Facts & Figures
Your host in a nutshell
A few facts and figures about why Groningen has what it takes to host your conference or event.
Young, Healthy and Happy
- 234.950 inhabitants
- 120 different nationalities
- 1 in 4 residents are students
- One of the youngest cities in the Netherlands with an average age of 36
- Cleanest air in the Netherlands
- Cycling capital of the world
- Top 3 happiest cities of the Netherlands
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Digital infastructure
- The country’s 2nd Internet city
- Biggest offshore wind park in the world
- Home of the biggest Blockchain and A.I. Hackathon in the world
- The first rural 5G Field lab
- The landfall point for a high-speed transatlantic fiber-optic cable connecting the U.S. and Europe.
- Google’s first 100% green Data Center
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Home of startups and scale-ups
- Consistently in the top 10 of the country’s fastest growing tech companies
- 60 companies with a revenue of €1 to €2 billion
- Employment rate rising 65% faster than the national average
- HackerOne was a Groningen startup and is now a Silicon Valley scale-up
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City of Talent
- 4 Nobel Prize Laureates
- Around 44% of the population has a university degree
- 8 of the country’s most innovative SMEs
- The first electric car was invented here in 1835
- The first hydrogen powered Tesla was developed here
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Never ending hospitality
- Hundreds of bars, cafes, clubs and restaurants to choose from
- No closing hours
- Around 20 hotels
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