Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Utrecht, Netherlands

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 5.7 km
Ascend 53 m
Descend 52 m

Explore Utrecht in Netherlands with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in UtrechtIndividual Sights in Utrecht

Sight 1: Pniëlkerk

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The Pniëlkerk is a monumental church building in the Dutch city of Utrecht.

Wikipedia: Pniëlkerk_(Utrecht) (NL)

1161 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 2: Sint-Antonius van Paduakerk

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St. Anthony's Church is a former Roman Catholic parish church in the Dutch city of Utrecht, in the middle of the Lombok district

Wikipedia: Sint-Antoniuskerk (Utrecht) (NL)

439 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Houtzaagmolen De Ster

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Houtzaagmolen De Ster Original uploader was Hans de Kroon at nl.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

Sawmill de Ster is the center of the Molenerf de Ster, the only completely preserved sawmill yard in the Netherlands. Molenerf de Ster consists of the windmill with sawmill, the miller's house, two servants' houses and three wood-drying sheds. The top of the mill reaches up to 20 meters. The blades are another 9 meters above that. The Star can be seen from far around.

Wikipedia: Houtzaagmolen De Ster (NL)

510 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Ulu Moskee

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The Ulu Mosque is a mosque in the Lombok district of Utrecht, the first square in the Netherlands to be named after an Islamic place of worship.

Wikipedia: Ulu Camii Moskee Utrecht (NL), Website

649 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: TivoliVredenburg

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The TivoliVredenburg is a contemporary music complex located in Utrecht, Netherlands. The venue consists of five halls designed acoustically for a specific music genre. Along with its hall, the venue also features an "amateur stage" and a cafe.

Wikipedia: TivoliVredenburg (EN), Website

329 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Celestial Teapot

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The Celestial Teapot is a work of art in the center of the Dutch city of Utrecht.

Wikipedia: Celestial Teapot (NL)

296 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Kathedrale Kerk van Ste. Gertrudis

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Kathedrale Kerk van Ste. Gertrudis pepijntje / CC BY-SA 3.0

St. Gertrude's Cathedral in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is the seat of the Archbishop of Utrecht and the mother church of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: St. Gertrude's Cathedral (EN), Website

388 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Buurkerk

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The Buurkerk is a former church building in Utrecht (city), Netherlands on the Buurkerkhof. The building is the location of the Museum Speelklok, and the entrance is on the Steenweg. It is one of the medieval parish churches of Utrecht, along with the Jacobikerk, the Nicolaïkerk and the Geertekerk.

Wikipedia: Buurkerk (EN)

4 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Museum Speelklok

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Museum Speelklok is a museum in Utrecht, Netherlands, specializing in self-playing musical instruments. Since 1984, it has been housed in the centre of Utrecht in a former church called Buurkerk. Among the instruments on display are music boxes, musical clocks, pianolas, barrel organs and a turret clock with a carillon, most of which are still able to play for visitors. The word speelklok means musical clock.

Wikipedia: Museum Speelklok (EN), Website

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Theater Kikker

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Theater Kikker is a theater on the Ganzenmarkt in the city center of Utrecht. The theatre has two halls in which a mixture of contemporary theatre and modern dance is performed. Kikker works a lot with volunteers.

Wikipedia: Theater Kikker (NL), Website

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Kasteel Oudaen

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Oudaen is a fortified medieval house on the Oudegracht in the Dutch city of Utrecht. The building, with house number 99, is one of the most important monuments of the city.

Wikipedia: Oudaen (Utrecht) (NL), Website, Facebook

154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Sint-Augustinuskerk

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Sint-Augustinuskerk T Houdijk / CC BY-SA 2.5

St. Augustine's Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Dutch city of Utrecht, on the northern part of the Oudegracht, dedicated to Augustine of Hippo.

Wikipedia: Sint-Augustinuskerk (Utrecht) (NL)

389 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: watertoren Utrecht Lauwerhof

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The water tower at the Lauwerhof in the city center of Utrecht is a water tower that dates back to the end of the 19th century. It is a national monument. For more than 25 years, the Water Supply Museum was housed in this water tower.

Wikipedia: Watertoren (Utrecht Lauwerhof) (NL)

464 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: Anne Frank

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Anne Frank brbbl / CC BY-SA 3.0

The statue of Anne Frank in the Janskerkhof in Utrecht is a statue of the German-Jewish girl Anne Frank who died during the Holocaust at the age of fifteen. Through her diary, Anne Frank has become the symbol of the victims of the Holocaust worldwide.

Wikipedia: Beeld van Anne Frank (Utrecht) (NL)

47 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Janskerk

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Janskerk

The Janskerk is on the Janskerkhof in the Dutch city of Utrecht. She was founded shortly after 1040 by Bishop Bernold and dedicated to John the Baptist. She was one of the five chapter churches of the city in the Middle Ages. Twenty canons were connected to the chapter of Sint-Jan. The Proosdij was connected to this.

Wikipedia: Janskerk (Utrecht) (NL)

333 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Feest der muzen

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Feest der muzen

Feast of the Muses is a fountain in the Dutch city of Utrecht. It was made by the artist Joop Hekman and was unveiled on 2 October 1959 by the then mayor of Utrecht, De Ranitz, in the park in front of the Stadsschouwburg on the Lucasbolwerk.

Wikipedia: Feest der muzen (NL), Website

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Stadsschouwburg Utrecht

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The Stadsschouwburg is the largest theater building in the Dutch city of Utrecht. Designed in 1937 by the well -known architect Willem Dudok. The building is on the Lucasbolwerk, on the edge of the Utrecht city center. The Stadsschouwburg was opened on 3 September 1941 and then housed the Esplanade restaurant. The building was recognized around 2009 as a national monument after nomination in 2007 on the top 100 Dutch monuments 1940-1958.

Wikipedia: Stadsschouwburg Utrecht (NL), Website

7 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 18: Muze

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Muze D.C. Goosen / CC BY 4.0

Muse is a sculpture by the goldsmith Leo Brom and the architect Willem Dudok that is attached to the façade of the Stadsschouwburg Utrecht.

Wikipedia: Muze (Stadsschouwburg Utrecht) (NL), Website

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