From NATO Base to Prison (And Back Again?) in Ter Apel’s Hinterland

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Publication date 24 January 2026
Edition Everywhere Walls, Borders, Prisons
Publisher Failed Architecture
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  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract Built on the site of a former NATO compound, the Netherland’s most (in)famous asylum seeker centre Ter Apelervenen is caught up in a centuries’ old hinterland dynamic in which infrastructures of war, asylum and confinement remain largely unseen.
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Note Part of the FA special series: Everywhere Walls, Borders, Prisons.
Language English
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