Archive for December 1st, 2009

One bus to take to go to Goteborg’s Landvetter Airport. Strange they don’t pronounce the “d” in “Landvetter”, so why have it in there in the first place. Our Nerd-FM.com suggestion is go for “Lanvetter Airport”. Swedish authorities have been informed.

Thirty minutes later (in fact it was 29:38 min), arrival at Lanvetter Airport.

Flight at 17:50 to Brussels. Arrival in Brussels Airport at 19:45.

Running through exit halls, hence why this picture is unsharp, taken at a speed of 35km an hour.

Took taxi to Intel Kontich office with exact arrival time on site of 20:47:06. Quick call to Holly, it was a clear win for public transport.

Time to check the Nerd-FM.com readiness level of Goteborg. It started pretty well.

And got even better. A city really in full swing heading towards XMas.

Great to find out they have a Donuts Fabriken, yes a Donuts Factory! I do wonder though if they have permission for a high tech production facility in the middle of the city?

Too bad some streets were not accessible, except if you are a dad with just one kid. It took me a while to get out of the centre under these conditions.

Do also appreciate the local humor. Everyone knows the latest Pixar movie is UP, but here they try to confuse people and call it UPP (with double P) combined with the right visual.

Time now to head to the bus. Nerd-FM.com readiness level of Goteborg is 3.4 stars.

Arriving with city bus on Sunday morning at 09:30 at train station Jönköping. Train to Goteborg scheduled to leave at 10:01 (that’s a wonderfully nerdy time). I could have taken the next train, but figured if I would then miss the connection in sweet Falköping, I’d be too late.

A stressful 5 minutes connection time at Falköping train station, euh no. Just crossing 2 meters of distance.

I walked very very slowly and just made it on time. Nice blue chairs, we love blue.

Arrival in Goteborg around 12:00. Putting luggage in train station and off for a nerd level check of Goteborg.

For our fans eagerly awaiting the outcome, now you know.

In an relentless nerve breaking challenge between a 70′s car and 70′s caravan combination versus a 2009′s  public transport (bus/train/bus/plane/taxi) combination, Kurt finished his 1218km to the Intel Kontich office arriving on Sunday evening at 20:47:06. At that exact time Holly, Basti and Uli had arrived at their Hamburg hotel, 751 km away from departure.  Outcome pretty clear.

Read details about their trips on our site. And read how our caravan ended up … damaged with 2 holes.

But the office is at least very happy to have it’s employees back. Upon arrival in Kontich office, 4 new plants were placed as a celebration gift to the Nerd-FM.com crew.

We stopped there on our first evening, when it was really dark and our Nerd-FM.com adventure had just started. But stats now clearly show we have 13 unique visitors from Flensburg.  It must have been a nightmare to read the URL written on the caravan and the car under the severe darkness and rainy weather conditions. So for those who did, our hearts are with you!