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Although Groningen is not a very large city, it does have an important role
as the main urban centre of this part of the country, particularly in the fields
of music and other arts, education, and business, The large number of
students living in Groningen also contributes to a diverse cultural scene for a
city ofits size
Museums
‘The most important and most famous museum in Groningen is the
Groninger Museum. With the construction of ts current building, designed
by Alessandro Mendini, the museum has been transformed into one of the
most modem and innovative of its kind in the Netherlands. In addition, the
city has a maritime museum, a university museum, a comics museum and a
graphics museum. Groningen is ako home of Noorderlicht, an international
photographic platform that runs a photo gallery and organizes an
international photo festival.
Theatre and music
Groningen has a city theatre (Stadsschouwburg), located on the Turfsinge};
a big theatre and concert venue called Martini Plaza; and another major
cultural venue on the Trompsingel, called the Oosterpoort. Vera is located
on the Oosterstraat, the Grand Theatre on the Grote Markt, and Simplon
on the Boterdiep. Several cafés feature live music, a few of which specialize
in jazz music, including Jazzcafe De Spieghel on the Peperstraat. The jazz
music students from the Prince Claus Conservatoire have been known to
hold regular jam sessions in cafes such as Peter Pan on the Voor Het
Voormalige Klein Poortje and café De Smederij on the Tuinstraat 2-4
Groningen is also the host city for Eurosonic Noorderslag, an annual music
showease event for over a hundred bands from all over Europe.
Nightlife
Groningen's nightlife depends largely on its student population. Its cultural
scene is vibrant and remarkable for a city its size. In particular, the Grote
‘Markt, the Vismarkt, the Poelestraat and Peperstraat are crowded every
night of the week, and most bars do not close until 5 in the moming.
Between 2005 and 2007, Groningen was elected "best city centre" of the
Netherlands.!7] Groningen has a red-light district, called Niewwstad. A
second one in the A-kwartier (an area) has been closed as of late 2015.
Both areas are in or near the city centre.
Other
‘The Martini Tower
1n2014 a 3D Dome theatre, known as Infoversum, opened in Groningen.
This is housed in an unusual dome shaped building made out of steel, It
shows special dome films and also presents performing arts events, The Infoversum went bankrupt in 2015,
International relations
Groningen is twinned with the following cities!*]
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