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Would you dine with strangers? Why travellers are using the Timeleft app to meet new people

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The Timeleft app, which launched in France in 2023, works in more than 200 cities including Singapore, Tokyo and Bali.

The Timeleft app, which launched in France in 2023, works in more than 200 cities including Singapore, Tokyo and Bali.

PHOTOS: TIMELEFT

Apeksha Bhateja

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AMSTERDAM – “I’m here for Timeleft?” I ask the first staff member I see at the Amsterdam restaurant.

This is my second dinner, but I am still a bit shy to admit that I do not know who I am meeting. I am among six strangers meeting on a Wednesday at 7pm. Like thousands of others around the world, we are in search of a social connection.

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