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Bergen municipality released a 25 minute video[0] of the bike ride through the tunnel and into the downtown area of Bergen. If 'sakte TV' or slow TV is somethi

Bergen municipality released a 25 minute video[0] of the bike ride through the tunnel and into the downtown area of Bergen. If 'sakte TV' or slow TV is something you like, I could also recommend checking out The Bergen Line minute by minute[1], which is a seven hour broadcast of the train going between Bergen and Oslo. A peaceful and beautiful train ride. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42q15E2YE8Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42q15E2YE8Y [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udF0IXB2FZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udF0IXB2FZA

riffraff 3y ago
holy cow this is a beautiful tunnel
sgt 3y ago
Imagine if there was a cycling culture like this in the South. Places like Chattanooga with skinny cyclists all over the place.
- Jedd 3y ago
  > ... in the South. Well, most of Europe is south of Norway, and there's a lot of comparable cycling culture and facilities there. Unless you mean south of the equator, like here in Australia, but unfortunately we're not so good with that. I can't speak to much of the rest of the south (of the equator) unfortunately.
  - pi-rat 3y ago
    I suspect he means the southern parts of the US. (Which are the most car oriented states, IIRC)
  - sgt 3y ago
    I meant the USA
- AtlasBarfed 3y ago
  As someone that has enjoyed Minneapolis St Pauls heavily interconnected bike path system, and then goes to uber-car-centric southern areas (not even shoulders on the roads to support bikes), it blows my mind, especially some place like Houston. You don't even have "real winter"! It is far easier on a bike dealing with rain than dealing with six inches of snow and packed ice. Four seasons of bike trips! Don't they know what they are missing? And with e-bikes and the like, you don't even need to worry about getting sweaty in the 100 degree heat. Instead it is an awesome breezy trip. Houston for example has the beginnings of this: a big path down some stream/water transport that splits down the middle of the city (Macgregor or something like it. A built in ebike crosscity-thoroughfare, you just need to urban plan some extension bike lanes and boom the city is 10x more bikeable. But Houston is, for example, forbidden by the Texas legislature from funding any mass transportation, because the Texas GOP is ... insane. Well, everything in Texas is insane.
artjumble 3y ago
A great channel with tons of the Bergen-Oslo train route is RailCowGirl. https://www.youtube.com/@RailCowGirl https://www.youtube.com/@RailCowGirl
liotier 3y ago
Other large cycling tunnels: - Rotterdam's Maas Tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UUinjhQgM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UUinjhQgM - Antwerp's Kennedytunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7CsUnQ5BY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7CsUnQ5BY0 - Paris' Parc des Rives de Seine's tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAIXHVolUmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAIXHVolUmg - England's Tyne Tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR4je-ndz7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR4je-ndz7E - Nam Han River's tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFNrxpeLtAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFNrxpeLtAU - Lyon's Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse, with yours truly pedalling through it: https://youtu.be/JDvBNsVMkRc?list=PLBcwv3gb0JkpDlYfh-yfBWqtS0UPSlLle&t=132 https://youtu.be/JDvBNsVMkRc?list=PLBcwv3gb0JkpDlYfh-yfBWqtS...
- arethuza 3y ago
  Also the Innocent Railway tunnel in Edinburgh - not that long but with an interesting history (a railway tunnel that predates steam): https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2021/02/innocent-railway/ https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2021/02/innocent-railw...
- bombcar 3y ago
  Snoqualmie Tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Hze1R8Gg8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Hze1R8Gg8 (more of a hiking trail, but you can bike it if you have lights). Not purpose-built; it's an old train tunnel.
neurostimulant 3y ago
Is there any reason why the tunnel is curved instead of straight? It's probably cheaper if it were straight (less rock to dig), so there must be a reason for the curve.

riffraff 3y ago

holy cow this is a beautiful tunnel

sgt 3y ago

Imagine if there was a cycling culture like this in the South. Places like Chattanooga with skinny cyclists all over the place.

Jedd 3y ago
> ... in the South. Well, most of Europe is south of Norway, and there's a lot of comparable cycling culture and facilities there. Unless you mean south of the equator, like here in Australia, but unfortunately we're not so good with that. I can't speak to much of the rest of the south (of the equator) unfortunately.
- pi-rat 3y ago
  I suspect he means the southern parts of the US. (Which are the most car oriented states, IIRC)
- sgt 3y ago
  I meant the USA
AtlasBarfed 3y ago
As someone that has enjoyed Minneapolis St Pauls heavily interconnected bike path system, and then goes to uber-car-centric southern areas (not even shoulders on the roads to support bikes), it blows my mind, especially some place like Houston. You don't even have "real winter"! It is far easier on a bike dealing with rain than dealing with six inches of snow and packed ice. Four seasons of bike trips! Don't they know what they are missing? And with e-bikes and the like, you don't even need to worry about getting sweaty in the 100 degree heat. Instead it is an awesome breezy trip. Houston for example has the beginnings of this: a big path down some stream/water transport that splits down the middle of the city (Macgregor or something like it. A built in ebike crosscity-thoroughfare, you just need to urban plan some extension bike lanes and boom the city is 10x more bikeable. But Houston is, for example, forbidden by the Texas legislature from funding any mass transportation, because the Texas GOP is ... insane. Well, everything in Texas is insane.

artjumble 3y ago

A great channel with tons of the Bergen-Oslo train route is RailCowGirl. https://www.youtube.com/@RailCowGirl https://www.youtube.com/@RailCowGirl

liotier 3y ago

Other large cycling tunnels: - Rotterdam's Maas Tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UUinjhQgM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UUinjhQgM - Antwerp's Kennedytunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7CsUnQ5BY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7CsUnQ5BY0 - Paris' Parc des Rives de Seine's tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAIXHVolUmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAIXHVolUmg - England's Tyne Tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR4je-ndz7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR4je-ndz7E - Nam Han River's tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFNrxpeLtAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFNrxpeLtAU - Lyon's Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse, with yours truly pedalling through it: https://youtu.be/JDvBNsVMkRc?list=PLBcwv3gb0JkpDlYfh-yfBWqtS0UPSlLle&t=132 https://youtu.be/JDvBNsVMkRc?list=PLBcwv3gb0JkpDlYfh-yfBWqtS...

arethuza 3y ago
Also the Innocent Railway tunnel in Edinburgh - not that long but with an interesting history (a railway tunnel that predates steam): https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2021/02/innocent-railway/ https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2021/02/innocent-railw...
bombcar 3y ago
Snoqualmie Tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Hze1R8Gg8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Hze1R8Gg8 (more of a hiking trail, but you can bike it if you have lights). Not purpose-built; it's an old train tunnel.

neurostimulant 3y ago

Is there any reason why the tunnel is curved instead of straight? It's probably cheaper if it were straight (less rock to dig), so there must be a reason for the curve.