He is one of those people you only need to meet once to never forget. His name alone sparks the imagination: Ko van de Ketterij. "Yes, that is my real name," he says, laughing. Next month, the self-proclaimed folk poet will blow out eighty candles. For all those years, he has been a familiar face in Bergen op Zoom. When the Bergen resident rides up on his bicycle decorated with plastic flowers, he points to the empty 'Ketrientje', the former car…
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He is one of those people you only need to meet once to never forget. His name alone sparks the imagination: Ko van de Ketterij. "Yes, that is my real name," he says, laughing. Next month, the self-proclaimed folk poet will blow out eighty candles. For all those years, he has been a familiar face in Bergen op Zoom. When the Bergen resident rides up on his bicycle decorated with plastic flowers, he points to the empty 'Ketrientje', the former car…