What's that smell?

Near my house there is a sugar factory which has been producing the strangest smell for the last few months. A couple times every week, the whole city smells like sweet mud. It's a very peculiar but familiar sent to me now. I heard a rumor that soon the scent will end until next fall. Believe it or not I am already a bit nostalgic for the smell because it represents Groningen and I might not ever smell it again. There is also a tobacco factory in Groningen near the apartment in which I will live next semester. I feel bad for anyone attempting to quit smoking in this city. This place is kind of like the Kaukauna, WI of Holland; the only difference is that I am not gagging constantly in Groningen.


View of the sugar factory from my kitchen window