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Characteristic of Woudbloem are the white terraced houses built in 1906. These white cottages belonged to the cooperative potato flour factory 'De Woudbloem'. The factory opened in 1906 and was in operation until 1967, employing hundreds of workers. The white terraced houses were meant for the permanent staff; they were not allowed to move as long as they worked for the factory. During WW2, some residents were shot on the spot at the potato flour factory, under suspicion of joining a strike. In memory of this sad event, you can now find a so-called stolperstein in front of one of the cottages. After the closure of the factory, the cottages became vacant. Students from the city and music bands knew what to do with them. An ideal place for squatters, for parties, concerts by the likes of Herman Brood & the Wild Romance. Last year, the current owner, housing corporation Lefier, decided to make the houses earthquake-proof. The reinforcement operation took a lot of effort and was quite costly. The good news: the characteristic houses can certainly last another hundred years.