Authorities in Brussels are enforcing one of Europe’s more obscure fiscal levies: a tax on dancing.
Cafes, bars and clubs must pay the government 40 cents (34p) for every one of their dancing customers, per night. The tax was introduced in 2014, but authorities are clamping down on unpaid fees in the run-up to Christmas.
One Brussels club, which has been hit with a bill for almost €2,000 for its toe-tapping customers, has even asked revellers to “please stop dancing” using tongue-in-cheek posters on its windows:
