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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. Ghost Tour Groningen
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5.0 based on 14 reviews
Join us for a walk through the streets of the Groningen city center after dark. We will transport you back to times gone by and tell tales of terror to chill your very soul. You may know Groningen as a friendly town, but it has secrets hiding behind the facades of student houses and pleasant shop fronts.
2. Boot Groningen
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5.0 based on 61 reviews
Boot Groningen offers you the opportunity to see the old city from the canals. We will take you on a one hour relaxing cruise on our OPEN BOAT all around the canals of Groningen. Only €15 for an ALL-INCLUSIVE cruise including cold beers, wines and soft drinks. The skipper and hostess will be narrating the tour and serving all your cold drinks. Schedule: Monday till Wednesday: upon request Thursday: 13:30, 15:00 and 16:30 Friday: 12:00, 13:30, 15:00 and 16:30 Saturday and Sunday: 12:00 and 13:30
3. Sint Geertruidsgasthuis
4. Free Tours Groningen
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5.0 based on 18 reviews
Free Tours Groningen shows you around in the City Centre of Groningen. In 1,5 hours we’ll guide you along the most characteristic places, tell you interesting historic facts and show you the best spots to eat, drink and party. This tour is a great way to get to know Groningen quickly. While walking, you can feel the atmosphere of the city, meet interesting people and ask us everything! Because of COVID-19 measures please make a reservation: https://freetoursgroningen.com/reservationform
5. Groninger Museum
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4.5 based on 1,343 reviews
Reviewed By rotiel321
This ultra-modern arty museum is well worth a visit, just a short walk from the centre, near the station - nicely laid-out on several floors, helpful staff and interesting varied art and artefacts - an enjoyable couple of hours, and great apple cake in the museum's cafe !!
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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 .
9. Noorderplantsoen Park
10. Martinitoren
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4.0 based on 707 reviews
Reviewed By Jaytro - Denver, United States
Excellent way to get an outstanding view of the entire city!! Wonderful breeze when you get to the top of the tower and cool throughout the walkway to the top of the tower.
