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Don’t you have a garden of your own? No problem, because in Utrecht there are a lot of places where you can roll up your sleeves and get those hand dirty! Throughout the city there are several gardens where you can get started. You can follow courses at the Botanical Gardens on how to maintain your garden, ask the landscape …

This week it’s a mix of tips for the coming weekend. Comedy on Friday to forget all your worries with the Comedy Club at De Kargadoor. Music on Sunday at LE:EN, then maybe a nice bite to eat. Take the kids to festival Snor and start Sunday with a relaxed yoga session at Strand Oog in Al. Various activities and …

Art Route Straatweg On Saturday 14 September the very first Amsterdamsestraatweg art route will take place. Entrepreneurs offer 19 artists space to exhibit their work in front of the public. All participating artists, representing various disciplines, are active or live around the Amsterdamsestraatweg. Expect: visual arts, dance and performance arts. The route starts at Paardenveld and continues to the Marnixlaan. Children …

Sushi Festival JOY – 6 until 8 September – Griftpark Sushi Festival JOY takes pace at the Griftpark and offers us everything sushi and great cocktails. Its going to be a great sushi feast! We had loads of fun eating the tasty treats last year, so we will be joining again. What about you? 6, 7 & 8 September | 16.00 until …

This weekend’s not as tropical as the last few days. And fortunately, because on the agenda are some great events you don’t want to miss. And this without a burning sun on your head. A delicious food event at Metro City Kitchen and two weekend tips for outdoors. We want to keep enjoying the summer sun. Happy weekend! Pop-up Restaurant …

Cosy Sunday evenings. Do you also love them? Luckily for us Utrecht is taking note of that. At different locations in the city you can find intimate, small concerts. For instance at the monastery garden at Museum Catherijne Convent. This garden is really a hidden treasure located in the city center. Are you going to find it? On Sundays in the charming courtyard, you can …

With Pathé Utrecht Leidsche Rijn, formerly Cinemec, and Kinepolis in the Utrechtse Beurskwartier, the dom city is now at the forefront of ultramodern and large cinema complexes. Totally state of the art, but you can get lost with your drink and popcorn XXL. Of a completely different category are the atmospheric and sometimes intimate, special film screenings that you’ll find …

In collaboration with Morren Galleries, Grand Hotel Karel V is opening its second sculpture exhibition in the hotel’s beautiful garden. Behind the gate of the historic hotel is an oasis of peace, step through the gate and discover the impressive statues of four different artists. But the gardens of Charles V offer much more this summer.

In the Second Daalsebuurt in Utrecht you can come and play ping-pong since March this year. At the Ping Pong Club there are ping-pong tables inside and outside. It is also possible to play board games inside the Ping Pong Club. The menu contains all kinds of cocktails and beers and the food is mainly Arabic. Reason enough to stop …

Soon the streets will turn orange everywhere! It’s time for the biggest festival in the Netherlands; King’s Day. In Utrecht there are a number of big parties on the squares; for example on the Janskerkhof, the Waterstraat, the Mariaplaats and the Jacobskerkhof. But there is much more to do in the city! The program for King’s Night is jam-packed with …