Pure Delight | The city as a tastemaker
Groningen
Let your senses guide you through Groningen. This cycle route takes you past iconic places, traditional makers and cultural gems. Discover how the city itself determines the flavour – with a rich history of trade, craftsmanship and solidarity on every street corner. Groningen is a city that cannot be captured in a quick glance. Those who take the time will discover a city built up in layers: from the old merchant spirit to the modern culture of making. Where the course of the water determined where people worked, what was grown and ultimately what ended up on the table for centuries. Here, tasting is more than just eating or drinking something – it is a way of looking, listening and slowing down. The city has traditionally been shaped by trade. The canals, the Reitdiep canal, the warehouses on the A-road: they bear witness to a time when everything travelled by water. Goods from the surrounding countryside found their destination here, but ideas, recipes and stories also flowed along with the ships. That openness, that entrepreneurship, is still ingrained in the city. Craftsmanship has never disappeared here. It suits the Groningen character to only deliver something when it is perfect. Not grandly announced, but simply good. Whether it is a strong beer, a carefully distilled syrup or a cake with a recipe that has been handed down through the generations, the quality is in the dedication, not the show. Between the striking buildings, the gardens, the museum and the tower, you can taste a city that connects its culture and culinary traditions. In the view from the Martini Tower, or in the tranquillity of the Prinsentuin, you can see how Groningen has developed over the centuries. Not all at once, but layer by layer. The city has always been compact: living, working and manufacturing are all close together. The baker, the brewer, the merchant and the artist – they were all within walking distance of each other. Perhaps that is why culture, craftsmanship and daily life blend together so naturally here. Not all parts of the city centre are accessible by bike. Some areas are car-free or just too busy to cycle through. Hoping off your bike is part of the experience, but it also suits this route. You don't have to do or see everything. It's the choosing that makes it relaxing: a museum or a park, a cup of coffee or a biscuit for the road. You don't have to do everything, and certainly not all in one go. You set off from the edge of the city and gradually work your way closer to the centre. Not to see as much as possible, but to really take something in. Something that lingers. Because tasting Groningen is also about pausing, recognising and appreciating, understanding where you are – and why that matters. At your own pace. This Premium Cycle route was compiled by our editor Désirée van Uffelen.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Jaagpad , 9746 PA Groningen | 32.6 KM | |
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From
55
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95
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2897 M | 2.9 KM | |
| Head southeast on Jaagpad (F355) | 945 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Jaagpad (F355) | 1.4 KM | ||
| Turn left | 5 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Wilhelminakade | 20 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Wilhelminakade | 491 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 17 M | ||
| Turn left | 37 M | ||
| You are now at section 95 | 0 M | ||
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From
95
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87
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458 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head southwest on Leliesingel | 12 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Leliesingel | 10 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 17 M | ||
| Turn right onto Westersingel | 27 M | ||
| Turn left onto Reitdiepskade | 392 M | ||
| You are now at section 87 | 0 M | ||
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From
87
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85
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711 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head south on Pottebakkersrijge | 198 M | ||
| Continue onto Sluiskade | 193 M | ||
| Turn left onto Sluisbrug | 25 M | ||
| Turn left onto Bij de Sluis | 53 M | ||
| Continue onto Marwixkade | 242 M | ||
| You are now at section 85 | 0 M | ||
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From
85
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86
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469 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head east | 3 M | ||
| Continue onto Van Hallbrug | 310 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Onderdoor | 156 M | ||
| You are now at section 86 | 0 M | ||
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From
86
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88
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923 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head northwest on Stationsplein | 26 M | ||
| Continue straight | 15 M | ||
| Turn right onto Stationsweg | 27 M | ||
| Turn left | 2 M | ||
| Continue onto H.N. Werkmanbrug | 106 M | ||
| Turn right onto Ubbo Emmiussingel | 235 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hereplein | 107 M | ||
| Turn right onto Heresingel | 216 M | ||
| Continue onto Radesingel | 183 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Radesingel | 6 M | ||
| You are now at section 88 | 0 M | ||
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From
