Places to See

The Province Groningen has too much to offer and therefore we can't cover everything, therefore we have decided to highlight a few places that we believe you should visit if you have any free time.

We will be constantly adding more sites.

Groningen Museum

Museumeiland 1

9711 ME Groningen (GR)

Tel. +31 5 03 66 65 44

The Groninger Museum is a museum in the city of Groningen and one of the top attractions of the province with a visitor number of approximately 200,000 visitors per year.

The first basis of the museum was the Museum of Germanic Antiquities, which was founded in 1847 by Hendrikus Octavius Feith in the University Library of Groningen.

At that time there were already several museums in Groningen, connected to the university, including the Museum of Natural History (ca. 1820) and the Collection for Mineralogy, Geology, Zoology and Zoology (1815), which are now part of the University Museum. After Feith's death in 1849, the Museum of Germanic Antiquities led a dormant existence until in 1874 the Provincial Cabinet of Antiquities was founded by his son Hendrik Octavius Feith (II), who merged his father's collection with two cabinets of curiosities of the city and province of Groningen. The collections were first housed in a room of the Provincial House, but when it became too small, son Johan Adriaan Feith found a building on the Zuidersingelstraat (now Ubbo Emmiusstraat) for the collections.

Located 15 kms from Pait's Laand

Zeehondencentrum

Zeehondencentrum Pieterburen

Hoofdstraat 94A

9968 AG Pieterburen (GR)

Tel.: +31 5 95 52 65 26

In 2021, Zeehondencentrum Pieterburen existed for exactly 50 years. Since 1971 we have been committed to the welfare of seals. What started with a little bit in the backyard has now, 50 years later, grown into the largest seal hospital in Europe. With international fame and a broader objective that, in addition to professional shelter, focuses on the protection of the habitat of the seal: UNESCO World Heritage the Wadden Sea.

Get to know our whole story and take a look at the future plans of the center. Discover how our history and how the seal sanctuary has developed from teiltje to Wadden Sea in 50 years. But also which special seal species have been taken care of and how the Seal Center has been expanded over the years with a campus, field station, Wadden garden, Wadden playground and a Summer Pavilion. Moreover, we give you a glimpse into our future plans.

Located 25 kms from Pait's Laand