A review of this place: a very comfortable city — 1 year ago
I summered in Groningen in 2006 and loved it. It’s a very comfortable place, not too large but very concentrated in its Centrum and full of energy. There are always students about, as late as 2 or 3am, and it’s quite safe to walk about at those hours—not always true of mid-size Dutch cities (cf Leeuwarden or Amersfoort, dead quiet by 10pm!). Local restaurants, both brauncafes and ethnic places, abound. Taco was a particular favorite, and the portions at Napoli are enormous. Best pub: the Walrus, where every night there are different game clubs meeting (chess, go, strategy board games, cards). Lovely parks, too. And well-connected by rail with the rest of the country, of course!
