A Dutch woman left the city of Bruges a fortune of some 5 million euros.
The woman, whose name was not allowed to be revealed, died recently at the age of 80. Her family was active in industry and had a business in minerals. That business was sold 30 years ago, after which the woman moved from the Netherlands to Switzerland. Eight years ago, she ended up in the heart of Bruges. Much more is not known about her.
Apparently, the woman had designated the city as the beneficiary of her estate. The total value is around €5 million: a cash sum of €3.3 million in a bank account, €945,000 worth of securities and securities and a home worth €700,000.
Bruges alderman for finance Mercedes Van Volcem said she was “pleasantly surprised”. According to her, it is highly exceptional for the city to be donated money. Because the city is considered a good cause, the inheritance rights are minimal.
Gierige Hollanders ook altijd, een Belgische had minstens het driedubbele geschonken.
I actualy like the idea of leaving your fortune to something you love. I hope the city finds a nice way to pay tribute to the lady and don’t just throw the money on the pile used for governing the city. Maybe a small park in het honour or something like an art venue or museum or…
Eat that, Gent
In terms of throwing your money out of the window on useless things, this one is pretty high on the list.
Giving your inheritance to the government is just… Enough people or VZW who could do much more with it.
And I’m sure politicians will squander every single euro of it.
As a citizen of Bruges, I’m willing to accept this generous donation.
This should cover about half a year of my energy bill.
What a nice lady!
Woohoo! How about gearing that to another completely new football stadium project?
Bruges La Morte
And instead of doing something useful with the money, the mayor said this is a welcome sum of money in these times as they were just in the process of doing their budget and this will cover the raise in energy costs.
Or she could have just given it to me.
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Highly doubt this money will be used for anything that benefits the citizens of Bruges in a meaningful way.
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A Dutch woman left the city of Bruges a fortune of some 5 million euros.
The woman, whose name was not allowed to be revealed, died recently at the age of 80. Her family was active in industry and had a business in minerals. That business was sold 30 years ago, after which the woman moved from the Netherlands to Switzerland. Eight years ago, she ended up in the heart of Bruges. Much more is not known about her.
Apparently, the woman had designated the city as the beneficiary of her estate. The total value is around €5 million: a cash sum of €3.3 million in a bank account, €945,000 worth of securities and securities and a home worth €700,000.
Bruges alderman for finance Mercedes Van Volcem said she was “pleasantly surprised”. According to her, it is highly exceptional for the city to be donated money. Because the city is considered a good cause, the inheritance rights are minimal.
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Gierige Hollanders ook altijd, een Belgische had minstens het driedubbele geschonken.
I actualy like the idea of leaving your fortune to something you love. I hope the city finds a nice way to pay tribute to the lady and don’t just throw the money on the pile used for governing the city. Maybe a small park in het honour or something like an art venue or museum or…
Eat that, Gent
In terms of throwing your money out of the window on useless things, this one is pretty high on the list.
Giving your inheritance to the government is just… Enough people or VZW who could do much more with it.
And I’m sure politicians will squander every single euro of it.
As a citizen of Bruges, I’m willing to accept this generous donation.
This should cover about half a year of my energy bill.
What a nice lady!
Woohoo! How about gearing that to another completely new football stadium project?
Bruges La Morte
And instead of doing something useful with the money, the mayor said this is a welcome sum of money in these times as they were just in the process of doing their budget and this will cover the raise in energy costs.
Or she could have just given it to me.
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Highly doubt this money will be used for anything that benefits the citizens of Bruges in a meaningful way.
Of course she did, it’s a fuckin fairytale town
Vuf miljoen euroots vint.