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The charming city of Alkmaar in the Netherlands is a popular tourist spot. With its medieval streets flanked by gabled houses reflected in canals, and an ancient cheese market that still runs every Friday, it is picture perfect. And for Denise Snel and Frank Kesselaar, it is an equally idyllic place to live.

‘I grew up in Amsterdam,

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