A public building you can walk into for nothing at nine in the morning and still be in at ten at night.
Calling it a library undersells it. There is a library, and a cinema, and exhibition floors, and an escalator run up the middle of the atrium that is worth riding for its own sake. The roof terrace sits at forty-five metres, and on a clear day you can pick out Schiermonnikoog from it. Because the doors are open from nine and the building costs nothing to enter, it is the most flexible listing in this city — it absorbs a wet morning, an awkward hour before a train, or a whole afternoon. The tourist office is inside at Nieuwe Markt 1.
Highlights
- Free to enter
- Rooftop at 45 metres
- Open late every day
Insider tips
- →Open every day, from 09:00 on weekdays and Saturdays and 10:00 on Sundays.
- →The Groningen Store tourist office is inside, which makes it a sensible first stop.
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Where you'll find it
Groningen, Netherlands
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