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20070713 Friday July 13, 2007

Going to JavaZone Oslo, Norway I'm pleased to announce that I'll be speaking at JavaZone this year in Oslo, Norway. It's been a couple of years since I've been to Norway, but I've been wanting to go back ever since I left. Not only is Oslo itself awesome, but the people really showed me a good time.

I just bought my tickets, so it's pretty much a sure thing at this point. Even better, like my trip to ApacheCon EU, I'm bringing along some family.

Good ol' Mom and Dad will be joining me - making it my Dad's 4th international trip this year (Tanzania, Panama, Amsterdam/Germany are the previous 3). That's pretty good considering Africa was his only business trip.

Our current plan is to fly in on Sunday, visit the ancestral homeland (Finland) for a couple of days, and then spend Tuesday - Friday (September 11-14) in Oslo. If you're going to JavaZone - I hope to see you there. If you have any suggestions on what we should see in Finland or Oslo, we'd love to hear your suggestions. Posted in Java at Jul 13 2007, 01:11:37 AM MDT 6 Comments

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Hey Matt,

Welcome to Finland!

Is there anything particular we'd like to see? Although Helsinki is not a huge metropolitan city we have loads to see here. Can you narrow your interests a bit?

We'll plan you a helluva visit :)

Cheers,

Jani

Posted by Jani Kaarnalehto on July 13, 2007 at 03:52 AM MDT #

I just want to know if you'll come home with another Finnish MacBook :-)

Posted by Greg Ostravich on July 13, 2007 at 08:22 AM MDT #

Thanks for the memories Greg. ;-)

Posted by Matt Raible on July 13, 2007 at 10:26 AM MDT #

Oslo is in Norway man!

Posted by Cuong Hoang on July 13, 2007 at 07:59 PM MDT #

Hi I guess Lonely Planet will help you find the local tourist attrations like Holmenkollen, Vigelandsparken, The Edvard Munch museeum, The Royal Castle etc., but if you have 3-4 hours and the weather is nice, I recomend a trip to the local island. One of them actually have "wild" rabbits! Grunerløkka is also a nice place to have dinner. Small houses and bissi sidewalk resturants. Has a boheemian feel to it. Take a walk along The Aker river for dessert. Some advise: Stay away from Karl Johans gate! The somewhat liberal laws has left the lower side for junkies and the middel part for expensive (tourist) restaurant and shops. Start from Egertorget and work your way to The Royal Castle. Just a pointer!

Posted by Jon Georg Berentsen on July 16, 2007 at 09:50 AM MDT #

Hi Matt, Nice to see that you have finally change to visit Helsinki. I remember talking to you last years JavaOne there you mentioned that you would like to visit Finland. Hopefully you have some freetime, so we could arrange some kind of meeting for finnish people and enjoy few beers :)

Posted by Jussi on July 23, 2007 at 01:46 AM MDT #

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