Eight years after their retirement, Louisa (73) and Willy (75) reopen their village café: “All those happy faces at the bar, they will never take that away from us” | Scherpenheuvel-Zichem

One village café after another closes its doors, but in Schoonderbuken in Flemish Brabant they are going directly against that trend. Louisa (73) and Willy (75) reopened ‘t Klaverke this week, eight years after they retired. The local pub under the church tower was immediately full, as our reporter saw from the corner of the bar. “When I suggested to my husband that I rent out the café, he said: ‘Never, I’d rather open it again myself.’”