Utrecht

Utrecht ( pronunciation(info / explanation)) is a City and municipality in Netherlands and the capital of the province of Utrecht. With 330.772 inhabitants (1 may 2014; source: CBS) Utrecht is the fourth largest city in Netherlands by population. The city-region Utrecht, the agglomeration which coincides with the BRU, encompasses more than 640,000 inhabitants. The Utrecht municipality coincides with the city and is divided into 10 districts.

The city is located in the Randstad and is centrally located on a junction of roads, railways and waterways, making it a leading fairs and Conference city is and hardest growing economic center-mainly in the service sector-of both the Randstad as Netherlands.

Utrecht was one of the first cities in the current Netherlands with city rights and has a long history and an important historical centre. Characteristic of the city include theyards and the Dom of Utrecht (with the 112 metre high DOM Tower) to which the city derives the nickname Cathedral City . In the year 1808 the city was briefly the capital of the Kingdom of Holland, such as Netherlands at that time was called.

The city is home to three universities, the largest of which is the University of Utrecht . This University is the second largest of Netherlands. In addition, there are three major colleges, the Head Office of the Dutch railways, ProRail, the Rabobank Netherlands Jaarbeurs Utrecht and established. Utrecht is also the seat of the Roman CatholicArchbishop of Netherlands (see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht) and of the old Catholic Archbishop. There is also the national organisation Office of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) was established.



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[hide] *1 the name Utrecht  ==The name Utrecht[ Edit] == Views of Utrecht, taken on top of the Dom.The name comes from the Latin Utrecht Traiectum and indicates a place where in the Roman times the River to cross the Rhine I could go or was. The ' U ' comes from theold Dutch word ' downstream ' uut, which must therefore be understood means- Utrecht as from-Fun '. [1]  [2]
 * 2 History
 * 3 Geography
 * 3.1 administrative divisions
 * 3.2 Areas
 * 4 demographics
 * 4.1 demographics
 * 4.2 population development
 * 5 points of interest
 * 5.1 Ecclesiastical buildings
 * 5.2 non-church buildings
 * 5.3 Ports
 * 5.4 Godskameren and courtyards
 * 5.5 Mills
 * 5.6 Disappeared buildings
 * 5.7 cemeteries/crematoria
 * 5.8 Streets, avenues, canals, squares and parks
 * Shopping 6
 * 6.1 Markets
 * 7 Culture
 * 7.1 Cinema
 * 7.2 music and theatre
 * 7.3 art in public space
 * 7.4 Museums
 * 7.5 events and festivals
 * 7.6 Movies in Utrecht
 * traffic and transport 8
 * 8.1 Train
 * 8.2 Bus and tram
 * Car 8.3
 * 9 Politics
 * 9.1 elected Mayor
 * 9.2 College van Burgemeester en Wethouders
 * 9.3 seat partitioning municipality Council
 * Education 10
 * 11 Sports
 * 12 Famous people from Utrecht
 * 13 twinning
 * 14 Pictures
 * 15 see also
 * 16 external links

DOM Tower, because of the logo of the city whose tower with 112,32 metres is the highest church tower in the Netherlands, the city is also called called Cathedral City . Two other nicknames are Hazel Green (in the City-Utrecht) and Utka (in the multicultural Street language of the Randstad). During Carnival is called the city of Utrecht Laing.

A native of Utrecht is rather Utrechtenaar called Utrechter than[3] [4]  (cf.. H for H). This as a result of the so-called homosexuals Utrecht affair: behind the Dom was there in the eighteenth century a secret meeting place for homosexuals (for whom between the Church and the tower is also a memorial stone). When this came to light and the victims were sentenced to death, Utrechtenaar was a dirty word for homosexual. Inhabitants of the city are also called 'Desk Kaddoura' mentioned, the people from Utrecht who, hanging on the bars and law societies of the bridges of the old Canal, the activity in the city beheld and met.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [5] ==History<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On and around the current Cathedral square is the place where the Romans around 50 a.d. have laid the basis for the city of Utrecht. On the banks of the Rhine, they built the castellum Traiectum of wood and Earth. This fort was part of the defensive belt along the northern border of the Roman Empire, the so-called limes. Between 50 and 270 ad the castellum was rebuilt four times. After the departure of the Romans fought the Franks and the Frisians long time to the fortress. The remaining walls lived on as the Castle Trecht. Line 112-114 from Machado Stokes Rhyme Chronicle, in which the arrival of Willibrord to Utrecht (Wiltenborch) is described: TUtrecht, Onthier and hi quam That Wiltenborch here in advance.

The afgode dede hi to bother<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">''In 690 founded the Anglo-saxon missionary and Bishop Willibrord in Utrecht a mental Center the largely abandoned border post with two churches, where later a third was added to. It developed the complex of the Cathedraldedicated to Saint Martin, the St. Salvator Church and the intermediate Holy Cross Chapel. From the eighth century, with an interruption because of Vikings, a bishop in Utrecht was the religious center of the northern Netherlands was. Starting from the tenth century the Bishop got more and more worldly power. He was then the most important Frost in the northern Netherlands, which ruled the Sticht. In the immediate vicinity of the castle there was a thriving commercial district Stathe where merchants and craftsmen settled. In the eleventh century was the religious Centre expanded to include three new collegiate chapters and an Abbey, which together formed the Utrecht churches cross . That same century, the Bishop and the Emperor their palaces to the Castle.''

