Dutch tram cat is a Facebook star

tram poes.jpgA cat in Rotterdam who likes to hang out at a tram stop in the port city’s Kralingen district has become an unlikely Facebook star, the Telegraaf reports on Thursday.

The black and white cat, named Ake, has been hanging around the tram stop for 10 years and is well known to locals and tram staff.

Now conductor Stefan Zoutewelle has set up a Facebook page for the cat where people can upload pictures of Ake and share their selfies. The page has gathered 3,000 likes in the last two days alone.

Ake is also known to take the odd tram trip and is always returned to the right stop by a helpful conductor.

‘Everyone knows where the cat is supposed to be,’ Zoutewelle told local broadcaster RTV Rijnmond.

Silke Reijngoud, who owns the cat, says she had no idea Ake was so famous, nor what the cat got up to during the day.

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