Gazelle is nice (well, not so special to me, probably because I see 100/day), and it's true that bikes are expensive here in the netherlands but they come with absolutel all the extras you can imagine.

However if I were you I would try to search deeper if cannodale, trek... have something similar or a base that you can upgrade and how much would that cost, because 1500€ and considering the €-$ change... may be too much for a commuter.

Anyway, just for the record, this year I had to buy a new bike and I went through gazelle catalog, but all theis bikes are too much upright for my likes, I ended buying a more sportive koga-miyata roadrunner

I love it