Bus-stops
At a bus stop, people usually wait a lot. This makes it an ideal location for a work of art. On Oosterstraat, a news ticker stands between two stainless steel pillars.
Take a closer look
Instead of passenger information, there are texts here that deal with travel, buses, hearts and lungs. The texts are by writer Jacques Brooijmans and are often poetic or philosophical in nature. In Oosterstraat, a transparent heart made of plastic, lit up with neon, hangs above the pillars. In Gelkingestraat, the street running parallel to Oosterstraat, it is lungs that adorn the top of the pillars. The organs refer to the city centre and its periphery. Entering the city by bus, you first pass the red heart, a symbol of the city centre and the dynamic activity around it. When leaving the city, via Gelkingestraat, the bus passes the green lungs that refer to the tranquillity and space of the suburbs.