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- So far on our Lofoten trip,
we've seen many of the incredible views.
But what if there was one that no one knew about?
My name is Cody Buffinton.
I'm an adventure-seeking world traveler,
and today we are traveling to the small island of Vaeroy.
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Now, Vaeroy is actually part of the Lofoten Islands
and Vaeroy means 'weather island,'
referring to its harsh weather climate.
It is very foggy today,
so hopefully this clears it a little bit.
We have 10 hours on this island
before we take a ferry back here later tonight.
We're pulling to Skull Island.
- Skull Island right ahead, land ho.
- We're driving up this cliff overlooking this town
into the fog.
It sounds like we're in Game of Thrones in that one scene
where all the crows are just going crazy.
(crows cackling)
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Everywhere we look is some insane-looking scenery.
This is the craziest scenery we have seen so far.
And it looks like we're about to go
straight through a mountain.
We've gone through some tunnels before,
but they actually had, (laughing)
they couldn't go any farther,
so they were like, "Let's blast it,"
and we're about to go through the tunnel
through this mountain; look at this.
So, this is the scenery we're looking at right now.
And then, right over here, that little hole right there
is the tunnel we're about to go through.
And this is the scenery we're looking at.
Crazy.
So, we've just been informed by these guys
that this tunnel is actually military
and it's only open on Thursdays
to go up here for some reason.
I don't even know why it would be open,
but it's for military.
And they said we can walk up there,
so we're gonna go check it out right now.
Over here is the beach where you have to walk.
It seems like there's not a whole lot
that you can drive on this island.
We've literally only driven five minutes total
on this whole island
and it seems like we gotta walk the rest of it.
So, first we're gonna go check out
what this supposed military tunnel/bunker thing is.
Josh, what are you hoping to find, some kind of secret lab?
- Some sort of alien extraterrestrial.
- [Cody] That's what I'm thinking.
I'm thinking it's like Area 52.
- Yeah.
There's no light!
- [Cody] Well, yeah. (laughing)
It looks like, for some reason, it's open on Thursdays.
It says, "Entrance forbidden right now."
I don't know what it is though currently.
Why only Thursdays and what can you do in there on Thursday?
That's what I wanna know. (laughing)
- I don't even know. - That's crazy.
What it seems to be is that this island
is pretty uninhabited other than that main little town,
which probably has a couple hundred people at most.
So, this whole side of the island over here
is not paved really,
other than that path that is closed today,
so we have to hike along the whole tops of the mountains
to get to the whole side of the island,
which is a pretty big portion.
So, it looks like we're gonna be doing some hiking.
We're getting there.
It's a very muddy trail right now,
which, it's not a huge problem, just takes a little longer.
We found that this road, this path right here,
comes out right here.
So, if it's not a Thursday,
all you do is climb this little bit,
and it looks like now we're walking the trail,
the road, all the way up.
Found this little sign, which says, "Eagle house.
"The most unusual sport practiced by the Vaeroy islanders
"was to sit in an eagle house and catch eagles,
"with their bare hands."
Imagine just sitting here
and somehow an eagle doesn't see you, (laughing)
and you sneak up on an eagle and catch it with your hands.
I can't even imagine that.
- Dude, the eagle can see everything,
so I don't think they caught any eagles.
- I don't believe it. - Yeah.
- But it says two crown were paid per eagle,
however much two crown is.
- Back in the day, who knows?
- [Cody] That could be like--
- Three meals per crown.
- (laughing) Yeah, I like that guess.
- (laughing) Yeah.
- My guess is that two crowns would be two-night stays
at the local tavern and a full meal every day.
- [Josh] That'd be badass.
- It's two crown.
The view of the valley from up here,
you can see the road we've taken,
almost kinda like the Trollstigen,
but it looks like we might be pretty close to the top.
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You can tell we've made it
because there's a path that leads out to the Instagram spot.
So, as of right now, it's a little cloudy.
It's a little overcast, a little foggy.
Foggy's actually the right word.
But we don't have to be anywhere for a while,
so we're gonna sit up here and wait for the fog to clear.
You can see how it might look amazing in a little bit.
Josh, get 'em away from here.
(blowing)
Hey, it worked.
- [Josh] That's all it took, one big puff.
- This beach right here is the one we wanted to go to.
I don't think we actually can, now that I see it.
