From Thursday, De Roo will exchange her mayor’s sash for an alderman’s sash. But first she has to clear her desk. And that brings back many wonderful memories and anecdotes.
“It doesn’t hurt to say goodbye. I had said that I would say goodbye for a long time. But as mayor you are always the first and the last. That’s done. But yes, you get used to it, that will work,” De Roo concludes.