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But perfected in Sweden with The Great Moose Migration! </silly Scandinavian rivalry>

WJW 5y ago
So the genre started in the UK with Yule log burning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_log https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_log), then was popularised in Norway and perfected in Sweden. Might we expect the slow eastward migration to continue and for Finland to come up with the next masterpiece? The Finns are already somewhat notorious for going long stretches of time without speaking, after all. (Big hugs to all nations involved of course)
- mcv 5y ago
  Didn't Germany already do this ages ago? At night, they would broadcast various train trips[0]. I even recall there was a bit of a scandal when they cut out part of the trip through a tunnel, because the screen would be all black for too long. [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.
  - bipson 5y ago
    Agreed. 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.
  - nibix 5y ago
    Yes, the train rides were in the night programme of ARD during the 90s [1]. Meanwhile, the other public German TV channel ZDF did the contrast program with a different mode of transportation: They had dash cam views of car rides [2]. [1] https://youtu.be/7ycjaWRnETU https://youtu.be/7ycjaWRnETU [2] https://youtu.be/2jI-Sn_X7x4?t=213 https://youtu.be/2jI-Sn_X7x4?t=213
- ui4jd73bdj 5y ago
  We have slow TV for hawk nesting and seal sunbathing in Finland. Unfortunately the seals sunbathing location was figured out one year and they had to stop broadcasting it.
  - op00to 5y ago
    Heh. Did humans do their own sunbathing for the camera?
- alophawen 5y ago
  Check out finnish outdoor survival on youtube
  - mackatsol 5y ago
    Link please?
    - tilt_error 5y ago
      https://youtu.be/Gzc2nAhY8OI https://youtu.be/Gzc2nAhY8OI
- apeescape 5y ago
  Not live TV per se, but a WWF web stream following ringed seals is hugely popular in Finland. The OG version is called Norppalive (https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/saimaa-ringed-seal/ https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/saimaa-ringed-seal/), and it followed Saimaa ringed seals. This year's edition follows Baltic ringed seals (https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/baltic-ringed-seal/ https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/baltic-ringed-seal/). There may be hours of nothing happening at all, it's great.
- reaperducer 5y ago
  the genre started in the UK with Yule log burning 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.
mongol 5y ago
Actually, I think Norway has the edge here. The fjord scenery can't be beaten. (And I am Swedish)

WJW 5y ago

So the genre started in the UK with Yule log burning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_log https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_log), then was popularised in Norway and perfected in Sweden. Might we expect the slow eastward migration to continue and for Finland to come up with the next masterpiece? The Finns are already somewhat notorious for going long stretches of time without speaking, after all. (Big hugs to all nations involved of course)

mcv 5y ago
Didn't Germany already do this ages ago? At night, they would broadcast various train trips[0]. I even recall there was a bit of a scandal when they cut out part of the trip through a tunnel, because the screen would be all black for too long. [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.
- bipson 5y ago
  Agreed. 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.
- nibix 5y ago
  Yes, the train rides were in the night programme of ARD during the 90s [1]. Meanwhile, the other public German TV channel ZDF did the contrast program with a different mode of transportation: They had dash cam views of car rides [2]. [1] https://youtu.be/7ycjaWRnETU https://youtu.be/7ycjaWRnETU [2] https://youtu.be/2jI-Sn_X7x4?t=213 https://youtu.be/2jI-Sn_X7x4?t=213
ui4jd73bdj 5y ago
We have slow TV for hawk nesting and seal sunbathing in Finland. Unfortunately the seals sunbathing location was figured out one year and they had to stop broadcasting it.
- op00to 5y ago
  Heh. Did humans do their own sunbathing for the camera?
alophawen 5y ago
Check out finnish outdoor survival on youtube
- mackatsol 5y ago
  Link please?
  - tilt_error 5y ago
    https://youtu.be/Gzc2nAhY8OI https://youtu.be/Gzc2nAhY8OI
apeescape 5y ago
Not live TV per se, but a WWF web stream following ringed seals is hugely popular in Finland. The OG version is called Norppalive (https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/saimaa-ringed-seal/ https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/saimaa-ringed-seal/), and it followed Saimaa ringed seals. This year's edition follows Baltic ringed seals (https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/baltic-ringed-seal/ https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/baltic-ringed-seal/). There may be hours of nothing happening at all, it's great.
reaperducer 5y ago
the genre started in the UK with Yule log burning 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.

mongol 5y ago

Actually, I think Norway has the edge here. The fjord scenery can't be beaten. (And I am Swedish)