The Province of Groningen is the northeasternmost of the Netherlands and borders the Wadden Sea to the north, and Ostfriesland and Emsland to the east. Its center is the university city of Groningen with its old town.
The Province of Groningen is the northeasternmost of the Netherlands and borders the Wadden Sea to the north, and Ostfriesland and Emsland to the east. Its center is the university city of Groningen with its old town.The area surrounding the city, the Ommelande, is flat and expansive. Old villages are located there on *Warften*, artificially raised mounds.
Groningen is the capital of the eponymous province in the north of the Netherlands, about 75 kilometres west of Leer in East Frisia. Come for a university city with a car-free centre around Grote Markt and Vismarkt, for the Martinikerk with its tower, and for the Groninger Museum, whose 1994 building was co-designed by several designers.