🌏 Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code cecilia at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/cecilia ⛵️ Today we are spending a day with a local in our town Longyearbyen, on Svalbard. We get to see how she lives, where she works, and she shares how she ended up living this far from home (5000 miles away!). With over 50 nationalities in a town of just 2,500 people, Longyearbyen is full of unexpected stories, and this is one of them. Thank you so much for being here, I hope you enjoy the video! 🫶🏻 Join our channel membership to get access to custom emojis and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnFhQlaQIqs6vw_mmG0bRww/join 📍 Location: Longyearbyen, Svalbard Experience more of Svalbard with us: 📸 Instagram ⇨ [https://instagram.com/sejsejlija] 🎬 TikTok ⇨ [https://vm.tiktok.com/@sejsejlija] 💌 Patreon (Exclusive content & wallpapers) ⇨ [https://patreon.com/ceciliablomdahl] 📚 My book "Life on Svalbard" is a NYT Bestseller ⇨ [https://geni.us/LifeonSvalbard] 👨🏼🍳 Check out our Digital Cookbooks Here! ⇨ [https://www.ceciliablomdahl.com/product-page/cooking-with-christoffer-nordic-recipe-guide] 🎶 All music is from Epidemic Sound (affiliate link) ⇨ [https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/4qbpmf] About Cecilia: Cecilia Blomdahl is originally from Sweden and moved to Svalbard 9 years ago. She works as a photographer and videographer in Longyearbyen, and with her social media channels. Check her out on TikTok and Instagram under her handle @sejsejlija! Here on YouTube she shares weekly videos about her daily life in a cabin just outside of Longyearbyen, where she lives with her boyfriend Christoffer and their dog Grim, capturing the beauty, stillness, and everyday life near the North Pole ❄️🏠 They have polar bears there!
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Thank you Kaina for inviting us into your home🎉❤It's so lovely! Very homey and cozy and pretty. You seem like an awesome person and I'm super grateful we got to meet you🙏🏼💕
I love the Meet the Locals stories you've done! More please! Marianna
The whole world can learn much from the residents of Svalbard. Many different cultures from around the world living together and respecting each other. We can do it!
"I was like a blank canvass. I'm still a work in progress." Well put Kaina, what a lovely young woman.
What a beautiful, kind soul! Thank you for sharing your story and letting us have a glimpse of your life, Khaina!!! ❤
From a Filipino viewer who's been watching your channel for 5yrs now, this makes me so happy. ❤
Thank you Cecilia for bringing meeting the locals back! Karina is a beautiful soul there!
WOW!!!! We met Khristin when we stayed at Guesthuset a few months ago ... She's exceptional at her job and we send her all our love from Greece! Without her help and support our trip wouldn't be the same! THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for everything!!!!! ❤ from Greece, Angela and Lampros
A FILIPINA!! this makes me wanna fulfill my dream of visiting Svalbard huhu
Aww. Grimm is on the Wall of Fame!! Well deserved
I stayed at Guesthouse 102 last summer - so, so lovely people and place ❤ Best holiday of my life!!! Happy Svalbard Day everyone ❤
Greetings from the Philippines! Glad to see a Filipino living in Svalbard too❤
Filipinos are the most hardworking & resilient people, so full of life.
Wow, this was a beautiful video! I think it’s important to highlight the sending money back home culture and the perspective that develops. How she shared that Svalbard made her courageous was beautifully said. Loved this!
Happy Mother’s Day to all please enjoy your day with your families
What a lovely smile Kaina has. Thanks Cecilia for sharing about the locals. Such a lovely home xx
My favorite part of my Sundays!! Thanks Cecilia
I love the idea of “Meet the the Locals”. I would never have known the size of the Filipino community there. I also enjoy knowing how she’s come to realize her strength. Both of you are very warm spirits.
Thank you to Kaina for opening up her home and her life. What an amazing person!
Kaina’s journaling is next level!