Places of Interest
Pait's Laand Bed and Breakfast is located centrally in the Dutch county of Groningen. Within a 25 km radius you can be in the booming city centre of Groningen, enjoying the sea breeze in Delfzijl, visiting the historical City of Appingedam or, depending on the time of year, you could either be indulging in relaxing water activities or ice-skating on Schildmeer.
Groningen
Groningen is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the north of the Netherlands and approximately 24 km away from Pait's Laand.
Groningen is a bustling university city, and students comprise an estimated 25% of its total population. Groningen was established more than 950 years ago. Historically, it was a semi-independent city-state, a member of the Hanseatic League, and the dominant regional power in the north of the Netherlands.
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Groningen has an exuberant cultural life. In addition to established institutions such as the Stadsschouwburg on turfsingel, cultural centre De Oosterpoort on Trompsingel (home of the Noord Nederlands Orkest), Vera on Oosterstraat, Grand Theatre on Grote Markt and Simplon on Boterdiep, there is a lively circuit of pubs where live music is performed at least once a week.
Groningen is one of the few large cities that also has a real underground scene. The Noord Nederlands Toneel has its home base in Theater De Machinefabriek on the Bloemstraat. The Prinsentheater is an important amateur theatre stage on the Noorderbuitensingel. For large productions there has been a new hall in MartiniPlaza for several years.
Every year, on the second Saturday in January, the Noorderslag festival is organized in Groningen, where the Dutch Pop Prize is awarded. In August, the Noorderzon theatre festival takes place in the Noorderplantsoen.
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Located 31 kms from Pait's Laand
Delfzijl
Where you can see Germany from the dike and where giant ships glide through the water, there you will find Delfzijl.
A city that has been connected to the sea for hundreds of years. Where shipping plays an important role, you can relax on the beach and get lost in adventurous stories about occupations and floods.
There is always something going on in Delfzijl, especially when it comes to culture.
In and around the heart of the city you will come across special works of art, such as the monument for Ede Staal on the dike.
Lovers of architecture can also indulge themselves. Scattered throughout the city are many buildings in the style of the Amsterdam School.
Within walking distance of public transport and the center you will find a unique living room museum; ' t Hoeske van Opoe Iet. Here you can view a unique collection from the period 1735 – 1940/50.
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For a fun night out you can go to theatre De Molenberg, where regularly fun films, music and theater performances and scheduled.
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Located 17 kms from Pait's Laand
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Schildmeer
The Schildmeer (Shield lake) is a lake located in the Duurswold region in the Dutch province of Groningen between Schildwolde and Overschild.
The lake has an average depth of 1.5 meters and has an area of 284 hectares. It belongs to the municipality of Midden-Groningen. Most of the shores of the lake are nature reserves.
At Steendam there are facilities for recreation such as marinas and associated activities, a sandy beach, restaurants, campsites and a bungalow park. On the south side of the lake is the Haanssluis that connects the Haansvaart and the lake for smaller ships and flat bottoms. The south, west and northwest are part of the nature development area Midden-Groningen, which continues to Kolham.
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Around the lake there are cycle paths that are part of the Schildmeer loop. For this purpose, a high wooden bicycle bridge Schildjer Tilbat was built in 2009 over the Duurswold drainage canal at the Sans Souci pumping station. On the south side of the lake runs the International Dollard Route. This route reaches the bank at the Heerenhuisweg and follows it to Steendam.
The Heerenhuisweg and pumping station Sans Souci are named after the mansion Sans Souci that Lodewijk Hendrik Wijchgel built in 1820 on the lake (at the end of the Heerenhuisweg) and that was demolished in 1952.
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Located 3,6 kms from Pait's Laand
Appingedam
Appingedam is a city and former municipality in the municipality of Eemsdelta in the province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands.
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The town of Appingedam, located on the Damsterdiep, used to be the capital of Fivelingo. Together with the city of Groningen, it is one of the two places with historical city rights in the province. The center of the place is a protected cityscape with extension.
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The cozy, narrow shopping streets and alleys invite you to discover Appingedam on foot. Many shops offer various goods and the catering industry with cozy terraces on the water provide a cozy city feeling.
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During the summer period, Appingedam has the annual Damster City Festivals, which start in June with a fair and a music event, the Night of Appingedam. Some other city festivals are the (medieval) Coopluydenmarkt, the Art and Culture Day, The Beach Volleyball Tournament and the Gondola Ride. The city festivals end in September with the Damsterdag with two parades with floats, the so-called paper parade. Unlike the more famous flower parades, the wagons here are not decorated with flowers, but all parts are covered with thousands of colorful paper roses, made of crepe paper.
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Through Appingedam runs the European walking route E9, locally also called Noordzeepad or Wad- en Wierdenpad.
Located 7,6 kms from Pait's Laand