Toonder Monument - Rotterdam, Netherlands.
N 51° 55.194 E 004° 29.298
31U E 602352 N 5753175
Toonder Monument - Marten Toonder was a Rotterdam-born comic-book author and this monument shows four fantasy characters from his comics. Located in Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WM12MR3
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 06/17/2020
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"Ode aan Marten Toonder If you want to be “entertained” by a monument then look no further than this one. It stands in the shadow of the impressive Markthal (to the left of the front entrance).
Marten Ode aan Marten Toonder statue RotterdamToonder was a Rotterdam-born comic-book author and this monument shows four fantastic characters from his comics.
It was commissioned in his honour and unveiled on his 90th birthday in 2002. Two years ago the image was moved from its original place by Blaak station whilst the bicycle storage was being built and on the 2nd May 2017, 105 years after the birth of Marten Toonder, it was replaced here; not a stone’s throw from its former site.
The creators of this work are four Rotterdammers “De Artoonisten” Hans van Bentem, Luuk Bode, DJ Chantelle (Boris van Berkum) en Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk."
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