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Rebuilding Empire 5.5 million cheaper than feared

370 million cost to renovate the Rijksmuseum. All but a tonne. 5.5 million less than the last estimate from 2010. Which again it was almost quadruple the original budget, which still assumed 134 million. But that was before the crisis about those stairs and that cycle route, and before all kinds of construction companies went bankrupt, and before the whole thing was in danger of collapsing anyway.

Blij me? Natuurlijk. Was lastig geweest als het Rijksmuseum nog weer duurder was geworden dan die raming uit 2010. Toen was het overzicht er wel, toen werd er gebouwd. En nu stromen de toeristen weer toe. 2,8 miljoen bezoekers in het openingsjaar. Die niet alleen een ticket hebben gekocht (20 miljoen), maar ook naar de hoeren zijn geweest, bier hebben gedronken, wiet ingekocht, naar het Van Gogh en het Stedelijk zijn geweest, gegeten hebben en een fiets hebben gehuurd. Dan is die 370 miljoen natuurlijk zo terugverdiend, vertelt minister Bussemaker in het financiële eindrapport over de verbouwing.

Klinkt als goed nieuws.

 

 

 

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