It's always so fascinating to see one's own city from the eyes of a tourist. Being from Dublin, born and raised, I can't really appreciate it in the same way Hank and John have. Dublinia is a long-forgetten school trip to me now as I pass it each week to drop my sister off at the train station. Trinity college, once my university preference, is now somewhere further away from me in spirit than Hank is to it now. My privileged urban life in a first world country has kept me staying and socializing in the same places week after week in the monotonous suburbs only there to serve the immediate community and not really there to be appreciated. It's rare that I go into the city centre (Hank visited what we Dublin people call "town") and every time I do, I still see it through the eyes of suburban living in suburbia. It's familiar to me, despite going to town maybe once a month if I'm lucky. But it still isn't appreciated for what it's worth. Hank and John, thank you for valuing the gem that is Dublin City. Thank you for showing me her beauty that I was so blind to see for years. I hope to never lose it again, but if I do, I will return to this video. Dublin is too precious to me not to love her for what she is worth. She is home.

@PandaA1257

8 жыл бұрын

This is how I feel about the Air&Space Museum and DC (which isn't Washington - that's a state or a town or a mental place the politicians inhabit). Except since I'm actually from DC, I just went to the Air&Space Museum twice a year every year in elementary school because it was that close, I mostly see it from the perspective of outsiders, who don't see it as DC, the city with half a million people. It's just Washington to everyone not from around there (I notice this a lot when talking to people on the Internet), which I think does a disservice to especially everyone from a place called Washington (of whom there are many). Also, dang, Europe is OLD. It's interesting how you can go somewhere in Europe (yes, I've been) and be able to instantly recognize the history behind it and other place you have to be told about it. When I went to Rome and wander around, I was struck by all this amazing history that's in the city (because it is the city).

@PandaA1257

8 жыл бұрын

I always think of the ruins and buildings like those being on some mountain top in a dig site. I just seems like you're not supposed to walk to a gelato place a block from the pantheon. In a relatively new place, it's easy to forget that cities don't fall as easily as people or countries.

@yoavsnake

4 жыл бұрын

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i think it's important to note that in settler colonial states like the U.S, Canada and Australia, the country you live upon and occupy is not as old as european settlement- it's ancient and the lineage of this history is ongoing because of ongoing Indigenous sovereignty and survival today. I think it's interesting that many non-Indigenous settlers are only reminded of history, culture, ongoing traditions ect when they are faced with things from europe but cannot recognise it in the places and lands they live upon. like i'm definitely implicated in this, i just think it's important to remember that history and ongoing culture is not just in old european buildings and art- its on the very land you live upon whether you yourself can recognise it or not

@peregrination3643

7 жыл бұрын

That's something I always think about when people think European culture is older than North American or Aus/NZ culture, or for instance eastern US vs farther west. I'm fascinated with indigenous culture, it's everywhere if you're willing to look for it, and a lot of us have some mingled genetics, so sometimes I wish people appreciated all of their heritage.

@hexa3389

4 жыл бұрын

I think its much more about the historical impact than about whether people lived in an area at a certain point or not. And unfortunately for the people of the new world, they didn't have the best resources or animals to leave a great impact. The old world had the resources to leave an impact. In short, I don't think people are fascinated by whether people lived in an area or not. But by the relevance of that place in history. And that relevance is in a way represented with buildings that remain from so long ago. Like how we can feel the echo of the events that took place there thousands of years ago now.

As someone who lives in Dublin (I sadly missed your event there) it's always a joy to see my home town through the eyes of someone who appreciates it in a very different way. I live and work in the city centre and it becomes a background to everyday life, unimportant and uninspiring. Thanks for making me look around and see my home again in a different light.

So I decided to take a huge drink of water just as the Viking pooping happened. Bad move.

I think this may be my favourite Hank video... Or, at least one of them.

No!!!! I missed you guys.... this is what I get for being a year behind... slowly caching up though

@phauntis

9 жыл бұрын

I know the pain :(

What took away from this: TARDIS spray painted on a building

@thingamabitch

9 жыл бұрын

Katy Som There is a building in my city that has "Bad Wolf" spray painted on it.

