Re: Finland might be the first country for widespread Bitcoin adoption!
i live in a small place on the edge of akershus / østfold, and ive gotten a few of the shop owners interested in bitcoin 
hopefully i can go buy groceries etc with bitcoins in a few months
That gives me an idea. Instead of having the Bitcoin conferences in big cities like London, New York, Prague where we are not noticed, we should have the conference in a small town where it makes a much bigger impression.hopefully i can go buy groceries etc with bitcoins in a few months
In most countries, there are regional Tourist Authorities that try to attract conferences to their resorts, especially in the low season. This can be used as a leverage for bitcoin adoption. So we say to a big hotel/resort that we will take 200 hotel rooms if they agree to accept bitcoin for payment. And simultaneously we say to the local chamber of commerce that we will bring 300 conference attendees to their town if the local businesses add bitcoin to their payment options.
That seems like a decent plan. I bet a lot of bitcoiners would be willing to trek to a more out of the way destination for a goal like that.
I doubt that "If your local businesses accept bitcoin then we'll come" is the way to go, but more like "We're coming, tell your local businesses we have bitcoins to spend and we're going to buy where they are accepted." With the exception of the venue itself perhaps. Shop around until you find a satisfactory venue that will accept coin then go tell chamber of commerce, local media etc.
Might work even better for like a week long bitcoin party/vacation/conference.
great idea. Perhaps a low cost area as well ? Poland, Latvia ? Thailand, Phillipines ?