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Fun & facts

Foto & media, Fun & facts, In English

Traders Hotel doesn't serve wine, it serves delicious "grape beverages"

08.07.2013 (Stein) Runar Bergheim 1 min read

Alcohol isn’t too healthy nor is it entirely in line with Islamic faith. It is therefore not to be marvelled at that alcohol commercials are […]

Fun & facts, In English

Useful 100 years later too

20.06.201311.08.2014 (Stein) Runar Bergheim 1 min read

“38 Vintage Conversation Rules | The Art of Manliness” http://feedly.com/k/11zdIIA

Fun & facts, Photos

On my tailor's shelf in Abu Dhabi

18.06.2013 (Stein) Runar Bergheim 1 min read

And what is more, my tailor is Santa. In fact, there are so many Santas in his area that he is Santa A.

Fun & facts, In English, People & ideas, Travel & destinations

…and that is why we call it the green turtle

15.06.201322.09.2015 (Stein) Runar Bergheim 1 min read

“Many people ask us why we call the green turtle the green turtle. And we always tell them that we call the green turtle the […]

Fun & facts, In English, People & ideas

Bohr’s definition of experts…

09.04.201320.08.2014 (Stein) Runar Bergheim 1 min read

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. — Niels Bohr

What’s in a name?
Fun & facts, In English, Photos

What’s in a name?

11.11.201207.09.2014 (Stein) Runar Bergheim 1 min read

I have always been amazed by the enormous selection of seemingly identical bread/proteine combos sold by literally every hole-in-the-wall shop in the United Arab Emirates. The food photos are […]

Music, Art and Karate – now that's what I call Harmony!
Fun & facts, In English, Photos

Music, Art and Karate – now that's what I call Harmony!

12.07.2012 (Stein) Runar Bergheim 1 min read

It would be entirely wrong to blame Omanis for their lack of entrepreneurial spirit. Their grouping of business offers leaves a few questions unanswered though…

Fun & facts, In English, Photos

Satan plays the Accordion

15.06.2012 (Stein) Runar Bergheim 1 min read

Neither the instrument nor the repertoire came as a shock. That she was an Asian man came as a surprise though, I had always thought […]

Tough times for the police in Oman
Fun & facts, In English, People & ideas

Tough times for the police in Oman

25.04.201207.09.2014 (Stein) Runar Bergheim 1 min read

Today the Times of Oman informed its readers about the scary level of technical sophistication shown by cutting-edge criminals in the Omani capital…

Fun & facts

Photos of ghosts

13.10.200720.08.2014 (Stein) Runar Bergheim 1 min read

I don’t don’t believe in ghosts? I mean, I don’t believe in them during broad daylight when everything is clear to the eye. After sleeping […]

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