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Utrecht

[ˈjuːtrɛkt/ YOO-trekt, Dutch: [ˈytrɛxt]]

Utrecht City Skyline

The fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.
It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands; it had a population of 359,355 as of 2021. Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures, several dating as far back as the High Middle Ages. The cityscape is dominated by the Dom Tower, the tallest belfry in the Netherlands and originally part of the Cathedral of Saint Martin. Another landmark is the old centre and the canal structure in the inner city. The Oudegracht is a curved canal, partly following the ancient main branch of the Rhine. It is lined with the unique wharf-basement structures that create a two-level street along the canals. The inner city has largely retained its medieval structure, and the moat ringing the old town is largely intact.


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