{"id":5412,"date":"2016-01-15T14:12:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T13:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/01\/15\/cafe-de-schouw-een-warm-bad-voor-iedereen\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:19","slug":"cafe-de-schouw-een-warm-bad-voor-iedereen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/01\/15\/cafe-de-schouw-een-warm-bad-voor-iedereen\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 de Schouw: where everyone feels at home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Once again, your reviewer \u2013 who is a bit tired of what the Witte de Withstraat has to offer \u2013 set out for the city\u2019s most popular nightlife hotspot. And he wasn\u2019t disappointed: Caf\u00e9<\/em> de Schouw<\/em> turns out to be a vital flicker of hope in a part of Rotterdam that has the highest hipster-density.<\/p>\n

For once no gin and tonics, trendy wines or top-knot hair buns. De Schouw<\/em> will feel like home for everyone looking for a normal pub in this day and age. A bit of research revealed that this pub is an institution. The bartender\u2019s surprise says it all: \u2018you\u2019ve never been in de Schouw before?\u2019<\/p>\n

Artistic types<\/h2>

Where back in the day journalists once gathered, nowadays more artistic types are the ones who come to this pub. Their round glasses, pointy goatees, and the fact that now and then expositions are held here confirm this observation.<\/p>\n

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The average age in de Schouw \u2013 that by the way only has an artificial fireplace \u2013 is around thirty.\u00a0Just when your reviewer was at an all-time creative low, in comes Tineke, the pub owner. Is she an artistic type? \u201cI only write, sing and perform,\u201d she says. Things are warming up.<\/p>\n

Food from the snackbar<\/h2>
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The ambiance is perfect. A strong smell of chips materialises at around eleven o\u2019clock and a group of artistic types are sitting in the middle of the pub munching away on a large bag of chips. Interesting point: the food comes from a nearby snack bar. None of this bothers Tineke. She\u2019s too busy drawing beers and tallying her customers\u2019 receipts in a large, damp ledger.<\/p>\n

The simplicity of de Schouw is like a breath of fresh air in the sterile street where it\u2019s situated. While the neighbours have raised gin and tonics to an art form, beer sloshes on the floor of de Schouw just like in the old days. Don\u2019t expect a \u2018floral palate\u2019 here. What you will get is a cigarette vending machine that appears to be intertwined with a pub regular.<\/p>\n

Een barman vol wijsheden<\/h2>

And \u2013 of course \u2013 a bartender with wisdom to impart. He gives us advice on our love life (\u2018go to a film, it\u2019s cheaper than going out to dinner\u2019), tells us about the beer cellar (\u2018where I put my wife after midnight\u2019), and he doesn\u2019t avoid some of life\u2019s great questions (\u2018which do you like better: Erik or Eric?\u2019).<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s trendy enough for your reviewer.<\/p>\n

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De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t
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