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All direct flights to Groningen from the UK & Ireland

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Flight Summary

Aberdeen is the only city in Europe to offer direct flights to Groningen , although it used to be one of several cities in the Netherlands served by Ryanair flights from London.

Regular trains to Groningen are available from Amsterdam Schiphol airport, typically taking about two and half hours. Services run every half an hour, with the connecting trains via Amersfoort generally being slightly quicker.

Destination Summary

Groningen is a provincial capital in the northeast Netherlands with a growing bar scene thanks to its large student population.

Quick Facts

Airport Code: GRQ
Alternative Name: Eelde
Miles From London: 492

James Says

I've always fancied a trip to Groningen, as I am a keen cyclist, and this is the Dutch city that really shows the way (forget about all the hype about Amsterdam, nearly 60% of all journeys in Groningen are made by bike!).

Architecturally, the city is a gem too, with an ultramodern museum right opposite the station, so it is an easy day trip if you are basing yourself in the big A'dam.

As for flights to Groningen - well, you might aswell forget it, unless you are based near Aberdeen, which is the only UK city to have a direct link. This is largely down to the oil business.

Forget about taking flight connections either, there aren't any worth talking about. By far the easiest way in is to take one of the numerous flights to Amsterdam from just about every corner of the British Isles, and then continue by train or in a hire car - not that you'll be able to drive it or park it in central Groningen, for reasons I've outlined above!

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Edinburgh Rich

02 February 2012 at 07:55 | #

I'm trying to book an academic trip to Groningen (I'm based at Heriot-Watt Uni) - your routes list suggests the only way of finding a direct flight there from the UK is to go up to Aberdeen? I'm toying between that and just taking the obvious flights from Edinburgh to Amsterdam - but I gather it is still quite a journey from there. People think Holland is so small when it isn't! I've tried the various search engines for connecting flights to Groningen, but they just come up with silly routings! Is there a better way?

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James Avery

02 February 2012 at 08:14 | #

No, you have summed up your options pretty well. Personally, I'd always take the train in the destination country - I am a graduate of Edinburgh University myself, so I see no novelty value or enjoyment in a trip to Aberdeen just to catch an obscure flight to Groningen, which will be over-priced anyway as bmiregional are primarily focussed on the business user, and especially on the oil industry around Aberdeen.

Dutch trains are efficient and reliable - not particularly cheap, but then neither are ours. Connecting through Schiphol is easy, and if you have time to spare, there are many worse places to spend it than Amsterdam!

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