Where to sleep?

When you are a tourist visiting Groningen, you have to find a place to sleep. You could go to a large chain hotel, like Hampshire. But most people are looking for something special. They are searching for authenticity.

The theory about searching for authenticity says that when more people have the opportunity to travel, the people with more money will search for special things. So when tourism just started, only the rich did have the opportunity to travel. When the working class also got the money to start travelling, the rich did not want to go to the same places as the working class: It was too crowded. They wanted to go to places that could be reached by plane, these destinations were further away. It was only accessible for the rich then, because traveling by plane was expensive (Edensor, 2009).

'Het Paleis' is a very nice, former laboraty

Nowadays, almost anybody can reach any destination. That's why people want to sleep at a special place, for example.

In the province of Groningen there are several options. I have chosen for a special one. During my holiday I'll sleep in a former laboratory. It is now a very nice hotel, called 'Het Paleis' (the palace).
Another option to stay during your visit to Groningen is the smallest hotel in the world. It is not located in the city of Groningen, but in a small village called Eenrum. The hotel only has one room. This hotel has a place in the Guinness book of Records!
A last option I have considered is a hotel on the canals. It is possible to sleep on a sailboat during your stay in Groningen. During winter you can sleep on 'de Mars', which is located in the centre of Groningen (city).

I'm sure there are a lot of other nice options to sleep, but I like these three options.

I will write soon about my adventures in Groningen!

References:

Edensor, T. (2009). Tourism. International Encyclopaedia of Geography, 301-312.