Charter of 2 June 1122 with confirmation by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor of the Utrecht by the Bishop of Utrecht Godbald city right granted to<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 2 June 1122 Utrecht got its City rights confirmed by Emperor Henry V the Bishop lost much influence on the city in favor of the new urbanites. This omwallen now, and if the city also began the construction of the piece in 1122 old Canal between Ledig Erf and Grove bridge. Utrecht became the only city of meaning in the northern Netherlands.<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="392" style="line-height:1;"> [source? ] The growth of the population is demonstrated, for example, the fact that there are three new parishes were split off from the oldest parish, that of the Neighbouring Church. The Board of the city initially comprised schout and aldermen, but already in 1196 became a Councilformed, which belongs to the oldest North of the Alps.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From the twelfth century, the power of larger neighbouring rulers, while those of the Bishop of Utrecht waned.Throughout the middle ages have especially Holland and Gelre tried instead to annex parts of the Sticht. Within the city there were two dominating parties, which was a pro-Holland and the other pro-Gelre. For centuries, these parties to fire each other ferociously. Repeatedly can safely speak of civil war within the city walls.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Despite this fight and despite the increasing competition from the Dutch cities from the thirteenth century, remained the largest and most prosperous city Utrecht and the most important cultural centre in the northern Netherlands. The wealthy built large stone houses along the old Canal, especially once around the middle of the thirteenth century was generally the use of brick . Along the Canal itself arose the characteristic recruiting and wharfs. Numerous monasteries established themselves in the city. In 1253 found in Utrecht a big City fire place. The current Gothic DOM Church was then built from 1254 to example of the great French cathedrals.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1304 the guilds did a successful grapple of the power, and they would to 1528 continue to play a large role in the City Council. With digging the Nieuwegracht end fourteenth century street pattern within the city was largely completed and the city area was largely filled. Striking is the large number of guesthouses (shelters for needy) that in this century.The largest prestige project of the fourteenth century, however, was the construction of the colossal DOM Tower, one of the largest towers which until then had been built.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The threat of the neighbouring States of the bishopric of Utrecht remained large, and residents of the Nedersticht forced the Bishop in 1375 to issue the Stichtse Land letter, whereby they could exert control if States of the Nedersticht politics was on the way. The States consisted of representatives of the clergy, the nobility and the cities. Utrecht took a dominant position by its dominant position in the States meetings. By further growth until the middle of the 16th century Utrecht was the largest city in the northern Netherlands.

17th-century views of Utrecht, by Droochsloot<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the sixteenth and seventeenth century Utrecht with his Utrecht School played an important role in the Dutch painting. Well-known painters were the renaissance painter Jan van Scorel, the "maniëristen" Joachim Wtewael, Abraham Bloemaert ,Paulus Moreelseand the "Utrecht Caravaggisti" Hendrick ter Brugghen, Gerard van Honthorst and Dirck van Baburen, the "Cornelis van Poelenburch"of an Italianate landscape painter, Jan Both and Jan Baptist Weenix.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From the late Middle Ages until the beginning of the 19th century, the city different periods of collisions and shifts between and within different powers, by thereformation, guilds and occupations by Spaniards and Frenchmen. In the first half of the seventeenth century, the Utrecht University established.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From the beginning of the 19th century were, in a broad sense, utilities built and expanded, what the situation for the city greatly improved. In the second half of the 19th century the buurkerk (neighbourhood-Church) place. For, and especially after the Second World War would extend this large-scale Utrecht. ==Geography<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Utrecht is centrally located in the Netherlands and in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The city was founded on a bend of the Rhine, when the main arm of the river that the course of the current Oude Rijn Kromme Rijn and followed. On the site of the current Cathedral square was a Roman castellum. Nowadays flows in the East Utrecht within town Fights (Northern) and Leidse Rijn (Western) exit. West of the city runs the wide Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, to the South runs the Vaartsche Rijn, a much older channel.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The West of the city, ' ' back on the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, the suburban expansion project Leidsche Rijn Vinex-location, the largest and the largest new construction project of Netherlands. A series of new construction areas will accommodate approximately 90,000 inhabitants go to completion. North, South and East of the town are some suburbs and commuter-/satellietsteden, the largest of Maarssen, Nieuwegein,IJsselstein, De Bilt, Zeist and Wood are. The Metropolitan agglomeration coincides with the BRU (Utrecht Region Board). ===Administrative divisions<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===

