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Groningen

Things to see in Groningen

30 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A large, yellowish-orange 19th-century manor house with a dark slate roof, set within a park-like landscape with mature trees and a lawn, featuring the name "NIENoord" carved into the stone above the central balcony.

Leek · History & Heritage

Museum Nienoord

19th-century manor with historic coaches and grotto
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Hoogezand-Sappemeer · Nightlife

Flash Casino Hoogezand

Slot machine venue with VIP entrance in Hoogezand
A view of a historic star-shaped fortress featuring a wide moat, grassy ramparts, and distinctive red wooden drawbridges and counterweight structures, with a small white building and trees in the background.

Bourtange · History & Heritage

Fort Bourtange

Star-shaped 16th-century fort with moat and ramparts
A row of red brick buildings with white and blue window frames and doors along a brick-paved street, featuring house numbers 18 and 19.

Groningen · Urban Exploration

Groningen's Old Town District

Historic heart of Groningen within Diepenring
A row of historic brick buildings along a canal, featuring distinctive white and black wooden structures extending over the water from the rear of the buildings, with a white pedestrian bridge in the foreground.

Appingedam · Food & Gastronomy

Hanging Kitchens

Kitchens suspended above Appingedam’s canals
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Noordpolderzijl · Coastal & Maritime

Sea dyke

Historic sea dyke protecting Noordpolderzijl coast
An interior hallway of a historic house featuring patterned tile flooring, wooden doors, a large wooden cabinet, and framed artwork on the walls.

Winsum · Cultural Experiences

traditional farms (in Winsum)

Historic traditional farms among Winsum’s monuments
The brick Abdijkerk in Aduard, the surviving infirmary hall of the medieval Cistercian abbey

Zuidhorn · History & Heritage

Abdijkerk Aduard

Medieval abbey church in Zuidhorn, Netherlands
A wooden observation tower or hide situated in a marshy, overgrown landscape with bare trees and a dirt path, under an overcast sky.

Lauwersmeer · Activities & Adventure

Dark Sky Park

Dark Sky Park with pristine night skies and stargazing
The medieval brick Hippolytuskerk in Middelstum with its saddleback-roofed tower under a blue sky

Middelstum · History & Heritage

Hippolytuskerk Middelstum

15th-century Gothic church in Middelstum, Netherlands
AI-generated illustration of Hortus Haren

Haren · Gardens

Hortus Haren

University botanical garden in Haren, Netherlands
A single-story red brick building with a tiled roof and white-framed windows, featuring a white signboard in front that reads "MUSEUM HET HOOGELAND".

Warffum · Guided Tours

Museum Het Hoogeland

17th-century manor house and museum in Winterswijk