100 things to do in Utrecht

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# Climb the mighty 112,5 meters [http://www.domtoren.nl/default.asp?action=pagina&pagina=1842&taal=1&sId=123&click=1180&path=_0_1180&submenu=295 Dom Tower]
# Have one of over 100 different great [[Belgium|Belgian]] beers at [http://maps.google.nl/maps?hl=nl&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:nl:official&hs=GTS&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=cafe+belgie+utrecht&fb=1&gl=nl&hq=cafe+belgie&hnear=utrecht&view=text&latlng=1592105389659294221 cafe Belgie]
# Visit the [http://www.spoorwegmuseum.nl/ Railway museum]
# Enjoy a nice summerday, relaxing, picknicking and sporting at [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelminapark_en_omgeving Wilhelminapark]
# Go watch all the famous autographs from rockers on guitars and ofcourse it's famous painting of legendary dead rockers at the pub: [http://www.stairway.nl/ Stairway to heaven]. Also great for cheap dinner.
# Have a cheap [[vegetarian]] (or vegan) meal, or enjoy the underground music scene at [http://www.acu.nl ACU]
# Come to the CS [[Utrecht]] monthly meeting at [http://www.averechts.nl cafe Averechts]
# Join the Dutch national sport, go [http://www.vechtsebanen.nl Iceskating]
# See the upcoming Indiebands, or have a well-priced 3 course-meal at [http://www.ekko.nl Ekko]
# Taste the best Autumnbeers at the [http://www.experienz.nl/events/bockbierfestival/ Bockbeerfestival]
# Go by Canalbike through the Pittoreske canals of Utrecht.
# See the smallest building on the world heritage list, the Rietveld Schroder House
# See the famous bands at [http://www.tivoli.nl Tivoli]
# Go Canooing in the nature of Amelisweerd and have a Pancake
# See the best arthousemovies at 't Hoogt, Springhaver or Louis Hartloper Complex
# Discouver Utrecht by bike
# Go shopping in all the trendy and vintageshops on Oudegracht or Voorstraat
# Have a nice icecream at Il Mulino
# taste delicious chocolate at Simon Levelt or Australian at the Steenweg
# go searching for the Nijntje traffic light
# Visit the highrise modernist buildings at Kanaleneiland and Overvecht and see for yourself if these neighbourhoods are getto's or not.
# Follow CS Utrecht Dutch lessons
# Visit the old Botanical Gardens at the Universiteitsmuseum
# Take a bike ride along the line of fortifications around Utrecht
# Visit Kasteel de Haar and its park
# Take a stroll through the new Botanical Gardens and enjoy a picnic there
# Visit the Uithof for its architecture, especially the Library
# Have a beer at Olivier (a beer bar in a former church)
# Cycle to Pannekoekenhuis Rhijnauwen en have a delicious pancake next to the water
# Go grocery shopping at the [[Turkey|Turkish]] shops in the Kanaalstraat
# Visit one of the Cultural Sundays, lots of different cultural acts in the city centre
# Have a bbq at the lakes of Maarsseveen
# Walk along the Nieuwegracht in spring
# Go to Plug In at SJU
# Dance to Funk at FUDGE in SJU
# Have an ice-cream Roberto's
# Go to the [http://www.utrecht.nl/smartsite.dws?id=119738 Griftpark], see the sun go down on the hill, sit on the stones, join the skaters, basketballers or other sporters or just relax next to the lake
# See bands play on boats on the canal at the Botenparade
# Go to the public Library, have a chai tea with milk in one of the comfotable chairs with a view on the street
# See who gets the 'Gouden Kalf', the Dutch version of the Oscar at the Dutch film festival in Utrecht
# Have a picknick on the 'werf' along the Oudegracht
# Have a picknick on the Keulsekade in the south of Lombok, overlooking canals with houseboats, a park, fancy houses and a money museum
# Find out everything about money in the Moneymuseum
# Find out everything about Aboriginal Art at the Aboriginal Art Museum
# See the fancy post-modernist architecture in the campus The Uithof
# See where Miffy lives
# Have a Broodje Mario
# Spot the UFO on 'the Inkjar', the headoffice of the Dutch railways
# Get a fresh stroopwafel at the market on Vredenburg on wednesday, friday or saturday
# In summertime, go and picnic on Lepelenburg on Sunday and enjoy all the people there playing soccer and juggling and role playing.
