The beautiful European city just as pretty as Amsterdam that hardly receives any tourists

Groningen is only a two-hour train ride from the Dutch capital of Amsterdam (Image: Getty) If you're looking to experience the Netherlands , but without the crowds of tourists in Amsterdam , Groningen is the place to be. Groningen is the capital of the Groningen province at the northern tip of the Netherlands. It’s only a two-hour train ride from the Dutch capital of Amsterdam but hardly receives any tourists as most people skip Groningen in favour of places like The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and, of course, Amsterdam.

It is home to about 235,000 people, making it the sixth-largest city in the country. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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