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Popular Best Things to Do in Utrecht [2025]
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Kasteel De Haar
4.8
/5
26 reviews
6.2
From MYR 166.03
Based on 1,223 reviews
14.2 km from downtown
Phone +31306778515
Address: Kasteellaan 1, 3455 RR Utrecht, Netherlands
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
Highlights:
Spring garden & castle views
Popular Dutch wedding photo backdrop
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The prototype of Howl's Moving Castle is still very large. Because it is a castle that has been used all the time, it is still very modern and luxurious. There are explanation boards to use. There are actually live NPCs in each room. If you are interested enough, you can go up and chat to learn about the story of this castle.
Very beautiful castle and magnificent gardens.The people in all the castle ticks provide slightly more lively explanations than the maps which are also available in many languages in each room.
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Oudegracht
4.4
/5
18 reviews
5.0
6 km from downtown
Phone +31854019555
Address: Utrecht, Netherlands
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2.5 hours
Highlights:
Bars & cafes along historic canal
Utrecht's 11th-century canal tour
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The Oudegracht runs through the city center of the ancient Dutch city of Utrecht, starting in the southeast of the city. Here, the original main riverbed of the Rhine and a new main canal that reconnects Utrecht to the Rhine separate, and the old canal merges with the original moat of the fortified town, from where it enters the center of town.
The Old Canal (Oudegracht) that runs through the center of Utrecht, Netherlands, begins in the southeast of the city. Here the original main riverbed of the Rhine and a new main stream of the Rhine join to enter the center of town. When the city's sluice system was completed in 1275, the water level remained constant, allowing permanent dry wine cellars and new quays to be built above the water level, thus forming a typical quay below street level. Warehouses used to line the canal. Today, many of these warehouses have been converted into restaurants and cafes.
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Dom Tower
4.6
/5
23 reviews
4.3
Based on 2,040 reviews
5.9 km from downtown
Phone +31302360010
Address: Domplein 9, 3512 JC Utrecht, Netherlands
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-3 hours
Highlights:
Climb 367ft tower & enjoy views
14th-century Gothic architectural marvel
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The Domkerk Cathedral in Utrecht, Netherlands, has a 112-meter-high tower. This Gothic cathedral was once the largest church in the Netherlands, but the nave collapsed in a storm in 1674 and was never rebuilt, isolating the tower from the east end. The tower is now a symbol of the city.
The cathedral tower in Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands at 112.5 meters. The cathedral tower was part of the Cathedral of St. Martin and was built between 1321 and 1382. Due to lack of funds, the cathedral was never fully completed. Since the unfinished nave collapsed in 1674, the cathedral tower has been an independent tower.
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