Antique stores in Groningen
Groningen, Groningen has 8 antique stores on the map. That's 8 antique shops mapped around Groningen. Specialties differ enormously — furniture, jewellery, ephemera — so the shop that matches your interest matters more than the count. Learn to read the marks: maker's marks, hallmarks, and labels are the difference between a find and a folly.
This guide covers every antique store we could verify in and around Groningen (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include City Vintage and Bouwman Curiosa, plus Klinkhamer Antiek & Curiosa. If an antique shop's missing from Groningen's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Groningen antique lineup
8 in Groningen, plus 6 more around Groningen below:
City Vintage
Antique store0.3 km from Groningen
City Vintage — Antique store. Also worth knowing about City Vintage: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 12:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-17:00.
Hours: Tu-Fr 12:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-17:00
Bouwman Curiosa
Antique store0.3 km from Groningen
Bouwman Curiosa is Antique store on 38-1 Poelestraat, Groningen. Bouwman Curiosa also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Fr,Sa 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
38-1 Poelestraat, Groningen, 9712KB
Hours: Fr,Sa 11:00-17:00
Klinkhamer Antiek & Curiosa
Antique store0.5 km from Groningen
Klinkhamer Antiek & Curiosa is Antique store on 50 Folkingestraat, Groningen. Klinkhamer Antiek & Curiosa also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
50 Folkingestraat, Groningen, 9711JZ
H. de Boer Antiek
Antique store0.6 km from Groningen
H. de Boer Antiek — Antique store, found on 131 Gedempte Zuiderdiep in Groningen.
131 Gedempte Zuiderdiep, Groningen, 9711HE
Klinkhamer Vitrineverhuur
Antique store0.6 km from Groningen
Klinkhamer Vitrineverhuur — Antique store, found on 102 Herestraat in Groningen.
102 Herestraat, Groningen, 9711LM
Spinhx
Antique store0.7 km from Groningen
Spinhx is Antique store.
Antiek "de Evenaar"
Antique store8.2 km from Groningen
Antiek "de Evenaar" is Antique store on 43 Burg Seinenstraat, Aduard. Antiek "de Evenaar" also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 13:00-17:00; Th off; Sa 10:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
43 Burg Seinenstraat, Aduard, 9831PT
Hours: Tu-Fr 13:00-17:00; Th off; Sa 10:00-17:00
Phone: +31 50 403 2282
Piet Lanting
Antique store9.2 km from Groningen
Piet Lanting — Antique store. Also worth knowing about Piet Lanting: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 13:00-18:00.
Hours: We-Sa 13:00-18:00
What the map tells us about antique stores in Groningen
4 of the 8 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — antique shops keep civilised hours, so the listed times are usually good.
3 have websites listed. Worth a look for specialty areas — every dealer leans somewhere.
The Groningen antique trail
The efficient Groningen antique trail strings these together: City Vintage, Bouwman Curiosa on 38-1 Poelestraat, Klinkhamer Antiek & Curiosa on 50 Folkingestraat, H. de Boer Antiek on 131 Gedempte Zuiderdiep, Klinkhamer Vitrineverhuur on 102 Herestraat, Spinhx, Antiek "de Evenaar" on 43 Burg Seinenstraat, and Piet Lanting — 8 stops, one logical order.
Antique hunting tips for Groningen
A few things worth knowing before you work through Groningen's antique stores:
- Go to the preview, not just the sale at City Vintage. Estate and auction previews let you inspect properly. The sale itself is theatre; the preview is work.
- Patina is value at Bouwman Curiosa. Original patina on metal and wood is desirable. Over-polished pieces have lost something irrecoverable.
- Trust your eye, verify with research. If a piece sings to you, check it out properly before buying. Enthusiasm plus homework beats either alone.
- Ask about delivery. Many dealers deliver locally or know someone who does. Don't let logistics kill a good find.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Groningen — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new antique store in Groningen can take a while to appear. The 8 above are only as current as the community map. A antique store that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't list prices or authenticate pieces — that's the dealer's job in person. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 8 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Worth the trip: more antique stores around Groningen
6 more within about 40 km of Groningen, nearest first:
De Milieuboer
Antique store10.6 km from Groningen
De Milieuboer — Antique store, found on 31 Burgemeester Triezenbergstraat in Ten Boer.
31 Burgemeester Triezenbergstraat, Ten Boer, 9791CB
Curiosa Antiek
Antique store16.3 km from Groningen
Curiosa Antiek — Antique store, found on 4 Rijksweg in Garrelsweer.
4 Rijksweg, Garrelsweer, 9918PD
Antiekwinkel De Vergulde Kroon
Antique store18.5 km from Groningen
Antiekwinkel De Vergulde Kroon is Antique store on 1a Zandvoort, Norg. Antiekwinkel De Vergulde Kroon also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
1a Zandvoort, Norg, 9331JH
Boerma's Antiekhoeve
Antique store23.0 km from Groningen
Boerma's Antiekhoeve is Antique store on 11 Dingeweg, Uithuizen. Boerma's Antiekhoeve also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu closed; We-Sa 11:00-16:00; Su closed; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
11 Dingeweg, Uithuizen, 9981NC
Hours: Mo-Tu closed; We-Sa 11:00-16:00; Su closed
Phone: +31 595 431264
Blij van Toen
Antique store26.1 km from Groningen
Blij van Toen — Antique store, found on 1c Hoofdstraat in Rolde.
1c Hoofdstraat, Rolde, 9451BA
Antiekboerderij Storij
Antique store27.2 km from Groningen
Antiekboerderij Storij is Antique store on 10 Asserstraat, Gieten. Antiekboerderij Storij also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Sa 10:00-17:00, Su 13:00-17:00.
10 Asserstraat, Gieten, 9461GC
Hours: Sa 10:00-17:00, Su 13:00-17:00
Antique store listings for Groningen: 8 in Groningen and 6 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.