The Atlas Obscura Guide To

Utrecht

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Utrecht, Netherlands

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in Utrecht

Museum Speelklok

Utrecht, Netherlands

Museum Speelklok

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

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Utrecht, Netherlands

Sonnenborgh Observatory

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the edge of town.

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Exterior of the Rietveld-Schröder House

Utrecht, Netherlands

Rietveld-Schröder House

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

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The Letters of Utrecht, and the poem with no end.

Utrecht, Netherlands

Poem With No End

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

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The Gerbrandy Tower at Christmas. (Wikimedia Commons)

IJsselstein, Netherlands

Gerbrandy Tower

Tower that turns into world's tallest Christmas tree.

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Hilversum, Netherlands

Wolfsdreuvik

A monument hidden in the woods built in 1938 as a getaway for a Dutch museum curator.

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A tree with exposed roots.

Soest, Netherlands

Lange Duinen

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

52.1553, 5.2994

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