🥊MizuoÂŽs Travel Blog🥊No.17 - Hudiksvall to Kiruna, Sweden - Dec. 2020


Hudiksvall, Sweden
Hudiksvall, Sweden 

I haven't written a travel blog in a while, so it's been a while since I've done so. As I'm writing this, I'm looking at the photos I took on my trip, a little surprised to see that it's already been a year. Time really files so fast! OMG!

トラベルブログをしばらく曞いおいなかったので、久しぶりに曞いおみようず思いたす。これを曞きながら、「もう幎前になるのかぁヌ」ず少しびっくりしながら、旅行で撮った写真を芋おいたす。

Trip to Kiruna!

At the end of the year 2020, I took a night train from Hudiksvall to Kiruna.  The reason was that I wanted to experience the extreme cold of Northern Europe. There were a few other reasons.

1. I want to see how the Sami live. 

2. I want to visit the Ice Hotel. 🥶😁

3. I want to ride a dog sled. 🐕

4. I want to see the Northern Lights if possible. 🔊

In 2020, I decided to go on a trip for the first time in a long time as a change of pace since I was feeling very depressed due to the spread of corona infection.

2020幎の幎末、わたしはHudiksvallからKirunaぞ倜行列車に乗っお旅行に行きたした。理由は、「極寒の北欧を経隓しおみたかったから」です。他にいく぀か理由があっお、

サヌミの生掻を芋おみたい。

アむスホテルに行っおみたい。

犬ぞりに乗っおみたい。

できれば、オヌロラを芋おみたい。

このように、簡単に目暙を立おお旅行に行くこずにしたした。2020幎はコロナ感染が拡がっお、ずおも気分的に憂鬱になっおいる時期でもあっお、気分転換をかねお久しぶりに旅行に行きたした。

Location of Kiruna on Google Maps
Location of Kiruna on Google Maps

By the way, do you know where Kiruna is? All I knew about Kiruna was that it was a town in Scandinavia where you can see the northern lights, but I was surprised when I looked up its actual location on Google Maps! It's located almost in the Arctic Circle, and just looking at its location made me excited.

ずころで、Kirunaっおどこにあるか、ご存じですか わたしもKirunaはオヌロラが芋える北欧の町ずいうこずしかあたり知らず、GoogleMapsで実際の䜍眮を調べおみおびっくり北極圏にほが入る䜍眮にあっお、その䜍眮を芋るだけお、わくわくしおいたした。

In Sweden, digitalization is very advanced, and you can easily book train tickets with your smartphone 🀳. I recommend downloading the Swedish Railways app called SJ. I chose to take the midnight train because I was worried about Covid19 infections when traveling by plane, and I had never taken a midnight train before, so I wanted to try it at least once.

スりェヌデンではデゞタル化がずおも進んでいお、列車のチケットも簡単にスマホで予玄が取れたす。 SJずいう、スりェヌデン鉄道のアプリをダりンロヌドするのをお勧めしたす。 わたしがあえお深倜列車を遞んだ理由は、飛行機での移動ではコロナ感染が心配だったこずず、深倜列車に乗ったこずが今たでなかったので、䞀床は乗車しおみたいず思い経隓しおみたした。

👇SJ Website - Swedish Train service👇

https://www.sj.se/en/home.html#/

👇Their app is more convenient!👇

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.sj.android&hl=en&gl=US

They provide WiFi on the train, so it was pretty convenient! 😉👍

We stopped by Hudiksvall just for a couple of hours

We spent only a few hours in Hudiksvall, but it was a very nice town with a great atmosphere. There are old fishermen's houses along the coast. The town reminded me a little of Copenhagen, and I wondered if all the fishermen's towns in Scandinavia used to be like this.

Hudiksvallでの滞圚は数時間だったのですが、海岞沿いを歩くず昔の持垫さんの町があったり、ずおも良い雰囲気のある町でした。少しコペンハヌゲンを圷圿をさせる町なみで、きっず北欧の持垫の町は昔みんなこんな感じの町だったのかなぁず思いながら町を散策しおいたした。

It is time to get on the night train! 🚞🚞

When the train arrived at the station, I felt very excited. Experiencing something for the first time in your life is always exciting, isn't it? Because of the corona, there were not many passengers, so we were able to use the train very comfortably. In addition, as is still the case, to prevent corona infections, passengers are required to keep their distance from each other on the train, so we were very lucky to be able to use a carriage for two people instead of six.

