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As long as you don’t write a song of praise. As long as you remain willing not to sing, but to whisper like water – murmuring through the goto above your head, rushing in the pipes beneath our feet As long as you understand that the city is a part yours, as well as the […]

The Maria Church used to be depicted on this place across the street, on the side wall of No. 17. In 1845, the building for Arts and Sciences was built here, hence the conservatory. The 11th century Romanesque cloister has been preserved. In the garden, the Pandhof Sinte Marie, there are many Maria plants. Since […]

Krommerijn Park Welcome to the park A park that is a surprising place to visit and to walk through. A park along the river that has an interesting landscape and is decorated with art objects. A place where people meet and where local neighbours feel responsible. The rules of the General Local Regulation (APV) apply […]

There are places in the city where people don’t like to go but when you get there, unexpectedly it’s much nicer than you thought As you are in the most beautiful woods sometimes a bird hears silence Like in a cloud of arms a small shower of rain  sometimes smiles That’s how it should be […]

This series of 19 unique photo works for the passages under the railway in Albatrosstraat and Bleekstraat were commissioned by ProRail and the municipality of Utrecht by Frans Hofmeester (1959). What is special about this project is that local residents have been actively involved in its realization from the start. Frans Hofmeester’s photographic works have […]

Thomas van Nijkercken Dean of St. John’s Chapter, left part of his wealth for the benefit of this foundation. The foundation was founded in 1551 by will for the benefit of the ‘house poor’ In 1895 the foundation had five free homes, four of which are in ABC Street The houses on ABC Street were […]

The Rose under the Linden In 1443, Anton Hely built a house on the part of the Nieuwegracht that was called ‘Onder de Linden’. In his coat of arms he carried a rose, after which he probably called his house ‘The Rose’. That name remained in vogue until 1723 when the city of Utrecht purchased […]

Far away comes closer by Sonnenborgh, Museum – Observatory This photo was taken around 1895 from where you are standing now. On top of the hill is a large building with a number of tall masts on top. It is the establishment of the KNMI, which was started here in 1854, on top of the […]

Central Israeli Orphanage The child is no more Gen 37:30 This building has been located since 1871 The Central Israeli Orphanage Jewish orphans found here a safe home. In 1942 they, their companions and their director, taken away from here they never returned. “May their souls be bundled together in the bundle of eternal life” […]

Three Artists from the Same Time: Anna Maria van Schurman, Rembrandt and Jacob Backer (Jacob Houbraken, 1729)