Bruntenhof Fifteen apartments built in 1621 by Frederik Brunt on the site of the medieval Klein Lepelenburg. At number 5 is the main building with a monumental gate. Between 1979 and 1981 the complex was restored.
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 […]
The Year of Peace 1713
‘T Vredejaer 1713 After negotiating for over a year, a series of separate peace treaties were signed in Utrecht in 1713: the Peace of Utrecht. This brought the War of the Spanish Succession to an end (battle over the succession to the throne in Spain between, among others, England and France and numerous European allies). […]
Former cheese warehouse
Former cheese warehouse In 1888 Joh. Verschuur and son from Rotterdam built this cheese warehouse. The building refers to the farmhouse cheese that was made and traded on a large scale in the area. However, this cheese warehouse soon lost its original function. It was used as a grain store, metal company and after the […]
Clausstral House of St. Pieter
Clausstral house of St. Peter. Original rear facade of a house of a canon of the Pieterskerk. This site became a facade in the 17th century. In 1744 (right) and 1756 (left) Jacob Maret was commissioned by the owner D.J. van Tuyll van Seroeskerken van Zuylen to build a facade of Blue limestone. The top […]
Grift Bridge 1917
Grift bridge “1917” The first horse tram in Utrecht was taken into use in 1879 for the connection with Zeist via the Biltstraat. A second line followed in 1889, connecting the Hoogelanden within the city via the Oudegracht with the Ledig Erf. In June 1906, the first electric tram came into service in Utrecht, which […]
The Plompetower
The Plompetoren The canal: from defense line to city park The impressive Plompetoren, almost 40 meters high, protected the entrance to the Plompetorengracht for centuries. Initially, the underpass was in the tower itself, but around 1540 a new water gate was made next to the tower. This new entrance was defended with cannons from the […]
The scale
The scale There used to be serious cylinders here They provided work and gave us lettered light Now I’m on my terp of packaged litter Green cultivated, carefully decorated for a bit of relaxation for spoiled children I lay my elbow on my knee and gaze at a horizon full of urban obstacles It doesn’t […]
Romance – Bicycle parking
Romance When a lot of staff still worked in this building in the 1960s, romances also arose. My best memory of the Neude In 1960 I, Joop van Luijn, worked at the assembly department in the telephone exchanges on the Neude. That same year I met my current wife in the post office. Irene worked […]
someone to call
Calling someone? Back in the day, if you wanted to call someone and you didn’t have a telephone number, you could call the number information service 008. You got the telephone operators on the line who helped you look up the number. In the carousel archive above the ladies or in one of the books […]