For those who don’t know slow tv was popularized by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) with train journeys and ship routes.
Freely available for those interested: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sjakk
[1] https://kampanje.com/medier/2021/12/kvelden-for-kvelden-mist...
(Big hugs to all nations involved of course)
[0] Just from a single camera at the front of the train, no further editing. I haven't seen the Norwegian and Swedish Slow TV yet, but I get the impression they use multiple cameras. The German version was super simple, but very relaxing in its simplicity.
[1] https://youtu.be/7ycjaWRnETU [2] https://youtu.be/2jI-Sn_X7x4?t=213
The wikipedia link above has 2009 as the earliest date.
In Austria you would find random scenic train rides on TV whenever you would switch on the TV in the middle of the night at least from 2002 onward, if not earlier... And I don't think this started in Austria.
When did the UK start broadcasting yule logs? In the United States it goes back to at least the mid 1960's, and possibly before. Stations in most large cities still air the show, though shorter now (1-3 hours) than before.
https://www.youtube.com/c/RailCowGirl
Especially good if you love trains, and amazing scenery.
And I'm puzzled.
Are the Scandinavians so bored that they find the dashcam of a train amusing?
When people are given good social security, food, healthcare, education and everything else, do they start to find life boring?
Update: I don't mean any offense to Scandinavians or anybody else.
Update 2: I'm not American, so please don't use the comment section to crap on Americans with the assumption that I'll be offended (and also think about what that reveals about you). This is hilarious.
Update 3: I now realise it's just one person who's doing all the aforementioned crapping (at the time of this update). Maybe that person is having a bad day.
* Along the coast: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/hurtigruten-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/svalbard-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerskuta-minutt-for-minutt
* Train: https://tv.nrk.no/program/PRHO63004009
* Hiking: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/monsen-minutt-for-minutt and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/besseggen-minutt-for-minutt
* Driving: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/sommerbilen-minutt-for-minutt
* Singing: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/salmeboka-minutt-for-minutt
* The opera: https://tv.nrk.no/program/MKDE21000318
* Moving reindeers: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/reinflytting-minutt-for-minutt
I think it's more of a nice background, that you keep on while doing something else (working, cooking, living in general), and sometimes check.
Same as a cozy fireplace, or a beautiful view from your window, or even a TV / radio left on whether someone listens to it or not
There's plenty of this stuff. Go on Twitch and you'll find people playing very uneventful video games for hours, and people will hang around to watch it. There has even been sessions of watching grass grow or paint dry, and people watched it.
Given??
We work 40h a week and pay taxes.
Social security is not to live on forever, its temporary until you find a job. If you are too sick, then yes you CAN get it forever.
Food? You think we are given food? We have supermarkets. Yes it is good quality as we have GOVERNMENTAL OVERSIGHT, unlike the USA where corporations are free to put raw pesticides in your Mcdonalds borgir.
Healthcare? - Yes paid for by taxes. Not given to us.
Education - Yes paid for by taxes. So that we can work, and pay taxes to fund it.
We BUILT this society. You had your chance and choose to build a hellhole made of roads, cars and 70h workweeks.
"oooh but we do so much inovation!!!" Sweden does too SAAB, Ericsson, Spotify, Minecraft. A nation of 10mil and we built our own jets and subs. Suck it.
We're (so far) free of the 70h workweeks, at least, but if you're trying to portray Sweden as somehow a car-free haven of environmentally-friendly cycling and walking along the lines of Denmark or The Netherlands, then you're really taking the blind nationalism too far...
> Sweden does too SAAB, Ericsson, Spotify, Minecraft. A nation of 10mil and we built our own jets and subs. Suck it.
...and here was me thinking this was a mild discussion about 'slow TV'...
In your culture do people typically crap on others and spread hate like you're doing here? Or is it just you?
I mean, seriously, what are you, 12?
Nice strawman argument, and ageism.
If you felt that I said your lot is lazy, that was a misunderstanding. A miscommunication.
For the record, I'll state it explicitly: I do not think people of Sweden (and the Scandinavians in general) are lazy.
There. I said it.
I have been as explicit as I possibly could, even though there's no reason for me to explain myself to a random rude person on the internet.
In my native language there's a saying that roughly translates to: don't climb up a ladder to get in the way of a bullet going across the sky.
I've committed this mistake.
Let's end this discussion.
GPs comment has plenty wrong with it but yours (multiple) does too.
Which country? "The average American works 34.4 hours per week, as of May 2019. For people between 25-54, the national average work week comes in at 40.5 hours."
Actually, I never put on TV in the background. Either there's something I want to watch or there isn't, in which case I turn off the TV.
I sometimes keep music on in the background. But this is only if I actually feel like listening to music. For instance, I can drive for hours with no music on (and no, my car exhaust note isn't very exciting).
Dont all americans have like 5 TVs on showing Fox News 24/7?
Or so at peace with life (knowing that we can get free healthcare and education if or when we need it) that we can find beauty in simple things, like moose migrating. ;-)
I enjoy picking mushrooms and bow making.
Looking at the state of the world, I'm happy that that's often as much excitement as we need here.