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The Monumental Clock , commonly known as the Zebra clock , is a street clock and work of public art on the Bezuidenhoutseweg street side of the Koningin Julianaplein square, next to Den Haag central railway station in The Hague, Netherlands. It is a local landmark and popular as a meeting-place for people arriving or departing the city by train.

It was installed in 1977 by artist Jaap Karman. It stands 8 meters tall, it has three matching sides with moulded plastic faces of black and white stripes indicating the position of the hours, and is internally lit. It has been destroyed by fire and restored twice - a few months after installation and again in 1985. The clock was temporarily removed from 1997 to 2002, and again from 2008 to 2011 for renovations to the square and station precinct.

References

  1. "Meet you at the Zebra clock". Den Haag To Go. June 16, 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  2. "Jaap Karman www.haagsekunstenaars.nl - Stroom Den Haag". www.haagsekunstenaars.nl. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  3. "Historie - Den Haag Nieuw Centraal". www.denhaagnieuwcentraal.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  4. ^ "Zebraklok in de opslag". Den Haag Nieuw Centraal (in Dutch). September 22, 2008. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  5. "Zebraklok na drie jaar terug bij station". Omroep West (in Dutch). 31 October 2011. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

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