Kattencafé De Kattenbak
Balkbrug, Overijssel
Kattencafé De Kattenbak is a small cat cafe at Teun's Hoeve, a care farm and children's farm on Maatschappijwijk in Balkbrug, in the municipality of Hardenberg. Opened in 2021, it is run as part of the farm's day programme by participants who love cats, with volunteers. Ten resident cats live in its indoor and outdoor rooms, from the elderly Simba and Kofu to the young brothers Gijs and Gert. Guests drink coffee they grind themselves or tea picked in the farm's tea garden, and can book a two-hour cat-themed high tea called the kittentafel. Hands are disinfected on entry and exit, cats are not picked up, woken or fed, and photos are taken without flash. Children are admitted from age six, accompanied by a parent, with at most two children inside at a time. Visitors can also walk around the farm and its animals.