Utrecht Hire Car Tips, Experiences & Comparison

Discover Utrecht by Hire Car

One of the most beautiful places in the Netherlands is the city of Utrecht, capital of the province of the same name.

It is very centrally located and can only be recommended for a stay of several days as well as for a whole holiday.

Numerous sights line up, so that the visitor has to decide which one to visit first.

Most are easily reached by both public transport and hire car, and offer ample parking.

Sights in Utrecht

Among many others, it is worth visiting the Centraal Museum Utrecht with old and modern art, the Dutch Railway Museum and the “Catharijneconvent”, the museum of religious history in the former convent of St. Catherine.

In addition to the Netherlands’ only cathedral, the city’s most important places of worship are Buur, Geerte, Jacobi, Jans, Nikolai and St. Peter’s churches.

The house “Oudaen” was already built around 1300. In comparison, the “Rietveld-Schröder-Haus” from 1923 is a very new building. It belongs to the world cultural heritage of the UNESCO.

The University of Utrecht is the largest in the Netherlands. Its historic buildings adorn the city centre. It also has an architecturally very interesting campus in the east of Utrecht. Last but not least, the entire old town is home to an infinite number of pretty houses, squares and alleys.