For a year now there has been considerable opposition to the possible closure of the barracks in Assen, where about a thousand soldiers work. That closure also hung over Assen like a sword of Damocles until very early in the morning The Telegraph leaked out that the barracks in the Drenthe capital could still remain open, albeit in a slightly slimmed-down form.
Kazerne Assen will remain open, Havelte barracks will receive a 250 million euro refurbishment
