Utrecht Travel Forum

hellow,

i'm coming to utrecht for work - which happens to fall on the weekends. still pretty formal, the dutch? or...no suits? jacket & slacks? please let me know! and are streets just as cobblestoned as Amsterdam? can i wear heels? thanks!!!

My husband and I are visiting Holland December 26 to January 4. Are there any interesting things going on then?

Hello

Just wanted to know if I hold a VT meeting at my place in utrecht ... how many people would be interested? Just for me to plan.

Come on guys!

Hi

I'm coming to Utrecht tonight (13th October). Can anyone recommend a decent hostel or cheap hotel fairly close to the centre of town?

Thanks

Leon

Hi everybody

Thanks so much for all the help and encouragement.

As I had written once earlier I did find a home and I shifted here on the 15th of Sept. And its a really nice and convenient place for all of us. Its also close to the school ... and furnished. So that helps too.

Also I have joined the school program and its started at a very fast but interesting pace. As I had said I am doing my MBA at TiasNimbas Business School on Kromme Nieuwegracht. Its also associated with the Bradford School UK. We have students from 20 different nationalities and the staff and students all are very very helpful. I really feel grateful for this opportunity and am very happy with the life and people in Utrecht.

I also find the dutch people very helpful and cooperative ... from shopping malls to railway stations. I must say that ...

I am also starting to pick up a few dutch words ... gourda morgen, gourda middag, Gourda avond, dunke wel, asableuf ... etc. Not the right spellings and pronunciations but am improving daily.

I love this place .... and so while I am here if I can be of help to anybody please let me know.

my contact details are -

Dr Nilesh Atre

Phone - 0624917077, email aten303@yahoo.co.in

Also I will stay in touch on the website here ... ofcourse.

Is there any chance of meeting any one of you guys in Utrecht when you are passing here or when I travel a bit around ... How does one arrange a meeting?

I would really really love that.

Also to talk with you guys on the phone if thats an option

Best regards
and thanks

Nilesh

Hello Everybody

Thank you thank you thank you.

We found a small cute apartment on Biltstraat close to the School.

Great!!!!

We are very happy and want to share the celebrations with you all ....

We would love to invite all of you to come visit us whenever you can

We will post our details as soon as we get them.

Thanks once again everybody

Best regards
Nilesh

Hi all -

This is Nilesh and Janhavi.

We are quite concerned and I want to ask for URGENT HELP regarding our accomodation. Well my MVV has been approved. My wifes visa will come in soon. Our tickets are booked for 15th Sept. on Lufthansa. But we are finding it very difficult to find even a single accomodation option. Our budget is around 800 Euros and I might even add some more if required. Just any accomodation within travelling distance of 'Kromme Nieuwegracht. that is TiasNimbas School at Utrecht' will do. For a couple with a dog.

I am regularly in touch with -

Rent-a-house
B and S Rental Services
Rots vast
viziervastgoed
Quwest

But am unable to find 'any' accomodation.
What do I do? If you know somebody who has an accomodation...
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Best regards

Greetings VT'ers!

I'm going to study in Utrecht for a year, but my flight arrives 6 days before my room is available, so I am looking for the best choice to stay at those few days considering a budget that didn't include such expense at first. So far, I have done some research and found out 2 cheap options: Hostel B&B Utrecht City Center and Strowis Budget Hostel. Could anyone give me any advice, opinion or tip about these options (or any other if available) so I can take a better informed decision? I will be greatly thankful for your asnwer.
Best regards,
Mauro

I'll visit Utrecht as a daytrip from A'dam. Is there any walking tour u have in mind or it's so nice as I read in Vt pages just walking around this city? Ok, the Dom and a walk by the canal looks great but are there any other Must See activities in the centre?

Is there a tour company that does canal boat tours? Searched on these boards and googled but come up with nothing. Any info would be appreciated. thank you.

Hi... Looking for directions from central station. Thanks.

My wife and I will be taking our daughter along to University College Utrecht in August. We would prefer the independance of a small appartment for the two of us ( my daughter will be in Halls of Residence ). Can any members give us some leads to find something suitable ?
Many Thanks in advance

Can anyone suggest a couple of decent bars for this Monday & Tuesday night coming up, as I'm staying in Utrecht for 2 nights. Preferebly with locals as I prefer mingling people watching with the locals when I travel, rather than ex pat British!

