17 May —
24 Aug 2025

Klein geluk

Program

Have you ever noticed how happiness is often in the little things? Small, fleeting slices of happiness found in objects, encounters or smells, either out in nature or on the street. For 100 days, from 17 May to 24 August, Leeuwarden UNESCO City of Literature will surprise you with literary moments of happiness popping up all over Fryslân. Where will you find a small slice of happiness?

suprise and wonder

How all their stories will emerge? We’ll be keeping that under wraps for now, but we’re working with various artists and organisations to find special ways to bring the texts to life.

your daily dose of happiness

Klein Geluk (Small Happiness) is the successor to Uitgesteld Geluk (Deferred Happiness), the project launched by Leeuwarden UNESCO City of Literature during the first edition of Arcadia in 2022. For that project, the city organised book reading sessions in one hundred different gardens for one hundred days. In times of great suffering all over the world, Klein Geluk marks a search for small moments of happiness that can illuminate even the darkest of days.