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I'm in an Arnhem NL mood today.
>160k city inhabitants, 360k metro inhabitants
>large enough to provide culture, arts and entertainment in practically all areas of interest
>large enough to provide employment opportunities in practically all fields
>situated by the Rhine river so simply its shipping connectivity will always provide reason enough to maintain industry and therefore employment in the area
>not so large that it starts drawing international attention and becoming internationally tainted politically
>well connected by rail, highway and as I've said by river, situated in the middle between Amsterdam and the German Ruhr area, with Dutch cities like Nijmegen, Apeldoorn and Utrecht reasonably closeby
>like most Dutch cities has excellent walkability, bikeability and public transit
>reasonably picturesque history center but not so much so that it's flooded with tourists
>all imaginable densities and forms of housing in surrounding districts
>situated next to the country's largest cluster of natural reserves and national parks of woodlands and heathlands totalling a thousand square kilometers that are excellent for walking, hiking and biking