Thank you

I am thinking of going to Utrecht for an exchange for one semester..I am a Candian student studying business. I am just wondering is anyone can expand on how safe the town is in general. I would be going by myself..is the town resonable safe for a young lady? Also how bad is the crime/therft?
Thanks for the info!

Can anyone recommend a good tattoo artist in Utrecht? Clean, skilled, friendly?
Thanks

I have booked a flight into Amsterdam next week for 3 days but
the hotels either look to expensive or are reviewed very badly.
The hotels in Utrecht look a lot better at more resonable rates.
I have been to The Dam a couple of times and know what is all about
but everything, meals, drinks seem to have taken a major hike since it went euro.
Is Utrecht a good alternative and does it offer the same sort of attractions but on a smaller scale and at more reasonable prices.
Can any recommend any good 4* hotels that they have had good deals at, that is close to the centre/station.

Cheers

Geoff

Hellou,

I'm a PhD student from Brighton, and I'm going to Utrecht for 3 months.
If there's anyone who's willing to rent a room from 1 Oct 2006 to 31 Dec 2006, please contact me...

Thanks a lot!

Hi, what's the best and cheapest way to get from brussels airport to Utrecht?

Are pedal-boats availble to rent in oktober?


locations? hours? phone no. for reservation?

I would like to learn about the city/town of Bilthoven. Is there a govt office where I could obtain basic facts - population, spread of ages, existence during WWII - upper level educational resources, historical resources.

Thank you in advance for steering me in the right direction. Also, are there hotels inthe city or nearby? I located Bilthoven on the map, but I cannot pinpoint hotels. Even though I am a bit creaky in my joints, I still have some energy moving through my veins. And so I must figure out "what next" ??

This forum appears to be one of the better sources that I have
encountered. Thank you again. W

Dear VTers,

I am writing to ask you for help.
I have been looking for a bracelet and a pierce, probably lost somewhere on my way from Brussels to Amsterdam via Antwerp on 24th of August.
Within that week, I tried to reach NS lost property office but gained no reply. I sent a request form from Dutch page though I am not quite sure if it was received.
A hotel reception staff helped me to call it but never reached for some reason with the number on the web.
http://www.ns.nl/servlet/Satellite?cid=1083234338255&pagename=www.ns.nl%2FPage%2FArtikelPage_www.ns.nl&lang=en&c=Page
She also gained the contact address from the phone directory for me, but that number also didn't work.
Could someone please help me to contact the office?
No reply means there are no found (similar) properties?
Or are there anywhere else I should ask for information?

Please fine-tune me.
Thank you very much for your support in advance!

Sincerely,
Masako

Yesterday(28.VIII.2005) when I come back from Tilburg to Amsterdam someting like 6.30-8 p.m something happened...

I changed my train in s'Hertogenbosch(or something like that) there was a lot of people,than I tooked a place when I could sat and I found- on the stairs .There were a few person.One guy the nearest me had a dreddy which disturbe me to see who is behind him...finally in one moment I sawed...and this was like the strangest and nicest feelings which I could had in this moment. I can't explane you now what exactly I feeled but something really really nice.I looked him he looked me....I wanted talk with him but there were a few bikes bags etc.In one time reached to me that he looked exactly like my idol,maybe not idol but guy which I really like...This time there was pretty nice...but than was Utrecht Station...He went outside with bike and bag,people come in people come out,somebody asked my something ,somebody called to me...I want to go outside and talk with him...but doors closed...Can you belive that in this same moment I started crying...I feeled like I losted the best chance in my life to meet somebody like him...I really have a problem to explane you that in racional way but I can't...

I want to meet him again but probably is impossible...but I have still hope.Maybe somebody know him..He looks something like this guy on this photo-on this photo is my idol but I told you...he looks like him....Or maybe you know how I can find him???

