Dutchman built a modern day Noah’s Ark

Johan Huibers, a 47-year-old man from Schagen, 30 miles north of Amsterdam, is building a modern day Noah’s ark. This working model will be a fifth the size of the Biblical ark.

When the ark is finished in September, he plans to set sail through the interior waters of the Netherlands.

The ark is being built of American cedar and Norwegian pine rather than gopher wood.

Mr Huibers plans to charge people to tour the boat and said a drink (soft drink we presume) and religious pamphlet will be included in the admission pricthe project to break-even financially.

The total cost of the project is estimated to be just under 1m euros (£0.7m; US$1.2m) and was funded with bank loans.

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