From 7:00 in the morning, the pub-goers in Café de Werf in Hauwert were already drinking alcohol. The second edition of the World Bar Stool Sitting Championship started this morning. The idea: try to stay on your barstool for as long as possible. “You sit next to each other and then the best stories from the past come,” says Sebastiaan Redeker.
Game rules
The idea is to break last year’s record, which means that the pub patrons have to sit for more than fifteen hours. However, every hour there is 320 seconds for toilet visits. If you drink more, you get 30 seconds extra break time per drink. “The café is nice and full, we have a DJ. The best thing is being together,” says Sebastiaan.
The idea was conceived by Sebastiaan’s father, who also used to have a café. After that it hasn’t been done for a long time. But last year with corona, when people had to sit at tables in limited numbers, Sebastiaan organized the same kind of tournament. Last year, however, twelve hours, now they are trying fifteen.
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