This Dutchman bought an entire Hungarian village – PHOTOS, VIDEO

A Dutchman has bought up an entire village in Nógrád county, Hungary. He now owns the small village of Bedepuszta. His aim is to rent out the houses.

Elroy Thümmler’s history with Hungary

Bedepuszta, the village owned entirely by a Dutchman. Source: PrtSc from the video of Telex & Deutsche Welle.

Dutchman Elroy Thümmler first came to Hungary to party. His agency brought many Dutch people to the country. His first visit to Bedepuszta, a small village in Nógrád county, was 20 years ago, reports Telex.hu. He bought one house in Bedepuszta and then slowly bought them all.

The school building has been turned into an event space, but there is also a pub. A big Dutch tech company rented the whole village from him, then they held a team-building event. That is also his purpose: to rent out the houses.

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Bedepuszta did not used to be as pretty as it is now

“This is Bedepuszta. It used to be a pile of ruins. This is the old bus stop. The bus once came by on the dirt road. There were about twenty houses here, ten of which were totally ruined,” starts his report Elroy Thümmler in the video that was produced as part of the cooperation of Deutsche Welle and Telex.

He even brings his friends to the village

Bedepuszta, the village owned entirely by a Dutchman. Source: PrtSc from the video of Telex & Deutsche Welle.

The Dutchman first came to Hungary to party, and for years, his agency brought thousands of his fellow countrymen to the famous Sziget Festival. He now brings many of his friends to Bedepuszta, the village he owns.

“Every time I earned some money, I bought a house, built a toilet or renovated a bathroom. By about 2014-15, I owned the whole village.” For some of the former residents, Thümmler bought a house in other settlements and renovated the buildings he acquired. “This is the Szabadság (Freedom) utca because it ends in freedom. There is nothing here but fields and valleys.” After this, you can see in the video the first house he bought in Bedepuszta.”

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All the houses are to let

The first house he purchased in Bedepuszta. Source: PrtSc from the video of Telex & Deutsche Welle.

Elroy bought the village to rent out all the houses. It is possible to rent all the houses from him. Most recently, a large Dutch tech company held their team building workshop here. During the workshop, participants were free to do whatever they wanted in the village. “Suddenly the secretary turned out to be a very good guitar player. And another one knew everything about birds. It was very family-like. That is what this place is really for.”

The village has its own bar, a wellness area and they are planning to grow their own food in the coming years.

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Source: Telex.hu, Deutsche Welle