The 7,000-Car Secret: Brunei’s Lost Automotive Empire By Titan007

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 There are car collections… and then there is Brunei. Hidden behind locked gates near the tropical coastline of Southeast Asia sits what may be the most excessive, controversial, and tragic automotive collection ever assembled. Not a museum. Not a curated gallery. But thousands upon thousands of cars—many never driven, some never seen by the public, and a shocking number built specifically for one family that treated the world’s greatest manufacturers like private artisans. This is the story of power, money, obsession—and decay. The Collectors Behind the Curtain At the center of this saga are two men: Prince Jefri Bolkiah , the former Finance Minister of Brunei, and his brother, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah , one of the longest-ruling monarchs in the world. During the oil-fueled boom years, Brunei was drowning in wealth. And Prince Jefri spent it like no one else on Earth. Private jets. Palaces. Art. Yachts. And above all—cars. By the mid-1990s, Prince Jefri had quietly amassed an estim...

Vienna remains one of the most popular destinations

 The capital of Austria, Vienna, remains one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. In the previous month alone, a record number of tourist overnight stays were made in Vienna, according to the latest statistics.


In the previous month, 967,000 overnight stays were realized in Vienna, thus exceeding last year's statistics by 6.5 percent. Venna Ture Video 4K

A total of 11.6 million overnight stays were made from January to December, which is 3.4 percent more than in 2012. The net profit of Vienna overnight hotels from January to November 2013 reached the figure of 499.2 million euros.

In December, the number of overnight stays of guests from Russia (by 1%), Spain (3%), Japan (3%), Switzerland (7%), Germany (8%), Austria (8%) increased, and especially from America (22%) associated with the increased offer of the Austrian airline "Austrian Airlines".

The number of overnight stays in December decreased from Italy (10%), England (3%), and France (1%), and all hotel categories benefited from the increased number of overnight stays in December.

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