Wonderlaand - stories from Groningen
@wonderlaand.bsky.social
A podcast about the history and culture of Groningen, hosted by Hedwig Sekeres and Agustín De Julio.
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Moi elkenain!
We're a podcast about the history and culture of the province of Groningen. We invite brilliant guests that tell us more about Groningen from totally different perspectives. Discover the province with us, Hedwig and @agustindejulio.bsky.social, and check out our episodes on Spotify!
We're a podcast about the history and culture of the province of Groningen. We invite brilliant guests that tell us more about Groningen from totally different perspectives. Discover the province with us, Hedwig and @agustindejulio.bsky.social, and check out our episodes on Spotify!
New Wonderlaand! ✨
This month we did a deep dive into gas extraction in Groningen with Nienke Busscher, director of the @kennisplatform.bsky.social. We talked origins, seismicity and social impact. And also damage, reinforcement and future plans.
Listen here:
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This month we did a deep dive into gas extraction in Groningen with Nienke Busscher, director of the @kennisplatform.bsky.social. We talked origins, seismicity and social impact. And also damage, reinforcement and future plans.
Listen here:
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The story of gas extraction in Groningen
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June 30, 2026 at 11:14 AM
New Wonderlaand! ✨
This month we did a deep dive into gas extraction in Groningen with Nienke Busscher, director of the @kennisplatform.bsky.social. We talked origins, seismicity and social impact. And also damage, reinforcement and future plans.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/3voQ...
This month we did a deep dive into gas extraction in Groningen with Nienke Busscher, director of the @kennisplatform.bsky.social. We talked origins, seismicity and social impact. And also damage, reinforcement and future plans.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/3voQ...
New Wonderlaand! 🍰
We chatted with Sanne Meijer, writer, historian, curator and total Groningen expert. We talked women's history in Groningen and her book Vraauwlu, then her new recipe book Gronings Bakboek. A real tour de force!
Check the episode out here:
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We chatted with Sanne Meijer, writer, historian, curator and total Groningen expert. We talked women's history in Groningen and her book Vraauwlu, then her new recipe book Gronings Bakboek. A real tour de force!
Check the episode out here:
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May 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New Wonderlaand! 🍰
We chatted with Sanne Meijer, writer, historian, curator and total Groningen expert. We talked women's history in Groningen and her book Vraauwlu, then her new recipe book Gronings Bakboek. A real tour de force!
Check the episode out here:
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We chatted with Sanne Meijer, writer, historian, curator and total Groningen expert. We talked women's history in Groningen and her book Vraauwlu, then her new recipe book Gronings Bakboek. A real tour de force!
Check the episode out here:
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More Wonderlaand!! This month we talk to Mariska van der Velde about dialect, identity and heritage to celebrate meertmoand streektoalmoand: dialect month. Check out our latest episode here:
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Language, identity and intangible heritage in Groningen
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March 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
More Wonderlaand!! This month we talk to Mariska van der Velde about dialect, identity and heritage to celebrate meertmoand streektoalmoand: dialect month. Check out our latest episode here:
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🗳️🗳️ new Wonderlaand! We chat with Groningen municipal council member Pablo Vermerris about how he got into local politics and how it all works. His main message: get out there and vote these coming municipal elections!
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Talking local politics with council member Pablo
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February 16, 2026 at 9:06 AM
🗳️🗳️ new Wonderlaand! We chat with Groningen municipal council member Pablo Vermerris about how he got into local politics and how it all works. His main message: get out there and vote these coming municipal elections!
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This month Meggy Lennaerts tells us all about the history of the east of Grunn and especially Bunderneuland in the early modern period. How did they relate to their Eastern Frisian neighbours? What happened when folks from the capital came around to 'develop' it?
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A polder full of conflict: Crossing the border to Bunderneuland
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October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This month Meggy Lennaerts tells us all about the history of the east of Grunn and especially Bunderneuland in the early modern period. How did they relate to their Eastern Frisian neighbours? What happened when folks from the capital came around to 'develop' it?
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open.spotify.com/episode/2eSg...
Join us and Wonderlaand usual suspect @mdwars.bsky.social as we discuss not one, not two but three board games about Groningen! We review Mooist Groningen, Businessgame Groningen and Grunn: are they educational? Well researched? And are they any fun at all?
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The Groningen board game special
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October 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Join us and Wonderlaand usual suspect @mdwars.bsky.social as we discuss not one, not two but three board games about Groningen! We review Mooist Groningen, Businessgame Groningen and Grunn: are they educational? Well researched? And are they any fun at all?
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open.spotify.com/episode/7Fgt...
We're back!! 📚
In this summery Wonderlaand we speak to Allard and Vera from Godert Walter and chat about its history and plans for the future. Who was GW? What's the story of the stores? And what are they cooking up for the future?
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In this summery Wonderlaand we speak to Allard and Vera from Godert Walter and chat about its history and plans for the future. Who was GW? What's the story of the stores? And what are they cooking up for the future?
