The Dutch language has a word - Gezelligheid - which translates to “coziness”, and refers to something that is cozy, peaceful, idyllic, cool, quaint, or any combination of a number or all of these descriptions. The word is more of a concept than just an adjective. It might very well originate from this little town I pass with my bicycle on a warm and sunny August day. The little town surely has a name, but the sign announcing this name passes unnoticed. My intention - like probably everyone else’s who doesn’t live there - was to just pass through. However, the long ride is taking its tribute, and halfway between Amsterdam and Utrecht, this place invites for a rest. Hence, I park the bicycle and take a seat on a bank in what appears to be
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