The Netherlands punches wildly above its weight in social innovation. From the cooperative housing movement to the world's most progressive approach to community care, the Dutch have been quietly building systems that put people first. Amsterdam and Rotterdam are home to some of Europe's most interesting social enterprises, and the Dutch tradition of gezelligheid, that untranslatable feeling of warmth and belonging, runs through every community project we'll visit.
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