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Assen working on new vision for city centre – have your say!

RUG moves telescope from Zernike to Lauwersmeer to avoid light pollution

RUG Students call on University to embrace green search engine

Christmas boxes from employers likely to be more expensive and luxurious this year says Sneek company

Groninger mothers bring own sons to police station after recognising abandoned bicycles

An office in a caravan? Hoogeveense company comes up with innovative home working solution

Province of Drenthe gives 40,000 euro subsidy to Young Entrepreneurs Award

One in Twelve households in Friesland live in poverty

FNP: Friesland must have a Europe Direct office to make accessing funds easier
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City Central launches two Corona-proof programmes to help combat isolation for Internationals in Groningen

Centuries old tree in Groningen voted third best in Netherlands

IWCN and Connect International to hold virtual online Welcome Party for new Northerners

Groningen to keep outdoor pub terraces during Winter

Winter terraces possible solution to Assen café blues

Emmen Grows Global(ly)

Shhh! The Province of Drenthe has the least noise pollution in the Netherlands

UMCG research shows that most casualties whilst biking are very old or very young

Connect International lands in Drenthe: discover the Emmendennen
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Forum Groningen named best building in the Netherlands for 2020

Kick Out Zwarte Piet group criticizes Leeuwarden’s ‘grey’ Piets, which can still involve white people donning fake lips and curly wigs

‘Fryske wyn’: Final picking day for Friesland’s premier vineyard in Sint Nicolaasga

Groninger cultural institutions open for smaller audiences

No festival, but still blockbusting new films and documentaries in Friesland for Northern Film Fest 2020

New exhibition at Fries Museum aims to shine light onto the ugly side of social media

‘Human after all’ exhibition opens at Keramiekmuseum Princessehof

Dutch art detective says that apprehended drug lord owns Groninger Museum’s stolen Van Gogh

PAL/GroenLinks city council members for Leeuwarden want an end to ‘Zwarte Piet’ in the Frisian capital
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New students in Leeuwarden get ‘Coronaproof’ introduction week

King visits Drenthe, ignored by window cleaner

The freshest of threads: send in your designs and become the next sustainable fashion sensation

“We were hoping to start making friends in the summer”

Party at home like a King with Temple this weekend

Heads in copper clouds: a Portuguese wanderer in Friesland

Vlieland football team suffers from serial prankster

Leeuwarden: an enchanted city

Bat shelter Groningen winds up: influx too large for “bat-woman” Anja Sjoerdsma
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First students snap up alternate study spots in Oosterpoort

Eco Textieldruk in Groningen unveils new machine capable of producing 60 to 70 medical face masks per minute

Westellingwerf in south-east Friesland opens new service to help match volunteers and charities

New Hanze head announced: Dick Pouwels will head up leadership council

Meet Your Future in Energy wants to bring together companies and talented Internationals

UMCG receives 30 million euro contribution to look into promising Cancer research

Wafilin Systems wins Leeuwarden’s entrepreneurship prize for 2020

Healthy kid’s cookery school starts in Heerenveen

University of Groningen to invest millions into online education
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Improv comedy group considers putting audience members in giant hamster balls

Improv comedy group considers putting audience members in giant hamster balls

by Marjolein Wiersma

Stranger Things Have Happened is an English-speaking improv comedy group in Groningen. The group’s members have been rehearsing online and...

A gateway into a different reality

A gateway into a different reality

by Marjolein Wiersma

Be productive. But don’t forget to take breaks! Work out at home. But don’t forget to relax! Do something creative...

Tour guide Leeuwarden plans virtual tours

Tour guide Leeuwarden plans virtual tours

by Marjolein Wiersma

Interview by Jonas Diercks. Editing by Anna Mastorou. Henk Leutscher is CEO of “A Guide to Leeuwarden”. Before the Corona...

Vice governor of Friesland calls on expats for community initiatives

Vice governor of Friesland calls on expats for community initiatives

by Marjolein Wiersma

In this Covid Chronicle, we spoke to vice governor of the province of Friesland, Sietske Poepjes, about what a provincial...

Hotel in Drenthe rents out rooms during the day for people who are fed up with their partner

Hotel in Drenthe rents out rooms during the day for people who are fed up with their partner

by Marjolein Wiersma

Alderman of the municipality of Emmen, Guido Rink, tells us how his city is coping with the Corona crisis, and...

“You can’t really deliver 5 shots of Jägermeister to someone’s house”

“You can’t really deliver 5 shots of Jägermeister to someone’s house”

by Marjolein Wiersma

Interview by Jonas Diercks Hessel Onstein owns nightclub Shooters in Leeuwarden and talks about the struggle the bar is facing...

From a different perspective

From a different perspective

by Marjolein Wiersma

Everything is different and strange these days. But still or even because of that this time can also be an...

“We were hoping to start making friends in the summer”

“We were hoping to start making friends in the summer”

by Marjolein Wiersma

In this Covid Chronicle, we interviewed Canadian expat Alexis Veenendaal who is currently living in Groningen with her partner....

Groningen may have a drive-in cinema soon

Groningen may have a drive-in cinema soon

by Marjolein Wiersma

Paul de Rook, alderman of the Municipality of Groningen, reveals one of the many short-term ideas that the local cultural...

Party at home like a King with Temple this weekend

Party at home like a King with Temple this weekend

by Marjolein Wiersma

Groningen-based audiovisual collective Temple has quickly adapted to the lockdown. Many of its members live in the same student...

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