The one with a day in Groningen

A while ago, I visited Groningen with my mom. It's quite the commute by train, but it was definitely worth it. Our destination was the Groninger Museum. The reason we went was the David LaChapelle exhibition. David LaChapelle is a photographer, and music video and film director. He has done commercial work for magazines like Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue. His work has been described as 'surreal pop kitsch'. And you may have seen some of his music videos for Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, No Doubt and Amy Winehouse. My favourite video is Take me to Church by Hozier. 

 The staircase inside the museum

The inside of the museum is filled with gorgeous works of art, but the outside of the museum is spectacular too! 

We took a stroll around the city and spotted some cool streetart and doors! 

Not the bestest of photos but the ceilings of the trainstation are gorgeous!

The one with the trip to Groningen

Yesterday I went to Groningen with my mom, our destination was the Groninger Museum. I forgot the duration of the trip: 2,5 to get there and 2,5 to get back home. I was very happy with my fully charged iPod and a good book. Before visiting the museum, we took a little walk around the city and were very pleased to find a flea market at the town square. I found some great things, but unfortunately, the prices weren't very flea market-y, so they stayed in Groningen. 

At the museum is currently an exhibition named Nordic Art, which is an overview of 19th and 20th century paintings from Northern Europe. My favourites were the paintings by Albert Edelfelt and Vilhelm Hammershoi. Besides this exhibition, the Museum has it's own collection, consisting of photography by Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn and duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Next up at the museum, from the end of may on, will be an exhibition co-curated by Ai Weiwei. I hope the time it takes to get to the museum will be forgotten soon, so I want to go there again for this upcoming exhibition. 

to the left

the Groninger Museum

Nordic Art

Bono, photographed by Anton Corbijn

what we found at the flea market

at the train station, before our long, long journey back home