If you are renting an unfurnished place, which is common in here, don't worry. Here are some tips to help you furnish your place.
Ikea (the most cost-effective), Leen bakker, Metzorggemaakt, Kruit & Kramer, and MediaMarkt (for electric items)
Also, you can find affordable home appliances in the following stores: Action(Not high quality necessary but cheap options), Xenos, Hemma, Blokker, Dille & Kamille (mostly related to kitchen and plants), Søstrene Grene, and Solow
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Mamamini (there is 3 branches in Groningen and you can borrow a cargo bike to bring the stuff to your own place). Also, you can check Oude Ebbingestraat to find more stores sells second hand items.
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Marktplaats (It has a website and a facebook account which you can buy or sell items)
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If you are looking for more options you can search "Kringloop" in Googlemap and find many more options. Some of them offer delivery. As an example, Kringloop Plus charges 15 Euros for delivery within the city.
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For electric items you can check Herman white goods.
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Grote Markt (It is located in the city center and on special day (Google will tell you) tehre is market to buy fresh vegetables, fish, fruit,...)
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Supermarkets like Jumbo, Albert Heijn, Lidl, Aldi, PLUS, and Spar
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You can find Halal_meat/persian/arabic/turkish items from the following stores: Nazar, Zalal, and Familie Market
In general, if you are looking for more information about shopping here you can it here and here
- Kruidvat as a pharmacy and drugstore chain specialising in health and beauty products
- Etos as a grocery and drugstore
- Holland & Barrett for buying natural beauty products and healthy food
Googlemap can show you several alternatives if you search for "Bouwmarkt"
- HORNBACH
- GAMMA
- Praxis