Haarzuilens<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The United States city of Utrecht together with the municipality of Utrecht. The municipality has more than 328,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 99 km² (of which only a very small portion of water).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Vleuten and the former villages De Meern (area Vleuten-De Meern) were, after the annexation by Utrecht in 2001, in the early years often still seen as separate cores and so not as part of the city of Utrecht. Also part of the district makes Haarzuilens Vleuten-De Meern, that geographically isolated from the city of Utrecht. Because the municipality coincides with the city, there are officially no other cores.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">However, the neighborhoods have their postal addresses and place-name signs a separate village retained, although they are part of the city of Utrecht and Vleuten-De Meern belong to the district. The District Office of Vleuten-De Meern is found in the old Town Hall of the former municipality of Vleuten-De Meern. ===Districts<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The municipality of Utrecht ten districts, which distinguishes States are similar to boroughs. Kianda village and these are divided into neighborhoods. Each district has a separate seating area or a district service centre. The District of Vleuten-De Meern possesses also an annex of the Civil Affairs.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Each district has an Advisory Council for the district, made up of City Council members or their substitutes and each district also has a separate district Alderman. In addition, there is a District Councilsince 2002, which has an advisory role and is made up of residents of the district. The Utrecht areas (area format since 2001): ==Demographics<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Population pyramid of Utrecht in 2008<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Utrecht is approximately 330,000 inhabitants in the official city and municipality, a direct agglomeration (physically annexed neighbouring residential areas and suburbs) of approximately half a million inhabitants, and a metropolitan area of 640,000 inhabitants, the fourth largest city in Netherlands, and hear to G4, an Alliance of the four largest cities where Amsterdam, Rotterdam and also the Hague belong. Utrecht is growing very fast (see Bevolkingsontwikkelings table). At the beginning of 2009 passed the city the border of 300,000 inhabitants,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-300.000_6-0" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  in 2017 and 2022 350,000 inhabitants are expected, 370,000.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" len="166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [7]  according to a press release from July 2008, the population of Utrecht until 2025 with 36% increase.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" len="166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [8]  This comes down to a population of around 405,000. ===Demographics<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Utrecht is a multicultural city; the percentage of immigrant population is roughly a third and presumably the coming decades remains stable. This works out to about 100,000 inhabitants of non-Dutch origin, of which ca. 65,000 residents of non-Western origin.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Utrecht is a city with many young people and relatively few elderly people. More than 64,000 studentsLive In Utrecht; There are a number of universities, colleges and ROC's way.The Utrecht University and the University of applied sciences Utrecht are by far the largest. It is also nightlife here largely on tuned.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Especially For village, neighbourhoods such as White women and children Leidsche Rijn are very rich. On the other hand, parts of housing among other Overvecht-South many elderly people. However, by the urban sprawl the expectation that will rejuvenate the city certainly further until 2011. Where already in many other cities, ageing will not for the time being with that bet Utrecht phenomenon meet. Thanks in part to strong economic growth in the BRU and also the building of the Leidsche Rijn districts and large parts of the share Vleuten-De Meern low incomes, as well as unemployment gradually for several years, and Utrecht starts to deviate from the other large cities. ===Population Development<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The following table shows the population trend in Utrecht. Until the middle of the sixteenth century Utrecht was the largest city in the northern Netherlands. From then until circa 1825 the population fluctuated around the 30,000. This was followed by a long period of growth; the number of 100,000 inhabitants was reached in 1899. The growth lasted until 1970, when as a result of housing deficit and began a rapid decline, whichsuburbanisation around 1985 came to a halt. As of 2000 the population grew quickly and became the Leidsche Rijn neighbourhood built. Field extensions of the municipality of Utrecht led in 1954 and 2001 to a step increase in the number of inhabitants. In January 2009 reached the city of Utrecht the border of 300,000 inhabitants.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-300.000_6-1" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [6]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The figures up to the nineteenth century are estimates, which are more vulnerable as they get further back in time. The nineteenth-century figures are based on census data, the later on civil statusdata.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" len="166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9] ==Points Of Interest<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Utrecht has a historic Centre, which is largely surrounded by yet a singel . From South to North, the old Canal and the Nieuwegracht, that are unique because of the yards, low quays which the cellars of the houses on the Canal come true. Utrecht France after Amsterdam and Maastricht the largest number of national monuments of all cities in Netherlands. As of 2009, over 1400 the city of Utrecht France national monuments, more than 1,600 municipal monuments, archaeological monuments and 5 4 protected city//dorpsgezichten: Utrecht Oost, Utrecht, Utrecht-columns-Elinkwijk, blauwkapel and Haarzuilens. The Rietveld Schröder House is included on the World Heritage list. For an overview of the national monuments and war monuments see:

===Ecclesiastical buildings<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === DOM Tower as seen from the Town Hall bridgeInterior of the Peter's ChurchThe German House<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Utrecht has many interesting churches, including some very old. In the eleventh century was possible a churches cross laid out by five churches: In the Centre is the Cathedral, to the North point Church, the eastern tip the pieterskerk, and in the South and the West were respectively the former St Paul's Abbey (now location the Utrecht archive) and the St. Mary's Basilica.
 * List of cities, towns and villages in Utrecht (City)
 * List of cities, towns and villages in Utrecht (municipality)
 * List of war monuments in Utrecht (municipality)

