Van Nelle Factory
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This 1932 modernist masterpiece of steel and glass revolutionized factory design as a UNESCO-listed icon of Dutch functionalism. Once processing coffee, tea and tobacco, it now hosts creative industries; weekend tours available.
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"Often described as a 'glass palace' (it's largely constructed of steel and glass), it functioned as a state-of-the-art coffee, tea and tobacco factory until the 1990s." Full review