Noordwijk, Groningen

Noordwijk (Dutch: [ˈnoːrtʋɛik] ⓘ; Gronings: Noordwiek) is a small village in the municipality of Westerkwartier, in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands, about 3 km north of the town of Marum.

[1] The name Noordwijk is said to have been derived from a neighborhood north of Marum.

Noordwijk is located at a junction whose street names indicate the direction: Noorderweg, Westerweg and Oosterweg.

The church of Noordwijk dates from the early fourteenth century.

The Leedaanzeggerspad runs from the mortuary behind the church, a walk during which the history of the village in the nineteenth century is discussed.