Ruud De Ridder

Den Bompa Jos Vleugels is the widower of the bomma Anna and lives with his grandson Leo. He has 2 sons, the eldest is Paul Vleugels, who married aunt Josée Clinckhamers at the beginning of the series. Later in the series, however, they divorce and Paul leaves on a world tour and continues to live in Australia.

After 20 years, Pierre and Claire's neighbors decide to move to Provence for good and sell their house to François and Hilda. Under the motto "better a good neighbor than a distant friend," Pierre and Claire try to befriend their new neighbors, but François and Hilda have a very different view of neighborly love...