About the videos
Pictures add an extra dimension to a travel website. Moving pictures add even more. Sandalsand has close to 200 short travel videos. They combine live video, photographs and music from the visited country.
You may want to check out my YouTube channel Sandalfilm directly. There is also a page with playlists from destinations across the globe. In addition, find videos and playlists from my home-country Norway on a separate page.
The featured illustration above is from the Gorkhi Terelj national park in Mongolia.
Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.
I am not Fellini and I certainly do not make films about myself. I only make films of what I see, experience, and discover. On my travels. There are no secret, symbolical levels a la Fellini. However, there is an intention, I might add.
In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
The quoted observation may not originate from one of the world's most recognised persons. It does however point to a fact: Travel videos on YouTube, like mine, are not fiction. They are portraying a reality seen through a camera lens, without any acting, without any artificial backdrop.
They may be subjective, the angles and clippings are those of the video maker, but the Wysiwyg acronym - what you see is what you get - is befitting the amateur's travel video. What you see is what the maker actually saw, thus being real. This means of course that the travel videos are more than the results of dreams. On the other hand, does the father of Star Wars have a point?
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
Videos
VIDEO – Norway – Lysefjorden 6 – Vinddalen
This video from Vinddalen is part of the Lysefjord series. This area in south-western Norway serves as a superb hiking ground for numerous trips. ...
VIDEO – Norway – Lysefjorden 5 – Kjerag
This video from Kjerag is part of the Lysefjord series. This area in south-western Norway serves as a superb hiking ground for numerous trips. ...
VIDEO – Norway – Lysefjorden 4 – Songedalen
This video from Songedalen is part of the Lysefjord series. This area in south-western Norway serves as a superb hiking ground for numerous...
VIDEO – Norway – Lysefjorden 3 – Preikestolen
This video from Preikestolen is part of the Lysefjord series. This area in south-western Norway serves as a superb hiking ground for numerous...
VIDEO – Norway – Lysefjorden 2 – Ulvaskog
This video from Ulvaskog is part of the Lysefjord series. This area in south-western Norway serves as a superb hiking ground for numerous...
VIDEO – Norway – Lysefjord boat trip
The video from a Lysefjord boat trip takes us from the bottom of Lysebotn and out. We get glimpses of the famous mountains of Kjerag and...
VIDEO – Norway – Jæren – Kvernevik
This video from Kvernevik is from a series of hikes on the coastal strip of Jæren in south-western Norway. This hike one is from Kvernevik Ring in...
VIDEO – Norway – Gol stave church
Watch this video from Gol stave church. Some believe the church is from 1212, while others have more approximate estimates. In all cases, at the end...
VIDEO – Norway – Stavanger’s Old Town
Watch a video from Old Stavanger. The southwestern gateway to the Norwegian fjords, boasts a very picturesque Old Town. The small wooden houses...
VIDEO – The World’s Most Important Cities
A book by Jens A. Riisnæs and Ragnar Hatlem lists the 52 most important cities in the world. This video contains my first 31 of them. Been...
VIDEO – The World’s Most Important Destinations
A book by Jens A. Riisnæs and Ragnar Hatlem lists the 229 most important destinations in the world. Here are my first 50 of them. Been there,...
VIDEO – The World’s Most Important Heritage Sites
UNESCO's The World Heritage List includes 878 cultural or natural properties with outstanding universal value. This collection contains my first 92...










