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Verbijsterend voor ons, Nederlanders, dat deze industriële restanten van voorbije jaren er nog steeds staan. In ons dicht bevolkte landje wordt iedere centimeter zo optimaal mogelijk gebruikt en is verval nauwelijks te vinden. Dit in tegenstelling tot onze buurlanden. Na glorietijden gekend te hebben, nu monumenten van verval. Een enkele uitgezonderd, die heeft een herbestemming gekregen, waarin de schoonheid van weleer bewaard blijft. Het overige wacht al decennia, vergeefs, op betere tijden.