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“Extreme” orange invasion goes down, catering industry is breathing again: “It was great for our economy, but the Dutch do have a disadvantage” (Antwerp)


De Meir in Antwerp. Right: Julien Ullens de Schooten of the Meat Factory restaurant on the Grote Markt. © Patrick DeRoo, RR

They are still there, but they are fewer. Now that the catering industry in the Netherlands is also running again, the Antwerp city center has fewer northern neighbors this weekend. The local catering industry is satisfied with the extra income of the past few weeks, but also happy that the orange invasion is over. “It was extreme”, and “With the number of Dutch people, the number of no-shows has also increased. Up to 68 in one day.”

Greg Van Roosbroeck

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