Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen located in the Netherlands. The city has population of about 181 thousand people , that makes it the largest city in the north of the Netherlands. Groningen was founded in the third century AD. However there are lots of archeological stuff proving existence of ancient settlement 5000 years old there.
The city lived through destructions of World War II. The main square, Grote Markt, was ruined in 1945, at the Battle of Groningen.
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