It is 5 to 12 for the popular cafés in Flanders. But almost 8,000 Pub Tigers come to the rescue. “The fewer rows, the more loneliness”

Saving our famous café culture from destruction: that is the mission of Ben Mouling (49). Two weeks ago, the Leuven resident who emigrated to Antwerp created the Facebook page ‘Kroegtijgers – Save De Bruine Kroeg’ and it already has 7,700 followers. But what exactly will he do? And how does he want to get young people to come to the bar again? “We no longer realize how valuable public cafés are.”

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