Why are the Rinkeby and Ropsten testnets named after Swedish locations?

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I know what they are but am wondering why they were named this way.

Maybe unrelated to Ethereum, but opinion based? I think you were too fast to close this one. — Ismael, Oct 25 '17 at 2:52
I don't see how this is even unrelated, and definitely not opinion-based — Marius Waldal, Oct 27 '17 at 7:32
This is about a historical fact of why or who named them. That’s what I want to know. — JohnAllen, Oct 27 '17 at 7:33
The question alone is informative in that it conveys the origin of the testnets' names. — JohnAllen, Nov 9 '17 at 2:12

Miguel Mota · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-07 07:36:07Z

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Testnets are named after train stations as a convention, usually where the respective testnet maintainers are based from.

sources: 1, 2

answered Jan 7 '18 at 6:39

Miguel Mota

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Which was also the basis for a funny joke on [April Fools day post]((blog.ethereum.org/2017/04/01/ethereum-dev-roundup-q1)) on the Ethereum blog: "we have launched two new testnets, Qinghuadongluxikou and Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2" =D – Sergei Tikhomirov Jan 9 '18 at 22:01

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