Top Groningen Culture

Get to know the city through the eyes of a passionate local. With no set itinerary, you can customize the tour or leave it up to the local for an insightful introduction to the city. Make travel about the people you meet not just the places you see.

Discover the city of Groningen by playing a fun and educational city-challenge. Walk through the city, search for clues, solve mysteries, and liberate Groningen from the German warlord Christoph Bernhard Freiherr von Galen. Are you ready for battle? You will dive into a story about the Siege of Groningen in 1672. For multiple centuries, in the northern part of the Netherlands, yearly on August 28th, the liberation of Groningen is celebrated. This celebration is called ‘Bommen Berend’ among locals and its a festivity that is characteristically Gronings. Lots of people come to this celebration every year, but who is this Bommen Berend? And what is being celebrated exactly? You decide when to start and when to take a break. The mix between freedom and adventure make this citygame the perfect activity for your time in Groningen.