駅に電車が到着したずきは、ずおもわくわくした気分になりたした。人生で初めおの経隓っお、い぀もわくわくしたすよね。コロナの圱響で乗車客も少なく、ずおもゆったりず利甚が出来たした。それに、今もそうですがコロナ感染を防ぐために列車の䞭は間隔をあけお乗車するように決められおいお、わたしたちは人甚の車䞡を人で䜿うこずができお、ずおもラッキヌでした。

Inside the carriage, there are six beds. So that, if you choose 2nd class, like we did, we will share the carriage with other passengers.
Inside the carriage, there are six beds. So that, if you choose 2nd class, like we did, we will share the carriage with other passengers. 

The inside of the vehicle was very comfortable and water was provided. I'm the type of person who can sleep relatively well anywhere and in any environment, but if you're sensitive about noise and a type who cannot sleep on plane due to noise, you might want to bring earplugs. Also, it was very dry in the train car, so it would be better to bring enough water with you. However, there are also stores and simple restaurants on the train.

車䞡の䞭はずおも快適で、氎が぀いおいたした。わたしはどこでも、どのような環境でも比范的寝れるタむプの人間なのですが、音などが気になる方は耳栓を持っお行ったほうがいいず思いたす。そしお、車䞡内はずおも也燥しおいたので、十分な氎分を持っおいくずよりいいず思いたす。ただ、電車の䞭にも売店や簡易レストランなどはありたす。

We took the midnight train, which runs through the night and arrives at Kiruna in the early morning. It was dark and I couldn't see the scenery outside, so I thought it would be a good idea to go to bed and save my energy for tomorrow. 🙂🍚🍙 Eat well and sleep well for tomorrow! 🙂🍙🍚

It's a little hard to tell from the picture, but this vehicle has six beds, it looks like four, but it's six! Since we were in Corona, we were able to have this carriage all to ourselves, but if we have a chance to come back next time, we would like to reserve a private room. 😉

私たちが乗車した深倜列車は、倜の間走り続け、早朝にKirunaに぀く列車でした。Kirunaに着いおからの予定を確認しおから、すぐに寝るこずにしたした。時間垯が暗くお、倖の景色も芋れたせんでしたし、こういった時はさっさず寝お、明日の為に゚ネルギヌを蓄えるのいいなず思いたした。

写真では少しわかりずらいのですが、この車䞡は぀ベットが぀いおいたす。぀のように芋えるのですが、぀ですわたしたちはコロナの為、この車䞡を独占できたのですが、もし次来る機䌚がある堎合は個宀を予玄しようず思いたした。

We decided to take the middle story of the beds. There were 6 beds!
We decided to take the middle story of the beds. There were 6 beds! 

We were able to use a six-person car with two people, so it was easy for us to set up the bed. It looked like a lot of work. We were really lucky.

If you want to travel on a train with a little more space, I recommend booking a 1st class carriage. Also, it was a bit cold in the train car, so you might want to bring some extra clothes. The temperature outside was about -20 degrees Celsius 🥶🥶🥶, so it was pretty cold!

わたしたちは人で人甚の車䞡を䜿甚できたので、簡単にベットの準備ができたのですが、他の車䞡ではこの小さなスペヌスで人から人が順番にベットを準備しおいたようで、かなり倧倉そうでした。本圓にラッキヌでした。

すこしスペヌスがある列車で旅行したい人はクラスの車䞡を予玄するのをお勧めしたす。それず、車䞡内は少し寒かったので、少し服を倚めに持っおいくずいいず思いたす。倖の気枩は床ぐらいだったので、寒いはずですよね

In my next blog, I will write about sightseeing and other things I did after arriving in Kiruna. I was excited from the very first day to see the sights in Scandinavia, Sweden, and it was a great experience.

次のブログではKirunaに着いおからの芳光などに぀いお曞こうず思いたす。北欧のスりェヌデンでの芳光、初日からわくわくした、最高の思い出が出来たした。

🥊Ha det sÃ¥ bra! 🥊

🥊See you again! 🥊

🥊じゃたたねぇ🥊

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