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Clock Tower — the "drunken clock"

Novi Sad · Petrovaradin Fortress

Clock Tower — the "drunken clock"
Photo: Ванилица · CC BY-SA 4.0

Novi Sad's best-known postcard. The hands are "reversed": the hour hand is longer than the minute hand so that boatmen on the Danube could read the hour from afar — the minutes mattered less. Hence the nickname "the drunken clock".

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How to get to Clock Tower — the "drunken clock" by public transport?

Nearest stops: Beogradska - Lisinskog — 149 m, lines 3, 3A, 9, 60, 61, 62; Beogradska - Vladimira Nazora — 165 m, lines 3, 9, 60, 61, 62, 63; Trg neznanog junaka - Most Duga — 514 m, lines 11B, 71.

How far is Clock Tower — the "drunken clock" from the city centre?

It is about 1.3 km from the city centre (Liberty Square) as the crow flies, about 21 min on foot.

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