In Groningen, you'll find art on the streets. With these art tours, you will see (and hear) a new side of the city. Discover graffiti and street art with a musical tour, walk through four centuries of music history or cycle in the dark past works of light art you wouldn't easily see during the day. Go in search of the city's (un)remarkable art.
Art route Off the beaten track
With this walking route, you go off the beaten track and discover off-the-beaten-path art: art that you don't always notice in the rush of everyday life. Raw edges combined with Groningen's showpieces on the streets, because only when you look differently do you see the (un)remarkable art.
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Urban bike tour of light artworks
Fancy a cultural and urban adventure in the dark? Discover light artworks in Groningen from your bike. Start at dusk and take a tour of these special (and often undiscovered) works of art in and around the city centre that are not so noticeable in daylight.
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Art route along Groningen's canals
(Re)discover the green canals on the south side of Groningen city centre during a lunch or evening walk. Or just when you take the 'elephant path' in the middle to walk your dog. This route takes you past 12 works of art centred on the canals.
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Musical tour of street art & graffiti
This route takes you past works by various street art artists. Walk the short route or grab your bike and do the long tour. You will hear short stories about the artists, accompanied by a musical playlist compiled by Thijs de Vlieger of Noisia and Frank Post (aka Posij).
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From Bach to Bowie
This musical city walk will take you through four centuries of music history. The route takes you to the most important places of then and now when it comes to music in Groningen. During the walk, two special guides will tell you everything from Bach to Bowie. Listen to colourful stories and of course: music!
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Poetry on a bicycle
With Poetry Nodes, you put together your own poetry routes for a moment of your choosing, at a length that suits the muscles in your legs. You listen to the poems on your phone with the VERS poetry app, and the further you cycle, the more poetry you can hear.
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De Ploeg hotspots
This cycle route takes you past replicas of works by art group De Ploeg on the spot where they were (possibly) painted or where Ploeg members found inspiration. The Groninger Museum Museum is the starting and finishing point of this 40-kilometre route.
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Art Route Memory Trip
This art route takes you along several places south of the ring road. Places that all tell something about the history of this special area, but are also very current. At the locations, you can listen to soundscapes, poems and music fragments. This is how the past comes to life.
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Hidden art in the city
In Groningen, artworks are not always prominently displayed on a pedestal, showing off in the centre of attention. The city has quite a few hidden artworks for the observant viewer. Some works are even visible only at certain times. We share a few of these hidden artworks here, but don't forget to keep your eyes open yourself too.
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Colourful walls: street art in Groningen
When you look around a corner in Groningen, you might end up in a world of colours. In various places in the city and province, walls have been taken in hand by artists. They transformed them into colourful landscapes, odes to artists, a flashback to the past or a complete circus. In this way, they make Groningen a bit more colourful every time.
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" "Here it is buzzing with free spirits doing their own thing, using the city as their canvas." "
