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Google enjoys a traditional Norwegian welcome

By Lester Haines • Get more from this author

Posted in Bootnotes, 10th February 2010 13:19 GMT

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Last weekend saw the launch of Google's privacy-busting Street View in Norway, and it didn't take long for locals to spot a traditional Viking welcome for the Great Satan of Mountain View's spymobile on the streets of Bergen:

Two men dressed as frogmen sitting on Bergen street

The two men begin to chase the Street View vehicle

The chase continues

Still chasing the Street View spymobile

Luckily for the Google operative, he was able to outrun the belligerent, rubber-clad locals and make good his escape:

The two men finally give up their pursuit

Good stuff. This entertaining spectacle has prompted Norwegian paper Aftenposten to not unreasonably ask "Who's chasing Google with fish spears?" ®

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