DUTCH GOLD · SAME RESERVE, DIFFERENT EXIT ROUTE
London Became the Largest Foreign Vault
DNB moved exposure out of New York and into the world's deepest physical-gold market without changing total holdings.
86tshifted from North America to London
612.4ttotal Dutch gold; unchanged
€72.2Breserve value at year-end 2025
After relocation
Zeist
0.0pp
London
+14.0pp
New York
−12.8pp
Ottawa
−1.2pp
What changed: London rose from the smallest Dutch storage location to the largest. Roughly 59 tonnes moved through sell-and-rebuy transactions; more than 27 tonnes moved physically.
Source: De Nederlandsche Bank, “DNB improves tradability of gold reserves,” Sept. 2, 2026. Percentages may not sum exactly due to rounding.