I don't think I could ever live in America I'm so used to being surrounded by buildings that are centuries old.

i love how he shows an image of a TARDIS when he calls Dublin new the TARDIS is old, dear Hank

The mummies look to much like the bacon I just ate.

3:03 - "Sorry, no photography" - What a beautiful thing to see photographed :-)

I love John (platonically of course) even more for the simple fact that he felt the need to look for his own novel in neighbouring countries whenever possible. Also, Ireland is one of the countries on my list to visit in my lifetime, and Hank, you just bumped it much higher up on the list. Amazing.

of course the graffiti there is a tardis :P I wonder how many walls have 'Bad Wolf' written on them :P

@maxfreeman8646

9 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one who saw that

i live in dublin, have done so all my life, and i'm so happy i got to see you guys last week - and this video made me remember why i love this city so much :-)

Born in Dublin and proud Irish Nerdfighter. An honour to have you here. God bless you and your families!

I've been to all of these places, so this was a real treat to watch! Great thoughts AND places in this one Hank, thanks!

It's so cool to be able to finally share one of your videos with my mom. We're Canadian, but she's always loved Ireland and wants to go there. Thank you for making this. =)

These are always my favourite videos. You guys are so insightful and I LOVE IT!

It looks funny when he swivels the camera between the customs house and the newer building from 0:29- 0:31. And I am in Dublin every week! (Irish human nerdfighter though lacking any impressive intellectual abilities). Nice to see Ireland from a tourist perspective. :)

That awestruck response to the co-existence of old and new is exactly how I live my life on a day-to-day basis. Been living between Chicago and London for the last six years.

OMG I've stood where Hank stood!!! AAAAAH!!!

I love this. I wish I could have more of an interesting input here, but I just really love this. It seemed like you had a beautiful time in Dublin and I'm happy it put so many wonderful realizations in your head, Hank.

I love the fact that no matter where the place, these videos always bring new life and questions to ask about the 'place' in the video. No matter how many times I've visited Dublin, I never thought of it in this 'new and old' perspective. Bravo :)

Thank you for sharing your Dublin visit. I was just there in November and it was wonderful to revisit that time.

I studied abroad in Ireland for 5 weeks a couple years ago, and it was the best experience I've ever had! Watching this video brought back some memories.

At :54 seconds I was like "wow, Dublin Hank looks a lot like John."

I'm glad you found your trip to Dublin stimulating. Most people here (Ireland) probably don't have 1/4 of the conscious historical knowledge you have of Ireland's history. But we all grow up with the sense that people have been around these parts for a long time. I think, we do in some way accept that we are only temporary players on a stage that has been and will remain long after we're gone.

I still love these Toughts from Places videos so much!! Please never stop doing them!

Thank you. One of my faveroite things about living in Europe is being surrounded by history and the sense that human beings have been around for a long time, and will continue to after you've gone. But I fear that i'm becoming complacent and forgetting to see the beauty that surround us. Thanks for reminding me

Brilliant video of Dublin! Nice to see my home shown in such a great way :-) When you live here it's hard to appreciate how amazing it really is, thanks!

I love the little dedication to "My Brother" at the end. It's the sentiments like that that make me love you guys.

Excellent video! Dublin is a place I've always wanted to visit (and still do!), so I really enjoyed seeing the sights and hearing your thoughts. The Viking pooping was pretty hilarious, I must say.

Definitely made it to my long list of favorite vlogbrothers/thoughts from places video ever.

i really love the thought process in this video

Thanks for taking us with you.

That's so nice of you. Thanks.

You went to my favorite bookshop! And Dublinia! I hope you guys had fun in my city - thanks for coming! And your 'seminar' in the RDS was fantastic - and you chose to do it on my birthday, making it the most special birthday of my life. Thanks for that :)

I've given this same speech (less eloquently) several times. Great job on this video, Hank - it was in its own way very moving for me.

I've lived in Dublin for all of the 17 years of my life and you made it look more beautiful in 3 minutes and 58 seconds than all those years.

Oh and as well as just rambling on about myself, this is a great, thought-provoking video, Dublin looks amazing!

haha. love this video. great to see some footage of my city. thank you for your words of respect. i hope you loved my city as much as i do

You are so lucky! It's definitely going on my bucket list.