===Demographics<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ' City Castle ' OudaenWinkel van SinkelTown Hall and Town Hall bridgeInterior main post officeRietveld-Schröderhuis*Oudegracht Oudaen, 99, a fortified House from about 1280. Utrecht counted in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries many of these castle-like houses of wealthy patricians.Less well preserved include drakenburg (Oudegracht 114), Cranestein (old Canal 55), Fresenburch (old Canal 113) and Blankenburch (old Canal 121). ===Ports<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Godskameren and courtyards<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Speyart by Woerden's hofje ===Mills<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Disappeared buildings<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === The life insurance company ' Utrecht '*St. Salvator Church, situated on the current DOM square right next to the Cathedral. Demolished in 1587 after the reformation and the ban on Catholicism. ===Cemeteries/crematoria<span class="mw-editsection" len="348" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In terms of modern cemeteries/crematoria is the cemetery Villafranca in the first half of the 19th century. St. Barbara cemetery is around 1870 designed by Alfred Tepe and kent include various graves of Roman Catholic archbishops. From the beginning of the 20th century was Kovels wade. Cemetery Tolsteeg is designed by Krijn Perk Flanders, Landscaper and plantsoenmeester of the municipality of Utrecht; There is an Assembly Hall to the design of architect Gosse van der Gaast in the style of the new objectivity.Cemetery/crematorium Daelwijck from about 1967 has an Assembly Hall which was designed by architect h. Dam. ===Streets, avenues, canals, squares and parks<span class="mw-editsection" len="365" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * The Dom, the main Church of the city, built as the Cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht and originally dedicated to Saint Martin. With the construction was started in 1254 in the style of the northern French Gothic cathedrals. The famous, 112 metre high DOM Tower from 1321-1382 is the highest church tower in the Netherlands. Since a tornado in 1674 the ship did collapse, the DOM Church exclusively from the choir and the transept. The Tower has been los. Since 1580 is the Lutheran Cathedral in the hands of theProtestants.
 * Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic Church and was officially opened on 15 June 1928. The Church is renovated in 2009 yet. Acts currently as apartment complex.
 * John's Church, originally a collegiate church, shortly after Peter's Church founded and a slightly more modest and less well-preserved version. The choir was greatly enlarged in the sixteenth century. Now students Church.
 * Neighbouring Church, the oldest and largest parish church of the city, founded in the tenth century and dedicated to Maria. The current vijfbeukige construction work with the strong tower was largely from the fourteenth to sixteenth century. Now serves as a museum, the popular musical Clock Museum (formerly Museum from musical clock to street organ).
 * Jacobi Church, originally a parish church, dedicated to James. Originated in the twelfth century, but in its current form a three-aisled Hall church from the thirteenth to fifteenth century with a big Tower.
 * Nicolaï Church, originally a parish church, dedicated to Saint Nikolaus. Originated in the twelfth century. Striking is the Romanesque two Tower front, unusual for a parish church. The rest of the Church is predominantly Gothic.
 * Geertekerk, originally a parish church, dedicated to Saint Gertrude of Nivelles. It is an austere Church, built in the thirteenth to fifteenth century.
 * Cathedral of Saint Catherine, originally a monastic Church, dedicated to Catherine of Alexandria. Built in the sixteenth century as a late Gothic cross basilica. After the restoration of the bishopric hierarchy in 1853 she became the Cathedral of Utrecht. In the adjoining catharijneconvent is now an important museum of religious art established.
 * Gertrude, one of the best-preserved churches of Netherlands, in the seventeenth century housed in a medieval house.
 * Lutheran Church in 1745 to the Hamburger Street, located in the late Gothic Chapel of the former Ursula monastery, which was strongly grown for that purpose. Jewish population constructed in 1749 to the Hamburger a new facade.
 * New Church of 1910 to the Bollenhofsestraat and designed by architect Christiaan posthumus Meyjes sr., it was the first Church in Utrecht that if reformed church was built.
 * Baptist Church from 1772-1773 to the old Canal, a simple Hall church, designed by Willem de Haan.
 * Peter's Church, originally a collegiate church, founded by Bishop Bernoldin 1039, and dedicated to Petrus. It is the best preserved Romanesque church in Utrecht, largely dating from the eleventh century. Currently in use in the Walloon municipality.
 * Saint Augustine Church from 1839-1840 to the Oudegracht, a Hydrological Church designed by K.G. Zocher, with a huge neoclassical temple front on the Canal side.
 * St. Willibrord Church from 1876-1877, a neo-Gothic Church, designed by Alfred Tepe. The Church has its neo-Gothic inventory, manufactured by members of the St. Bernulphusgilde, almost entirely preserved.
 * St. Gertrude's Cathedral at the Walker parking facilities, in 1912-1914 in neo-Romanesque style built. Cathedral of the old-Catholics.
 * Cloister of St. Mary's Basilica, the disappeared from the twelfth century.
 * The German House on the Springweg, the Netherlands's best preserved medieval Monastery complex, whose main building from ca. 1350 was. The Church is, however, collapsed at the tornado of 1674. Now hotel Karel V.
 * Agnietenklooster to the Agnietenstraat, consisting of a chapel from 1512-1516 and a being standing wing. Since 1921 is the Central Museum in the complex located (some wings were added in neo-Gothic style).
