The Sultan of Brunei
Monday, 16th October 2006 by Alex Turnbull
The ostentatious Istana Nurul Iman palace is the official residence of the one-time richest man on the planet, the Sultan of Brunei.
Arguably this is the largest residential palace in the world, and possibly even the largest residence of any type. Beneath the golden domes and sculpted ceilings are reputedly some 1,788 rooms, 257 bathrooms, 5 swimming pools, a 1,500 person mosque, 564 chandeliers, 51,000 light bulbs, 44 stairwells, 18 elevators and of course, the Sultan's staggeringly awesome, and totally unmatchable car collection is probably here somewhere too.
He also seems to have an awful lot of satellite dishes. How much TV can one guy watch huh?
Over in England, we're informed that this is might well be the Sultan's London residence. Which we were perfectly happy to accept when we saw for ourselves the beautiful waterfront location, the ominous-loooking gates, the private basketball court, and not forgetting the modest collection of cars parked outside.
OK, so it's not the world's largest palace . . . but that little holiday home has got to cost some serious money, right?
Thanks to Victor K. and Glenn.
About the author
Alex has decided that his title will be Senior Vice President of Stuff.
Much more interestingly, I’m enjoying the multiple football games above the Sultan’s London Home! 😀
He also has a rather long name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassanal_Bolkiah
What are the semicircles to the south? https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=4.602092,114.981194&z=12
OK….I take back what I said in my earlier post about the site going downhill. Sultan of Brunei stuff rocks.
Contour lines of a hill, I think, but I’ve never seen them so clearly. Actually, I think that’s terracing that makes the lines so clear.
Sod that, it’s his own personal life size subuteo stadium!
Kind of disapointing really. One would think with THAT much money he would build that palace on an island or something….farther back in the jungle you know? away from the city.
Let’s not forget to add the Sultan’s little brother’s $60M Las Vegas “home”.
Linkage
If you zoom in on the placemarker, and follow the gates around the property, you can see just how immense this place is
lvlife.com article on the home
I’m Bruneian and In the sultan’s palace there is many Cars such as Rolls-Royce, many of them even the concept one anb Bentley,Hummer,McLaren F1, and many fancy,big and expensive cars…..
Yeah being a dictator and stealing taxes money instead of using them to improve the life of your subjects sounds fun
hahahhaha! seriusly DT@Canada, are you a Bruneian?
Bruneians are so thrifty rich! You’re talking about fun aeyh? They are having fun NOT PAYING taxes.Thanks to the man you call “dictator”.
would really love to visit brunei bruneians must be grateful and thankful to the sultan