The restoration of the Groningen Noorderplantsoen was the reason for this Beno's Stad in January 1999. A small gate from the time of the fortress dates back to the time of the park, which now reappears. The park was given a monumental pavilion by architect Bouma. The closures for car traffic, like the construction, were done in phases. #BenosStad ► Description The Noorderplantsoen is not finished yet, but it is progressing well. The English landscape style is being restored, which means that a tree has been removed here and there. Landscape architect Copijn is thereby bringing back the sight lines that were once in the park. This means that in some places you can look straight through the entire park. Incidentally, the park was not constructed as a whole, but piece by piece. Let's take a look at its history. The history of the Noorderplantsoen actually began at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The city that until then stopped at the Noorderhaven was expanded enormously. The Ommelanders who had to pay for the city expansion found it far too extensive. But the city persevered because they expected a large growth of the population because of the Golden Age. The fortifications that Groningen then got would later partly become the Noorderplantsoen. In the rampart there were small gates here and there. Soldiers could enter the path outside the rampart through such a gate and from there fire on the enemy. Here, under these stairs, such a gate is hidden. In 1743 this gate was used by ropemaker Pieters for the storage of barrels of tar. But boys from the neighborhood knew that and they also knew that such a tar barrel could burn well. On August 28th they dragged a tar barrel out of the gate, brought it onto the rampart and set it on fire. It gave the Groningen Relief a beautiful bonfire. But ropemaker Pieters was not so happy about it. He demanded compensation but in vain because he did not know exactly who had done it. After 1874, Groningen and all Dutch cities were allowed to demolish their fortifications. Because the weapons shot further, they would no longer provide sufficient protection. For example, the Boteringepoort was destroyed. Because the fortress belonged to the State, state engineer Van Gendt made a design plan for the vacant land. He thought that the land between the Boterdiep and the Reitdiep was not that valuable as building land. Van Gendt therefore came up with a public garden here. He opted for the English landscape style with winding paths because the moat itself was already winding. However, the plan of state engineer Van Gendt was not carried out because the municipality bought the fortress between the Reitdiep and the Boterdiep from the State and hired its own expert. This was the Hague architect Bert Brouwer and he thought that the largest part of the fortress section in question had to be built with houses. Only the fortress at the end of the Kijk in 't Jatstraat, the Jatsdwinger, was allowed to become a public garden. City architect Van Beusekom made the design. In 1880 he had the rampart dug up on the spot to form a large mountain, the mountain we are standing on now, and in addition he laid out lawns and winding paths and a pond in the English landscape style. Architect Brouwer wanted to fill in the moat, but the city council thought that the old moat could become a harbour. When the Groningen entrepreneurs ultimately preferred such a new harbour on the south side of the city, the council decided to expand the park a little in 1881. Copijn from Utrecht designed the section between the Grote Kruisstraat and the Reitdiep. The head of the Groningen parks department designed the section between the Boteringestraat and the Ebbingestraat. And with the construction of the Oranjebuurt, the Noorderplantsoen became a little bigger around 1920. The kiosk was located near the pond and from around 1908 a milk parlour. Milk was healthy, thought the Kraneweg dairy Vredewold, and so they had a milk parlor built in the Noorderplantsoen. But milk was not as popular as Vredewold thought, and so the milk parlor was replaced by this café in 1930. It was designed by the famous Groningen city artist Siep Bouma. Read more https://www.oogtv.nl/uitzending-gemis... ► Do you want more news and stories about Groningen? Subscribe (for free) to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/rtvoog?s... ► Also follow OOG on our other channels: Website - https://www.oogtv.nl/ Instagram - / oogtv Facebook - / oogrtv Twitter - / oogtv OOG Groningen Every day the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more about and for Groningen! #OOGGroningen #Groningen