Comments on: Gnomes Invade Belgium

By: Tele2 Quietly Axes Parlino, Its Skype Alternative - Web 2.0 in Belgium

Tele2 Quietly Axes Parlino, Its Skype Alternative - Web 2.0 in Belgium — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:28:34 +0000

[...] was launched in May of last year, with an impressive viral marketing campaign. Users of the service, which was rolled out in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg and Sweden, [...]

By: blognation Belgium » Blog Archive » Tele2 Quietly Axes Parlino, Its Skype Alternative

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:57:05 +0000

[...] was launched in May of last year, with an impressive viral marketing campaign. Users of the service, which was rolled out in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg and Sweden, [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:21:07 +0000

Of Course they do exist They have been spotted in space and Leonardo Davinci also drew a famous picture of them. check them all out here http://www.cafepress.com/gethsemenerose/1406632

By: Petra Sell

Petra Sell — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:43:09 +0000

now, there is a redirect to http://www.parlino.com/, indeed a telecom operator. but by now, there is no links to gnoms whatsoever anymore. what a shame.

By: Corneel

Corneel — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:30:51 +0000

Jep, done in Gent 5 or 6 years ago by the citycouncil..

tom: maybe it’s name is bill…

By: Tom De Bruyne

Tom De Bruyne — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 08:59:29 +0000

According to the Belgian newspaper “De Morgen”, it’s a campaign by telecom operator Tele2.

By: teamregan.org » Blog Archive » The Gnomes are Home

teamregan.org » Blog Archive » The Gnomes are Home — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 03:13:38 +0000

[...] He told me that he was of Norweigen decent, and that is the birthplace of the garden gnomes. [...]

By: bartholomeus

bartholomeus — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:31:14 +0000

I missed it!
I’m living in Antwerp and I didn’t see any… I guess they don’t exist.

I believe that this already has been done a few years ago in Ghent (Belgium). That time it was a work of art.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:09:36 +0000

I have already a few on my room :) It was pretty cool, all of a sudden in the middle of the night (4.00) they were in the middle of the “ossenmarkt” in Antwerp wednesdaynight.

20 or so … pretty funny.

By: Robin Wauters

Robin Wauters — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:14:04 +0000

This is a viral marketing stunt, but I’m dying to know for which company or brand it is. The domain name they-do-exist.com was registered by the COO of InterAct, a Luxemburg-based interactive marketing agency, which leads me to believe they set it up for one of their customers.

The gnomes seem to be holding a cell phone, possibly a clue?