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Serene Square

Laman Serene

This is a public square in front of Serene Palace. Built on a 433 m² of land, it costed RM6.8 million to be built. It features a 12-m-high star and crescent statue. The ground features a double 5-corner star, which makes it in total of 10, representing the total numbers of districts in Johor.

Address: Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar
Getting there: take 7B, 77B, 229, 777B, JPO1, PM1, S&S7 bus from Larkin Sentral terminal or 1B, 5B, 15, 111, 331, 505 or BET3 bus from JB Sentral terminal and alight at Danga Bay
Hours: 24 hours
Price: Free

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Johor Bahru, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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