100 things to do in Utrecht

1. Climb the mighty 112,5 meters Dom Tower
2. Choose from 100 different great Belgian beers at café België
3. Celebrate Queensnight strolling all night through the fleamarket in the north of the old town finding the craziest ways to make money on the night of the 29th of April!
4. Go grocery shopping at the Turkish shops in the Kanaalstraat
5. See bands play on boats in the canal at the Botenparade in August.
6. Go canooing in the surroundings of Amelisweerd and have a pancake at the historic wooden theehuis in Rhijnauwen
7. See the smallest building on the world heritage list, the Rietveld-Schröder House
8. Enjoy a nice summerday, relaxing, picknicking and sporting at Wilhelminapark
9. Join the Goth-parade during the Summer Darkness weekend.
10. Get lost in some narrow alleyways connecting Springweg to Oudegracht (find the pilgrim) and Oudegracht to Nieuwegracht.
11. Have a cheap vegetarian (or vegan) meal, or enjoy the underground music scene at ACU
12. Come to the CS Utrecht monthly meeting at cafe Averechts
13. See the best arthouse movies at 't Hoogt(in a medieval looking builing), Springhaver (with a nice café) or Louis Hartloper Complex(in a former police office)
14. Go shopping in all the trendy and vintageshops on Oudegracht or Voorstraat.
15. See the upcoming indie bands, or have a good value 3 course meal at Ekko
16. Taste the best Autumn beers at the Bockbierfestival
17. Go by pedal boat and explore the quaint canals of Utrecht.
18. Take a bike ride along the line of fortifications around Utrecht which are all part of the national heritage of the Hollandse waterlinie
19. Visit the Railway museum
20. See famous bands perform at Tivoli
21. Join the Dutch national sport, go iceskating
22. Discover Utrecht by bike.
23. Buy the best beers at Berts Bierhuis
24. Visit the 100 years old, but built in medieval Disney-style, Kasteel de Haar and its park on a quiet nice day or on a day when it is filled with people dressed up in fantasy styles.
25. Have a nice icecream at Il Mulino or Roberto's
26. Taste delicious chocolate at Simon Levelt or Australian on Steenweg.
27. See where Nijntje, aka Miffy lives.
28. Look for Nijntjes traffic light.
29. Visit the high-rise modernist buildings at Kanaleneiland and Overvecht and see for yourself if these neighbourhoods are ghettos or not.
30. Follow CS Utrecht Dutch lessons
31. Visit Botanical Gardens built around a fortress at the Uithof.
32. Go have a look at all the famous autographs from rockers on guitars and its famous painting of legendary dead rockers at the rock club: Stairway to Heaven. Also great for budget dinners.
33. Have a pubcrawl filled with blues bands at the bluesroute
34. Check the Suster Bertken memorial stone in Choorstraat, near the crossing with Zadelstraat.
35. Have a beer at Olivier's (in a church turned café-restaurant), or taste one of their lovely Belgian dinners with Flemish fries.
36. Eat or have cocktails @ Badhu.
37. Visit one of the Cultural Sundays, lots of different cultural acts in the city centre.
38. Have a bbq at the lakes of Maarsseveen.
39. Walk along the Nieuwegracht in spring (or any time of the year really).
40. Go to the de Ster, a windmill still working as a sawmill.
41. Join in freestyle rap sessions at Plug In at SJU
42. Dance to funk every friday night at FUDGE in SJU
43. Go tango open air behind city hall, every Thursday night (weather permitting) from April - September [1]
44. Visit Griftpark, see the sun set on the hill, sit on the stones, join the skaters, basketballers or other sporters or just chill by the lake.
45. Visit the public library, have a chai tea with milk in one of the comfortable chairs with streetview.
46. See who gets the 'Gouden Kalf', the Dutch version of the Oscars at the Dutch film festival
47. Have a picnic on the 'werf' along the Oudegracht .
48. Have a picnic on Keulsekade in the south of Lombok, overlooking canals with houseboats, a park, fancy houses and the money museum.