Maybe I'm stupid but I would like to meet him again....just meet.

senni


if you want see this pic click
http://seniusia.blog.onet.pl/2,ID36339100,index.html

Hi,

I am going to study in UU for 2 years starting from September 2005.
Accomodation is quite expensive in Utrecht, so if anybody needs a room mate - let me no.

bonjour,
je reviens d'un week-end à utrecht - où j'ai assisté à la fête de la reine - avec des questions plein la tête...!

avant la fête j'ai remarqué qu'il était quasiment impossible de croiser le regard de quelqu'un dans la rue,
que les gens semblaient s'ignorer, que les gens jamais ne s'excusaient lorsqu'ils se gênaient,
ni ne se remerciaient pour un geste gallant ou prévenant.
l'impression que j'ai eu par rapport aux gens que j'ai croisé c'est que tout leur était dû...
alors j'imagine que la politesse existe aussi chez vous et que vous avez une façon d'aborder les choses que je ne comprends pas...

puis vint la fête... ! alors mes amis.. utrecht ruinée en une après-midi,
utrecht sous les cadavres de gobelets de bière, et là sous la mousse orange : des gens chaleureux, engageant la discussion...
chantant, dansant sur la moindre embarcation, sur les places, dans les rues, pissant des ponts, jetant tout aux canaux,
là je me suis c'est pas possible c'est pas les mêmes..!?
... et puis à 22h l'heure où les fêtes commencent en france, ça s'est terminé... (!)

voilà quelqu'un pourrait m'expliquer cette différence d'attitude..?
et puisque que personne se calcule dans la rue, et que quand même vous êtes un peuple qui se perpétue,
où vous rencontrez-vous?..!?

: )

merci d'avance pour vos réponses...

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I return from one weekend to Utrecht - where I assisted with the festival of the queen - with questions full the head...!
before festival I have noticed that it was almost impossible to cross glance of somebody in street,
that people seemed to be unaware of, that people never did not excuse themselves when they were obstructed,
nor did not thank themselves for a gesture gallant or attentive.
the impression that I had compared to people that I crossed it is that all was owe them...
then I imagine that the courtesy also exists on your premise and
that you have a way of approaching the things which I do not understand...

then the festival came...! then my friends.. Utrecht ruined in one afternoon,
Utrecht under the corpses of beer goblets, and there under orange foam: cordial people, starting the discussion...
singing, dancing on the least boat, the places, in the streets, pissing of the bridges(!!!), throwing all with the channels,
there I is it is not possible they are not the same ones.!?

... and then with 22h the hour when the festivals start in France, that finished... (!)

here are could somebody explain me this difference in attitude.?
and since that nobody is calculated in the street, and that nevertheless you are people which remain,
where meet you?..!?

: )

I hope the google's traduct is ok and thank those which will answer me
best regards..

; )

Hi,

I am moving to Berlin but am having second thoughts. I read some negative things about living in the Netherlands, and was wondering how you guys like it, and how it compares to Berlin.

Thanks.

Hi.
We are planning a trip to Netherlands end of April and we would like to spend one day in Utrecht.
We would likt to know how to reach Utrecht from Schipol airport (we will arrive around 7 pm)and how long does it take.

thanks for helping
Paola

Our hotel in Utrecht is on Westplein. It is close to the station we will arrive at from the airport. There is a shopping mall, 'Hoog Catherine'. This mall is built over the station, I think. Does the station connect directly to the mall and can we get to 'Park Plaza' hotel by going out through the mall? It looks like it is close but looks can be deceiving. The hotel said we should go through a tunnel to get to the hotel.
Thanks

Hello!

I am spending a week at a conference by the end of July
in University of Utrecht, in Uithof neighborhood.
I know the University is 15 min.
away from the city center. I'd like to have some suggestion
for hotel / Bed&breakfast for

1) Staying near the University of Utrecht; or if this is not possible
2) Staying in Utrecht city center.

In both cases, for "reasonable" I would like to find
some option around 80-100 euros per night, double room.

Thank you very much for your help!!!

AT.-

My daughter & I want to attend a Mass in the Domkerk on the Sunday we will be in Netherlands. Is this still a functioning Catholic church? If so, what are the Mass times. We had considered attending Mass at St. Jans in den Bosch, but there may be a timing problem for other things we have planned for Sunday.

We plan to take a train to Utrecht from the airport. I have seen schedules that show direct (no change) to Utrecht takes 60 minutes, or change in Duivendrecht that take about 40 minutes. What is best?

Also, can we buy a return ticket that we will not use until we leave about one week later, or must it be bought separately?

The whole train situation has me confused, especially the part of validating tickets before getting on the train. Is there a site that explains all of this? I am used to just handing the ticket to the conductor.

Thanks