Location: Groningen
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Top 6 Hidden Gems Things to do in Groningen, Groningen Province
Groningen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣroːnɪŋə(n)] ( listen); Gronings: Grunnen) is the main municipality as well as the capital city of the eponymous province in the Netherlands. With a population of 202,567 as of 2017, it is the largest city in the north of the Netherlands. An old city, Groningen was the regional power of the northern Netherlands, a semi-independent city-state and member of the German Hanseatic League. Groningen is a university city: it houses the University of Groningen (with about 30,000 students) and the Hanze University of Applied Sciences (with about 25,000 students).
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1. Dive for You
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5.0 based on 11 reviews
PADI Dive courses in small groups or private. Completely adjusted to your needs and wishes!
2. Prinsentuin
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4.5 based on 518 reviews
Reviewed By Traysi62 - The Hague, The Netherlands
Prinsenhof Hotel overlooks this garden. Lovely to spend a half hour wandering round and there is a cute little tea house.
3. Forum Groningen
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4.5 based on 101 reviews
Another eye-catching building is added to the skyline of Groningen's historic city centre. Forum Groningen, open since november 2019, was designed by Amsterdam-based NL Architects for the City of Groningen. It covers a surface area of 17,000 m2 on ten floors, is open seven days a week and hosts a diverse array of activities around one coherent ambition: explore the world, discover the future. Forum Groningen's ambition is to let today's world and tomorrow's opportunities inspire the residents and visitors of Groningen. It hopes to achieve this with international exhibitions, film and literature festivals, as well as courses, workshops and talks. Forum Groningen challenges the public to keep an open mind while exposing them to the latest social and technological developments. To this end, the Forum hosts exhibitions and has the interactive Storyworld museum, five cinemas, a multi-purpose events venue, the city library, study and work places, a Medialab and a Smartlab.
Reviewed By GlobetrotterNL83 - Greater London, United Kingdom
Cool building that you can enter free of charge. On the ground floor is a shop selling items for tourists. There seem to be activities organised for children and many people using it as a work space. Make sure you go to the roof top terrace for amazing views .
4. Groningen City Tours
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4.5 based on 70 reviews
The address for your bike tour through the city of Groningen for over 15 years. Our guide shows you well-known and lesser-known places in Groningen! For groups of 10 people or more, we provide group or company outings all year round.
5. Brouwerij Martinus
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4.5 based on 103 reviews
Reviewed By Rocka999 - Liverpool, United Kingdom
We were staying in the area and as beer is a passion of mine we found the Martinus Brewery on the net and hey presto they do tours. We booked ourselves in for the English tour which started at 3:30pm, the owners son took us around the brewery, he was very witty, passionate and knowledgable at the same time and kept things moving along nicely whilst answering any questions that were fired at him. Drinks (samples) kept appearing from the bar upstairs which was a nice touch and I enjoyed each one as we were shown around. We bought some bottles at the end of the tour but you can enjoy a few beers at the bar. The staff were all helpful and attentive and I would recommend a visit if in the area. There's a multi story car park close by if you're unfortunate enough to be driving!
6. Rondvaart in Groningen
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3.5 based on 34 reviews
Rondvaart in Groningen provides tours for large and medium-sized groups (2-100 people). The boat is fully available for the group. The route and duration of the cruise itself can be determined. Besides our regular cruises, it is also possible to rent a boat and sail independently through the canals of the beautiful city of Groningen (Prices from € 7.50 per person)
