construction timeline
Open, just not as usual
The Stables Square and palace gardens are open until September 29th. The presentation Royals, pets and animals is closed from 20 until 26 May due to the presence of the horses of the Royal Stable Departement. The palace is closed until 2021 due to renovation.
Timelapse – Underwater concrete
The underwater concrete was poured last month. Watch the timelapse.
Underwater concrete
The concrete floor of the underground expansion has been poured under water! Project manager Jorden explains the process in this video.
One year in renovation
Asbestos removal
Temporary foundation
An exciting part of the Renovation and Expansion: the temporary foundation of the palace!
Layer of sand removal
The dry, upper layer of sand is being removed. After this, the real digging can begin!
Timelapse – Preparations
This timelapse contains footage of the preparations being made in September 2018.
Contours of the underground expansion
The underground walls are ready and the countours of the new expansion are visible. The last few anchors are being placed and then we can start digging!
Picture of the anchor construction
The beginning
Project manager Jorden Hagenbeek fills you in on everything that has been done and what is to come in the future regarding the renovation and expansion.
Timelapse – preparation digging
The fourth timelapse of the Renewal & Renovation of Paleis Het Loo is recorded in April and May of 2018. It shows the underground concrete walls being completed. To be able to start digging the walls are first anchored.
The empty palace
Timelapse – removal of the gate
Removal of the last object
Three months after Director Michel van Maarseveen symbolically locked the front door, Paleis Het Loo is empty. On 15 March the last object, a 19th century rug from King Willem II, was carefully packed. Having completed the removal of more than 160,000 objects a new phase begins; the renovation!
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Archaeological finds on the Bassecour
A Roman coin, the foundations of a 17th century fountain and pottery of four thousand years old. The ground beneath the Bassecour is full of archaeological finds. In the following weeks, archaeologists will trying to dig and capture traces of earlier habitation.
Timelapse Bassecour
Clearing the Bassecour
The clearing of the Bassecour has started with the removal of the grass. Also the boulders have been removed, with a total of 25 cubic metres. And a start has been made with disassembling the Dolphins fountain.
Removal of objects
The removal of the 170,000 objects of the palace has begun! The objects will be stored in a temporary depot. By Easter, the palace will be empty!
The door is locked
Director Michel van Maarseveen closes the gates to the palace. Let the Renewal & Renovation begin!
Photo: ANP – L. van Lieshout
The palace in 2021
On 7 March 2017 the final design was presented. A number of residential rooms in the palace will also be arranged differently. From 2021, visitors will enter the palace by the Grand Staircase, just as the former royal residents did. Several rooms in the servants quarters will be furnished and opened for the first time.