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Nerds are warm and kind by nature. And we are of course welcoming on the booth friends from other websites. So, nerds to be found soon on HWCLIPS.com and TV IM NETZ. It’s becoming a nerdy world out there.

Who said everything is going digital? Who said the only friends you have, are friends on Facebook? Honestly, we don’t know and hey, we don’t care. Mandy Nerd shows us that in this digital world, you still can make good friends beyond the internet.

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!

Nerds like to compete. The battle is on. Will Kurt using public transport be home faster at the Intel Kontich site than Holly, Basti and Uli driving a similar distance with the yellow 1974 VW and the 1974 caravan. Distance is 1218km (of course then it’s still a few kilometers to get to the Intel Munich office, but hey we want to make this a fair game). Come back later this week to find it out. But this is social media, up to you to already submit your guess as a comment. Will Kurt make it in time for the train from Jönköping? Will Holly, Basti and Uli be missing the ferry because they saw the light?

Or will Holly also get distracted by shooting too many pictures?

You will find it out later this week on www.nerd-fm.com . If it’s not on www.nerd-fm.com it’s not relevant and not true.

Our adventure started with an Italian meal in Glücksburg, it ended with an Italian meal in Jönköping.  And we had a few Italian meals in between too. At the end it started to look like an Italian week in Sweden.  Our Nerd-FM.com award for the best place to eat in Jönköping goes to ‘En Italienare & En Grek’. Super service, super food! If you ever go to Jönköping, don’t miss out on this restaurant. You know us by now, if it’s Nerd-FM.com approved, it’s beyond simply being great. For the website of the restaurant, click on the pic. But come back later on.

Location for this final diner was a bit special. We got a VIP seat.

Our week has been a great week. Sorry Basti you still had to dismantle the systems on the booth. Our minds were with you.

Our 138 eyes Benelux Intel Pack4DreamHack delegation behaved extremely well. When entering Hall A, you could not miss out of them.

And they turned out to treat each other very nicely too. Even a neck message to get the gaming stress out of the body.

Bottom line, guys and girls, we are simply VERY proud! Have a safe trip back.