{"id":25492,"date":"2022-05-22T12:42:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T04:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=25492"},"modified":"2022-05-22T12:42:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T04:42:55","slug":"ruud-groningen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=25492","title":{"rendered":"Ruud & Groningen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First I planned to stay with Ruud and Jur in Groningen for one night only, but later we decided that a 3D2N visit would be more relaxed. Because there was a problem with the trains I arrived in Groningen one hour late, but there was time enough to visit the house of my nephew Jasper and have lunch there. His house is a former bakery shop, nicely renovated. To reacht the upper floor you have to master a very steep stairs \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had a nice lunch and Jasper managed to get all three of us on a selfie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After lunch we walked to the town center, where of course I wanted to visit the new Forum <\/a>building. It is a cultural center, housing the library, a cinema, part of the Groningen museum, restaurants etc, officially opened in 2019. Spectacular architecture, a fascinating contrast with the Martinitoren<\/a> (1482) next to it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The interior is equally impressive with a complicated system of escalators leading to the various floors. The right photo shows an interesting work of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You have to walk stairs to reach the roof. Many people were enjoying the nice weather. The roof has high glass walls , for obvious security reasons. It makes picture taking a bit difficult \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Views in all directions. Left the Provinciehuis, the administrative center of the Groningen province, right the Martini tower and church<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The inner city is very compact, almost no space for greenery. The right picture shows how flat Groningen province is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That evening I invited Ruud and Jur for dinner in the Branderij restaurant<\/a> . What a difference with the Juwelier in Amsterdam. Quality food, reasonable prices friendly service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had a very enjoyable evening, as can be seen in these two photos \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruud and Jur live in an attractive house , where we had breakfast the next morning, before we went out for a touristic trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Destination for the day was the Ballo\u00ebrveld, a nature reserve in the province Drenthe, about 25 km south of Groningen town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the attractions of the Ballo\u00ebrveld is the herd of sheep, grazing the heath in the park. We visited the schaapskooi (sheepfold) , but the herd and its shepherd were in another part of the park that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had a nice walk in the park. Here is a collection of the photos I took.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the walk we had coffee and a snack at the restaurant next to the sheepfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was a bit surprised that even in this part of the Netherlands they have tulip farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The province of Drenthe is famous for its hunebedden<\/a> (dolmens). This one is located near Rolde. Look carefully and you will see a second one in the background<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After this nice trip, a beer was a suitable reward, followed by dinner, prepared by Jur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next morning I took the train back to Amsterdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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