I may have missed an explicit mention of your location, but Netherlands seems likely?

It’s interesting that in the US we are having a bit of a renaissance of French-inspired cycling. For example, Velo-Orange now offers new parts to fit old French bicycles. The irony is that the majority of the reasonably priced French bicycles those parts could be used on are on a different continent. A case of “the grass is greener” or of us Americans finally realizing that the randonnuese is generally more enjoyable, comfortable and useful than a racing bicycle?

I think I’d be in trouble if I lived in the EU... I’d certainly be needing more storage space.