Indische Buurt

Today I walked up to the Indische Buurt, which sort of means Indian neighbourhood, just north of the center of Groningen. While it does seem to be home to at least a small Asian community (some Asian grocery stores, Surinamese restaurants) it doesn't really 'live up' to its name in that way....no Samosa stands on every corner or anything...which would have been delicious. It's very quiet, with a lot of nice big parks with big ponds in them, and rows and rows of residential flats, one main street going through that had a lot of sports specialty stores for some reason.











two blokes I met on the street who really wanted me to take their picture. the one on the left is from Suriname and the one on the right is Nigerian.




swingin'


people had really nice little gardens and shrubbery outside their homes....


digging up the road


peeked into the hospital...looks like an airport! didn't feel like a hospital at all.