Our Service Station will be on display on September 9 during Open Monument Day Hilversum 2023. The chance to come and take a look at our unique, monumental and creative home!
The Service Station on Larenseweg was designed in 1950 by Hendrik Bunders (1892-1965) and commissioned by garage owner Ru Schouten. The building, a municipal monument, housed a gasoline pump, washing facility, office, workshop and showroom and was built in a business-like reconstruction style. In 2010-2011, the building was restored and fully furnished by Fresh Forward to encourage creativity and collaboration among people.
Ru Schouten's Automobile Company
Ru Schouten owned a garage business, car dealership and driving school on Spoorstraat in Hilversum. He was a true car enthusiast. In 1951 he was supposed to participate in the 1951 Monte Carlo Rally, but an accident on the way to the start forced him to abandon participation. The car, which overturned three times, was severely damaged, but Schouten was miraculously unhurt.
Schouten's automobile company had several branches in Hilversum, and in 1950 Hilversum architect Bunders was commissioned to design a new service station, strategically located on the access road from Laren.
Read more on the architecture of the Service Station and Open Monument Day 2023.
Dates Open Monument Day 2023
Opening hours: Saturday, Sept. 9, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Tours. Reservations not required.