 * St. Nicholas monastery to the doelenstraat, founded in the fourteenth century. The late-medieval building is especially interesting by the Gallery on pointed arches in the courtyard.
 * Synagogue on the Springweg, built in art nouveaustyle by the Jewish architect Harry Elte.
 * Westerkerk to the Catharijne Quay. This church was built in 1891 under the supervision of A.W. van Beeck Calkoen, but was probably designed by master carpenter h. van Dijk. It was initially used by the Doleantie municipality (from 1892: Reformed Church). But since 1966, the Church is in the possession of the reformed church. The Church is built in eclectic style with neoclassical elements.
 * In the Dark House Zoudenbalch Street from 1467-1468 in late Gothic style, with a striking stone façade, which is restored after a fire in 1903 .
 * Bartholomeïgasthuis to the long smeestraat, from 1367, consisting of a wing on the street with a being standing Chapel.
 * Sint-Eloyengasthuis, butter Street 22. Since 1440 is here the House of forging St. Eloy Guild established. The House is only open for visitors on the national heritage day (second Saturday in september). The access door/port dates from 1644.
 * Paushuize from 1517, built by order of the Pope Adrian VIfrom Utrecht, which has, however, never inhabited. It is a late-Gothic building with a typical "Bacon layers" of natural stone and brick.
 * Sonnenborgh and Manenborgh, two strongholds, remains of the city strengthening from around 1550. Sonnenborgh Observatory is now in use.
 * Tweebeukige Leeuwenberghgasthuis, a Hall, built in 1567 as pest House, later used as a church. The Gatehouse to the city wall is gone.
 * Large Meat home to the voorstraat, built in 1637, probably designed by the painter Paulus Moreelse.
 * States room, the former refectory of the convent at the janskerkhof with a gate from 1643. Now part of Utrecht University.
 * The Pretzel, behind St. Peter 's, living house from 1663 with strange ornaments and a special door. Built by Everard Meyster, known from the Amersfoortse Kei.
 * Foundation of Renswoude from 1757 by Joan Verkerk in rococo style. Originally an institution that gifted being a training concerned. The lush interior is largely preserved in their original state.
 * Winkel van Sinkel to the old Canal from 1839, designed by p. Adams in neoclassical style. One of the first department stores in Netherlands, striking by the four caryatids in the façade.
 * Utrecht City Hall on the Town Hall bridge on the old Canal, with a heavy neoclassical facade of natural stone from 1826-1847.
 * Building for arts and Sciences to the Maria place. Built on the site of the demolished Maria Church in 1844. Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms Conservatory recording Now.
 * Main building (I) of the Dutch railways from 1870.
 * Main building II of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch railways) from 1893-95 in neo-Renaissance style by architect J.F. Kadam.
 * Academy building to the Cathedral square in neo-Renaissance style, designed by E.H. Gugel and J.F. Nieuwenhuis.
 * Pharmacy on voorstraat 6, the best surviving example of Art Nouveau in Utrecht, built in 1904 to a design by r. Radford Gzn.
 * PhRM to janskerkhof 14, society of the Utrechtsch Studenten Corps, built in 1901 and designed by A.H. Zad.
 * Main post office at the Neude from 1918 by j. Crouwel along the lines of the Amsterdam School. Striking is the Hall with its arched span.
 * The ink pot, the old main building III of the Dutch railways, a gigantic brick behemoth from 1918-' 21, designed by G.W. Venter. Since 2003 is located in the building ProRail .
 * The world famous Rietveld Schröder House from 1924, designed by Gerrit Rietveld. It is the best example of the style-architecture. It is since 2000 a UNESCO World Heritage site on the
 * At the police station Tolsteeg Tolsteeg bridge, a building from 1926 along the lines of the Amsterdam School. Louis Hartlooper Complex movie house ' currently '.
 * The forts at Utrecht as part of the New Dutch Water line, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1995.
 * Many buildings on De Uithof campus are architectural masterpieces. Examples include the Educatorium by Rem Koolhaas, the University Library by Wiel Arets, the Minnaert building of Willem Jan Neutelings and the bishops of Köther-Salman Architekten.
 * Orphanage port on the Springweg, built at the beginning of the seventeenth century using older elements
 * On the west side of the court gate Nieuwegracht between Pausdam in Utrecht and Paul bridge, a hard stone gate with Doric-shaped gate (third quarter 16th century and ca. 1620)
 * Gate of the ProRail HQ to the Napkin Street (1634)
 * Beyerskameren to the Lange Nieuwstraat/Agnietenstraat (1597-1650)
 * Bruntskameren to the Lepelenburg (1621)
 * Kameren Maria Pallaes's to the Agnietenstraat (1651)
 * Rhine and Sun, a corn mill in the Birding neighborhood.
 * The star, a sawmill in Lombok district.
 * Castle Vredenburg, the hated compulsion Castle of Emperor Charles V, scrapped by the Utrecht population in 1577-1581.
 * The St Paul's Abbey from the eleventh century, in steps disappeared after the Reformation in 1580. Some remains were recovered in the former Court to the Hamburger Street.
 * The Maria Church from the eleventh century, one of the most beautiful Romanesque churches of Netherlands, extensive established by the painter Pieter Jansz. Saenredamand demolished in 1811 by order of Napoleon Bonaparte. The twelfth-century cloister is preserved.
 * Lofen Palace, in 1040 Emperor Henry III left this Palace, it was between the current Cathedral square and the old Canal.
 * The building "the Utrecht", Utrecht's life insurance company, a fine example of Art Nouveauarchitecture from 1902, designed by j. Verheul, scrapped in 1974 for the construction of Hoog Catharijne shopping centre. Various elements were stored.
 * The former main train Station by architect Sybold van Ravesteyn, replaced by Hoog Catharijne shopping centre.
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 * <p lang="en" len="32" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Utrecht, Dave singel in 1902.

