Leeuwenbergh guest house Plague hospital built in 1567 from a bequest of Agnes van Leeuwenbergh. nearly rebuilt in 1678 after a city fire. Converted into military barracks in 1794. University building from 1845 to 1930. Church building ever since. Restored in 1881, 1930 and 1977.
Maliebaan – Cycling road
Maliebaan – bike path On September 15th, 1885, the first cycling road in the Netherlands was built here. In 1883, the Nederlansche Bond voor Vélocipčdisten was founded on Maliebaan 89. Cycling was a new and popular leisure activity, but it still encountered resistance here and there. The association aimed to remove prejudices against cycling. In […]
foundation of Renswoude
Foundation of Renswoude The wealthy Maria Duyst van Voorhout (1662 – 1754), Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude, left almost her entire fortune to three orphanages in Utrecht, Delft and The Hague. She determined that gifted orphan boys should be trained internally in artistic and technical subjects. The regents of the Utrecht Stadsambacht children’s home, now the Centraal […]
Maliegame on the Maliebaan
Game of Malie on the Maliebaan In 1637, the Maliebaan was built for playing the malie or paille-maille game. In the 17th century, this golf game was widely practiced. With the malie – a wooden stick with an iron end – a ball was hit through an arc. The malies were rented out by the […]
Utrecht town council (vroedschap)
paille-malie game After Utrecht University was founded in 1636, the Vroedschap of Utrecht decided in 1637 to lay out a maille court for the paille-malie game, partly for the benefit of the students. This decision is recorded in the resolution of February 6, 1637: On monday the 6th of February, Agreement has been found to […]
ANWB tourist association
ANWB tourist association ANWB tourist association 1883-1933 Founded here July 1st In memory of the 100th anniversary of the Royal Dutch Tourist Association ANWB ANWB – 1 July 1983
Polar bear statue
This statue was placed on behalf of the Utrecht bourgeoisie in memory of May 7, 1945 That day the English pulled 49th Regiment Reconnaissance Troops Polar Bears as part of the First Canadian army across the Biltstraat into the city and thereby confirmed the Liberation of Utrecht
Poem Bench Fred Penninga
patching shreds of morning mist move slowly into the polder birdsong and wild song make the day start then the first sunlight falls onto Utrecht the campsite is buzzing here and there an early phrase Fred Penninga
Poem Bench
“Poem-Bench’’ Design: Tomasz Vetulani Construction: De Wilde Metaal, de Bilt Commissioned by: The Voorveldse Polder Foundation Financed by the Entrepreneurs Fund VoorveldsePolder and the Initiative Fund of the Municipality of Utrecht
The East railway track
The Eastern Railway In 1874, the Oosterspoorbaan crossed a horticultural area of gardeners, also known as ‘the vegetable garden of Utrecht’. The vegetables were brought to the city over the river Minstroom, an old branch of the Kromme Rijn. After the construction of the railway with a bridge over the Minstroom, houses were built in […]