Talk:Groningen (city)

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Would it not be better to have this page at Groningen, Groningen as there is a city in Suriname, Groningen, Suriname Fabhcún 22:06, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Or Groningen (Dutch city), Groningen (Surinamese city). And: Groningen (Dutch province) instead of Groningen (province)? Brz7 22:14, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] best town center

 In 2006 Groningen was elected "de beste binnenstad" (the best town center) of the Netherlands.

By whom ? The dutch does not mention this. --84.143.97.225 12:57, 4 March 2007 (UTC) By god himself

[edit] sister cities

I've added a section for sister cities. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, the city only seems to be twinned with Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. (See http://www.lgib.gov.uk/international/Establishing_a_partnership/twinning_search.html). I find this suprising as Newcastle is twinned with nine cities worldwide inclding Bergen, Nancy and Atlanta. I know Newcastle is one of the UK's major cities, but I would have thought that Groningen would still have more. If anyone can find anymore then please add them. When I have time (and if I can find the information) I'll add a little bit about Groningen's relationship with Newcastle. hedpeguyuk, 3 July 2005 20:40 (UTC)

[edit] Boroughs of Groningen

I suggest we remove this picture. I live in this city and neither me nor my friends have ever heard of this dividation. The city is divided into app. 10 smaller boroughs (wijken) If no response in 2 weeks I will create and upload a new picture.

Grtz!

robin.lemstra 01-09-2007 11:48 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robin.lemstra (talk • contribs) 09:46, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

These are official, though largely bureaucratical, subdivisions of the city. I agree with you that there are more sensible divisions into boroughs and neighbourhoods. If you manage to create a better map, that would be nice. However, we should leave the current picture here until we have something better, I guess. Classical geographer 21:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Why not take Image:Map NL Groningen - Wijkindeling.PNG? In the category Maps of Groningen (city) there are maps with the location of all the neighbourhoods. Erwin1990 (talk) 21:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC)