Here is how a Dutchman bought up an entire Hungarian village: you can rent it

The astonishing and mindblowing story of a Dutch national who fell in love with Hungary in the 1980s. In the last couple of years, he bought up an entire village where he would like to invite his friends from the Netherlands. He believes Hungary is much more liveable and cheaper than their country and plans to move here with his Dutch-Indonesian wife. Here is his incredible story.

According to 24.hu, Elroy was only 20 years old when he somehow sat down in a small Hungarian pub in Kecskemét. It was 1987, the end of the Socialist era in Hungary and Elroy fell in love with our country. He made friends here and regularly came to hike in the Hungarian hills or bathe in Lake Balaton.

After the regime change, he came more frequently and fell in love with the landscape and the people of Hungary. He liked that the air is cleaner than in the Netherlands and there are villages hidden in the valleys. In Holland, such settlements no longer exist because cities and villages expanded, and where one ends, the other begins.

He worked long hours in Amsterdam. He had a kid with a woman who chose drugs instead of feeding the baby. He remained alone with him but provided him with everything. He worked in the docks and bars, and later sold Sziget Festival tickets to Dutch youngsters. That business flourished. Years later, more than 15 thousand locals came to celebrate and party in Budapest.

He bought up an entire village in Nógrád County

When he acquired the needed money, he started making his dream come true. He thought about buying a house in a Hungarian village. That is because he said keeping animals or bees means obtaining an endless list of permissions, while doing such things is much easier in Hungary.