Historic houses in Utrecht

The Rietveld Schröder House is designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1924. The house is completely designed according to the ideas of the De Stijl art movement and is since 2000 on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Visitors can see how pliable and multifunctional in particular the central "living room" is on

The Utrecht Botanic Gardens are built on and around Fort Hoofddijk from the 19th century and covers an area of ten hectares. There are several different gardens. The Rock garden features various herb plants. The Theme garden features plants to smell and learn about use by humans. The Insect meadow i

Travel through time, discover the Roman ship, explore the fort and dive into 3000 years of history in Museum Hoge Woerd.

The Museum voor het kruideniersbedrijf is located in a 17th century building. The property has always been a commercial building. Nowadays it features a shop and an exhibition space. In the shop a wide range of nostalgic merchandise is on offer, including candy from the old days. In the exhibition s

Enter the villa of the progressive and idiosyncratic architect Sybold van Ravesteyn. Van Ravesteyn designed the extraordinary villa in 1932, for himself and his family. It was the time of the Nieuwe Bouwen, in which mainly worked with tight, straight lines. Completely against this vision, Van Raves