Fairy Tale Statues: they are back!

In the last two years, the seaside of the Hague has seen a great upheavel. All part of the “Scheveningen Boulevard project“^[1], it is in the process of being remodelled drastically. Part of the plan meant that the great Fairy Tale statues by artist Tom Otterness had to be removed.

I’ve missed these statues. They are whimsically funny and you cannot help but touch them. Over the years I have been to see them often and I always had my camera on me.

Fairy Tale Statues by Tom Otterness, Scheveningen

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My favorite photo is of a little “boy”, cute as a button and in a way, bashful.

This little statue has been repositioned and I’m not quite happy with the photo I took of him today. It seems as if he now disappears against the background, whereas before he was more visible against the wall. I can see why they moved him, because where before he was placed at the dunes above the other statues, he is now smack in the middle of the whole scene.

I guess you’ll have to go see him for yourself to see if you agree!

(For more on their previous layout, check here)