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Historisch Utrecht: Een Reis Door Tijd En Cultuur

An audio guided tour by Hans De Hengel, The History Buff

Welcome to Utrecht! On this GPS guided audio tour, we will visit 20 stops on a route of 2.60km. This tour focusses mainly on history.

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Tour Sights 📸

Kerkenkruis

Sight A kerkenkruis is a formation of churches that form a cross on a map, with the Utrecht Cathedral as the central point, and four other churches as its extremities, all dating from the Middle Ages.

Jan van Nassau

Statue A bronze statue depicting Jan van Nassau, the initiator of the Union of Utrecht, showing him holding a paper with the union's text and resting his other hand on his shield.

St. Salvator's Church

Church A 12th-century Romanesque-Gothic church building that was originally dedicated to St. Salvator, featuring a deep choir, transept, and short nave, and later adapted to serve as a chapter church.

Traiectum

Sight A Roman castellum, Traiectum, was a fortification on the Lower Limes Germanicus defensive lines, built from wood in the 1st century AD and rebuilt in stone in the 3rd century AD.

Dom Tower of Utrecht

Sight A 112.32-metre-tall church tower in the Netherlands, considered the symbol of Utrecht, built between 1321 and 1382, and standing at the spot where the city originated almost 2,000 years ago.

St. Martin's Cathedral

Sight A Gothic cathedral in Utrecht, remaining parts including the choir, transept, and Dom Tower.

Paleis Lofen

Sight A kaiserpfalz, a palace of the German emperors, that was built in the mid-11th century, divided in the middle by a row of sandstone columns, with a tufstone outer wall and a basement.

Maartensbrug

Bridge A historic bridge in Utrecht, the Maartensbrug is the oldest bridge over the Oudegracht and has been used for centuries as a path for mode of transportation, now a protected national monument.

St. Eloy's Hospice

Former Hospital A former hospital, currently a guildhall, occupied by the Smedengilde (guild of smiths) since 1440, with a rich history and traditions, including a kolf court and charitable activities.

Duitse Huis

Sight A squatter's house, formerly known as the Duitse Huis, is a historic building complex that was once the headquarters of the Teutonic Order.