19 Sights in Groningen, Netherlands (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Groningen, Netherlands. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 19 sights are available in Groningen, Netherlands.

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1. De Jonge Held

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De Jonge Held is the polder mill of the former water board of the same name De Jonge Held at Friesestraatweg 436 northwest of the Dutch city of Groningen. The mill is part of the hamlet of Slaperstil, which falls under Leegkerk within the municipality of Groningen. The mill, in combination with the adjacent miller's house, forms a characteristic image when driving from the side of Aduard towards the city of Groningen. For many years, the mill was owned by the Westerkwartier Mill Foundation, the current owner is Stichting De Groninger Poldermolens.

Wikipedia: De Jonge Held (molen) (NL)

2. Xy

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Xy

Xy is a sculpture by Martin Borchert and is located on the grounds of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) in the city of Groningen and is owned by the University of Groningen (UG). The artwork is made of galvanized steel, which was then coated (again) – creating a kind of flowers in the zinc work – and then varnished. Martin Borchert's work is part of the art project Knowledge Years 1994-2014. It is located at the corner of Antonius Deusinglaan and Oostersingel in a lawn next to the Faculty of Medical Sciences building.

Wikipedia: Xy (NL), Website

3. Academy Building

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The Academy Building opposite the University Library on the Broerstraat in the city of Groningen, built in 1909, was built in the Northern Netherlands neo-Renaissance style. It is the main building of the University of Groningen. Because of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value, it is important. It is also significant for the history of university education in Groningen and because of the quality of the spatial articulation, the ornamentation and the cohesion between exterior and interior.

Wikipedia: Academiegebouw (Groningen) (NL), Website

4. Synagoge

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Synagoge

The synagogue is a Jewish building built in 1906 at Folkingestraat 60 in the Dutch city of Groningen. It was in use from 1906 to 1942 and has been dedicated to worship again since 1981. However, the prayer room has been reduced in size, creating space for a museum section. In 2021, a permanent exhibition opened in the synagogue in which visitors can learn about Jewish culture and religion and the history of the Jewish communities in the city and province of Groningen.

Wikipedia: Synagoge (Groningen) (NL), Website

5. Provinciehuis

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Provinciehuis

The Provincial Government House of Groningen is the administrative centre of the province of Groningen. The building complex is located on the east side of the Martinikerkhof in the heart of the city of Groningen. The front building at the Martinikerkhof dates from the beginning of the twentieth century, the rear, containing the state hall, is the former Latin Sint Maartensschool of Groningen and dates from the late Middle Ages.

Wikipedia: Provinciehuis (Groningen) (NL)

6. Kandelaarskerk

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The Kandelaarkerk is a former church on the Hamburgerstraat in the Dutch city of Groningen. The building was commissioned by the Reformed Churches and was designed by the architects Pit van Loo and Sikke van der Mei. In 1999, the freedmen moved to the Oosterkerk. After the building was briefly used by an Antillean denomination, it was sold in 2000. It has been used as a nursery ever since. The building is a municipal monument.

Wikipedia: Kandelaarkerk (Groningen) (NL)

7. Nieuwe Kerk

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The Nieuwe Kerk, also known as Noorderkerk in the 18th century, is a Protestant church in the city of Groningen, located on the Nieuwe Kerkhof in the Hortus neighbourhood. The name "new" church is a reference to the "old" St. Walburg's Church. Originally, the cemetery was called the New St. Walburg Cemetery. The church stands on the northernmost hill of the Hondsrug; the Nordes or Tie (Thye).

Wikipedia: Nieuwe Kerk (Groningen) (NL), Website

8. Prinsenhof

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The Prinsenhof is a building on the Martinikerkhof in the Dutch city of Groningen. The building consists of four wings, three of which are located within the associated walled Prinsentuin behind it. The oldest part is the former church of the Brothers of the Common Life from 1487. On the east side of the entrance is the Gardepoort, which is connected to the complex.

Wikipedia: Prinsenhof (Groningen) (NL)

9. Helperlinie

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The Helper Line or Helpman's Line was a defensive line south of the Kempkensberg below the city of Groningen. From that height, the artillery of Bernhard von Galen, the Bishop of Münster, had bombarded the fortified city in 1672. The line consisted of a series of bastions, redoubts and bulwarks with a 'dry' moat and a 'wet' horizon in front of it.

Wikipedia: Helperlinie (NL)

10. Sint Martinusgasthuis

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Sint Martinusgasthuis Anton Rengers Original uploader was Lampje at nl.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Sint Martinusgasthuis is a courtyard and former guesthouse in the city of Groningen, which has been designated as a municipal monument. The guesthouse is located in the Grote Leliestraat in the Hortus neighbourhood, the street with the most courtyards and guesthouses in the city of Groningen.

Wikipedia: Sint Martinusgasthuis (NL)

11. Grand Theatre

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Grand Theatre is a flat-floor theatre on the Grote Markt in the city of Groningen. It was originally built as a movie theater. After a period of vacancy, it was squatted in the night of 30 to 31 May 1980. Since then, the building has served as a theatre.

Wikipedia: Grand Theatre (Groningen) (NL)

12. Prinsentuin

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Prinsentuin The original uploader was Fruggo at Dutch Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Prinsentuin or, Prinsenhoftuin is a garden built in renaissance style that is located in Groningen, behind the Prinsenhof. This Garden consists of a rose garden, a herb garden, a part with berceaus and a sundial on the wall above the entrance.

Wikipedia: Prinsentuin (Groningen) (EN)

13. Typografengasthuis

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The Typografengasthuis is a courtyard on the Petrus Campersingel in the city of Groningen. It was built in 1903 by order of the Groninger Boekverkoopers College and was intended as an opportunity to invest the capital of the foundation.

Wikipedia: Typografengasthuis (NL)

14. Goudkantoor

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The Goudkantoor is a building built in 1635 and located on Waagstraat near the Grote Markt in Groningen, Netherlands. Originally it was built as an office for the receiver of the province of Groningen when it was called Collectehuis.

Wikipedia: Goudkantoor (EN)

15. Pieternellagasthuis

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Pieternellagasthuis Anton Rengers / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Pieternellagasthuis is a guesthouse and courtyard in the city of Groningen. The guesthouse is located in the Grote Leliestraat in the Hortus neighborhood, a neighborhood in Groningen where many other guesthouses are also located.

Wikipedia: Pieternellagasthuis (NL)

16. Martinikerk

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The Martinikerk is the oldest church in Groningen, Netherlands. The church and its associated tower are named after Saint Martin of Tours (316–397), the patron saint of the Bishopric of Utrecht to which Groningen belonged.

Wikipedia: Martinikerk (Groningen) (EN), Website

17. Groenestein

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The Groenestein House is an estate in the Helpman district, in the south of the city of Groningen. It was built in 1685 by Lucas Alting, a well-to-do townsman. It was considerably enlarged in 1871, losing its original shape.

Wikipedia: Huis Groenestein (NL)

18. Praedinius Gymnasium

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Praedinius Gymnasium is a gymnasium in Groningen, the Netherlands. It dates back to the fourteenth century and is the larger of two non-comprehensive gymnasia in Groningen, the other being Willem Lodewijk Gymnasium.

Wikipedia: Praedinius Gymnasium (EN), Website

19. Hortustuin

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The Oude Hortus is a publicly accessible courtyard garden in the Hortus neighbourhood in the city of Groningen. The garden was used for hundreds of years as the Hortus botanicus of the University of Groningen.

Wikipedia: Oude Hortus (Groningen) (NL)

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