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Groningen is the second largest city in the Netherlands

Groningen is a city in the northeast of the Netherlands. With a population of 173,000, it is the seventh largest city in the Netherlands. Groningen was originally an agricultural area and became a commercial center in the twelfth century.

Groningen has been inhabited since about the 9th century. It was originally an agricultural area and developed into an important commercial center along the A river in the 12th century. Joined the Hanseatic League around 1282. In the 14th century it was actually an independent aristocratic republic. Occupied by the Spaniards in 1580. It was occupied by the French from 1795 to 1814. Occupied by German troops in World War II.

The city of Groningen has long been the intellectual, scientific, cultural, trade and industrial centre of the North of the Netherlands. The building has strong Dutch characteristics. It has beautiful scenery, pleasant climate and convenient transportation. People are young and energetic, with nearly half of the population under the age of 35. Groningen is one of the first university towns in the Netherlands after Leiden, with more than 40,000 students among its 170,000 inhabitants.

The city of Groningen, where CEBB-“Cyber ​​Park” is located, is the capital of the province of Groningen, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, where the Ministry of Education of the Netherlands is located. It has long been the center of Dutch culture, science, trade and industry, and is the oldest university town in the Netherlands after Leiden.

There are dozens of museums, opera houses, and the annual Groningen Arts Festival in the city, which is known as the cultural capital of the north. Groningen is rainy and the climate is fickle. The annual minimum temperature is 0°C and the maximum temperature is +28°C. The city is surrounded by forests, pastures, oceans, islands and green spaces, making the city beautiful and spectacular.

Groningen is 160 kilometers away from Amsterdam, the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Although it is the northernmost part of the Netherlands, it has convenient transportation and has fixed routes with more than 140 cities in the country. Groningen-Bremen-Hamburg road.

The city of Georgia has two seaports and two fishing ports. The inland river of Groningen can dock 2,000-ton ships and has fixed routes with European countries such as the United Kingdom, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The convenient transportation conditions make the city an important trade and commodity transshipment center in the Netherlands.

There are also many world-renowned enterprises here, such as shipbuilding, metallurgy, machinery, textiles, etc., and the world’s largest gas field development ranks fourth in the world. Many famous European companies have set up headquarters and offices here, such as Royal Dutch Shell Group, Philips Electronics, Unilife, Akzo, Nobel and so on.

Groningen is not only an ideal city for study and work, but also a paradise for life. Groningen not only has many shopping streets of various grades and hundreds of shops, but also restaurants from all over the world. Bars, discos, cinemas and clubs. Some people say that Groningen is the most pleasant and comfortable city in the Netherlands and is the first choice for tourists.

The best tourist season in Groningen is summer, which is cooler and generally the highest temperature does not exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Since the end of September, the rainy season has entered, and the number of rainy days per week is as high as 6 days. The annual minimum temperature is -10 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is 32 degrees Celsius.

Groningen people eat more cold meals for brunch and lunch. Breakfast in Groningen is just bread with cream or cheese and some milk or coffee. The Dutch do not like drinking tea very much, and usually drink milk to quench their thirst. Lunch is also very simple, mostly just bread and ham.

Dinner in Groningen is real. Seriously, lay a tablecloth, a napkin on the table, put a knife and fork, a spoon, a cup and saucer, and seasoning. Usually two dishes and one soup. The first course is soup, which is often made of corn flour into a thin paste. The second course is often vegetables. These vegetables are cooked without adding salt and seasoning. When eating, they are mixed with cream and gravy and poured over these vegetables. The third course is usually meat, mostly steak. The Groningen people fry steaks in cream, frying the steaks lightly in a pan before picking them up. Put salt, pepper, ketchup and other condiments on a plate. The steak was still bloody when it was cut.

There are many Chinese restaurants in the city center, Indonesian restaurants, these are Dutch favorites. As for local delicacies, I prefer to eat fried shrimps. Thumb-sized sea shrimps are fried in oil. After they are out of the pan, they are coke on the outside and tender on the inside.