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- Straits Times
When retiring means regular fun activities like clubbing and partying the nights away
Mr Guillaume Vanderweyen, 99, soaks up the attention at the Mirano nightclub in Brussels, on May 24. PHOTO: ROMANE ISKARIA/NYTIMES
– It was well past midnight on a recent weekend, and the Mirano nightclub in central Brussels pulsed with its usual energy. A DJ played bass-heavy music with a West African lilt, people downed shots at the bar and red lights beamed across a crowded dance floor.
Among the revellers in crop tops, short skirts and high heels, one group stood out: gray-haired retirement-home residents, many in their 80s or 90s. The men wore suits with pocket handkerchiefs, and the women, in mascara and red lipstick, wore chunky necklaces and tops with sequins.
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