88
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82
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7034 M | 7 KM | |
| Head southeast on Radesingel | 6 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Trompstraat | 44 M | ||
| Continue onto Trompbrug | 67 M | ||
| Turn left onto Veemarktstraat | 222 M | ||
| Turn right onto Winschoterdiep | 623 M | ||
| Turn left onto Europaweg | 325 M | ||
| Turn right | 13 M | ||
| Turn left | 59 M | ||
| Continue onto Lübeckpad | 446 M | ||
| Turn right onto Bornholmstraat | 20 M | ||
| Turn left onto Osloweg | 17 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Osloweg | 564 M | ||
| Turn right onto Gotenburgweg | 140 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Gotenburgweg | 17 M | ||
| Continue slightly right onto Euvelgunnerweg | 30 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Euvelgunnerweg | 3.3 KM | ||
| Turn left | 413 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Lintdal | 49 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Lintdal | 306 M | ||
| Turn right onto Vrijdal | 115 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Vrijdal | 230 M | ||
| You are now at section 82 | 0 M | ||
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From
82
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59
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2561 M | 2.6 KM | |
| Head north on Engelberterweg | 859 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Olgerweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Kerkpad | 637 M | ||
| You are now at section 59 | 0 M | ||
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From
59
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91
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1239 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head northwest on Hoofdweg | 158 M | ||
| Turn left onto Meerstadlaan | 298 M | ||
| Turn right onto Borgweg | 576 M | ||
| Turn right onto Driebondsweg | 3 M | ||
| Turn left onto Borgweg | 204 M | ||
| You are now at section 91 | 0 M | ||
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From
91
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90
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1085 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head northwest on Borgweg | 129 M | ||
| Continue straight | 4 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Borgweg | 32 M | ||
| Turn left onto Rijksweg | 11 M | ||
| Turn right onto Noorddijkerweg | 909 M | ||
| You are now at section 90 | 0 M | ||
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From
90
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93
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561 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head northwest on Noorddijkerweg | 561 M | ||
| You are now at section 93 | 0 M | ||
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From
93
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89
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3670 M | 3.7 KM | |
| Head southwest on Kardingermaar | 2 KM | ||
| Continue straight | 15 M | ||
| Continue onto Parkallee | 164 M | ||
| Continue straight | 127 M | ||
| Turn right onto Huizingermaar | 352 M | ||
| Turn left onto Meedenpad | 346 M | ||
| Turn right onto Pop Dijkemaweg | 74 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hunzeboord | 419 M | ||
| Turn right onto Ulgersmaweg | 141 M | ||
| Turn left onto Heerdenpad | 9 M | ||
| You are now at section 89 | 0 M | ||
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From
89
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96
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552 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head southwest on Korreweg | 13 M | ||
| Turn right | 172 M | ||
| Continue onto Gerrit Krolbrug | 37 M | ||
| Continue straight | 189 M | ||
| Continue onto Korreweg | 141 M | ||
| You are now at section 96 | 0 M | ||
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From
96
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23
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4762 M | 4.8 KM | |
| Head northwest on Oosterhamriklaan | 702 M | ||
| Continue straight | 236 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Smirnoffstraat | 323 M | ||
| Turn left onto Virulystraat | 76 M | ||
| Continue right onto Plataanlaan | 169 M | ||
| Turn right onto Walfriduspad | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left to stay on Walfriduspad | 146 M | ||
| Turn left onto Oude Adorperweg | 359 M | ||
| Turn right | 41 M | ||
| Turn right onto Tjardaweg | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 23 | 0 M | ||
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From
23
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57
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1563 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head west on Platvoetspad | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
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From
57
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56
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543 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head west on Platvoetspad | 451 M | ||
| Turn left onto Evert Harm Woltersweg | 92 M | ||
| You are now at section 56 | 0 M | ||
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From
56
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55
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3532 M | 3.5 KM | |
| Head east on Gaaikemadijk | 611 M | ||
| Turn right onto Jaagpad | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn right to stay on Jaagpad | 1.9 KM | ||
| You are now at section 55 | 0 M |