Groningen Cafe Crawl: Cafés Around the Market

Grote Markt

The Grote Markt is a public square; you pay at whichever terrace you sit down at. The east side of the square was destroyed in April 1945, and in 1954 a studen…

Der Witz

Der Witz at Grote Markt 47 is a café where you pay at the bar. It is the narrowest café on the square and used to be a bakery. There are eleven beers on tap an…

Hooghoudt

Hooghoudt at Grote Markt 42 is a café where you pay at the bar. It is named after the Groningen distillery founded in 1888 by Hero Jan and Grietje Hooghoudt. T…

De Drie Gezusters

De Drie Gezusters at Grote Markt 36-39 is a café where you pay at the bar. It opened on 18 November 1972, and Café Hoppe and De Groote Griet are in the same bl…

Oblomov

Oblomov at Poelestraat 11 is a bar where you pay at the bar itself. It was opened by Jeroen Penninga and has been around for more than a decade. A 'rondje Oblo…

t Golden Fust

't Golden Fust at Poelestraat 15 is a student bar where you pay at the bar. It has been a student café since 1969 and opens late in the evening; it is closed o…