==Shopping<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">To the West of the city centre is the drive that contains the attached Hoog Catharijneshopping and office complex, which has been controversial since it exists, both for its architecture as well as the corruption that occurred, making it a haven for drug users was. Since the beginning of 2000, however, there is a lot of time and money spent by the municipality to improve this quality of life. In 2006, a Dutch and European Prize. In 2008 started a large-scale revamp of the entire station area (see Approach railway station area). So will the singel around Vredenburg Utrecht be restored and is thoroughly renovated. There will also be Smakkelaarsveld a small port on the weather in the singel with the Leidse Rijnconnection brings. Since early 80 's is located on the South side of the city, an area in which woonboulevard Utrecht63 stores are located. ===Markets<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="213" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are several markets in Utrecht such as:
 * See list of streets in Utrecht
 * See also the list of buildings in Utrecht
 * See also the list of tallest buildings in Utrecht

==Culture<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Cinema<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Music and theatre<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Art in public space<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="97" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the municipality are various images, sculptures and objects placed in public space, see:
 * Breedstraat on Saturday morning from 8 am-1 pm (thelapjesmarkt )
 * J cemetery on Saturday from 09.00-16.00 hrs
 * Janskerkhof on Saturday from 07: 00-17: 00 (the flower market)
 * Plantation on Wednesday morning from 09.00-13.00
 * Oudegracht/B bridge on Saturday from 08: 00-17: 00
 * Emerald Square on Tuesday from 09.00-15.00 hours
 * By Starkenborghhof on Friday from 09.00-14.00 hours
 * Vredenburg on Wednesday from 10 am-5 pm, on Friday from 10: 00-18: 00 and on Saturday from 08: 00-17: 00
 * Zamenhofdreef on Thursday morning from 09.00-13.00
 * Cinema Catharijne Hoog Catharijne shopping centre at the Radboud 15-19
 * City Movies on the Drift angle and voorstraat 89
 * Filmtheater 't Hoogt Hoogt 4 to the
 * Louis Hartlooper Complex to the Tolsteeg bridge 1
 * Pathé Rembrandt Utrecht to the Oudegracht 73
 * Spring Oats Theatre e.g. to the Springweg 52
 * /Studio to the Oudegracht Wolff Camera154-156
 * TivoliVredenburg is a music building on the Vredenburg Quay. The building contains many rooms and was built on the site of the Vredenburg Music Centre (1978); of that building is preserved the Symphony Hall.
 * political cultural centre ACU
 * poppodium EKKO in origin to the David
 * Tivoli music venue to the old Canal and the new Hall to the slope
 * Municipal Theatre
 * The Horses Cathedral Theatre in the stables of the then National Veterinary school.
 * The House Theatre v/h House to the yard
 * Theater Kikker
 * Mirliton Theatre in Hoog Catharijne, originally cabaret and vaudeville stage
 * Schillertheater to the Minrebroederstraat
 * Beatrix Theater
 * RASA, Centre that art and culture from all over the world presents
 * Kargadoor, Centre on the old canal that 40 years of cultural, social and political plays an important role in Utrecht.
 * Theater De Stap in Lunetten
 * Street Theatre ZIMIHC to the building in White women
 * DB's, rehearsal rooms and small-scale music venue, led to a passionate debateamong other nights

