Grote Markt - Groningen, Netherlands

The Grote Markt is the big main square of Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands, and on market days it fills with stalls selling flowers, plants and food, with people weaving between them from morning to late afternoon.

Rising over the north-east corner of the square is the Martinitoren, the tower of the Martinikerk, about 318 feet (97 m) tall. Locals call it d'Olle Grieze, "the old gray one", and its carillon has 62 bells.

Buildings around the square were destroyed by gunfire in the fighting when Canadian troops liberated Groningen at the end of World War II. Much of it has been rebuilt since, and today it's the busy heart of a lively university city.

Did You Know? One of the Martinitoren's bells still has a bullet hole in it from the fighting in 1945.

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