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Groningen is known as the "World Cycling City"; around 57% of its residents use a bicycle for regular commute within the city. [111] In 2000, Groningen was chosen as the Fietsstad 2002, the top cycle-city in the Netherlands for 2002. [112] Similar to most Dutch cities, Groningen has developed to accommodate a large number of cyclists. [113]
Museumhuis Groningen is an umbrella organization for museums and other heritage organizations in the province of Groningen and has 58 members. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] The Groninger Museum is the most visited museum in the province with 209,195 visitors in 2015.
The area was Frisian-speaking, but under the influence of the Saxon city of Groningen most of the area turned to speaking Low Saxon. A reminder of the Frisian past is the Ommelanden flag which looks a lot like the Frisian provincial flag but has more and narrower stripes and more red pompeblêden (stylised heart-shaped leaves of yellow water-lily).
Bedum (Dutch: ⓘ; Gronings: Beem) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands.Populated by data missing inhabitants in 2021, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns.
Niehove (old name: Suxwort [3]) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in Groningen, Netherlands. The village was located on the island of Humsterland in the former Lauwerszee from c. 800 until c. 1500. It is a terp (artificial living hill) village with two ring roads and the church in the middle. The village is a protected site.
Reformed Church of Nicolaas. Haren (Dutch: [ˈɦaːrə(n)] ⓘ; Gronings: Hoaren) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands.It is located in the direct urban area of the City of Groningen and, in January 2019, was merged into municipality of Groningen.
Zevenhuizen (Dutch: [ˈzeːvə(n)ˌɦœyzə(n)]; Gronings: Zeuvenhuzen, Zeuv'nhoezen or Seubnhuuzen) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. As of 2021, it had a population of 2,725. [2]
Groningen is an unincorporated community in Dell Grove Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located immediately northwest of Sandstone ; near the intersection of Pine County 35, Pine County 28 (Groningen Road), and the former Northern Pacific Railway (now the Willard Munger State Trail ).