Give us a HG: how should you sign off a letter in Dutch?

Perhaps it is the informality of email, or the lack of hierarchy in the Netherlands, but the way people sign off official communications leaves a lot to be desired, writes Senay Boztas. The first time I came across the phrase hartelijke groet it was in the shortened form of HG. I was very confused because it was from someone I most certainly did not want to hug. This week, the mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema announced that she wanted to...