A Mini High Tea in Groningen
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beelikejLast week I'd taken Friday morning off work to spend a day with my mom in Groningen, the town where I used to go to university back in the day;) Had not really been there since then, so when I got a coupon for my birthday from my sister in law for a Mini High Tea and there weren't any places in my own town that served it, mom and I decided to travel up North again. Here's a picspam of our lovely afternoon, featuring gorgeous buildings and delicious cakes (and tea;).
Cycled to Zwolle station to meet up with mom; together we got on the 11:15 train to Groningen, where we arrived at 12:13 and posed for an alp (arm lenght photo:) with The Horse of Uncle Loeks (Het Peerd van Ome Loeks - Jan de Baat, quartz concrete, 1959). This statue has been moved around a bit, although upon request of the railwayservice its butt can not be in the direction of the station *grins*
It's an easy walk from the trainstation to the city centre; just follow the yellow dots with the Martinitower:) Then cross bridge next to the Groninger Museum, a post-modernist building consisting of three main pavilions designed individually by architects Alessandro Mendini, Philippe Starck, Coop Himmelb(l)au (and a team of international designers), completed in 1994.
The building with the red door dates back to 1928 with its design by Siebe Jan Bouma in the Amsterdam School style. (on the way back through this alley I took another picture of it, see below)
Right around the corner glorious Art Nouveau <3.
More Art Nouveau: the former building of the Newspaper of the North (it's still published, they just moved to a modern building, shame). build in 1902, design by Gerrit Nijhuis.
Pretty random tiles at the Damsterdiep.
Aaahw, 't Oortje; the Little Ear shop is still there! That's where I had my nose pierced in the late eighties:) In the background the Martinitoren, also featured on manhole covers, cool.
After a short stroll we sit down at the Lopster Veerhuis for our Mini High Tea. We get a lovely teaselection: I picked English blend (because I'm not that adventurous;) and mom chose Green Tea with roseleaves:)
The double tray with cakes is making us cheer out loud: we are served four pieces of cake each*, a fresh baked cookie AND a bonbon! (cheesecake, applecrumble with caramel, carrotcake and chocolate with whipped cream, omnomnom)
We also recommend a visit to the awesome toilet :-D
Only one cake in and we already can't stop smiling:)
Weird building a across the street; the half tiles get on my nerves, where is the other half??
Ha, that house looks like a ship! (lots of streets in Groningen used to be canals, I suspect this is in memory of one of those waterways:)
My mom's family is originally from Groningen, so I do know some of the typical dialect words, this sign made me laugh, it's so silly. A "puut" is a paper bag.
Loved the interiour of this shoeshop we visited (The Happy Walker). This building is at a crossroads of Oude Boteringestraat, the Steentilstraat and Gedempte Kattendiep. It was designed by the architect for the former grocery chain De Gruyter: T.P. Wilschut. De Gruyter had fixed architects employed and thus tried to create a unified image of the company. Build in Amsterdam School style in 1931.
Random doors in the Oosterstraat that I really liked:)
Mom and I had lunch at the top of the old V&D building, where I used to work during my student days (in the office supplies corner and Christmasshop). The departmentstore is gone and the building is empty except for a couple of artist's stalls and a big escalator, hence the new name; THE BIG ESCALATOR. The lunchroom on top is all that's left of the original departmentstore. It has a lovely view of the Martinitoren (d'Olle Grieze = dialect for The Old Gray One) Build between 1469-1482, height: 97 m (318.24 ft).
On our way back to the station, we pass one of the awesomest buildings in Groningen: the Faun: close ups below!
Build in 1935, designed by architects A.R. Wittop Koning and A. Th. van Elmpt for an insurancecompany. This building is called The Faun because of the mythological sculptures on the facade, made by Willem Valk.
I love how that ship hangs up there!
Ominous... squirl? I walked all around this building to find all the sculptures:)
The Faun is build in Delftse School style with windowshapes that refer to Gothic designs. <3
Random fun buildings at Gedempte Zuiderdiep and another part of that building with the red door up above (remember) The glass window is stained glass.
Full view of the trainstation from the bridge across the Zuiderhaven canal. The station was designed by Isaac Gosschalk in a mix of Dutch Renaissance and Neogothic style, it was finished in 1896.
We had an icecream at the station, waiting for our train and admiring the building.
Last but not least a selection of fun windows I came across, from top to bottom:
Wadapartja, which at first glance seems an oriental name for a restaurant, but is a sentence in dialect that made us giggle.
Then "Voor de man die het aankan" is a fun play of words; aankan has a double meaning of 'to fit' and 'being able to bear it', so I guess you can translate it with for the man who can bear it & wear it:)
The bottom window is from Mannenwinkel (Menshop): our word for underwear translates to undergood ('goed' is an old fashioned general name for clothes). This says: 'If it has to be undergood':)
It's simple humour, but I like it, okay :-p
J.
