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20150730 Klok2 Karman Julianaplein Den Haag
20150730 Klok2 Karman Julianaplein Den Haag

The Monumental Clock [Dutch: Monumentale klok], commonly known as the Zebra clock [Dutch: Zebraklok], 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.

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Zebra clock
Bezuidenhoutseweg, The Hague Centrum

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Bezuidenhoutseweg
2594 AC The Hague, Centrum
South Holland, Netherlands
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20150730 Klok2 Karman Julianaplein Den Haag
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The Nationaal Archief (NA) is the national archives of the Netherlands, located in The Hague. It houses collections for the central government, the province of South Holland, and the former County of Holland. There is also material from private institutions and individuals with an association to the Dutch government or the political or social history of the Netherlands. The Nationaal Archief holds the Archives of the Dutch East India Company from 1602–1811, which were, along with related records held by South Africa, India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme Register in 2003 in recognition of their historical value. Recently, the photographic archives of Spaarnestad Photo were included in the Nationaal Archief. It has been announced that Wikipedia will receive user rights over many photos from these archives.The Netherlands Antilles had a separate Nationaal Archief, which was dissolved when the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles took place. The entrance links to a walkway leading to the sister organizations housed in the same building. The large complex comprises a large apparatus to keep documents stored in optimum conditions, which the NA maintains (with government subsidies) for its sister organizations. The list of organizations housed in the complex adjoining The Hague Central Station are: Spaarnestad Photo archive (formerly of Haarlem) Biografisch Portaal The Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) The Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie (CBG) The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (DBNL) (formerly of Leiden) Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) The International Institute of Social History (IISG) The Onderzoekscentrum voor Geschiedenis en Cultuur (OGC), The Parlementair Documentatie Centrum (PDC) The Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) The Netherlands Music Institute (NMI) The Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (Huygens ING) Letterkundig Museum (LM)