Bedum

Bedum (Beem ) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by 0 inhabitants in, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of De Marne, Eemsmond and Winsum to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.

Bedum is the site of three supermarkets, several pubs, and a leaning church tower, dubbed "the leaning tower of Bedum". Footballer Arjen Robben was born in Bedum (23 January 1984).

Bedum has a railway station - Bedum railway station.

The leaning tower
Bedum's 36-metre tower of the St Walfridus church has been calculated as now leaning at a greater angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. If both towers were the same height, Bedum's would have a greater displacement by 6 cm.

Former population centres

 * Bedum
 * Noordwolde
 * Onderdendam
 * Zuidwolde
 * Ellerhuizen
 * Westerdijkshorn

Notable people

 * Arjen Robben, professional footballer