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Groningen
: is the main municipality as well as the capital city of the eponymous
province in the Netherlands. With a population of 197,823 (in 2014), it is the
largest city in the north of the Netherlands. An old city,
Groningen was the
regional power of the northern Netherlands, a semi-independent city-state and
member of the German Hanseatic League. Groningen is a university city: it
houses the University of Groningen (about 28,000 students) and the Hanze University
of Applied Sciences (about 25,000 students).
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In 2014 a 3D Dome theatre, known as Infoversum,
opened in Groningen. This is housed in an unusual dome shaped building made out
of steel. It shows special dome films and also presents performing arts events.
The Infoversum went bankrupt in 2015.
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