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28 April 2014
Pictures of Google Amsterdam office A bakfiets as reception desk.→[More:]An automat for dispensing spare computer cables. A caravan as a meeting room.
I guess you have to be Dutch to see the self deprecating humour in the caravan and the automat.
I see what you mean with the 'colourful & flip' impression. You're probably right. The last episode of Veep made fun of this Silicon Valley aspect.
But as a set of pictures I found it rather amusing.
Senyar, I wonder whether the Google UK office is as self deprecating in its humour. I guess the caravan thing would work for both the Dutch en the British.
The Google site here in Pittsburgh lookssimilar. (My wife works there and is in one of the pictures in the first link reflected in the funhouse mirror).
The 'burgh' in Pittsburgh is Scottish since the city was named by General John Forbes and was originally pronounced something "Pitts-Berro" similar to Edinburgh.