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Godert Walter: the past, present and future of the classic Groningen bookstore
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August 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We're back!! 📚
In this summery Wonderlaand we speak to Allard and Vera from Godert Walter and chat about its history and plans for the future. Who was GW? What's the story of the stores? And what are they cooking up for the future?
open.spotify.com/episode/4rrn...
In this summery Wonderlaand we speak to Allard and Vera from Godert Walter and chat about its history and plans for the future. Who was GW? What's the story of the stores? And what are they cooking up for the future?
open.spotify.com/episode/4rrn...
Readers: rejoice! New episode coming up about an emblematic bookstore of Groningen 📚
July 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Readers: rejoice! New episode coming up about an emblematic bookstore of Groningen 📚
The wild garlic at the gardens of the BSS Faculty is going… wild. Pharmacist H Munting opened them in the 17th century. He kept exotic plants he got from his foreign friends there.
Wanna learn more? We recommend this book where they talk about the connection between the gardens trade, and slavery.W
Wanna learn more? We recommend this book where they talk about the connection between the gardens trade, and slavery.W
May 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The wild garlic at the gardens of the BSS Faculty is going… wild. Pharmacist H Munting opened them in the 17th century. He kept exotic plants he got from his foreign friends there.
Wanna learn more? We recommend this book where they talk about the connection between the gardens trade, and slavery.W
Wanna learn more? We recommend this book where they talk about the connection between the gardens trade, and slavery.W
tune in to our latest Wonderlaand! find out all about what traces of the slave trade we can still find in both city and province
April 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
tune in to our latest Wonderlaand! find out all about what traces of the slave trade we can still find in both city and province
time for some more Groningen? most def.
New episode out with Lieuwe Jongsma from the Groningen Archives 💫
We chat about the role of Groningen in slavery and where in the city and province its traces are still visible. Check it out here!
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New episode out with Lieuwe Jongsma from the Groningen Archives 💫
We chat about the role of Groningen in slavery and where in the city and province its traces are still visible. Check it out here!
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What traces of Groningen's history of slavery are still visible today?
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April 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
time for some more Groningen? most def.
New episode out with Lieuwe Jongsma from the Groningen Archives 💫
We chat about the role of Groningen in slavery and where in the city and province its traces are still visible. Check it out here!
open.spotify.com/episode/5lKt...
New episode out with Lieuwe Jongsma from the Groningen Archives 💫
We chat about the role of Groningen in slavery and where in the city and province its traces are still visible. Check it out here!
open.spotify.com/episode/5lKt...
❄️ We prepared stories and interviewed each other for January because we were on winter break. Hedwig's story is about an old book on witches in Groningen. Agustín talks about Martina, a mysterious Gronings jazz singer and her 1960 hit record.
Check it out here!
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Check it out here!
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2 stories: witches and devils in Groningen & jazz in the Gronings dialect
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January 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
❄️ We prepared stories and interviewed each other for January because we were on winter break. Hedwig's story is about an old book on witches in Groningen. Agustín talks about Martina, a mysterious Gronings jazz singer and her 1960 hit record.
Check it out here!
open.spotify.com/episode/29hN...
Check it out here!
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Jazz sung in dialect? Yes! Find out everything about the mysterious Gronings jazz singer Martina on the new Wonderlaand, out later this week!
Ph: fotobedrijf Piet Boonstra, Groninger Archieven
Ph: fotobedrijf Piet Boonstra, Groninger Archieven
January 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Jazz sung in dialect? Yes! Find out everything about the mysterious Gronings jazz singer Martina on the new Wonderlaand, out later this week!
Ph: fotobedrijf Piet Boonstra, Groninger Archieven
Ph: fotobedrijf Piet Boonstra, Groninger Archieven
Young in Groningen! Check out our latest episode about youth subcultures with Fiona from Alternative Groningen Tour!!
This photo is from the last witches’ sabbath organised by Provadja, ph: persbureau vd Veen
This photo is from the last witches’ sabbath organised by Provadja, ph: persbureau vd Veen
January 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Young in Groningen! Check out our latest episode about youth subcultures with Fiona from Alternative Groningen Tour!!
This photo is from the last witches’ sabbath organised by Provadja, ph: persbureau vd Veen
This photo is from the last witches’ sabbath organised by Provadja, ph: persbureau vd Veen
New Wonderlaand out now! 🎸🛵
Fiona from https://www.instagram.com/insta.grunn/ chats with us about youth culture in Groningen. We talk about its postwar origins, the different subcultures and their (political) stances, music and looks. Check it out here:
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Fiona from https://www.instagram.com/insta.grunn/ chats with us about youth culture in Groningen. We talk about its postwar origins, the different subcultures and their (political) stances, music and looks. Check it out here:
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Youth subcultures in Groningen: rock 'n' rollers, provocateurs and more
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December 28, 2024 at 9:41 PM
New Wonderlaand out now! 🎸🛵
Fiona from https://www.instagram.com/insta.grunn/ chats with us about youth culture in Groningen. We talk about its postwar origins, the different subcultures and their (political) stances, music and looks. Check it out here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5hhI...
