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Zugunruhe: A german compound word, consisting of "Zug" ( movement ) and "Unruhe" ( anxiety, unrest ). Originally describing unusual behaviour in captive birds in the days or weeks surrounding migration period, it also illustrates a human condition of never feeling at ease, not knowing where or how to go. It can happen anywhere, and for no reason at all. There is no reason to feel happy: In the midst of everything there is a pull towards clearer skies, of warmer wine, the sound of feathers rustling against a cage. Your feet are twitching - the faintest itch of a feeling that somebody wants you, somewhere, far away in a different world, beneath blue skies and other dreams. We do not know why.