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Re: Europe's hottest startup capitals

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Post by chico_dusty » Thu, Aug 18, 2011, 9:26 AM UTC

atomicdog wrote: post #19

You're really pushing it if you're classing Moscow and Tel Aviv as "European" cities...

Say what? Moscow is most definitely European. It's located something like 850 miles west of the Urals.

Re: Europe's hottest startup capitals

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Post by arethuza » Thu, Aug 18, 2011, 9:27 AM UTC

atomicdog wrote: post #19

You're really pushing it if you're classing Moscow and Tel Aviv as "European" cities...

So what continent do you think Moscow is in?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

Re: Europe's hottest startup capitals

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Post by SoupIce » Thu, Aug 18, 2011, 9:28 AM UTC

Israel is not in Europe. Why is it on the list?

Re: Europe's hottest startup capitals

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Post by arethuza » Thu, Aug 18, 2011, 9:30 AM UTC

SoupIce wrote: post #23

Israel is not in Europe. Why is it on the list?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest

Re: Europe's hottest startup capitals

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Post by philwelch » Thu, Aug 18, 2011, 9:55 AM UTC

SoupIce wrote: post #23

Israel is not in Europe. Why is it on the list?

It's culturally closer to Europe than to its Muslim neighbors. Israel competes in the Eurovision song contest and in the European soccer confederation.

Re: Europe's hottest startup capitals

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 18, 2011, 9:59 AM UTC

lell wrote: post #3

Tomis wrote: post #2

Someone should let Wired know that Tel Aviv is as European as Damascus and Beirut.

And that Sweden isn't a city (so it can't be a European capital.)

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Re: Europe's hottest startup capitals

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Post by relix » Thu, Aug 18, 2011, 10:36 AM UTC

ddon wrote: post #17

relix wrote: post #7

I was looking into moving to Tallinn as an expat. This just sealed the deal. Any Estonian hackers on here?

i moved from Tallinn last year :) many positive things can be said about this place, but having a snow (mostly dirty) for about 7..8 months a year, and seeing this mess made me move: http://public.fotki.com/dmitri_don/tallinn-2011/

You're the first guy I read who addresses negative points of Tallinn, thanks!

I knew about the snow, but not about the derelict state of some of the surroundings. However, isn't it normal for a reasonably large city to have vandalized parts like that? I'm sure you could find similar scenes in cities like Paris, Brussels or Berlin.

If you have any other resources about Tallinn (biased or not ;-) ) I'd love to take a gander, it's actually quite hard to find good intel about it. I noticed you're Canadian - did you use a guidebook when you first arrived? I'm wondering which one I should get.

Re: Europe's hottest startup capitals

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Post by karls » Thu, Aug 18, 2011, 10:54 AM UTC

relix wrote: post #7

I was looking into moving to Tallinn as an expat. This just sealed the deal. Any Estonian hackers on here?

i am! in tallinn during the summer, in the UK during uni.

Re: Europe's hottest startup capitals

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Post by jkaljundi » Thu, Aug 18, 2011, 11:05 AM UTC

relix wrote: post #7

I was looking into moving to Tallinn as an expat. This just sealed the deal. Any Estonian hackers on here?

You're welcome! Have a look at what we do on our startup scene: http://garage48.org/ (events + startup co-working hub) http://startupleadersclub.com/ https://www.facebook.com/occtallinn

Re: Europe's hottest startup capitals

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Post by jkaljundi » Thu, Aug 18, 2011, 11:07 AM UTC

One of the great things in the article is choosing both Helsinki and Tallinn, neighboring cities with just 50 miles apart. That region is really buzzing with startup activity.