This museum has a rich section on painting and the decorative arts from Utrecht and its surrounding area. Some furnished rooms are dedicated to the decorative arts in the years 1625, 1750 and 1975. Gold and silversmiths’ work , a dolls' house fr..

Restored after the death (1985) of the owner Madame Schröder, this house was built in 1924. Internationally famous, it illustrates to perfection the architectural trends of the De Stijl movement to which the architect G. Rietveld belonged: elemen..

Built from 1321 to 1382 in the Gothic style and restored at the start of the century, this campanile influenced many native belfries. It is the highest one in the country. It was once linked by an arch to the nave of the cathedral that was destroyed ..

This canal is crossed by many bridges and crosses the town from one side to the other. At its start it joins the Rhine and the Vecht. It is one of livelier centres in the town, both on its upper and lower quays. Among the attractive buildings along t..

The very shady canals in the centre of Utrecht (Oudegracht and Nieuwegracht) have the peculiarity of being bordered by a quay much lower than street level. There are vaulted cellars there.

Similar to the Oudegracht, this canal is lined with elegant houses. There is the Hofpoort, the Baroque door of the Courthouse (17C) and an old pretty house at no. 37. Further on at no.63, is the Catharijneconvent museum. From the bridge, there is an ..

The late-Gothic former monastery of St John of Malta and a neighbouring house from the 18C bring together religious art collections tracing the history of Christianity in the Netherlands from its beginnings to today (liturgical vestments, manuscripts..

This museum is in the old Maliebaan station and brings together films, pictures, documents and models on the history of Dutch railways. More than 60 locomotives, wagons and trams are exhibited on the disused tracks. As well as a signal box and a stat..

This sound museum is set up in the old Buurkerk church hall and has a magnificent collection of mechanical music instruments from the 18C to the 20C. There you will see old metronomes, music boxes (some with automata), pianolas and "orchestrio..

The tall silhouette of the transept of the old cathedral was miraculously preserved at the time of the hurricane in 1674. These two Gothic parts (1254-1517) were built on the site of the cathedral of St Martin, which was destroyed by fire. Notice the..

This attractive Romanesque church (1048) was affected by the Walloon Protestant worshippers in 1656. Janskerk and this one are the only remains of four churches which once formed a cross around the cathedral and formed the Cross of Bernold (a Bisho..

At the entrance to the cloister is a copy of a 10C rune stone from Jelling (Denmark), illustrating the conversion of the Danes to Christianity. The gables at the entrance have low-reliefs on the life of St Martin, the patron saint of the old cathedra..

This museum contains the collections assembled by the university since its foundation in 1636: anatomical objects and wax models, medical instruments (collections of dental and ophthalmic medicine in the Open Depot section), stuffed animals, foss..

This pretty house dates from the 17C. Its façade is adorned with garlands and the door is decorated with a palm tree.

Located at the junction of two canals, Pausdam is a pretty and tranquil square. The Paushuize , an attractive house intended for the Pope (paus) Adrian VI stands there but it was not finished before his death in 1523. A statue of Christ has been pla..

Vismarkt is the old fish market whose origins go back to the 12C and which still took place up to the 2nd half of the 20C. To keep the fish fresh, it was placed in large baskets which were immersed in the canal.

From the bridge over the Oudegracht, there is an attractive view over the canal. On the left, you can see the open dome of the church of St Augustine ( Augustinuskerk ) which was built in 1839 in the neoclassical style.

The neoclassic façade of the town hall (1826) hides some medieval remains. There is an attractive view over Oudegracht and the tower known as Domtoren.

On Saturdays, this square and its elegant 17 and 18C houses form the impressive backdrop to the stunning flower market . The Janskerk church stands in the centre and to the south of the square, the Faculty of Law of the University of Utrecht is in..

This church was built in the Romanesque-Gothic transition style by Bishop Bernold, to the north of the famous Cross. Now renovated, it contains a centre for old music. A small building from 1683 is stuck to it: this is a guardhouse ( Hoofdwacht ). T..