P.S. If you missed it: I posted my BigBang art! Check it out on LJ or DW:)
Cycled to Zwolle station to meet up with mom; together we got on the 11:15 train to Groningen, where we arrived at 12:13 and posed for an alp (arm lenght photo:) with The Horse of Uncle Loeks (Het Peerd van Ome Loeks - Jan de Baat, quartz concrete, 1959). This statue has been moved around a bit, although upon request of the railwayservice its butt can not be in the direction of the station *grins*
It's an easy walk from the trainstation to the city centre; just follow the yellow dots with the Martinitower:) Then cross bridge next to the Groninger Museum, a post-modernist building consisting of three main pavilions designed individually by architects Alessandro Mendini, Philippe Starck, Coop Himmelb(l)au (and a team of international designers), completed in 1994.
The building with the red door dates back to 1928 with its design by Siebe Jan Bouma in the Amsterdam School style. (on the way back through this alley I took another picture of it, see below)
Right around the corner glorious Art Nouveau <3.
More Art Nouveau: the former building of the Newspaper of the North (it's still published, they just moved to a modern building, shame). build in 1902, design by Gerrit Nijhuis.
Pretty random tiles at the Damsterdiep.
Aaahw, 't Oortje; the Little Ear shop is still there! That's where I had my nose pierced in the late eighties:) In the background the Martinitoren, also featured on manhole covers, cool.
After a short stroll we sit down at the Lopster Veerhuis for our Mini High Tea. We get a lovely teaselection: I picked English blend (because I'm not that adventurous;) and mom chose Green Tea with roseleaves:)
The double tray with cakes is making us cheer out loud: we are served four pieces of cake each*, a fresh baked cookie AND a bonbon! (cheesecake, applecrumble with caramel, carrotcake and chocolate with whipped cream, omnomnom)
We also recommend a visit to the awesome toilet :-D
Only one cake in and we already can't stop smiling:)
Weird building a across the street; the half tiles get on my nerves, where is the other half??
Ha, that house looks like a ship! (lots of streets in Groningen used to be canals, I suspect this is in memory of one of those waterways:)
My mom's family is originally from Groningen, so I do know some of the typical dialect words, this sign made me laugh, it's so silly. A "puut" is a paper bag.
Loved the interiour of this shoeshop we visited (The Happy Walker). This building is at a crossroads of Oude Boteringestraat, the Steentilstraat and Gedempte Kattendiep. It was designed by the architect for the former grocery chain De Gruyter: T.P. Wilschut. De Gruyter had fixed architects employed and thus tried to create a unified image of the company. Build in Amsterdam School style in 1931.
Random doors in the Oosterstraat that I really liked:)
Mom and I had lunch at the top of the old V&D building, where I used to work during my student days (in the office supplies corner and Christmasshop). The departmentstore is gone and the building is empty except for a couple of artist's stalls and a big escalator, hence the new name; THE BIG ESCALATOR. The lunchroom on top is all that's left of the original departmentstore. It has a lovely view of the Martinitoren (d'Olle Grieze = dialect for The Old Gray One) Build between 1469-1482, height: 97 m (318.24 ft).
On our way back to the station, we pass one of the awesomest buildings in Groningen: the Faun: close ups below!
Build in 1935, designed by architects A.R. Wittop Koning and A. Th. van Elmpt for an insurancecompany. This building is called The Faun because of the mythological sculptures on the facade, made by Willem Valk.
I love how that ship hangs up there!
Ominous... squirl? I walked all around this building to find all the sculptures:)
The Faun is build in Delftse School style with windowshapes that refer to Gothic designs. <3
Random fun buildings at Gedempte Zuiderdiep and another part of that building with the red door up above (remember) The glass window is stained glass.
Full view of the trainstation from the bridge across the Zuiderhaven canal. The station was designed by Isaac Gosschalk in a mix of Dutch Renaissance and Neogothic style, it was finished in 1896.
We had an icecream at the station, waiting for our train and admiring the building.
Last but not least a selection of fun windows I came across, from top to bottom:
Wadapartja, which at first glance seems an oriental name for a restaurant, but is a sentence in dialect that made us giggle.
Then "Voor de man die het aankan" is a fun play of words; aankan has a double meaning of 'to fit' and 'being able to bear it', so I guess you can translate it with for the man who can bear it & wear it:)
The bottom window is from Mannenwinkel (Menshop): our word for underwear translates to undergood ('goed' is an old fashioned general name for clothes). This says: 'If it has to be undergood':)
It's simple humour, but I like it, okay :-p
J.
P.S. If you missed it: I posted my BigBang art! Check it out on LJ or DW:)