Hidden corners and true little treasures that you don’t find described in every guide book. For example a piece of city history yet to be discovered in a covert backyard, [...]
Utrecht in the very heart of the Netherlands has many different facets. With romantic canals, old mansions and town houses, street cafés, many churches and former monasteries, nice little shops [...]
Women of virtue and vice. Almost unbelievable! An Utrecht brewer's wife picks up a pickaxe and attacks an imperial castle with it. A God-fearing soul has herself walled into a [...]
The square in front of St. Martin's Cathedral in Utrecht lies in the heart of the city center. This is where the origins of Utrecht can be found and [...]
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Utrecht brought forth some extraordinary talents in painting. Many of these painters acquired international fame and their works still today are among the most [...]
Explore Utrecht under the sign of the Caravaggists! This was a group of painters from Utrecht and elsewhere who travelled to Rome and fell under the spell of Caravaggio’s [...]
Utrecht's Dom tower, perhaps the city's most important landmark. The Gothic cathedral was built from 1254 onwards as the cathedral of the diocese of Utrecht. A devastating hurricane [...]
