Meeting point

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A meeting point, meeting place, assembly point, or muster point is a geographically defined place where people meet. Such a meeting point is often a

to meet. Examples of meeting points include public areas and facilities such as squares, statues, parks, amusement parks, railway stations, airports, etc. or officially designated and signed points in such public facilities. There is often a public sign designating an official meeting point in public facilities (see illustrations).

Especially when referred to as an assembly point or muster point, a meeting point can be a designated safe place where people can gather or must report to during an emergency or drill.^[1]

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Examples of well-known meeting points

Australia

• Brisbane - Hungry Jack's on Queen Street Mall.^[2]
• Melbourne - "Under the Clocks" at Flinders Street station^[3]
• Adelaide - "Malls Balls" at Rundle Mall^[4]
• Sydney - "Town Hall Steps" at Sydney Town Hall^[5]

Denmark

• Københavns Hovedbanegård.^[6]

Nicaragua

• El Ostional - "Centro Ole" - Ole Center - at O Parks, WildLife, and Recreation.^[7]

Sweden

• Svampen, "the mushroom", a mushroom-shaped structure on Stureplan, Stockholm.
• Ringen på centralen, "the ring at the central station", a fenced, circle-shaped opening between two levels at the Central Station, Stockholm.

Poland

• Wrocław, there are two popular meeting spots on Wrocław's Market Square - "the pillory" and statue of Aleksander Fredro.

United States

• Grand Central Terminal clock in New York City

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