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All statements about Amsterdam

70 statements about Amsterdam in 42 videos, by upload date.

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2007

2008

  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — John: The back of both editions is a big photo of John in Amsterdam in mismatched argyle socks. (playful) — 00:00:42

2009

  • 2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied) · Paper Towns and PUPPY — announcement: John: On Thursday, March 19th, John will be in Amsterdam for the launch of the Dutch edition of Paper Towns. — 00:00:30
  • 2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied) · Paper Towns and PUPPY — ask: 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
  • 2009-03-10 · How to Get Girls to Like You — announcement: 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 — announcement: 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 — announcement: 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
  • 2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John thanks all the Nerdfighters who made the Amsterdam gathering so amazing. — video description
  • 2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John: 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
  • 2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John tells Hank that people sang a song Hank wrote in a bar in Amsterdam. — 00:02:22
  • 2009-08-30 · 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! — John picks Picard over Kirk, Mario over Link, Canon over Nikon, Final Cut as best editing software, Amsterdam as favorite city and Fantasia as favorite Disney movie. — 00:02:55

2010

Also named in: In Defense of Contemporary Art

2011

  • 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
  • 2011-04-20 · Tulipomania — John: Everyone has a reason to be in Amsterdam except baby Henry, John jokes, but he is portable. (playful) — 00:00:14
  • 2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — announcement: The description announces a few public events with John in the Netherlands and Belgium over the next couple of months, listed by his Dutch publisher Lemniscaat, with probably one more in Amsterdam to come. — video description
  • 2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — John: Amsterdam is great, John says, and the peanut butter is delicious. (playful) — 00:01:58
  • 2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — John: Willy is not in Amsterdam; he is staying with the Yeti's aunt and uncle, whom John says Willy likes far better than him. — 00:02:46
  • 2011-05-09 · Trading Underwear for Rice Crispy Treats: Queens Day in Amsterdam (Thoughts from Places) — John, Sarah and Henry spent Queen's Day (30 April 2011) in Amsterdam; Henry woke them at 5:42 a.m. and they took him to the Vondelpark in a Dirk Kuyt jersey. — 00:00:01
  • 2011-05-09 · Trading Underwear for Rice Crispy Treats: Queens Day in Amsterdam (Thoughts from Places) — John met Nerdfighter Tobias, the only person in Amsterdam not wearing orange, and says the orange-clad crowds make him anxious. (playful) — 00:01:01
  • 2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John: 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 (22 May 2011) in Bruges, joking about a night of beer, having left his toothbrush in Amsterdam, and set out to buy a toothbrush and Belgian chocolate. (playful) — 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 — John: Their mom is visiting John in Amsterdam; John teases that she comes all that way to see him but rarely sees Hank in Montana. (playful) — 00:00:20
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John: 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

Also named in: Thoughts from Places: Los Angeles after the Earthquake, 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You), 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD!

2012

2013

Also named in: Headless Statues and Elton John's Piano: Seeing Sights in London (Thoughts from Places)

2014

2015

  • 2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events — John recalls his first European Nerdfighter gathering (Amsterdam, 2008, 30-40 people), where a Dutch Nerdfighter from Best Wishes from the Netherlands asked him to introduce them to the Belgian boys. — 00:02:04

2016

2017

2018

2021

  • 2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John: The Amsterdam bench where a scene of The Fault in Our Stars film was shot now has hundreds of Google reviews; John's favorite, three stars, reads in full: it is a bench. — 00:09:40