Cafe Zennegat 13 is a friendly, relaxed village cafe furnished with old wooden tables, oil paintings and piles of books.
It is located in a strange damp region of marshes and tidal rivers that is virtually uninhabitable because of the risk of flooding.
The cafe feels cut off from civilisation, yet it is only five kilometres by bike from Mechelen. People come out to this quiet spot to drink a beer on the sunny terrace and eat the local dish paling in het groen.
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