Location: Groningen
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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. Battlefield Tours
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5.0 based on 42 reviews
Battlefield Tours providing reasonable priced, quality and professionally staffed tours to the battlefields of the Netherlands.Battlefield Tours aims to provide top quality battlefield tours that offer the personal touch that many of the larger package tour operators are unable to achieve. We are confident that we can design a battlefield tour to meet your needs and are certain that it will achieve if not exceed all of your requirements.All of our battlefield tours are guided by Subject Matter Experts who have a wealth of experience delivering a package that is fantastic value and an experience that you will cherish forever.Battlefield Tours - Keeping Memories Alive!
Reviewed By Coltex
We had a splendid Amherst tour. The guide was very good prepared, and seemed to know everything. We as audience had a hard time asking challenging questions. Good mix between "dry facts" and funny or emotional stories. Good price. No complaints.
2. 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 !!
3. Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum
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4.5 based on 155 reviews
The northern Maritime Museum is situated in two beautiful medieval buildings in Groningen. The museum shows the history of the ship transport in the north of the Netherlands and the history of Groningen. Additionally, you can visit changing art and history exhibitions throughout the year in our museum. To know how Groningen looked like in the Middle Ages, you can view the special virtual reconstruction of medieval Groningen.
Reviewed By ShivaParvati - Pune, India
A splendid museum housed in two heritage houses in the centre of town we are introduced to maritime life and the manner in which it was lived in the 18th century. There are pictures and paintings, portraits of well known notables, shipping paraphernalia and objects and the piece de resistance being the numerous scale models of schooners and rigged vessels in all shapes and sizes. Spread over four wooden floors it is a feast for both the mariner in you and us alike.
4. 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.
5. Universiteitsmuseum Groningen
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4.5 based on 97 reviews
A museum featuring the wonders of science. The collection is linked to the University of Groningen. On a permanent basis there is a collection of human anatomy and a chamber featuring the first famous dutch female doctor Aletta Jacobs. There are also temporary exhibitions which can be check out on our website.
Reviewed By PhilipYos - Odessa, Ukraine
A must. Great displays of nature and science going through time. Displays of skulls and other human remains. Free entrance.
6. 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!
7. Vismarkt
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4.5 based on 214 reviews
Reviewed By catherine9705
It’s an awesome market with many fresh fruits. I definitely recommend the fries in the market! And the Portugese egg tart is also quite good.
8. Hoofdstation Groningen
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4.5 based on 176 reviews
Reviewed By Simone194 - Groningen, The Netherlands
The first station building was completed in 1865 and demolished in 1894. The second and current station building was designed by Izaak Gosschalk, completed in 1896, and most recently restored in 2000. Train services started in 1866 and are currently provided by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva. There are 41 bus services at the station provided by Qbuzz. Since 1961 my parents moved with me from Schiedam to Eelde, a nearby village, so in those days we used the train to visit grandparents near Amersfoort often. In those years the beautiful ceiling in the entrance hall was hidden by a low white simple and cheap one. In the early nineties I guess there was a huge restoration project of the railwaystation. All of this old beauty was revealed again and since then it is a must see in the town Groningen stop ,whenever I have visitors from other places to show them around.
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.
