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Monumental tobacco barns may now be used to house businesses
The municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug has broadened usage rules for so-called 'tabaksschuren', or 'tobacco barns', barns that were used in the 18th and 19th century to dry tobacco leaves. According to De Telegraaf the region used to be the tobacco centre of the Netherlands. The barns were typically 24 metres long and 12 metres wide, [...]