Eighteen old ANWB mushrooms that have been on Vlieland for years have been auctioned for a total of 32,038 euros. The one that has been on the Veerdam, where the boat from Harlingen arrives, brought in the most: 2660 euros.
The mushrooms had become redundant because there are now new signposts. The municipality therefore donated them to the VVV Vlieland, which auctioned them online.
The proceeds will be used for the construction of the Water Route, a walking and cycling route across the island with an explanation of the water cycle. The route should be ready early next year.
outliers
The auction started on June 1 and ended this afternoon at noon. Most mushrooms yielded between 1000 and 2000 euros, but there were outliers. After the mushroom from the Veerdam, that from the Path of the Staatsschuur yielded the most: 2550 euros.
The yield is proportionally higher than that of a comparable auction on the neighboring island of Terschelling. There were last year 37 mushrooms auctioned, so twice as much, with a yield of more than 30,000 euros.
Almost 200 kilos
The iconic posts have been used as signposts for more than a century. The first was in Baarn in 1919, but the name mushroom was not used then. The term appears for the first time in a meeting document in 1921.
ANWB driver Willem Leliman from Baarn was the inventor of the mushroom, then completely made of concrete with a weight of almost 200 kilos. For decades the ANWB has placed the signposts, but since 2013 the National Signage Service Which.
Mushrooms are still used in places where the signposts should not disturb nature too much and where cyclists can safely stop to read the inscription. In other places, signposts are usually placed on a pole.
There are now more than 5000 mushrooms throughout the Netherlands. New ones are made from sustainable natural fibers and weigh only 10 kilos.
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