# Have a fresh mint tea in Springhavercafe
# Enjoy one of the many cultural sundays
# Go to a theatersports game in Parnassos, Theater aan de werf, or Oudaen
# See a Viking ship, the remains of the Art niveau building 'De Utrecht' or one of the many art exhibitions at centraal museum
# Check how far the gouvernment is with building a whole new station-area
# Go to the rooftop cafe in the V&D in Hoog Catherijne for probably the best views over central Utrecht (including the Dom!).
# In the summer, find a picnic table at the southern end of the Oudegracht terrace, get some food and drink from the nearby supermarkets and snackbars, and have a little gathering with your friends.
# Check the listings at http://www.dnbforum.nl/index.php?action=partyagenda;year=2009;month=10, or the flyers in The Revenge shop on Vredeburg, and reach a drum and bass or dubstep rave at one of the many venues across the city.
# Visit the infamous 'red light canal' for 'research purposes' at the Zandpad section of the Oudegracht.
# Include your visit to zandpad, as part of a cycle trip down the River Vecht to it's end in Muiden, passing through a beautiful landscape of windmills, aristocratic houses and tiny villages. If you're tough enough, visit Kanoverhuur Utrecht at Oudegracht 4, and do the trip by canoe.
# visit the [http://www.drogisterij-woortman.nl/index.htm Drogisterij Woortman], a old fashioned shop from 1851 and buy some herbal tea or lip balm.
# Climb the "Belle van Zuylen" (as soon as it is ready)
# take a look at: the Thinker on the Rock and note what you're thinking
# Find the "Utregtse Kabouter" (graffiti)
# Figure out when the last bar closes @ the Nobelstraat (or le carafon)
# Eat your own lunch (or broodje bigoli) on the Terrace of "de Zaak"
# Eat cheesefondue and enjoy live music @ oude pothuys
# Have a daytrip to the nice medieval city of [Amersfoort]
# Find as many art works from the panorama 200 art project
# Enjoy the late afternoon sun on the stairs of the cityhall on the cityhall bridge
# Enjoy [Argentinia|Argentinian] atmosphere or danmce the tango yourself@ the city hall on thursday evenings in summer
# Visit the lapjes mart on a saturday morning @ Breedstraat(don't pronounce the K form markt if you wanna speak Utrechts dialect!)
# Celebrate Queensnight the 29th of april!
# Enjoy a coffeshop in a boat
# Sing the offocial anthem of Utrecht from Herman Berkien: 'als ik boven op de Dom sta'
# Have great lunch sandwiches with drink for only 5 euro @ gras van de buren, in their nice movie theatre seats
# Visit one of the notorious student house-parties at Ina Boudier Bakkerlaan (IBB)
# See the history of mechanical musical instruments @ museum Speelklok tot Pierlement
# Have a fruity and organic fruitshake at de Kameel
# Get addicted to boardgames at the Joker
# See local bands at the big rehearsal studio DB's
# Be a guest at the live recordings of radio show 'spijkers met koppen' every saturday at cafe Florin
# Celebrate midsummernight with over 100 other couchsurfers
# go skating with a big group on the streets every friday in summer
# go to a free festival at liberation day (may 5th)
# Have a pubcrawl filled with bluesbands at the bluesroute
# have a pubcrawl filled with upcoming bands at popronde
# See live Jazz @ Wijk C during Jazzapalooza
# Join the Goth-parade during the summer darkness weekend
# See fresh students get drunk during de U.I.T.-dagen
# Cry your eyes out with tearjerkersfestival 'smartlappenfestival'
# take a tuktuk
# Get lost in the narrow alleyways in between Oudegracht and Nieuwegracht
# Go to the Ster, a windmill still working as a carpentery
# Buy the best beers at Berts Bierhuis
# See the history of the Molukkans at the Moluks Historisch Museum
# Find out everything about wijk C at their museum
# Find out everything about Zuilen at their museum
# See the house, once owned by the only Dutch pope ever
# Go to Amsterdam!

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