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Helpman, Groningen — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Helpman is a district of Groningen holding the Helperkerk, the San Salvatorkerk and the listed buildings of the Van Mesdagkliniek.
About Helpman
Where to stay in Helpman
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
De Papiermolen anchors the choice here. A stay in Helpman puts the Helperkerk, the San Salvatorkerk and the Immanuelkerk inside one district, with the listed buildings of the Van Mesdagkliniek and the address at Hereweg 87 on the same register. Helpman is not the centre.
Guests who came for Mariënholm, Oorlogsmonument Esserveld or the Kapel R.K. Kerkhof are already in the right part of Groningen.
About Helpman
What are the main landmarks in Helpman?
Churches first. The Helperkerk, the San Salvatorkerk and the Immanuelkerk stand on Helpman's list, with Mariënholm among the named buildings and a cemetery chapel on the same register. Then the monuments.
Oorlogsmonument Esserveld, the Memorial internment camp and the Hendrik de Vries Memorial Stone sit with the Scholtenbank, Le Travailleur and the Weeping Virgin. The Van Mesdagkliniek adds its directors' houses and the jailers' houses of the former prison, while Hereweg 87 closes the built list.
What is the history of Helpman?
Helpman keeps its past in stone. The Van Mesdagkliniek entries, the directors' houses and the jailers' houses of the former prison, give the district two of its listed complexes, and the Scholtenbank carries the name of J.E. Scholten into its public ground.
War left its own marks. Oorlogsmonument Esserveld, the Memorial internment camp and Waskowsky's Holocaust monument in Groningen were raised for those years. Sonnevanck, Cyrano and Pax Sperata are among the house names the register keeps.
Where is Helpman?
Helpman lies within Groningen, with the Hereweg, De Papiermolen and the Van Mesdagkliniek among the fixed points on its ground.
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Updated August 2026