Wow, Hank can do thoughts from places too! I'm impressed; that was a great video.

Thoughts from places videos are always so good!

WOOO! i was at there in Dublin. You guys were amazing

You came to the Gutter Bookshop! Thank you! I'm so excited! And so annoyed I didn't spot you, and grab you and say we love you... Hopefully you found yourself in our Staff Picks section... Bob.x.

Thoughts From Places are always the most beautiful videos.

Great place, and great thoughts from that place and that Hank.

This was one of my favorite Thoughts From Places.

So pleased to see my city in such a positive way through the eyes of foreigners :) my friends went to your book signing and loved it!!

Dublin looks beautiful! My city is older than the one you mentioned you were from but not by that much--amazing to see all of this.

You make my home county look a lot more beautiful than we all think it is! Haha. I was so upset that I couldn't get to see you guys while you were here. Please come back again some day! Much love, Eimear x

I recently started watching your videos from the beginning, though I am a fairly-long-time Nerdfighter. I noticed the amount of alcohol in the early videos and thought to myself, "Wow, these guys barely drink anymore. I'm sure there are lots of reasons BUT DAMNIT IF THEY DON'T NEED TO DRINK MORE AGAIN!!" And now I see John drinking a Guinness. My heart has been made glad.

This is wonderful Hank. I have yet to visit Ireland (although most of my ancestry is from there), but I have been to Greece and majored in Classical Studies with a focus in Ancient Greek. My month in Athens gave me a lot of the same feelings you expressed here, especially when walking through areas that were being reconstructed (on and near the Acropolis, among other places). I hope you can post more footage and thoughts from your trip soon!

I was just in Dublin in August so seeing this is really cool to see. Through my entire trip to England, Ireland, and Scotland all I could think about was how drastically my perception of old had changed. The oldest historical places I could see at home were new compared to everything there.

Hank put in his John brain this morning. So deep and thought provoking :)

I sang in that cathedral with the coffee shop in the crypt last January with my school choir! Dublin is beautiful, as is basically all of Ireland :)

I'm so so sad that I didn't get to go see you, but now I feel really happy that you came and you got to see some of the city and that it made you happy? I'm glad you had a good time.

Ahhh! I was at so many of those same places last summer when I went to Dublin! Oh the memories...

I love it when you go places I've been. It makes me feel included.

This was a really good one, Hank. Thanks.

I love this!!! I felt this same way as I travel when I studied abroad In Italy.

I have now watched every Vlogbrothers video. OMG. Not sure what I'll do with myself now, but I'm happy to be here.

Not only did you visit the city I live in, you visited the university I go to! Not once did I see you. Devastation is an understatement!

I volunteer at my local museum (in central Nebraska, right in the middle of the US) and I'm researching old buildings in our town. I got all excited when I realized our oldest buildings were from the 1800's. This video makes my town look like a little baby town.

Thanks for this video, I really LOVE scotland so much!

I didn't laugh at the viking pooping sound effect the first several times, but for some reason the last one got me. It was just the perfect amount of over-the-top. Nicely done. :)

I first visited Dublin in march last year, the second time i went there was in july last year, and on friday I'm getting a shamrock tattoo with the three friends i went with in july, so I guess you could say I fell in love with that city. I can't wait till I get to go back ! Dublin is wonderful !!

This makes me proud to be from Dublin, now I really want to go discover more about my city; it's a travesty that these wonderful museums and historical landmarks are on my doorstep and I never appreciate them! TFIOS Live was fantastic, thank you Hank and John! :)

I obviously love you guys, and Dublin is my home town! I actually live right beside the bookshop you guys went to (on Cows Lane). So cool to hear the history of my city from your perspective. I wish knew you were here! You probably literally walked by my apartment. Anyway, glad you enjoyed your trip! And I hope you visit again :)

Truly excellent video Hank damn

For some reason watching this makes me feel proud to be from ireland, i had already seen most of these things before but hearing hank be amazed by what they represent made them seem cooler or something!

I just left my house in Dublin last fall. I should have stayed until you guys came. That would be pure awesome.