Fiona from https://www.instagram.com/insta.grunn/ chats with us about youth culture in Groningen. We talk about its postwar origins, the different subcultures and their (political) stances, music and looks. Check it out here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5hhI...
Happy holidays from us at Wonderlaand 🥰 How about adding some Groningen to your holiday playlists with Lil Ritz? 🎸
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Mariolein Sijnke with Little Ritz & his Rocking Butterflies - Little Miss Lonely (acetate 1963)
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December 22, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Happy holidays from us at Wonderlaand 🥰 How about adding some Groningen to your holiday playlists with Lil Ritz? 🎸
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOrg...
I was already a pretty big fan of WinterWelVaart. It’s very cute, has historical stuff and it’s gotten massive. But now they got CHOCOLATE EIERBALLEN!! I will live there next year
December 17, 2024 at 1:32 PM
I was already a pretty big fan of WinterWelVaart. It’s very cute, has historical stuff and it’s gotten massive. But now they got CHOCOLATE EIERBALLEN!! I will live there next year
This weekend you could enjoy the sight of many historical boats at WinterWelVaart. Some nautical themes can also be explored in one of our episodes with Constance Willems (S2E2) on the history of knitting in Groningen.
ph: B. Mulder, Groninger Archieven
#winterwelvaart #groningen #museumaandea
ph: B. Mulder, Groninger Archieven
#winterwelvaart #groningen #museumaandea
December 16, 2024 at 8:38 AM
This weekend you could enjoy the sight of many historical boats at WinterWelVaart. Some nautical themes can also be explored in one of our episodes with Constance Willems (S2E2) on the history of knitting in Groningen.
ph: B. Mulder, Groninger Archieven
#winterwelvaart #groningen #museumaandea
ph: B. Mulder, Groninger Archieven
#winterwelvaart #groningen #museumaandea
Guys 😭 you didn't have to
But we do promise to be so much nerdier and so much more Gronings next year to get those 5 sweet stars
But we do promise to be so much nerdier and so much more Gronings next year to get those 5 sweet stars
December 6, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Guys 😭 you didn't have to
But we do promise to be so much nerdier and so much more Gronings next year to get those 5 sweet stars
But we do promise to be so much nerdier and so much more Gronings next year to get those 5 sweet stars
From Wonderlaand we congratulate Carolina Valladares on her doctorate!! And thanks for spreading the gospel about Groningen in Amsterdam, Ecuador and everywhere 🫡
Do check out her episode if you haven’t yet!!
Do check out her episode if you haven’t yet!!
November 28, 2024 at 2:10 PM
From Wonderlaand we congratulate Carolina Valladares on her doctorate!! And thanks for spreading the gospel about Groningen in Amsterdam, Ecuador and everywhere 🫡
Do check out her episode if you haven’t yet!!
Do check out her episode if you haven’t yet!!
Everything you always wanted to know about Groningen cuisine (but were afraid to ask) on the November episode of Wonderlaand! 🫘 🧑🍳
Hungry for more Groningen? 🍲🫘
🎉 New Wonderlaand out, with Niek Berendsen, author of the cookbook Achter de Koezen. We chat about Groningen food, pride in the local cuisine, and the process of writing a cookbook. Check it out here:
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🎉 New Wonderlaand out, with Niek Berendsen, author of the cookbook Achter de Koezen. We chat about Groningen food, pride in the local cuisine, and the process of writing a cookbook. Check it out here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0r19...
Much more than beans and mustard soup: Groningen cuisine
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November 27, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Everything you always wanted to know about Groningen cuisine (but were afraid to ask) on the November episode of Wonderlaand! 🫘 🧑🍳
Moi elkenain!
We're a podcast about the history and culture of the province of Groningen. We invite brilliant guests that tell us more about Groningen from totally different perspectives. Discover the province with us, Hedwig and @agustindejulio.bsky.social, and check out our episodes on Spotify!
We're a podcast about the history and culture of the province of Groningen. We invite brilliant guests that tell us more about Groningen from totally different perspectives. Discover the province with us, Hedwig and @agustindejulio.bsky.social, and check out our episodes on Spotify!
November 27, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Moi elkenain!
We're a podcast about the history and culture of the province of Groningen. We invite brilliant guests that tell us more about Groningen from totally different perspectives. Discover the province with us, Hedwig and @agustindejulio.bsky.social, and check out our episodes on Spotify!
We're a podcast about the history and culture of the province of Groningen. We invite brilliant guests that tell us more about Groningen from totally different perspectives. Discover the province with us, Hedwig and @agustindejulio.bsky.social, and check out our episodes on Spotify!