Groninger Museum
Art & design museum housed in the single most exuberant museum building in the Netherlands.
Groningen Highlights
Martini Tower
97-m-high climbable tower providing a stunning view of the city.
Menkemaborg Estate
18th-century moated manor house that conveys a striking impression of how the Groningen squiredom lived.
Het Hoogeland Open-Air Museum
Living history museum depicting daily life in rural Groningen around the turn of the 20th century.
Bourtange Fortress
Pentagonal stronghold with ramparts, moats, ravelins & the whole shebang.
Adelskerk Church
Church with a magnificent tomb depicting the late Carel Hieronymus van In- & Kniphuisen and his wife Anna van Ewsum.
Noordpolderzijl
Hamlet close to the Wadden Sea, featuring the smallest seaport in the Netherlands & a typical Groningen living-room café.
Museum Helmantel
Museum dedicated to painter Henk Helmantel.
Further Recommendations
Aduarderzijl
There is nothing specific to see here but the view of Aduarderzijl is nevertheless definitely worth a detour.
Airspace Surveillance Tower 7O1
15½-m-high Cold War watchtower for spotting Soviet airplanes.
Borg Verhildersum Estate
14th-century moated manor house with a formal garden.
Café Goudkantoor
Former tax office in northern Mannerist style, now a café.
Café Hammingh
Church of Garmerwolde
13th-century church with 16th-century frescoes and a freestanding climbable tower with an Escher-like staircase.
Church of Hornhuizen
Church with a climbable tower which offers a great view of the Wadden Sea.
Church of Noordbroek
Church with a detached tower & and a superb organ by Arp Schnitger.
De Oosterpoort
Concert hall.
Der Aa Church
Medieval church with baroque spire & an organ by Arp Schnitger.
De Theefabriek
Tea Room.
Domies Toen
The Reverend’s Garden is a small botanical garden noted for its stinzen plants.
Drentsche Aa National Park
11-km-long hiking trail along the Drentsche Aa brook, a meandering stream that changes name near every village it flows past.
Drents Museum
Art & regional history museum.
Ewsum Tea Garden
Ezinge Village Walk
Village on an artificial dwelling hill with an early 13th-century church that stands separated from its tower.
Forum Groningen
Big building with a 45-m-high rooftop terrace.
Fraeylemaborg Estate
18th-century moated manor house & garden.
GRID Graphic Museum
Printing museum.
Holy Spirit Guest House
Almshouse.
Hortus Haren
Botanical garden.
Hunebed Centre
Archaeological museum dedicated to Dutch dolmens.
Kiekkaaste
The Kiekkaaste is a birdwatching hide overlooking the mudflats of the Dollard estuary and the birds & seals therein.
Knol’s Koek
Get your Groninger sukadekoek & oude wijvenkoek here (or at the Korenbeurs).
Korenbeurs
Former market hall in neoclassical style, now a supermarket selling Groninger koek.
Lauwersmeer National Park
Nature reserve.
Martini Church
Church with a supercalifragilistic organ.
MOW
Art & regional history museum.
Mudflat Hike
20-km-long mudflat hike to Schiermonnikoog island.
Museum at the A
Regional history museum.
Museum De Buitenplaats
Contemporary figurative art museum.
Museum Nienoord
Manor house & carriage museum.
Niehove Village Walk
The most beautiful village in the Netherlands, apparently.
North Cape
Overlooking the Wadden Sea, North Cape near Uithuizermeeden is the northernmost tip of the Dutch mainland.
Peat Colony Museum
Regional history museum.
Prinsentuin Garden
Beautifully restored to its former glory, the renaissance-style Prinsentuin garden is the most tranquil place in the city centre.
Prison Museum
Museum dedicated to crime & punishment, and the history of the Veenhuizen penal colony.
Restaurant Weeva
Be sure to order poffert for dessert.
Schiermonnikoog National Park
Nature reserve.
St Anthony Guest House
Almshouse.
STAR Museum Railway
The STAR Museum Railway operates a Soviet SZD TE steam locomotive with an iconic red star on its smokebox door.
St Bartholomew’s Church
A highlight of early Gothic architecture, featuring a tomb by sculptor Rombout Verhulst.
St Gertrude’s Guest House
Almshouse.
St Hippolytus’ Church
15th-century church with 16th-century frescoes.
St Mary’s Church
Early Gothic village church with an excellent organ dating from 1531.
Storyworld
Museum for comics, animation & games.
St Peter’s Church
Church with a superb organ by Albertus Anthoni Hinsz.
St Peter’s Church
Gothic church with superb wood carvings, surrounded by a lovely garden.
Synagogue
Moorish Revival synagogue by architect Tjeerd Kuipers.
Tea Factory
Tea room.
Ter Apel Cable Car
22½-m-long hand-powered cableway.
Ter Apel Monastery
Museum for monastery & church history and religious art.
Ter Borg Trail
3¼-km-long hiking trail through the Ter Borg moor.
Treetop Path Drouwen
University Museum
History of science museum.
Usquert Town Hall
Town hall by architect H.P. Berlage.
Valley of the Ruiten Aa
3½-km-long hiking trail along the Ruiten Aa brook.
Wall House #2
Postmodern house by architect John Hejduk.
Westerbork Memorial Center
Former Nazi concentration camp.