Netherlands

place · in 26 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 7 · 2009: 5 · 2010: 4 · 2011: 6 · 2012: 1 · 2013: 3

Threads

2007-05-18 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 18: How to Write a Book Proposal — John says he and the Yeti leave today for the Netherlands to support his new novel (its Dutch edition, title garbled in the transcript). (00:00:00)
2007-05-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 24: How to Happy Dance — John says his happy dance is huge in the Netherlands: people from his Dutch publisher in Rotterdam asked him to do it outside the restaurant where they took him to dinner. (00:01:47)
2007-08-08 · August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury — John first agreed foreigners shouldn't give to American campaigns, then realized he does want the Netherlands to run American politics, being much better at it. (00:02:55)
2007-08-08 · August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury — John claims there are more murders on American TV in a week than actual murders in the Netherlands in a year, admitting he made the statistic up. (00:02:55)
2007-10-12 · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 — John concludes Brotherhood 2.0 has created more carbon in nine and a half months than the average Dutch person does in a whole year: 'a carbon monster'. (00:03:14)

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)
2009-03-18 · Lighting Candles for Rwanda — Hank has heard John's screenplay is finished and going over well with his 'Hollywood overlord'; he is excited about it and about seeing Netherlands footage. (00:02:14)
2009-03-23 · John Loves Amsterdam — John has just come home from a week touring Holland with two other American authors, Jordan Sonnenblick and Steve Kluger, and says it was fun. (00:00:39)
2009-03-23 · John Loves Amsterdam — John says he loves the Netherlands: its public transportation, nice teachers' lounges in public schools, daring architecture and cafes serving bitterballen. (00:00:45)

2010-04-27 · Nerdfighters, They Named a PLANE After Us — John's Dutch publisher Lemniscaat is re-releasing Looking for Alaska ('Het Grote Misschien') and wants readers to design cover ideas; a liked idea could become the cover in the Netherlands. (00:00:39)
2010-11-11 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — John says that within a month of the king's beheading France was at war with Prussia, Austria, Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal. (00:05:37)
2010-11-19 · I'm Not Going Down: Thoughts from Amsterdam — John's description says Paper Towns is a finalist for a literary prize in the Netherlands, where he travels from Indianapolis. (00:00:00)

2011-04-11 · Is My Boyfriend Gay? Is He Cheating? — John says that on Friday he is moving to the Netherlands for two months, which he kept meaning to mention to Hank amid everything going on. (00:00:03)
2011-04-20 · Tulipomania — John says that when tulips first came to Holland in the early 1600s they were prized for their rich color, and multicolored ones were especially beloved. (00:00:22)
2011-04-20 · Tulipomania — John says tulip prices rose steadily through the first half of the 1630s, and by the winter of 1636 the Dutch had become total tulip maniacs, especially for the sickly bulbs. (00:00:42)
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)
2011-06-15 · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — Asked about US–Europe differences, John says the biggest is that 60% of US bankruptcies are caused by medical costs, against 0% in the Netherlands. (00:01:05)
2011-07-08 · Kill the Dollar Bill! — Many countries have eliminated pennies; the Netherlands has none, and nothing happened: inflation didn't rise and charitable giving didn't fall. (00:00:59)

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)

2013-07-30 · Paternity Leave Ends! And I Find Myself... — When a child of the brothers was one the family lived in the Netherlands while John researched The Fault in Our Stars; Dutch people said they thought little of Germans not because of the war but because Germans dig holes in their beaches. (00:01:34)
2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says overutilization is not the problem: Americans go to the doctor less than Europeans and spend much less time in hospitals, though seven nights in a Dutch hospital cost what one American night does. (00:02:13)
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — Currently Germany is fifth and the Netherlands seventh in donations, so if they meet the brothers back Germany; Switzerland is last. (00:01:11)