photo: oogst groningen

In 2025, het resort delves into food and drink culture. Under the umbrella of popular culture (volkscultuur), we go to places where everyday life takes place and dwell on everyday peculiarities. We zoom in on the care and attention with which our (semi)-public space is designed. Because nothing is just there and much is invisible.

Starting September 16, the resort will kick off with S08E02: Jesse Strikwerda, Josse Pyl, and Natasja Mabesoone draw inspiration from a typical Dutch meeting place: the snack bar.

Found in every neighborhood or village, and often smelled before you see it. A quick snack to fill your stomach, a list of orders for the potato table, or an ice cream with disco sprinkles for the little ones. The snack bar is a place that is an integral part of the neighborhood. The menu in a light box, unfried snacks in the refrigerator with plastic green leaves in between, and the sculpture of the large bag of fries that is rolled outside every day. The image of the cafeteria always evokes something nostalgic. Although our increasingly fit lifestyle often sees the snack bar as an unhealthy guilty pleasure, it remains a place that needs little marketing: throw a brown fruit bowl (bittergarnituur) into the fryer, let the smell waft into the street, and customers will soon be lining up on the sidewalk.

about snack bar (cafetaria) Koning

This episode takes place at Cafeteria Koning (Bedumerweg 15, Groningen), often described as one of the most authentic snack bars in the city. Since 1945, Koning has been a household name, famous for its family recipes and especially for the renowned Groningen egg ball (eierbal). In 2023, Qian took over the business, retaining both the interior and the tradition.