Groningen is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The capital of the north, Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of the country; as of December 2021, it had 235,287 inhabitants, making it the sixth largest city/municipality in the Netherlands and the second largest outside the Randstad.
Image: Gasuniegebouw
Image: Grote markt zuidzijde
Image: Stadsschouwburg Groningen
Image: Groningen, Korenbeurs foto 2 2009 06 28 10.27
Groningen is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. It borders on Friesland to the west, Drenthe to the south, the German state of Lower Saxony to the east, and the Wadden Sea to the north. As of January 2023, Groningen had a population of about 596,000, and a total area of 2,955 km2 (1,141 sq mi).
Canadian soldiers during the Battle of Groningen in April 1945
Satellite image of Groningen
The land is flat and 80% of it is used for agriculture
Wheat field near Nieuw-Beerta in the Oldambt