It looks pretty much untouched,
like no one has ever been there,
because you really need a boat to get there
or if you're a really good swimmer
maybe you could get there.
But there's no roads, it doesn't seem.
I don't know how we would get down this to get there,
so you probably need a boat.
So, coming to Vaeroy,
this is pretty much the main thing to do.
Unless you're riding a bike around,
there's not a whole lot else to do.
This is a pretty small island.
And this is like, when you see pictures of Lofoten,
this is like one of the pictures.
But what they don't tell you
is you have to take a ferry here
and then the ferry to go back and forth back home,
it's like 11 hours in between.
And in between, the only thing to really do
is bike around and see this.
So, there's a lotta time left between there.
So, it's like, do you come here?
Is this worth it for you to be stuck here for 11 hours?
Maybe, maybe not.
So, that's why Josh and I are creating these videos
and I'm creating this Norway guide,
so I can help you guys understand this,
because most people don't show you where you start the hike.
And sometimes, if it's not Thursday, like today,
you can't just drive up, so you have to walk up.
All these little things are some of the struggles
that we go through while traveling
that don't always get shown and whatnot,
so that's why I'm creating these videos
and I'm creating this whole Norway guide,
which goes into even more detail.
Is the view getting better, Josh?
- [Josh] I think so.
- [Cody] A little bit.
- [Josh] This is it!
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- [Cody] We lucked out being up here for probably,
I don't know, half an hour, 45 minutes.
Met these guys.
You guys are from Norway?
- Yes. - Yes.
- [Cody] What part of Norway?
- Southeast, yeah.
- [Cody] What town?
- Halden.
- [Cody] Houten?
- Halden. - Halden.
- It's on the border to Sweden.
- [Woman] You should learn a really Norwegian phrase.
- [Cody] Okay, what's a Norwegian phrase?
- Yeah, you know, like when it's rain--
- Rain cats and dogs?
- [Josh] All right, how do you say that?
- What do we say; we say--
- (speaking foreign language)
- (speaking foreign language)
- [Cody] Oh god, you're gonna have to really sound that out.
(both laughing)
- [Both] (speaking foreign language)
- [Cody] (speaking foreign language)
- Yeah.
- Yeah, that's really good!
- Got it!
Say it again.
- (speaking foreign language)
(women laughing)
Something, something--
- [Woman] It's so good!
- Was that good? - Yeah, it's good. (laughing)
- [Woman] (speaking foreign language)
- (speaking foreign language)
- [Cody] (speaking foreign language)
- (speaking foreign language)
- [Cody] I might've rolled the wrong R.
- It's close, it's close.
- Yeah, it actually is so good.
And it fits Norway because it always rains here.
- [Cody] One question that I was always wondering
is do Norwegians just speak in English to each other?
- What?
- [Cody] Do Norwegians speak in English to other Norwegians?
- Yeah, we do. (laughing)
- Oh, yeah, we do, but that's a funny English.
Maybe we use the British accent way too much
to just mock it or something.
- [Cody] And how do Norwegians know English so well?
Everyone knows English.
- I guess it's because we watch--
- The schools.
- Yeah, schools and everyone watch series.
- [Cody] Well, thank you, Sofia and Inga.
Inga?
- Yeah, Inga.
- [Cody] I say the-- (laughing).
I pronounce it a little weird.
(inaudible)
Thank you for all the knowledge though.
(woman laughing) - Of course.
(Cody laughing)
- [Cody] We've been saying Bodo wrong.
It's not the city of Bodo.
What is it?
- Boo-duh. - Boo-duh.
- [Cody] Boo-duh.
So, that O with the cross is like a 'uh.'
- Yeah. - Yeah, uh. (laughing)
It's the same with Tromso.
- Oh, so it's Troms-uh.
- Troms-uh. (woman laughing)
- When you have the O, it makes a 'uh' sound.
Good to know.
We've been saying everything wrong.
Bear with me, it's very hard to speak this language.
We then parted ways with our Norwegian friends
and headed back to the ferry to end the night.
Now, would you spend the whole day here
to experience this incredible view?
Like I mentioned before, I have a complete guide
to help you plan your trip to Norway.
And right now, I have a free preview of that guide,
link below, because I wanna give you a video
of the five things that you need to know
before going to Norway.
Check that out on the end screen
or in the description below.
And that is it for today, Rogue Nation.
Until next time, explore the world.
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