Think of Ikea, and you might think of Scandinavian design, big sheds of flat-pack furniture and a Swedish heritage. You might not think of a busy motorway junction in the Netherlands.
Nonetheless, this is where perhaps the most important part of the sprawling Ikea empire is located. Inter Ikea, which owns the brand and concept as well as being responsible for product design and manufacturing of the group, is based in Delft just off the motorway joining Rotterdam and The Hague.
Its location is key to a contentious structure. The European Commission has been investigating the Netherlands’ tax treatment of Inter Ikea for the past seven years in a case that has yet to be resolved.
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