Groningen

Northern Netherlands metropolis

Groningen is a city in the northeastern Netherlands, the largest in the north of the country and home to a major university.

The name also refers to the surrounding province.

She studied abroad in Groningen for a semester.

city

canals

Constructed water passages

polders · waterfront · architecture · streetscape · municipal · townhall · civic · infrastructure · urban · downtown

Dutch

Netherlands

Northwestern European constitutional monarchy

West Germanic · linguistics · regional language · Holland

university

academia

Higher education community

  • campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
  • studentsThose receiving instruction
  • researchSystematic fact-finding effort

professors · scholarship · lectures · seminar · thesis · dissertation · undergraduate · postgraduate · faculty · curriculum

province

rural

Of the countryside

countryside · villages · pastures · dairy · livestock · polder · windmills · mudflats · North Sea · biodiversity

cycling

bicycle

Pedal-powered two-wheeler

commute · bike racks · cycling culture · saddle · handlebars · panniers · traffic-free · flat terrain · two-wheeled · bike-friendly

heritage

Hanseatic

Of medieval trading alliance

Middle Ages · Renaissance · guilds · conservation · restoration · archaeology · cultural heritage · traditions · historic buildings · city walls

Opposites
geographic position within the netherlands

GroningenMaastricht

Dutch border city

Limburg · Zeeland · Eindhoven · Utrecht

dutch urban hierarchy

GroningenAmsterdam

Capital of Netherlands

Rotterdam · The Hague · Utrecht · Holland

European provincial vs metropolitan character

GroningenAmsterdam

Capital of Netherlands

Paris · London · Brussels · Berlin · Rotterdam

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G