CULTURE

After years of discouraging statistics, Dutch people are finally getting back into reading books. The youth is leading this trend and, at...

So, I told Kurt “Courtney is here”. I gave her the phone, left the room and closed the door behind me. Peter Weening did not allow...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a local business owner in the most flourishing street of Groningen? De Folkingestraat in the...

Lithuanian fashion designer Agne Rinkeviciute is bringing urban style to Groningen with her clothing brand Argnosis. While the brand is...

Between 2015 and 2022 the number of tattoo parlors in The Netherlands has doubled. Fine line tattoo style is now trending, especially...

The 7th edition of the DelfSail festival kicked off this Thursday, transforming the quiet harbour town of Delfzijl into a lively...

Summer is approaching and the artistic scene of Groningen is setting off with multiple events around the city. Walking through...

Let’s hear about the journey of Mr Ilias, moving from Greece to the Netherlands 40 years ago, filled with love, challenges, and the start...

The exhibition titled Foreigners in Their Homeland will hold an unofficial collateral event without the Biennale’s sanction at Venice’s...

“I’m sorry, but we think you’ve been scammed.” She sits down on the kerb. “I know,” she says simply. And she starts to cry. 

Chickens are the most exploited animal on Earth. Whether it’s intensive or organic farming, profits always rank higher than chickens’...

At the peak of the digital age, recent trends show that Gen Z is rediscovering public libraries. Young people attend libraries more often...

“They are chaos creatures. They chew through everything.” 6 or 7 guinea pigs are squeaking and scurrying about the room...

Artists in Groningen are excited about the city's cultural scene despite calls for more investment in culture. A week ago today the...

Samuel Sanchez studied music in Groningen. Now he performs his combination of classical percussion music and Latin Beats at different...

The Hellenic Association in Groningen has just announced in an exclusive interview with The Groninger that they are putting on a Greek...

An immersive exhibit "Dreams of Others" recently renewed its shows after the Christmas break. Dreaming is a universal human experience,...

As Dutch supermarkets are lowering the price of commodity coffee, specialty coffee - notably more expensive - is increasingly popular...

From club to pub, Pub Oost is a weekly event which strives to unify the community around the nightclub of the same name, all with the...

Starting with taking pictures of buildings nine years ago, Joram Krol made his way into the Groninger Museum with his black and white...

Readers in the Netherlands purchased 43 million books in 2023, with a significant increase in the number of ebooks sold compared to the...

Young children cannot yet read or write themselves, but a theater play written for the National Reading Days gave children in Beijum...

Bright pink and centrally located, sex shop EasyToys created a lot of buzz when their first store opened in Groningen in early December....

In the smack dab middle of Groningen an art piece fights for the attention of passers-by. The eponymous Boy in Yellow asks strangers to...

Two female activists from the environmental movement Riposte Alimentaire sprayed pumpkin soup on the armored glass protecting the Mona...

With the announcement of the new City Poet, Poetry Week starts off in various locations around Groningen. Yesterday evening, the Poetry...

Bashar George, 27, greets me in his neat and tidy barber shop, which is perched on a quiet street corner in Binnenstad-Ost, as its windows are lashed by chilling rain and heavy gusts of wind. Inside, however, Bashar is warm and accommodating, if a little timid. He is more than used to cutting hair, but an interview doesn’t come along every day.

In our society nowadays everything needs to be fast. Delivering something and receiving it the next day, or eating in a rush between two...

The Indian restaurant 'Spices' is on the ground floor of a very unassuming building - typical Dutch architecture with brown bricks and...

At the beginning of December there is a highlight for all music lovers in Groningen: the Live Music Night, where more than 50 young...

Low-cost and adventure tourism proved to be the most popular forms of traveling in 2023, research shows. The Groninger talked to tour...

The Travellers exhibition introduces visitors to modern Romanian artists, illustrations and literature at the Romanian Library...

As part of their experimental collaboration, two local art platforms will host the final event of the immersive exhibition 9 this...

For the next 4 weeks anyone can stop by the SOUP SHOW, an art installation in Groningen’s Grand Theatre, for a free bowl of meatless...

The Popronde festival is taking over the city of Groningen, providing a platform for up-and-coming musicians to showcase their talent. On...

Afrobeats Netherlands celebrated their first-year anniversary this September in Groningen hosting one thousand people and showing that...

Financial problems in the Forum could lead to setbacks in the centre’s ability to host cultural events. The ten-story cultural hub is...

While the dialect Grunnegs is not taught in schools in Groningen, the Centre for Groninger Language and Culture continues to promote the...

As artificial intelligence (AI) infiltrates the literary world of the Netherlands, questions arise about its effect on authors and...

The Groninger Museum is launching a shuttle service for Groninger residents who feel lonely and would like to spend a day with others...

ARTHUR BRAND HOLDING VAN GOGH’S PAINTING A Van Gogh painting stolen from a Dutch museum 3 years ago was returned last Monday to art theft...

The Dutch are known to speak good English, a fact that has helped The Netherlands build a strong knowledge economy and attract large...