49. Find out everything about money at the money museum
50. Join a free festival at Liberation Day (May 5th).
51. Find out everything about Aboriginal Art at the Aboriginal Art Museum
52. Have an organic fruitshake at de Blauwe Kameel
53. See the fancy post-modernist architecture at University campus the Uithof.
54. Have a Broodje Mario on Oudegracht, close to Lange Viestraat.
55. Be amazed at all the interesting and funny books at 2nd hand bookstore De Slegte (which is much bigger inside than it appears from the outside). Full of squeeky winding stairs and narrow isles. Also on Oudegracht.
56. Spot the UFO on the 'ink jar', headoffice of the national railways.
57. Get a fresh stroopwafel at the market on Vredenburg on Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays.
58. On sunny days, have a picnic in tiny Lepelenburg park and enjoy all the gaming, juggling and smiling people.
59. See what underground has to offer at Counter Culture festival.
60. Go to a theatersports game at Parnassos, Theater aan de Werf, or Oudaen.
61. See a Viking ship, the remains of the Art Nouveau building 'De Utrecht' or one of the many art exhibitions at Centraal Museum.
62. Get addicted to board games with the real board game fanatics at the Joker
63. Check the redevelopment plans for central station and its surroundings [2], visit the sites, see for yourself.
64. Go to the rooftop terrace of the V&D department store at Hoog Catherijne for some of the best views over central Utrecht (including the Dom).
65. 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.
66. 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.
67. Visit the infamous 'red light district' for 'research purposes' at the Zandpad section of the Vecht river.
68. Include your visit to Zandpad, as part of a cycle trip down the Vecht to its end in Muiden, passing through a beautiful landscape of windmills, aristocratic houses, castles and scenic villages like Oud-Zuilen and Maarssen dorp. If you're tough enough, go to Kanoverhuur Utrecht at Oudegracht 4, and make the trip in a canoe.
69. Visit the Drogisterij Woortman, an old-fashioned shop from 1851 and buy some herbal tea or lip balm.
70. Enter the old post-office on Neude to admire the grandeur of its interior.
71. Also on Neude: the Thinker on the Rock, another bunny! Take a look and note what you're thinking.
72. See live Jazz @ Wijk C during Jazzapalooza
73. Find the 'Utregtse Kabouter' between all the cool graffiti on the biketunnel under Westplein.
74. Figure out when the last bar closes on Nobelstraat.
75. Eat your own lunch (or 'broodje bigoli') on the terrace of 'de Zaak' (behind city hall).
76. Enjoy cheesefondue, live music and recycled crappy old records @ 't Oude Pothuys
77. Find everything you need on Twijnstraat, the oldest shopping street of Utrecht.
78. Take a break from shopping, eat cake and chocolates at Sector 3
79. Find as many art works from the Panorama 2000 art project as you can.
80. Visit the [http://www.sonnenborgh.nl/ Sterrenwacht}, in a former bastion of the city walls.
81. Enjoy the late afternoon sun on the stairs of city hall.
82. Visit the lapjesmarkt on Saturday mornings in Breedstraat.
83. See the house, once owned by the only Dutch pope ever
84. Find out everything about Zuilen at the Museum van Zuilen
85. Get stoned in a coffeeshop boat (smoke on the water!) on Wittevrouwensingel.
86. Sing the official anthem of Utrecht from Herman Berkien: 'Als ik boven op de Dom sta'
87. have a pubcrawl filled with upcoming bands at Popronde
88. Have great lunch sandwiches with drinks for only 5 euros @ 'Gras van de Buren', in their nice movie theatre seats.
89. Visit one of the notorious student house parties at Ina Boudier Bakkerlaan (IBB).
90. Learn about the history of mechanical musical instruments @ museum Speelklok tot Pierlement
91. See local bands at the big rehearsal studio dB's
92. Be a guest at the live recordings of radio show 'Spijkers met Koppen' every saturday at English pub Florin
93. Celebrate midsummernight with over 100 other couchsurfers.
94. Go skating with a big group on the streets every Friday in summer.
95. See fresh students get drunk during the U.I.T.-dagen
96. Cry your eyes out at the tearjerkers festival 'Smartlappenfestival'
97. Take a TukTuk
98. Visit Soestbergen cemetary, designed by J.D. Zocher jr. in an English landscape style. It became a national monument in 2000.
99. Learn about the history of the Molukkans at the Moluks Historisch Museum
100. Enjoy a free afternoon concert at the Dom church. You cannot enter or leave the church during the concert.