===Museums<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === The Railway museum*Aboriginal Art Museum ===Events and festivals<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Movies in Utrecht<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Traffic and transport<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Train<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Station Utrecht Centraal is the main railway junction of Netherlands and has direct trains on three after all other State capitals (except its Lelystad, Haarlem (since december 2006) and Middelburg).
 * Images in the buurkerk, Northwest and Overvecht, East and Northeast, South and Southwest and West, Leidsche Rijn and Vleuten-De Meern
 * Centraal Museum
 * Centre For Visual Arts Utrecht.
 * Dirkje Kam Museum
 * Money museum
 * Museum Catharijneconvent
 * Museum Maluku
 * Musical Clock Museum (formerly Museum from musical clock to street organ)
 * The Railway museum
 * Sonnenborgh
 * University museum
 * Volksbuurtmuseum Wijk C
 * Festival aan de Werf (theatre festival, may)
 * Holland Festival Oude Muziek (August/september)
 * Holland Animation Film Festival (animation festival, March)
 * Le Guess Who?, music festival focusing on indie rock and experimental rock (end of november)
 * Latin American Film Festival (LAFF), may
 * Utrecht Marathon (March/april)
 * Dutch Film Festival (september/October)
 * Springdance (dance festival, april)
 * Utrecht Uitfeest (september) for the opening of the cultural season
 * Utrecht Literature Festival (quirky literature festival of SLAU, October)
 * Utrecht Museum Night
 * Holiday fair in the Jaarbeurs Utrecht
 * About Utrecht Utrecht (cinema and literature festival, June) in the Louis Hartlooper Complex
 * Summer Darkness (alternative music festival, August)
 * International Franz Liszt Piano Competition (tri-annual music contest)
 * Dutch Theatresports Tournament (improvisational theatre, March)
 * Amsterdamned the film by Dick Maas was included in part on the Oude Gracht.
 * The movie Minoes by Vincent Ball was partially shot in Utrecht, in the middle of the île Versailles.
 * The Utrecht fish market was one of the locations in the films love Talal, Mariken van unseen world and other essays and Crumb .
 * In the film Character come only for locations in Utrecht.
 * Phileine zegt sorry stood In the dwelling of Phileine in Utrecht, on the corner of the Napkin and the Slight GroveStreet. In addition, there were recordings made in the Wilhelmina park.
 * Het schnitzelparadijs In all scenes in and around the restaurant included in an office building on the A2, as well as the Head Office of the Hema. One scene takes place on the rooftop terrace, overlooking the highway.
 * The film The Pretenders by Jos Stelling was included in the Utrecht neighbourhood improvements.
 * Some scenes from Black Book by Paul Verhoeven are included in the Ridderschapstraat. The old garage in this street was converted into a mortuary for the occasion.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first railway line was opened in 1843. This was the line to the Amsterdam station Weesperpoort. In 1844-1845 followed the connection with Arnhem. In 1855 came the connection with Rotterdam Gouda – and also from 1870 to the Hague, which in 1863 to Amersfoort and in 1868-1870 the line to Boxtel. As the last connection was in 1874 the line opened to Hilversum . ===Bus and tram<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The city of Utrecht has a very extensive buslijnennet of the Qbuzz. Buses run from Qbuzz to Maarssen, Vleuten/De Meern and Kockengen. Most buses run every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday, in the evening and on Sundays every 15 minutes. Utrecht is the first city in Europe where dubbelgelede buses drive.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Qbuzz takes care of the transport, including the most region Utrechtse sneltram, which runs from the central station via kanaleneiland to Nieuwegein-zuid/IJsselstein. Now is also the construction of the tram line to De Uithof, the University Centre, started. This should replace the overallocated bus 12.

<p lang="en" len="314" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The city of Utrecht is working on the development of a network for quick HOVconnections within the agglomeration. ===Car<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Road Network<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The city is enclosed on three sides by motorways. The West of the city is the A2, the A12 to the South and East the A27. Important traffic nodes and oudenrijn, LunettenRijnsweerd. From the last intersection begins a fourth, the A28motorway. North of Utrecht is the balance created by the N230 ring road.
 * The Utrecht Region Board (BRU) has for public transport in the Utrecht region launched the brand name you-OV .
 * The bus station near Station Utrecht Centraal is the largest bus station of Netherlands.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">These roads form the Ring Utrecht. ==Politics<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Elected Mayor<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At an exploratory debate, a majority of the Utrecht City Council on 12 October 2006 decided to organize a referendum mayors . A trust Commission from the City Council has two candidates selected, after which the population through a vote should determine who the successor is by Annie Brouwer-Korf, who has indicated to withdraw as of 1 January 2008. Proponents of the referendum were PvdA, Groenlinks and D66 (a total of 25 of the 45 seats). A turnout of at least 30% was the condition for the validity of the referendum. The mayors referendum took place on 10 October 2007, the people from Utrecht could choose from Aleid Wolfsen and Ralph Pans, both members of the labour party.

<p lang="en" len="470" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Because on October 1, 2007 through court decision, it was found that the voting computers that came with the elections of november 2006 and March 2007 have been used, never have been approved, was there with the well known red pencil voted into hastily cobbled voting booths of particle board.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The rise was only 9.25%, making the referendum was invalid. 16.3% also voted blank or invalid. 60.7% of the valid votes Aleid Wolfsen (13.014 votes) and Ralph Pans 22.9% (4914 votes). Utrecht is the seventh municipality where a referendum was held, the turnout is the lowest so far. On Thursday morning, October 11, 2007 the City Council decided to nominate Walter with the Government. Thirty votes In the City Council were released on him. P got two votes and eleven Council members brought a blank vote. ===College van Burgemeester en Wethouders<span class="mw-editsection" len="360" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 15 april 2006, the college programme covering the period 2006-2010 presented. The college van burgemeester en wethouders, installed on april 28, is formed by the Coalition, PvdA, Groenlinksand ChristenunieCDA (28 of the 45 seats). On 14 March 2009 stepped green left from the college.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [11]  On 26 March 2009, Christianunion Alderman Tymon de Weger expelled by the Council.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [12]  on april 10, 2009, the composition of a new college in which the VVD had taken the place of green left. After the elections of March 3, 2010 there is a new college formed consisting of Greenleft, labour party, and D66 (28 seats). The college program is called ' Green, Open and social '. After the municipal elections of 2014, there is a new college formed consisting of Greenleft, D66 and VVD, SP.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The President of the College of B & W is Mayor:

