{"id":15054,"date":"2018-09-24T04:28:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T20:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=15054"},"modified":"2018-09-27T05:19:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T21:19:50","slug":"groningen-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=15054","title":{"rendered":"Groningen 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I am in the Netherlands, I always try to stay a few days in Groningen with my brother Ruud.\u00a0 We usually spend a day in the countryside and this time we decided to visit the Menkemaborg<\/a>. A “borg” is a manor house, typical for the province of Groningen. In the past there were many, now only less than twenty\u00a0 survive, here is a list<\/a>\u00a0of the existing borgs<\/p>\n

On our way to the borg, we passed the small hamlet of Eppenhuizen with an attractive church. The church is not old, built in 1882 and no longer in use as church.\u00a0Surrounded by a graveyard with a “baarhuisje”, a mortuary.<\/p>\n

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The Menkemaborg was originally built in\u00a0 the 14th century, but altered to its present form around 1700.\u00a0Owned privately by the Alberda family until 1902, it was donated in 1921 to the Groninger Museum. It is surrounded by a moat and extensive gardens.<\/p>\n

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The interior of the borg has been furnished in the style of the 17-18th century. The result is beautiful, it gives the impression that the\u00a0residents are away for a moment and can come back any time.<\/p>\n

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