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Promotional poster provided by Forum Groningen Groningen, 30 January 2026 – Between February 4th and 8th, Forum will embrace Rotterdam’s film festival atmosphere for the 29th year. The cultural center will screen 50 movies from the original programme, offering an opportunity for the local film industry to gain recognition. “They want to make their festival accessible for a lot of people,” says Marjolein Bos, Forum’s communication advisor for film programming, about IFFR’s int

Photo from project “Peat” by Bo Scheeringa Groningen, 28 January 2026 – On January 30th , a new photo exhibition will be displayed at Noorderlicht to celebrate the Irish goddess St. Brigid. Het Veenmoeras: The Irish Peatlands through the Female Gaze will focus on the Irish bogs from the perspective of two female photographers and aims to show the meeting point between tradition, care and ecology. St. Brigid’s day marks the beginning of spring in Ireland, as well as the celebr

For Junior José Santos Schmidt, bachata is not only a dance, it’s an extension of himself, “it’s when culture hits” and he hopes to make others feel the same way in his dance classes. Junior Schmidt in his dance studio. Photo by Alexia Mihalache Much like the lead bird in a flock, Junior José Santos Schmidt stands in front of the improvers, guiding the warm-up for the hour-long Bachata class in the old mechanical workshop turned studio in Groningen’s Eemspoort industrial area

Part of Ganbatte exhibition by Jairo Alvarez at CAMERA JAPAN Festival 2025. Photo provided by Jairo Alvarez Groningen, 2 October 2025 – The CAMERA JAPAN Festival is hosting its 20th edition between September 24 and Sunday, October 5. It is a cultural event that combines Japanese films, visual arts, music, fashion, architecture and food. Jairo Alvarez (34), an Argentinian visual artist and photographer featured in PhotoVogue, participated in this year’s edition in Rotterdam. H

A new study by the Public Health Service in Groningen shows that there is need for improvement in healthcare access for female asylum seekers. Photo by Unsplash / Vitaly Gariev Groningen, 30 September 2025 - The Municipal Health Service in Groningen (GGD) announced on September 24 future investigations around more accessible local healthcare services for female asylum seekers. This comes after GGD’s Closer to Care study revealed that many people from this group struggle with