Apeldoorn: the vibe
Videos from people who went, played right here, with what viewers said underneath. Not part of the score.
The verdict
Mixed · 52Content is mostly about concerts, war history, and street worship rather than daily life, so it says little about living there; the few residents' views are scattered and mixed.
- historic concert scene
- warm hospitality towards visitors
- wartime liberation gratitude
- street worship community
- friendly locals
- violence mentioned briefly
- little day-to-day living detail
- few residents speaking directly
- Apeldoorn is remembered warmly for its hospitality and wartime history.
- Little evidence here about cost, internet, or daily life for remote workers.
- Music and cultural scene appears limited to occasional events.
- Dutch and Canadian connections run deep in the community's memory.
- Judge this with firsthand research, since the content is thin.
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-08; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
THE CURE Apeldoorn, Netherlands 18 Jul 1980 FULL CONCERT
fanochentero · 811K views · 2012
What viewers said
“The thing is, even over 40 years later, it still sounds like it's music from the future. This period of The Cure was so ahead of its time we may never catch up. Audacious in the extreme. Kids creating the music of gods.”
♥ 494 likes
“1. In Your House 00:33 2. M 04:24 3. Jumping Someone Else's Train 07:34 4. Another Journey By Train 09:58 5. A Forest 13:19 6. A Reflection 19:17 7. Play For Today 20:11”
♥ 492 likes
“15 years old, first real holiday without parents out of our backwater village, we saw the Cure (for free!) in Apeldoorn......”
♥ 482 likes
“This is absolutely wonderful. It was this era of The Cure that first drew me in and made a lifelong fan out of me. I even (almost) remember the exact point in time, or at least the month and year. February ‘81. I heard “A Forest” on KTRU, o”
♥ 16 likes
“No f*ing idea how this got in my recommend list, but... I was THERE, 17 yrs old, at that concert. Bloody brilliant. Wow, memories... The interwebz is a strange place.”
♥ 615 likes
“Ever stop to realize that Robert and gang were barely 21 here?? They were writing this iconic music so young”
♥ 306 likes
“This is my favourite Cure era.”
♥ 539 likes
“His voice sounds the same 50 years later”
♥ 19 likes
“It's actually amazing when kids didn't have any technology, money, internet, and still...they were so brilliantly creative...with pure deep artistic skills...❤”
♥ 43 likes
“In 2022 I want to dress like Simon Gallup in 1980. That leather jacket is BOSS”
♥ 38 likes
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-08; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.