Amsterdam

place · in 28 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 1 · 2008: 1 · 2009: 5 · 2010: 3 · 2011: 10 · 2012: 2 · 2013: 6

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2007-05-22 · May 22: Brotherhood 2.0 in Amsterdam — John is in Amsterdam having a good time; he likes it so much he does his happy dance, and the locals laugh. (00:00:09)
2007-05-22 · May 22: Brotherhood 2.0 in Amsterdam — John expected Amsterdam to be a drug-addled den of iniquity, 'Las Vegas, but with legal weed', but finds it one of the cleanest, most beautiful cities he has visited. (00:01:11)
2007-05-22 · May 22: Brotherhood 2.0 in Amsterdam — John lists what he likes in Amsterdam: green space, everyone biking, small efficient cars, eco-friendly toilets, fresh flowers and beautiful buildings, some items delivered as gags. (00:01:11)
2007-05-22 · May 22: Brotherhood 2.0 in Amsterdam — John sums up that Amsterdam is what many great cities will be like in 50 years: efficient, sustainable and mostly underwater. (00:01:49)

2009-02-21 · Paper Towns and PUPPY — John invites European Nerdfighters to a public Nerdfighter gathering that Thursday night in Amsterdam; details are not set yet, but he asks them to sign up via the sidebar. (00:00:30)
2009-02-21 · Paper Towns and PUPPY — On Thursday, March 19th, John will be in Amsterdam for the launch of the Dutch edition of Paper Towns. (00:00:30)
2009-03-11 · How to Get Girls to Like You — John's event in Amsterdam is on Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m. at De Jaren; everyone in and around Amsterdam should come. (00:00:18)
2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — John reminds viewers of an Amsterdam Nerdfighter gathering on Thursday night at 7 o'clock at De Jaren, with more information in the sidebar. (00:00:00)
2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — John says he will see many Nerdfighters in Amsterdam on Thursday and promises an Amsterdam video by the end of the week. (00:02:21)
2009-03-23 · John Loves Amsterdam — On Thursday night more than 100 Nerdfighters gathered in Amsterdam for an evening of fun, including John failing to read in Dutch. (00:01:34)
2009-03-23 · John Loves Amsterdam — John tells Hank that people sang a song Hank wrote in a bar in Amsterdam. (00:02:22)

2010-11-16 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — John says he leaves tomorrow for a week in Europe, doing events in Amsterdam and Vienna, with details in the description. (00:02:56)
2010-11-19 · I'm Not Going Down: Thoughts from Amsterdam — After landing in foggy Munich and eating a pretzel, John flies on to Amsterdam, which he calls the city he loves most in the world. (00:00:32)
2010-11-19 · I'm Not Going Down: Thoughts from Amsterdam — John says Amsterdam, like all great cities, brims with contradictions: a red-light district dominated by a church, the city that both hid Anne Frank and gave her up. (00:01:17)
2010-11-19 · I'm Not Going Down: Thoughts from Amsterdam — John says Amsterdam's contradictions (an ancient city always under construction, boats that both keep out and contain water) are in all of us, or at least in him. (00:01:46)

2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — John tells Hank he has to go to Amsterdam. (00:02:03)
2011-04-20 · Tulipomania — John says he is really in Amsterdam, not before a green screen, for two months finishing his new book; the reason for Amsterdam will become obvious when you read it. (00:00:03)
2011-05-09 · Trading Underwear for Rice Crispy Treats: Queens Day in Amsterdam (Thoughts from Places) — John, Sarah and a child of the brothers spent Queen's Day in Amsterdam; a child of the brothers woke them at 5:42 a.m. and they took him to the Vondelpark in a Dirk Kuyt jersey. (00:00:01)
2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — Over the last month of living in Amsterdam, John has repeatedly used Google Translate on Dutch documents; imperfect, but it gives the sense. (00:00:26)
2011-05-27 · Older Than Gravity In Bruges: Thoughts from Places — John woke up last Sunday in Bruges, joking about a night of beer, having left his toothbrush in Amsterdam, and set out to buy a toothbrush and Belgian chocolate. (00:00:01)
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John says his time in the Netherlands is almost over; he will miss Amsterdam's elm trees, public transport, canal view, cafés, bicycles and his apartment older than his country. (00:00:00)
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — The one thing John won't miss about Amsterdam: shops play real music rather than muzak, including gangster rap with unedited lyrics, which Hank's SexyBack ice cream truck reminded him of. (00:00:37)

2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says he is going to the Netherlands this week; there will be a Nerdfighter gathering in Amsterdam on Friday night, with info in the description. (00:00:26)
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John woke on Saturday in Amsterdam extravagantly jet-lagged, then walked with a child of the brothers's old babysitter to the apartment where he lived while finishing The Fault in Our Stars. (00:00:00)
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — Recalling the months he lived in Amsterdam, much of the time sick and crippled with anxiety, John now thinks only of how much one can love and miss made-up people. (00:02:01)

2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — Hank reads a viewer question that assumes TFIOS filming in Pittsburgh has started, corrects it (filming doesn't start until August 26th) and asks whether John will come to Amsterdam. (00:01:00)
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — Ansel says that while shooting Divergent in Chicago, Shailene gave him a package not to open; days later Josh Boone told him to open it: a rotten Dutch cheese and tomato sandwich meant he got the part. (00:01:25)