Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Utrecht, Nederland

Druk — Christmas holidays in Nederland, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Regel

  Dom tower by guided tour only

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  The tower reopened after its restoration and is climbed only on a timed guided tour booked online. Weekend slots go a fortnight ahead in summer, and the 465 steps are not the hard part. Bron ↗

Druk — Voorjaarsvakantie (February) holidays in Nederland, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Tulip and bulb season, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Tulip and bulb season

  20 mrt – 10 mei · meestalWilde bloemen & bloeiDruk

  The bulb fields and the show gardens are an hour west of here and run from the third week of March to the middle of May. The fields themselves are cut as soon as the flower has done its job.

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Tulip and bulb season, King's Day

• Opening

  Wharf terrace season

  15 apr – 30 sep · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  The cellars along the Oudegracht put their tables out at water level from spring to autumn. It is the thing this city has that Amsterdam does not, and it only exists in warm months. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  King's Day

  26–27 aprNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  The evening before is the party and the day itself is a city-wide flea market run by children on the pavements. The canals fill with boats and the trains in are rationed. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec), Tulip and bulb season (20 mrt – 10 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Tulip and bulb season, Liberation Day festival

• Festival

  Liberation Day festival

  5 meiNationale feestdagDruk

  Utrecht runs one of the fourteen national liberation festivals on 5 May, free and all day across the parks and the centre. Whether it is a day off depends on the employer, so the city works and parties at once. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec), Tulip and bulb season (20 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)), Wharf terrace season (15 apr – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec), Wharf terrace season (15 apr – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Nederland, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec), Wharf terrace season (15 apr – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Nederland, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Festival Oude Muziek

  26 aug – 6 sep · meestalMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  Ten days of early music in the churches and the Vredenburg at the turn of August into September, the largest festival of its kind anywhere. Cathedral concerts sell in spring. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec), Wharf terrace season (15 apr – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — Netherlands Film Festival, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Netherlands Film Festival

  18 sep – 5 okt · meestalDruk

  The national film festival belongs to Utrecht: ten days at the end of September ending in the Golden Calf awards, with free open-air screenings on the cathedral square. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec), Wharf terrace season (15 apr – 30 sep (meestal)), Festival Oude Muziek (26 aug – 6 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Netherlands Film Festival, Herfstvakantie (autumn) holidays in Nederland

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec), Netherlands Film Festival (18 sep – 5 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Le Guess Who?

  5–8 novMuziekfestivalBoek vroeg

  Four days in November spread across concert halls, churches and a converted sugar factory, with each year's line-up part-chosen by the artists themselves. Beds go with the tickets. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Sint Maarten

  11 novLicht & vuur

  The city's patron saint. Children go door to door with paper lanterns on the evening of 11 November, singing for sweets, and the cathedral tower is lit for it. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Christmas on the canals

  28 nov – 31 dec · meestalKerst & nieuwjaar

  Lights go along the Oudegracht and a small market takes the squares under the cathedral tower. It stays a working city rather than turning itself into a market town for the month. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Christmas holidays in Nederland, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Dom tower by guided tour only (1 jan – 31 dec), Christmas on the canals (28 nov – 31 dec (meestal))