NOT LOUISIANA, PARIS, FRANCE, NEW YORK OR ROME
The sugar beet factory in Örtofta is only open and running from about the end of September until Christmas. During the sugar beet processing season, the smoke from the factory rolls over the valley and taints the air with the smell of burned sugar. It’s not sweet, like a candy factory smells, it’s a very earthy, fermented odor. The factory can be seen from the main highway that we drive up and down so many times a week. It’s not that big, but at night when it’s dark and the factory is lit up and the white smoke is billowing...