Fun & Famous

What to do with 18 million?

Willem Holleeder must pay back a sloppy 18 million to the State. 18 MILLION. Do you know what you can do with those zeros in your bank account? Well, don't worry, help is here.

Cottage

He could have bought the most expensive house in the Netherlands for that. Last year it was a hut of exactly 18 million, now you pay (only) 11.7 million for a small national monument at the Vondelpark. Isn't it a nice place to stretch your hamstrings in the morning with your personal trainer?

Tasty away

Escape the daily grind? You can do that in Geneva, at the President Wilson Hotel to be precise. A night there costs $53,000, butrr then you have a prime view of Mont Blanc. And with 18 million in your pocket, just stay for 339 nights. Because you can. Or you buy an island off the coast of Dubai, that always does a great job at a reunion too.

A word about that Birkin

Did someone say you didn't need that Birkin? Well, with those 18 milliones it does, doesn't it? Because then you also have someone to carry that heavy little bugger for you. You should, because the most expensive one also has 11,000 shiny boyfriends on it. For $1.9 million it's yours, you can just suffer.

Iron

Give May 18 million and she'll go for an iron. And not the one for smoothing dresses or shirts, but for anchoring off Saint Tropez. And no objection if that gigajacht has some staff roaming around on it, of course.

This was just the tip of Mont Blanc of exorbitant excesses. But now you, what are you going to do with 18 million?

Written by Adeline Mans