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Utrecht is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. Founded by the Romans in 48 A.D., it grew to be the largest Dutch city in the 12th-14th century. At that time the city was the religious center end contained over 50 churches and chapels. Many of them were destroyed when a hurricane hit the town in the 17th century.
A lot of this medieval heritage can still be found in the city today. Center piece of the town is the famous "Domkerk", a Gothic catherdral, and its tower (the Dom), the highest church tower of the Netherlands. Other famous churches are the Buurkerk (housing a museum for mechanical instruments) and the Catherijnekerk (seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Netherlands) and part of the "Catherijneconvent" (the National museum for religious history and art). Two canals run north-south through the old center, bordered by wharves and cellars, once used for (un)loading ships and storing goods, but nowadays housing restaurants and terraces. Along the canals the merchant houses and city castles are standing side by side. Utrecht houses the largest university of the Netherlands and consequently has a large student population. Utrecht has one of the largest theatres of the Netherlands which is the Beatrix theatre, named after our queen Beatrix. Utrecht also has the "Jaarbeurs" where a lot of big events are being hosted, like the annual fair about travelling & tourism.
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Sep 07, 2007 - Dec 20, 2007
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On my last morning, the snow drifted down and made Utrecht look like a fairy tale. It almost killed me to leave! Of course, it had its comedy. Showing Doug round, it got to about a centimetre and a half. About three minutes after my brother commented how funny it would be if I fell over on the new ice, I fell flat on my hip and elbow. It's christmas day now - the bruise on my thigh has turned an attractive shade of purple. With yellow spots. And it's ...
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we'd been planning this trip for a while - ever since I spotted a small sign on the Oudegraacht advertising the restaurant. Ilka, Eva and I finally managed to find a date we could all make it, and journeyed forth to the Ostrich to see what crocodile tasted like.
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My first meeting with someone of Travelbuddy was with Ante, from Croatia. He was visiting Amsterdam and wanted to make a detour to Utrecht, and more precise, to Houten, to find a Croatian rockstar of the band Azra whom he adores. We met in Utrecht. Unfortunately Ante had chosen to wander Utrecht by himself, thank god by his destription of where he was I was able to find him, knowing Utrecht well enough! We walked around and I showed him the canals, the Neude, the city hall and the Domplein. W...
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