Tourism is something that is nowadays present
in all of our lives, whether you are a tourist yourself or see them around you.
The definition of a tourist that I will use in this blog is based on the UNWTO
definition of tourism and is: Someone that travels to other places or countries, outside his/her usual
environment, with a business or personal purpose. In my case, my destination
will be Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands and I will be the one
travelling around this (hopefully) beautiful city. My main purpose for visiting
Groningen is to find the musical note of this city. This time (since I have
visited before) I want to find different spots offering types of music that
bring together different types of people. I hoped before I started my trip to
the north that I would find (undiscovered) music spots that are well suited for
visiting as a tourist.
And I was lucky enough to start my trip at the
starting day of the music festival Eurosonic Noorderslag, immediately marking
the musical aspect of my trip. Because I arrived late in the evening, I had
already missed the first music artists who were performing for free at the Grote
Markt. The last artist is Typhoon which you can see on the picture.
Unfortunately, his lyrics were in Dutch so I could not fully understand him,
but the atmosphere was amazing. Everyone sang and danced along to his songs and
he was able to bring everyone in a summer mood although it was nearly freezing.
That was the first time I felt connected with the city, barely a tourist
anymore, and I wondered whether that would happen in more spots I would visit…
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| Typhoon at the Grote Markt, Eurosonic Noorderslag |
Reference:
1) World Tourism Organisation UNWTO. Understanding Tourism: Basic Glossary.
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