“It’s very different what kind of people come by,” says Semiha Akbaba, manager of Quality Sun Soest. “You would think that men don’t really go under the sunbed, but with us the male-female ratio is almost fifty-fifty. They really come to get a tan.” And the public is also diverse in terms of age. “It’s only allowed from 18 years old, but they can also be 85,” says Bianca van La Costa.