--- title: The Fault in Our Stars Bench is Back in Amsterdam description: Officials say it's the same bench as the one in the movie canonical: https://time.com/2962811/the-fault-in-our-stars-amsterdam-bench/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-07T15:50:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:25.479Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The Fault in Our Stars Bench is Back in Amsterdam og:description: Officials say it's the same bench as the one in the movie og:url: https://time.com/2962811/the-fault-in-our-stars-amsterdam-bench/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb2bf1f4d073837/69869ac135ba6f8f93c02e9b/bench-amsterdam.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Netherlands Missing Bench og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Fault in Our Stars Bench is Back in Amsterdam twitter:description: Officials say it's the same bench as the one in the movie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb2bf1f4d073837/69869ac135ba6f8f93c02e9b/bench-amsterdam.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Bench From _The Fault In Our Stars_ Is Back in Amsterdam ## Video: Behind the Scenes of the Fault in our Stars [Watch (HLS stream): Behind the Scenes of the Fault in our Stars](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wFZEN8j4.m3u8) (3:13)  _Published 2014-05-30. Behind the Scenes of the Fault in our Stars_  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jul 7, 2014 3:50 PM UTC  A large plant pot, at left, sits in the spot where a bench similar to the one at right, once sat, in Amsterdam on July 1, 2014. A large plant pot, at left, sits in the spot where a bench similar to the one at right, once sat, in Amsterdam on July 1, 2014.Margriet Faber—AP  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jul 7, 2014 3:50 PM UTC A bench in Amsterdam that was stolen after featuring in the movie adaptation of _The Fault in Our Stars_ is now back in its rightful place. The bench where Hazel and Augustus share a special moment went [missing](http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/fault-stars-amsterdam-bench-missing-24375191) early last week, amid speculation it might have been pinched by vandals or TFIOS superfans. But Amsterdam officials said Monday that the bench was back in its original spot, and officials confirmed to [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/07/07/tfios-bench-amsterdam/?hootPostID=2cc64d57eed4c80fbeedb373c1d1c068) that the bench is the same one that was used in the movie. And that bench isn’t the only big-ticket movie prop to be stolen. Dorothy’s ruby slippers from _The Wizard of Oz_ went missing in [2005](http://www.forbes.com/2008/12/03/wizard-slippers-collection-forbeslife-cx%5Fmb%5F1203slippers.html), John Travolta’s car from _Pulp Fiction_ was stolen in [1994](http://www.avclub.com/article/quentin-tarantinos-empulp-fictionem-car-has-been-f-97080), and even some of Tobey Maguire’s Spidey-suits were swiped from the set of _Spider-Man_ in [2001.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1261698.stm) So don’t worry, Shailene Woodley fans– you’ll still be able to sit where she sat when you go to Amsterdam. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2962811/the-fault-in-our-stars-amsterdam-bench/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2962811/the-fault-in-our-stars-amsterdam-bench/"},"headline":"The Bench From The Fault In Our Stars Is Back in Amsterdam","datePublished":"2014-07-07T15:50:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:25.479Z","description":"Officials say it's the same bench as the one in the movie","url":"https://time.com/2962811/the-fault-in-our-stars-amsterdam-bench/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","Shailene Woodley","The Fault In Our Stars","amsterdam"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb2bf1f4d073837/69869ac135ba6f8f93c02e9b/bench-amsterdam.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccb2bf1f4d073837/69869ac135ba6f8f93c02e9b/bench-amsterdam.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Netherlands Missing Bench","caption":"Netherlands Missing Bench","creditText":"Margriet Faber—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2962811/the-fault-in-our-stars-amsterdam-bench/","name":"The Bench From The Fault In Our Stars Is Back in Amsterdam"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Behind the Scenes of the Fault in our Stars","description":"Behind the Scenes of the Fault in our Stars","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wFZEN8j4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-30T20:30:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wFZEN8j4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/2962811/the-fault-in-our-stars-amsterdam-bench/","duration":"PT3M13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/2962811/the-fault-in-our-stars-amsterdam-bench/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```