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Utrecht
Municipality
Oudegracht Utrecht.JPG
Flag of Utrecht
Flag
 Coat of arms of Utrecht
Coat of arms
Location of Utrecht
Country Netherlands Netherlands
Province Utrecht (province) Utrecht
Area
(2006)
 • Total 99.32 km2 (38.35 sq mi)
 • Land 95.67 km2 (36.94 sq mi)
 • Water 3.64 km2 (1.41 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2007)
 • Total 288,535
 • Density 3,018/km2 (7,820/sq mi)
  Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Utrecht is a city in the Netherlands. It has about 290,000 inhabitants and a university (Utrecht University). It is the fourth largest city in the country. One of the main sights is the Domkerk, a cathedral that was built between 1321 and 1382. In of a storm in 1674, part of the cathedral was destroyed. This part was never rebuilt, so now the tower is separate from the rest of the church.


Images for kids

  • Traiectum - Wttecht - Utrecht (Atlas van Loon)

    Willem Blaeu's 1652 map of Utrecht

  • Dom in Utrecht - panoramio

    The Dom Tower seen from Downtown Utrecht. The remaining section of the Cathedral of Saint Martin is not connected to the tower since the collapse of the nave in 1674 due to a storm.

  • Lambert de Hondt (II) - The Surrender of Utrecht

    Lambert de Hondt (II): The Surrender of Utrecht on 30 June 1672 to the French king Louis XIV, 1672, Centraal Museum Utrecht

  • Een uitzinnige menigte verwelkomt de Canadese bevrijders in Utrecht - An ecstatic crowd in Utrecht welcomes the Canadian liberators (4502667274)

    People celebrating the liberation of Utrecht at the end of World War II on 7 May 1945

  • Utrecht-plaats-OpenTopo

    Contemporary map of Utrecht

  • Panorama Utrecht

    Panorama

  • Utrecht Oude Gracht Hamburgerbrug (LOC)

    The Oudegracht in the 1890s

  • DomtorenUitzichtIn2009

    Aerial view of Utrecht from the Dom Tower

  • 2015-08 utrecht cs 02

    Utrecht Centraal railway station

  • Utrecht-Uithof, from CambridgeLaan 01

    View on the Science Park campus of Utrecht University. The building in the centre is the library.

  • Miffy Statue in Utrecht

    Miffy statue at the Nijntjepleintje in Utrecht

  • Kariatiden Winkel van Sinkel

    Caryatids at the Winkel van Sinkel

  • Prins Clausbrug vanuit NO bekeken

    Prins Clausbrug across the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal

  • Aanzicht op de westgevel van bouwdeel 1 - Utrecht - 20234880 - RCE

    Duitse Huis in April 1982

  • Geboortehuis van Paus Adriaan

    Birthplace of Pope Adrian VI

See also

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