Location Rijswijk Phone +31 70 307 5900 | Opened 1996 Province South Holland | |
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Former names Darling Market, Expo Rijswijk, Beurshal Haaglanden Owner Henk van der Straaten († 2012) Address Volmerlaan 12, 2288 GD Rijswijk, Netherlands Similar Oude Kerk, Railway Museum, Ahoy Rotterdam, Rijswijk railway station, Den Haag Moerwijk railway st Profiles | ||
Poppenhuisbeurs de broodfabriek
De Broodfabriek (English: The Bread Factory) is an exhibition and convention center in the Dutch city of Rijswijk. It was founded in 1996 by Henk van der Straaten (co-founder of the former Konmar supermarket chain) as the Darling Market, a recreation of the international market in Haymarket, near Sydney's Darling Harbour which he encountered during a trip to Australia).
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In later years it become known as a venue for many fairs such as the Gothic & Fantasy Beurs (English: Gothic & Fantasy Fair) which is held there since 2003. The exhibition part of the venue later became known as Expo Rijswijk and after that Beurshal Haaglanden. The current name refers to the building's previous use as a bread factory of Meneba.
The Darling Market was discontinued in 2010.