Urban explorers have a tendency to use a pseudonym for the locations they visit in stead of the real name. The—somewhat vain—hope is that those locations will be harder to find for those with more sinister motives than mere photography or simple curiosity. In most cases, these pseudonyms somehow allude to the original activities that took place there. This piece of industrial history was given the name 'Filature Accidentelle'. You would half-expect to find yourself in a spinning mill (French: filature). The explorer who originally came up with this name was perhaps misled by the striking presence of a rusty sewing machine. This factory, or at least the remaining part of it, was actually a malting plant, where grain was processed into malt for the production of beers and gins. The extremely limited information available about it indicates that the factory dates back to around 1880. During World War II, it was temporarily used as barracks. Parts of the factory have since been demolished, while other sections are being repurposed. This last section of the malthouse, with its imposing chimneys and ovens, was hit by a major fire in 2011, which destroyed almost the entire top floor. Fortunately, enough of the lower floors remained intact to make a visit worthwhile.
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