Young and more they choose to disconnect from social networks: they depopulate the “Offline Clubs”

Young young ì are making a countercurrent choice: give up social networks to regain your time. This is the philosophy behind a rapidly expanding phenomenon in Europe, where real are being born “Offline Club”spaces dedicated to Sociality without screens.

The idea starts from the Netherlands, but has already conquered big cities like Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Paris, Milan and Barcelonaeven coming to Dubai. These clubs offer public events In places such as bars and coffee, where smartphones and connection are banned. In return, activities such as board games, reading and face -to -face conversations, to rediscover one more authentic sociability.

At the basis of this trend there is a cultural change among the youngest. According to a recent survey by the British Standards Institution, 68% of children between the ages of 16 and 21 he feels worse After spending too much time on social media. And 47% said it would prefer Living in a world without internalt. Some even come to desire anminimum age to access social mediaas already happens in Australia, where it is set at 16 years.

How to open an Offline Club

Also the schools are reacting: The ban on using the smartphone in class is increasingly widespread, especially in the United Kingdom. And many experts underline the enormous psychological damage related toabuse of technologyin particular among teenagers.

In this context, theOffline Club proposes a concrete alternative, even with Digital detox withdrawalduring which not only cell phones are died but also computers, to truly live “as before the internet”. Despite their anti-Digital mission, the clubs However, they exploit social networks to spread the message: the organization’s Instagram account boasts beyond 530,000 followers.

Anyone, in theory, can open their own local club: just be able to record a legal activity and follow the official training provided by the movement. The challenge is now transforming this wave of awareness into a lasting movementwhich helps the new generations a find the pleasure of human contactfar from notifications and infinite scroll.