Happy Norwegian Train Driver's POV Day!

December 25, 2017 6:33 AM

Real time cab povs in the snow. Because log fire videos are so passé.
posted by carter (19 comments total)

HOLY CRAP THESE ARE LIVE STREAMS AND THIS IS REALLY GREAT AND NOW I'M COASTING THROUGH A SNOWY FOREST AND WOW THANKS FOR POSTING!
posted by hippybear at 6:46 AM on December 25, 2017 [1 favorite]

"-This is a clip from the NRK TV-program "Bergensbanen Minutt for Minutt", that shows the train-ride through beautiful Norwegian landscape... The original footage is made and owned by NRK, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license."
posted by Mister Bijou at 6:55 AM on December 25, 2017

oh.

So they're doing a live stream of old footage?

I am still thrilled but now also disappointed. Is there a german word for this?
posted by hippybear at 6:59 AM on December 25, 2017 [5 favorites]

Yes these are archived streams, not live ones.
The log fire streams are also not live ... ;)
posted by carter at 7:12 AM on December 25, 2017 [1 favorite]

Next you're going to tell us Santa Claus isn't real.
posted by rodlymight at 7:16 AM on December 25, 2017 [1 favorite]

Hey, come on. The Yule Log will never be passé. It’s evergreen. So to speak.
posted by holborne at 7:28 AM on December 25, 2017

Misleading labeling on YouTube? How shockingly... normal.

I searched for "live streams right now" and the top results were "Fox News Live Stream Now" from an account called "Trump News Live" and "NASA Live - Earth From Space (HDVR) ♥ ISS LIVE FEED" from "SPACE & UNIVERSE (Official)" which is not directly NASA. Sigh.
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:30 AM on December 25, 2017

Since both the NRK Bergensbanen (7 hours of lovely train journey, around 22GB) and Hurtigruten (nearly 7 full days of lovely boat journey, coming in at 256GB, you better believe it!) videos are publicly available under CC licenses, I highly recommend downloading them. They're available via your friendly, local, legal torrent tracker.
posted by tclark at 8:16 AM on December 25, 2017 [3 favorites]

Next you're going to tell us Santa Claus isn't real.

WHAT????
posted by carter at 8:45 AM on December 25, 2017 [1 favorite]

Who are those people in the tunnel? Are they out for a walk along the side of the tracks or are they escaping from a subterranean goblin kingdom? Like I didn’t have enough to worry about today!
posted by ActingTheGoat at 9:03 AM on December 25, 2017 [2 favorites]

Ha! We've been watching one of these from last year all morning. I love these. I'd like to have one in at all times. My family thinks I'm weird.
posted by soren_lorensen at 9:28 AM on December 25, 2017

So great. The next time I can’t sleep, I’ll switch on one of these.

I wish there were a map overlay in the upper corner. It would be fun to learn some geography, too.
posted by notyou at 9:57 AM on December 25, 2017 [2 favorites]

I am still thrilled but now also disappointed. Is there a german word for this?

Fröhlichenttäuschungen
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:45 AM on December 25, 2017 [3 favorites]

Here's the NRK link to the Bergensbanen video.

And some other Norwegian slow TV via my old post about a live broadcast reindeer migration.
posted by knapah at 12:48 PM on December 25, 2017

Speaking of Norwegian Train Drivers, if you have never watched the movie O'Horten, well, you should watch O'Horten.
posted by Mei's lost sandal at 1:53 PM on December 25, 2017 [1 favorite]

Previously, in its way.
posted by chavenet at 3:27 PM on December 25, 2017

Is this Female Fake Taxi? They’re kind of interesting.
posted by bendy at 5:26 PM on December 25, 2017

I could watch this all day long.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:50 AM on December 26, 2017

This is so good but after a while I have to switch to the Mexico city Taxi cab live stream just to level off my buzz.
posted by mumblelard at 8:10 AM on December 26, 2017