Guidebook for Utrecht

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Guidebook for Utrecht

Drinks & Nightlife

Best (craft) beer-bar of Utrecht. Of the Netherlands perhaps. The owners know their beers and are happy to share their infinite knowledge about the brews. Order their home-made shrimp-croquettes!
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De Drie Dorstige Herten
47 Lange Nieuwstraat
13 locals raden deze aan
Best (craft) beer-bar of Utrecht. Of the Netherlands perhaps. The owners know their beers and are happy to share their infinite knowledge about the brews. Order their home-made shrimp-croquettes!
Good terrace and good beer selection
31 locals raden deze aan
Café Tilt!
62 Lange Jufferstraat
31 locals raden deze aan
Good terrace and good beer selection
Good terrace!
39 locals raden deze aan
Café Ledig Erf
3 Tolsteegbrug
39 locals raden deze aan
Good terrace!
Good terrace!
41 locals raden deze aan
Café de Zaak
9 Korte Minrebroederstraat
41 locals raden deze aan
Good terrace!
Nice big fireplace to sit around, decent meals available as well.
16 locals raden deze aan
Le Clochard
2 Ridderhofstad
16 locals raden deze aan
Nice big fireplace to sit around, decent meals available as well.
Local brewery with tasting facility. Bit outside of town, but the beers are highly recommended!
29 locals raden deze aan
Maximus Brewery
2A Pratumplaats
29 locals raden deze aan
Local brewery with tasting facility. Bit outside of town, but the beers are highly recommended!

Food Scene

Best coffee, right around the corner! Also good for some serious (hipster) crowd-watching.
90 locals raden deze aan
The Village Coffee & Music
44-46 Voorstraat
90 locals raden deze aan
Best coffee, right around the corner! Also good for some serious (hipster) crowd-watching.
High-quality food and unexpected combinations. Local produce and as much as possible organic. Always plenty of vegetarian options on their menu!
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Restaurant Deeg
71 Lange Nieuwstraat
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High-quality food and unexpected combinations. Local produce and as much as possible organic. Always plenty of vegetarian options on their menu!
If you are in for some home-baked pastries! Try to sit in their authentic cellar downstairs.
57 locals raden deze aan
Bakkerswinkel Utrecht
2 Wittevrouwenstraat
57 locals raden deze aan
If you are in for some home-baked pastries! Try to sit in their authentic cellar downstairs.
One of the most original restaurants in town. Everything fresh, everything organic, local produce and even an all vegetable menu that is completely vegetarian.
16 locals raden deze aan
De Keuken van Gastmaal
2 Biltstraat
16 locals raden deze aan
One of the most original restaurants in town. Everything fresh, everything organic, local produce and even an all vegetable menu that is completely vegetarian.
Best Surinamese restaurant in the neighbourhood, order their vegetarian roti
18 locals raden deze aan
Restaurant Opium
80 Voorstraat
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Best Surinamese restaurant in the neighbourhood, order their vegetarian roti
Nice Asian fusion restaurant (shared small dishes) with lots of vegetarian options
Yumca B.V.
23 Voorstraat
Nice Asian fusion restaurant (shared small dishes) with lots of vegetarian options
Best Dim Sum restaurant in Utrecht! If you feel adventurous, ask for the Chinese-only menu...
8 locals raden deze aan
Chinese Restaurant Paradise
28 Vredenburg
8 locals raden deze aan
Best Dim Sum restaurant in Utrecht! If you feel adventurous, ask for the Chinese-only menu...

Sightseeing

Climb it!
259 locals raden deze aan
Domtoren
9 Domplein
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Climb it!
Beautiful medieval monastery garden
7 locals raden deze aan
Domtuin
Domtuin
7 locals raden deze aan
Beautiful medieval monastery garden
Old botanical garden, with nice university museum, exhibitions and old greenhouses
15 locals raden deze aan
Oude Hortus
106 Lange Nieuwstraat
15 locals raden deze aan
Old botanical garden, with nice university museum, exhibitions and old greenhouses
Nice gardens, well kept with huge tropical greenhouses
37 locals raden deze aan
Botanische Tuinen
17 Budapestlaan
37 locals raden deze aan
Nice gardens, well kept with huge tropical greenhouses
Nice park for a Sunday stroll
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Wilhelminapark
Wilhelminapark
189 locals raden deze aan
Nice park for a Sunday stroll

Essentials

Closest supermarket
42 locals raden deze aan
AH Voorstraat
38 Voorstraat
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Closest supermarket
Second closest supermarket
160 locals raden deze aan
Jumbo
46 Merelstraat
160 locals raden deze aan
Second closest supermarket
Another big supermarket with a good organic selection
40 locals raden deze aan
PLUS
61 A Voorstraat
40 locals raden deze aan
Another big supermarket with a good organic selection
Organic supermarket!
SEM Super Eko Market
21 Voorstraat
Organic supermarket!
Many Turkish and Persian grocery stores: find all the spices you need and didn't know that you needed. Or just have some baklava! Specifically on Saturday it resembles a miniature version of Istanbul.
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Kanaalstraat
Kanaalstraat
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Many Turkish and Persian grocery stores: find all the spices you need and didn't know that you needed. Or just have some baklava! Specifically on Saturday it resembles a miniature version of Istanbul.

Arts & Culture

Good concerts and highly recommended dinner menu for 12,50 euro on selected weekdays (check their website)
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Ekko
3 Bemuurde Weerd Westzijde
71 locals raden deze aan
Good concerts and highly recommended dinner menu for 12,50 euro on selected weekdays (check their website)
Closest cinema, with a good (arty) selection
23 locals raden deze aan
Utrecht City
89 Voorstraat
23 locals raden deze aan
Closest cinema, with a good (arty) selection
For some theater
Schouwburg
For some theater
Independent movies and more alternative work
44 locals raden deze aan
Hoogt on Tour
6 Nijverheidsweg
44 locals raden deze aan
Independent movies and more alternative work

Everything Else

Closest recycling station (glass, paper etc)
Noorderstraat
Noorderstraat
Closest recycling station (glass, paper etc)
Nice park and grass area to walk around or have a BBQ on a summer evening.
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Lepelenburg
Lepelenburg
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Nice park and grass area to walk around or have a BBQ on a summer evening.

Shopping

Best home-made ice cream parlor in Utrecht
47 locals raden deze aan
Roberto Gelato
93 Poortstraat
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Best home-made ice cream parlor in Utrecht