Knut and Chris pack in Norwegian national day, contrasts between Norway, the UK and Estonia, how to make digital government non-creepy, and strange flavours of UK snack food. Nobody makes any announcements.
Links:
- Dan Benjamin - Wikipedia — Dan is the reason our podcast is hosted on Fireside. We love you, Dan.
- Norwegian Constitution Day - Wikipedia — 17th May.
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Wikipedia — They don't name people like this anymore. Well, maybe they do. But we don't hear about it.
- The flag debate (can you take another flag than the Norwegian one on 17th May?) — Usual Google Translate warning applies.
- Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - Wikipedia — Link included for completeness. Hosts utterly indifferent.
- Eurovision Song Contest 2018 - Wikipedia
- Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song - Norway - Official Music Video - Eurovision 2018 - YouTube — Norway's weak-ass Eurovision entry of 2018
- Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off - Sweden - LIVE - Second Semi-Final - Eurovision 2018 - YouTube — Sweden's 2018 entry. Also disappointing. Why did this get so many points?
- e-Estonia — We have built a digital society and so can you
- PDF about BankID in Norway — This is written by a consortium (or something) of banks, so brace yourself for heavy amounts of propaganda. But still, it works.
- e-Residency of Estonia - Wikipedia
- Economy of Estonia - Wikipedia
- Tax Return - The Norwegian Tax Administration
- Walkers (snack foods) - Wikipedia — Chris brought Knut "Worcester Sauce" and "Chicken Tikka Masala" flavours.
- Worcestershire sauce - Wikipedia
- Chicken tikka masala - Wikipedia
- The many faces of architecture in Tallinn - VisitTallinn
- Tallinn - Wikipedia
- Estonian cuisine - Wikipedia
- Uralic languages - Wikipedia — Wowels.
- Fear of missing out - Wikipedia
- Rickshaw - Wikipedia — Bike taxi
- Idris Elba - Wikipedia
- Killing Eve (TV Series 2018– ) - IMDb
- The Rain (TV Series 2018– ) - IMDb