Veendam is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck.
Church in Veendam
Hendrik de Cock, 1829
Renate Groenewold, 2007
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