult.
709
00:40:13,380 --> 00:40:16,580
So we have two people doing
nothing else than cleaning.
710
00:40:16,580 --> 00:40:18,340
So it's a very, very special job.
711
00:40:18,340 --> 00:40:21,300
They start at two in the morning and
it takes them three months from
712
00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:22,860
one end to the other.
713
00:40:22,860 --> 00:40:24,420
And then they start again.
714
00:40:24,420 --> 00:40:26,380
How many people do you employ?
715
00:40:26,380 --> 00:40:31,100
So we have about 360 people
working at Wunderland. 360?!
716
00:40:33,220 --> 00:40:35,820
There's even a control room
to monitor which trains
717
00:40:35,820 --> 00:40:36,980
are going where.
718
00:40:38,020 --> 00:40:42,460
And a huge Hamburg airport with
planes that actually take off.
719
00:40:42,460 --> 00:40:44,780
We can have a look over there.
720
00:40:44,780 --> 00:40:47,740
Felix and Christian are
building small figurines.
721
00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:51,700
I love this over here. What's this?
722
00:40:51,700 --> 00:40:54,180
Michalis has a plan out
of our new funfair.
723
00:40:54,180 --> 00:40:56,780
Look at the elephant cycling.
724
00:40:56,780 --> 00:40:58,260
What's this guy do this thing?
725
00:41:03,620 --> 00:41:06,260
How wonderful to be able to
think of something like that
726
00:41:06,260 --> 00:41:08,420
and then make it miniature.
727
00:41:08,420 --> 00:41:09,820
I want to be in there.
728
00:41:09,820 --> 00:41:11,540
LAUGHTER
729
00:41:11,540 --> 00:41:14,060
But even I can't fit on
that Penny Farthing.
730
00:41:14,060 --> 00:41:15,380
ELEPHANT ROARS
731
00:41:17,620 --> 00:41:19,180
What are you making right now?
732
00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:23,540
I build female figures...
733
00:41:23,540 --> 00:41:26,980
Figures, yeah.
..figures with huge boobs.
734
00:41:28,140 --> 00:41:32,340
Yes, the tiny, tiny, tiny,
huge boobs. Yeah.
735
00:41:32,340 --> 00:41:34,620
WHISPERS: I think I'll step away.
736
00:41:34,620 --> 00:41:36,380
Time for me to have a go.
737
00:41:38,020 --> 00:41:42,620
Right. So I've got to try not
to get any black on the jeans.
738
00:41:42,620 --> 00:41:44,940
I'm not succeeding too well,
739
00:41:44,940 --> 00:41:49,140
but at least I can over paint
the jeans afterwards.
740
00:41:49,140 --> 00:41:51,500
It's so delicate, this bit.
741
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:54,460
That's nice. That's lovely.
742
00:41:54,460 --> 00:41:57,820
And now to become a part
of this wonderland.
743
00:41:57,820 --> 00:42:02,140
This is the building
that we're in right now.
744
00:42:02,140 --> 00:42:06,540
And if we lift the lid off,
there's our crew,
745
00:42:06,540 --> 00:42:07,860
and this is me.
746
00:42:11,060 --> 00:42:15,460
I found myself in some
amazing places this series.
747
00:42:15,460 --> 00:42:18,180
I've travelled thousands of miles...
748
00:42:18,180 --> 00:42:21,220
It's one of those beautiful
railway stations I've ever seen.
749
00:42:21,220 --> 00:42:22,660
..through 18 countries...
750
00:42:22,660 --> 00:42:24,100
Muchas gracias.
751
00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:27,220
..on some of the world's most
incredible train routes.
752
00:42:30,580 --> 00:42:34,740
From Europe's high-speed rail
to the Canadian wilderness...
753
00:42:36,820 --> 00:42:40,100
..I've seen the best the
planet has to offer.
754
00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:42,060
I've met some incredible people...
755
00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:43,700
LAUGHTER
756
00:42:43,700 --> 00:42:45,380
CHEERING
757
00:42:45,380 --> 00:42:47,020
..and everywhere I've been,
758
00:42:47,020 --> 00:42:50,700
they've welcomed me with
open arms and big smiles.
759
00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:53,900
It's been one hell of a journey.
760
00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:56,220
But now it's time to head home.
761
00:42:56,220 --> 00:42:58,220
See you on a train sometime.
59952
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