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Climb the mighty 112,5 meters Dom Tower
Have one of over 100 different great Belgian beers at cafe Belgie
Visit the Railway museum
Enjoy a nice summerday, relaxing, picknicking and sporting at Wilhelminapark
Go watch all the famous autographs from rockers on guitars and ofcourse it's famous painting of legendary dead rockers at the pub: Stairway to heaven. Also great for cheap dinner.
Have a cheap vegetarian (or vegan) meal, or enjoy the underground music scene at ACU
Come to the CS Utrecht monthly meeting at cafe Averechts
Join the Dutch national sport, go Iceskating
See the upcoming Indiebands, or have a well-priced 3 course-meal at Ekko
Taste the best Autumnbeers at the 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 Tivoli
Go Canooing in the nature of Amelisweerd and have a Pancake at the historic wooden Theehuis in Rhijnauwen
See the best arthousemovies at 't Hoogt(in a medieval looking builing), Springhaver (with a nice cafe) or Louis Hartloper Complex(in a former police office)
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 Botanical Gardens built around a fortress at the Uithof
Take a bike ride along the line of fortifications around Utrecht which are all part of the national heritage of the Hollandse waterlinie
Visit the 100 years old, but built in medieval Disney-style Kasteel de Haar and its park on a quit nice day or in a day where it is filled with people dressed up in fantasy style
Check the Suster Bertken memorial stone in the Choorstraat, near the crossing with the Zadelstraat
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 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
Join in in freestyle rap sessions at Plug In at SJU
Dance to Funk every friday at FUDGE in SJU
Have an ice-cream Roberto's
Go to the 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 in august.
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 Nijntje, aka Miffy lives
Have a Broodje Mario on Oudegracht next to La viestraat.
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.
See what underground has to offer at Counter Culture festival.
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, Castles and pittoresque villages link Oud-Zuilen and Maarssen Dorp. If you're tough enough, visit Kanoverhuur Utrecht at Oudegracht 4, and do the trip by canoe.
visit the Drogisterij Woortman, a old fashioned shop from 1851 and buy some herbal tea or lip balm.
Enter the old post-office on Neude to admire the grandeur of the art niveau architecture inside
take a look at: the Thinker on the Rock and note what you're thinking
Find the "Utregtse Kabouter" between all the cool graffiti on the biketunnel under Westplein
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, enjoy live music and see the best wasy to recycle crappy old records @ oude pothuys
Have a daytrip to the nice medieval city of [Amersfoort]
Find as many art works from the panorama 200O 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 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!
Get stoned on a boat at Wittevrouwensingel
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 the sterrenwacht

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 # Have a bbq at the lakes of Maarsseveen
 # Walk along the Nieuwegracht in spring
-# Go to Plug In at SJU
+# Join in in freestyle rap sessions at Plug In at [http://www.sjujazz.nl SJU]
-# Dance to Funk at FUDGE in SJU
+# Dance to Funk every friday at FUDGE in [http://www.sjujazz.nl SJU]
-# Have an ice-cream Roberto's
+# Have an ice-cream [http://www.lekkerijs.nl/ 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
+# See bands play on boats on the canal at the [http://www.culturelezondagen.nl/cz/do.php?a=show_visitor_home Botenparade] in august.
 # 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
+# See who gets the 'Gouden Kalf', the Dutch version of the Oscar at the [http://www.culturelezondagen.nl/cz/do.php?a=show_visitor_home 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 money in the [http://www.geldmuseum.nl/ Moneymuseum]
-# Find out everything about Aboriginal Art at the Aboriginal Art Museum
+# Find out everything about Aboriginal Art at the [http://www.aamu.nl/ Aboriginal Art Museum]
 # See the fancy post-modernist architecture in the campus The Uithof
-# See where Miffy lives
+# See where [http://www.dickbrunahuis.com/ Nijntje], aka Miffy lives
-# Have a Broodje Mario
+# Have a Broodje Mario on Oudegracht next to La viestraat.
 # 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
+# See what underground has to offer at [http://www.festival-utrecht.nl/main.php/sec3 Counter Culture festival].
 # Enjoy one of the many cultural sundays
 # Go to a theatersports game in Parnassos, Theater aan de werf, or Oudaen
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 # 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.
+# 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, Castles and pittoresque villages link Oud-Zuilen and Maarssen Dorp. 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.
 # Enter the old post-office on Neude to admire the grandeur of the art niveau architecture inside
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 # 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
+# Eat cheesefondue, enjoy live music and see the best wasy to recycle crappy old records @ oude pothuys
 # Have a daytrip to the nice medieval city of [Amersfoort]
-# Find as many art works from the panorama 200 art project
+# Find as many art works from the panorama 200O 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!
+# 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!
-# Enjoy a coffeshop in a boat
+# Get stoned on a boat at Wittevrouwensingel
-# Sing the offocial anthem of Utrecht from Herman Berkien: 'als ik boven op de Dom sta'
+# Sing the offocial anthem of Utrecht from Herman Berkien: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2PmLKXir9Y '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)