Dutch beach restaurants add sunscreen ‘shots’ to menu in fight against cancer

Source: The Guardian , August 2024

Zand Katwijk doesn’t just serve food and drinks – this beachside restaurant offers “shots” of sunscreen too.

It is one of 160 hospitality venues around the Netherlands taking part in a new sunburn prevention scheme. The small, wet and windy country might not be known for its tropical climes, but the Dutch have one of Europe’s highest diagnosis rates for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

“They have researched different types of cancer and where they occur, and one of the conclusions was that places like Katwijk have more skin cancer than average,” said Dirk Schipper, the fourth generation of his family to run this business. “People come here for sun, sea and sand… but things have changed in our 94 years.”
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