<p lang="en" len="178" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Aldermen are:
 * Jan van Zanen (VVD), public order and safety (police, fire brigade), civil affairs, Legal Affairs and bestuursinformatie, ombudszaken, the Utrecht archive, security House

===Seat partitioning municipality Council<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Utrecht City Council France 45 seats. The distribution of seats is based on the elections of 3 March 2010. On 22 June 2011, it was announced that Councillor René Kalu of proud Netherlands from discontent from the party is stepped, Kalu went on in the Utrecht Council under the name Group Kalu.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-utrecht.nl_13-0" len="179" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [13]
 * Victor Everhardt (D66), work and income, child welfare, public health, railway station area, first Deputy Mayor, area Leidsche Rijn, area Northeast
 * Jeroen Kale (D66), finance, economics, education, International Affairs, City promotion, area Overvecht, area East
 * Fate of Venom (Green left), traffic and mobility, sustainability, environment, South West District, area
 * John Jongerius (Green left), long term care, social care, welfare transition, area-oriented support and participation, culture, area Northwest
 * Kees Geldof (VVD), organisational change, public services, public space and green, land Affairs, Leidsche Rijn, heritage and monuments, area Vleuten-De Meern, area Town
 * Paulus Jansen (SP), housing, land use planning, real estate, animal welfare, sports, area Southwest

<p lang="en" len="239" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The composition of the Utrecht City Council from 1962 is as follows:

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">NB.: if Green Left parties, CDA and CU were formerly from other parties which later merged in how they are called. Because of the similarities is the current name for the past also used. ==Education<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == De Uithof In the district on the East side of Utrecht are the social and physical faculties of the University of Utrecht, as well as theUniversity of applied sciences Utrecht. In front of the University Library, designed by Wiel Arets, and in the background the Willem c. van unnik building.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Within the province of Utrecht takes an important place in the field of education. The Utrecht University (founded in 1636) is the largest of Netherlands, and is considered one of the better national and international universities.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [15]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  in addition, the Cathedral City of three colleges; all higher education institutions together can accommodate approximately 65,000 students.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [18]  Furthermore there are twenty secondary schools in Utrecht located (depending on the definition) and more than 80elementary schools. ==Sports<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Football club FC Utrecht plays in the eredivisie and plays home games at Stadion galgenwaard. The club, who have never degraded, arose from the merger of three football clubs, DOSUtrecht, USV Elinkwijk and Velox in 1970. The first two still exist as an amateur clubs. DOS is the only club from Utrecht, Netherlands champion ever was in 1958. Before the war, counted also with Hercules, that was founded in 1882 and was the third football club in Netherlands. Hercules has contributed to the popularity of football. Elinkwijk comes out in the Sunday First class (2013/14) and Netherlands at the zondagamateurs champion in 1974.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are more sports associations in the city. At the first UVV baseball men's team in the baseball Baseball Big League, the highest Division in Netherlands. The first softball women's team plays in the big League Softball (women), the highest softball Division in Netherlands. Kampong is similar in the second hockey club membership ofNetherlands and plays for both the gentlemen and ladies in the Big League. The teams are variously been Dutch champion and also have won the European Cup I and II.In 1998, the World Cup hockey for the men and women simultaneously held in Utrecht, the first doubles tournament in the hockey history. At the Utrecht chess club playschess in the Master class, the highest League of Netherlands. The ladies of Uball Amazon play basketball on eredivisie level. In addition, high-level played lacrosse in Utrecht: at the Cathedral City Devils play both the gentlemen and ladies in the Big League, the highest League of Netherlands. In recent years, both teams competed in the play-offs for the Championship. The ladies of the Cathedral City Devils become Dutch champion lacrosse in 2011.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since 1978 the Utrecht Marathon annually organized by the city and Leidsche Rijn. Other events including skating competitions and darts, regular place in the Vechtsebanen.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On every Friday evening from early May until the end of september, a skate tour parade Foundation Utrecht Skate for inline skaters and skaters of about 23 km by Utrecht. In Utrecht is an indoor Skate park facility for skateboarding.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Wrestling Association U.K.V. (Utrecht power sport Association) The Halter running together with Olympia, also from Utrecht, Netherlands in the top class of.

<p lang="en" len="395" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2015 will start the tour of France in Utrecht. ==Famous People From Utrecht<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Town Twinning<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * León (Nicaragua), since 1985
 * Brno (Czech Republic), since 1993
 * Hannover (Germany), from 1970 to 1976
 * Marseille (France)