"Thoughts from places" are my favourite kind of vlogbrothers videos. And this is one of best (if not the best) of them so fare. I completely agree with your reflections, and Dublin is so awesome! My personal dream is you and John coming to Poland some day. I think you would make excellent videos from here. Just ask Kristina from "Italktosnakes" (you guys are friends, if I'm not mistaken, right?). She visited Warsaw some time ago and loved it, and yet she haven't even seen the best places.

You guys were like a 3 hour bus ride away from me. This is rather exciting!

Very insightful view of Dublin :) Made a local person look at it in a new light, its always the same with something your used to

Fair enough. I shall remember that in future. Thanks for pointing it out

This is the best travel video I have ever seen.

I really loved this video :)

Sometimes I learn more from your videos than I do at school

I find this some sort of coincidence. At the time of this being uploaded, I was in a bookstore in Cork buying The Fault In Our Stars. Wish I was more in tune with the Irish nerdfighters, otherwise I'd have known they were in Dublin. Thanks for presenting Ireland in a light that the Irish often and criminally overlook.

I miss Dublin so much right now...thanks

I've lived in Dublin my whole life and you made it seem so much cooler in this 3minute vid then I ever thought it was in my 20 years lol ps SO cool meeting you

Great vlog guys, really good representation of what Dublin really is like, rather than the recession filled dump it is often perceived to be. thanks for your great view of our great historical city. :) You should have a look at the science gallery next time you're here i'd say you'd really like it. Dublin has a lot to offer in the science front as well as its historical beauty.

The thoughts from places videos just further fuel my desire to go see the world...someday.

I cannot believe you were just strolling around my campus at Trinity... if i had seen you I would have lost it! Goddamn. Glad you enjoyed your trip! Come again sometime!

A) i find the way your minds work to be very fascinating and relate-able B) i have been to most of these places, and was very excited to see them again through your perspective

OMG SO THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED!!!!! I am Irish and Scandanavian..... and I was like wel... that's a strange mix, but now I understand.. You made my life!

I'm so happy that I was once in the same place that you were in Ireland. Makes me want to go back even more!

I was in that same bookshop today (the gutter bookshop) and smiled when I saw a copy of the Fault In Our Stars on one of the tables. It's also a staff pick in the kids section, though I think it's a mentally advanced kids section....

Ever since you guys announced you'd be in Dublin, I was literally praying you guys would find the pooping Viking. I'm obsessed with that guy.

I caught a glimpse of the thing with locks all over it. I was in Cologne and there is a bridge covered in locks with lover's initials carved in it and while I was walking over it examining each lock carefully I thought, "this would make a great vlogbrother's thoughts from places video". Lol, you know you're a nerdfighter when....

When I went to the Art and History museum on vacation, I found myself speechless. There were paintings there that were from the 1300-1400's. It hit me that some of these paintings were almost 650 years old, and I was completely and utterly overcome. To think that something was so close and tangible, that had seen hundreds of thousands of sunrises and sets, that entire families had been born and had faded into the dusky realms of history during it's lifetime...it was just amazing.

He saw a lot of Dublin in a few days! And Dublin is beautiful, with the old and the new put together in such a contrast. It's like living the new but having the old as a constant reminder, and not forgetting the old times and the culture.

Nice pinky up at 3:19, John hahaha. Love you guys

That's my university... wait... THE GREEN BROTHERS WERE IN MY UNIVERSITY AND I DIDN'T SEE THEM?!? I'm just going got go and cry for a while now.. ;( Thanks for coming to Ireland guys and making such a lovely video. I hope you had a lovely time in our little city!

I live in Cairo (although I'm from California originally) and I understand what you mean about we are part of a continuum. Right now, and when I was here during the 26 January revolution, it was so easy to say, "We're a part of history right now!" But it is all history...we are a creation of the past (and Egypt has a long one), a development of the present and a model for the future. All mushes together into simply being. Good stuff.

I'm studying abroad in Dublin this semester, this made my day!

The lady in the introduction video my original comment referred too, giving the history of the town and stuff like that. It was pretty interesting that a town could be built, lived in by several generations, and abandoned in such a short length of time.

Thoughts from places are my favourite!