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Subject: Re: Why are VSI so focused on Sweden ?
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:44:39 -0400
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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 ?

Sweden does have VMS users. But so does other European countries. I
would expect UK to have more than Sweden. Bigger country.

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.

> At least they didn't decide to hold it in Bodø (or whatever the Swedish
> version of that is). :-)

You have something about Bodø. Or in Swedish Bodö.

Arne