Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Groningen, Netherlands

Noorderplantsoen is an urban public park in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands, situated slightly north of the city center. Its name is Dutch for northern public garden.

Wikipedia: Noorderplantsoen (EN)

The Middengasthuis is a courtyard situated in a large courtyard on the north side of the Grote Leliestraat in the city of Groningen.

Wikipedia: Middengasthuis (Grote Leliestraat) (NL)

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.

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The Letteringegasthuis is a small guesthouse on the Visserstraat in Groningen.

Wikipedia: Latteringe Gasthuis (NL)

The Mepschengasthuis is a guesthouse in the Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat in the city of Groningen.

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Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum is a maritime museum in Groningen in the Netherlands.

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The Korenbeurs is a neoclassical building in Groningen in the Netherlands. It was originally used as an exchange for food grain trade. Its current tenant is Albert Heijn.

Wikipedia: Korenbeurs (Groningen) (EN)

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)

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.

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The Martinitoren is the tallest church steeple in the city of Groningen, Netherlands, and the bell tower of the Martinikerk.

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Saint George and the Dragon is a provincial war memorial at the Martinikerkhof in Groningen.

Wikipedia: Sint-Joris en de draak (Groningen) (NL)

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

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)

At the 950th anniversary in 1990, the city of Groningen received ten so-called city markings: artworks on the important access roads, on the border of the city, and one at the MartiniKrofhof. They are references to the marking function of old city gates. The city marking plan was designed by the architect Daniel Libeskind. Libeskind gave his plan the working title "The Books of Groningen" and every city marker refers to a letter of the old name for the city of Groningen: Cruoninga. Libeskind himself designed the third city marker, he outsourced the rest of the markings to others. He has given the artists six parameters for each artwork, including a certain time, a color and the name of one of the nine muses from Greek mythology. Libeskind also gave the artists that the city markets had to images, present and future. The tenth city marker, designed by Paul Virilio, can be found at the Martinikerkhof in the heart of Stad.

Wikipedia: Stadsmarkering Groningen (NL)

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)

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.

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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.

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The Pepergasthuis is a hofje on the Peperstraat in Groningen, Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Sint Geertruidsgasthuis (EN)

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)