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When your smartphone informs you at the last minute that your best friend, your girlfriend, your mother or your colleague's birthday is coming up, it's high time: you need the right present - and fast! Over the course of your life, you spend a considerable amount of time looking for ideas for birthday presents, and you should definitely get more than the hundredth DVD, the eighth pair of socks, or, in the worst case, the ironing... Mehr anzeigen
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Ever since the first mention in the Vitae Columbae (565 A.D.) by abbot Adamnan, Nessie aka the Loch Ness Monster hasn't had much time to relax. Fue...

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Cooking for friends is... er, fun, right?You get a questionably stained plastic board and the instructions to chop something up! (In cubes, please!...

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As a nerd shop, we don't usually offer religious devotional objects. Usually. But for the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the noodly deity of the Pastafa...

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The stereotypical nerd never leaves his mom's basement, is anti-social and only eats cold pizza and drinks warm soda. This image of our subculture ...

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The Plantarium Garden Lab lets you grown seeds without the need for constant watering. Perfect if yours is the kind of home where plants usually ha...

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As nerds, we like jokes and plays on words that outsiders might not get. Our favourite dead horse to beat is the number Pi. After all, Pi is basica...

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You call it “baking”, we call it “experiment observing the qualities of different chemicals under the influence of continuous heating”. And for tha...

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You call it “baking”, we call it “experiment observing the qualities of different chemicals under the influence of continuous heating”. And for tha...

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We all know the saying that cooking is an art and baking is a science. After all, even the most messed-up dinner can be salvaged, whereas just a mi...

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In the mid-nineties, a dream came true and, thanks to graphic boards, virtual food looks a lot better and more tasty now! But it doesn't matte...

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The best thing about the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), the benign deity of the Pastafarians, is the fact that – unlike some other deities – it do...

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The best scene in Harry Potter - both the books and the movies - is definitely when Harry decides to buy a piece of every single snack on the Hogwa...

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Without a proper measuring jug, we're destined to fail in the kitchen. Sure, cooking is still possible with roughly estimated amounts of ingredient...

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The kitchen can be a dangerous place - you handle acid, sharp blades and high heat and trigger chemical reactions. There should be a lot more warni...

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„It’s dangerous to cook alone!”: A saying that video game fans will definitely recognize! But it's not only important to have the right utensils fo...

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Do you know this too? As soon as you get into the kitchen to cook, dozens of chemical questions start running through your head. What is the atomic...

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This is a German book, so please switch to 'German' (see flags in the left navigation) to get a description.

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You may have seen our Plantarium Garden Lab? Well, if you're looking for a new challenge, then how about these sets? They include different plants,...

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We'd like to fight the common prejudice that geeks don't like plants. The problem that geeks have with plants is that they need constant care, whic...

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Finding birthday presents - an impossible thing?

Almost all of us have experienced it ourselves: your own birthday is approaching and you are full of anticipation and start unpacking your birthday presents. But instead of the nice gesture you were hoping for that shows that the person giving the gift knows you well, such as the anime merch you have been wanting for a long time, you find an iron, the umpteenth gift voucher or scratchy socks in the package. While it is undoubtedly nice to receive something as a gift and you don't want to sound ungrateful, this could have been avoided. There are even people who give other people birthday presents that include the receipt for easy exchange. But don't worry, this faux pas won't happen to you thanks to our great birthday presents.

Only the best for your favorite nerds

Even though all geeks and nerds share their enthusiasm for technical and scientific topics, tastes differ, as we all know. So that you can claim the title of "best gift giver" (which we certainly didn't just invent), you'll find the right gift for everyone in our shop. If the person you want to give something to likes cuddly things, you'll hit the mark with a geeky cuddly toy, and experience has shown that cult household gadgets are always well received too.

Birthday without presents is boring!- Yoda

If these birthday gifts haven't hit the nail on the head yet, you can also find iconic wall lamps, nerdy mugs, USB gadgets and countless other things with us. In short: with us you are guaranteed to find the perfect nerd gift for your favorite nerd or geek, regardless of whether the person receiving the gift is a technology, film or gaming nerd. And remember: if you choose a truly unforgettable gift, there is a very high chance that you will also receive a cool birthday gift. Before we forget: When it comes to the right cake, you should stay away from baking mixes, we were told that you can taste the difference. ;)