Groningen’s live music gems
Many of the innumerable bars in the city regularly offer live music events for every taste. Spread all around the …
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The dark side of student hotels
In many cities in the Netherlands student hotels offer rooms, without taking the tenancy laws into account. These hotels take …
Want to volunteer? Please, learn Dutch
Many international students want to contribute to Groningen’s society by volunteering for charities or non-profit organisations. Yet, it is not …
Language Cafe: exchange languages in Groningen
Do you want to learn a new language? ESN Groningen, Study Association Esperia, HMV Actis and Study Association Clio organize …
The Mega HanzeMag Delivery Pizza Test
Which pizzeria delivers the best pizza in Groningen? HanzeMag’s taste team ordered fifteen Quattro Stagioni and judged them tough but …
Inspiration on a hotel bed
Having patiently waited for the international students to first settle in, The Student Hotel Groningen celebrated their opening at the …
Halloween’s hottest outfits of 2016
This weekend, almost every bar and club in Groningen organizes a Halloween theme party. You feel like going to one, …
Strangers in Town
At Welcome Day (September 2) some thousand students from all over the world met at Hanze University. What are they …
Life on a house boat
It’s one of the most characteristic Dutch things you will encounter while living in the Netherlands: people living on boats. …
Welcome Day in photos
[foogallery id=”2613″] Photographer Luuk Steemers was present on Welcome Day, Friday 2 September 2016, to make a photo impression of …
Five Biggest Mistakes to Make in the Netherlands
Foreign students sometimes feel the desire to adjust themselves to Dutch customs and traditions. In some cases they’d better suppress …
ACLO’s weirdest sports
Groningen students can try out almost any sport imaginable at ACLO. Even obscure sports like paddle, floorball and underwater hockey. …