Re: Why are VSI so focused on Sweden ?

On 2024-10-28, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 10/28/2024 9:21 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

I know of the Swedish origins of VSI's backer, but even so and with all
other things being equal, I would have expected it to be held in a more
central European country such as Germany or Austria in order to make
it easier for much more of Europe to attend.
 
Is the remaining European VMS userbase really so heavily weighted to a
single smaller (by population) Northern European country instead of being
spread out more evenly across Europe ?

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Sweden does have VMS users. But so does other European countries. I
would expect UK to have more than Sweden. Bigger country.
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That's what I thought as well.

But travel wise Malmö is not bad. If you were to join then you
would make a very short flight London to Copenhagen, you land, you
walk through security, you jump on the train in the airport
and 25 minutes later you are in Malmö.
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At least they didn't decide to hold it in Bodø (or whatever the Swedish
version of that is). :-)

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You have something about Bodø. Or in Swedish Bodö.
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Yes. It's a place that has stuck in my mind as representing the extreme
north of Europe due to the fact it is in Europe but is also inside the
Arctic Circle.

I've long found it interesting just how diverse all the various countries
that make up Europe really are.

Simon.

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