Etiket: Groningen
Injured volleyball player Cal Fisher leaves Lycurgus in Groningen and flies back to America
Volleyball team Nova Tech Lycurgus from Groningen has said goodbye to diagonal player Cal Fisher. The American is still struggling with the after-effects of his knee operation. The 24-year-old has…
Groningen will have two separate monuments for the VOC and WIC slavery history. ‘Does more justice to the descendants’
Groningen will have two separate monuments, for both the city’s Trans-Atlantic and Asian slavery history. Researchers have also found evidence for the involvement of the city government in the slave…
Volleyball team Lycurgus from Groningen suspends players Arjan Westra and Thomas Sleurink, but remains silent about the reason
Players Thomas Sleurink and Arjan Westra have been disciplinary suspended until further notice by the Groningen volleyball team Nova Tech Lycurgus. The club management does not want to explain what…
Asian catering is booming in Astraat Groningen. Pet shop closes: ‘Fewer and fewer stores, fewer and fewer customers’
An Asian wok shop, a Vietnamese wok restaurant and probably a Vietnamese smoothie shop will open their doors in the Astraat in Groningen. This brings the number of Asian catering…
‘Human contact is the key when it comes to benefits, Groningen and foreigners,’ says benefits father from Pesse
The fact that entire families have been crushed is because the system is not humane. And because politicians and journalists judge too quickly with “diva behavior” and demand a tough…
Café by Hein Smit on the Steenhouwerskade, a household name among barge skippers | The image of Groningen
When the Westerhaven was still a port, Jacob Praamstra from Marum was a skipper in Groningen. When he entered the Westerhaven via the Hoendiep, he moored in front of the…
A Grammy winner, a lecture about the ancestors of birds and shockingly out of tune music. This and more this week in Groningen and Drenthe
This week, Grammy winner Mike Farris is coming to Hoogezand and there will be several lectures in Groningen and Drenthe. Furthermore, the story of Sonny Boy is told and the…
Zeeheldenbuurt in Groningen is struggling with leakage, moisture and mold. Carpenter Matthijs: ‘It is overdue maintenance’
Cas van der Weit is done with it. The kitchen of his home in the Zeeheldenbuurt in Groningen has serious leaks. Dozens of other residents in his neighborhood also suffer…
Dinand (11) is forever linked to any FC Groningen top prize. ‘It still gives me goosebumps’
This story is about Dinand. A boy from Loppersum who was only 11 years old. Yet his name remains forever linked to the only main prize that FC Groningen ever…
“It was very bad and disappointing,” says coach Arjan Taaij after the loss of volleyball players Lycurgus from Groningen
The volleyball players of Nova Tech Lycurgus have also lost their second game in the play-offs for the national title. Dynamo was too strong in Apeldoorn with 3-0. As a…