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Furthermore, it acts as departure and arrival place of many coach companies serving holiday resorts in Spain and France — and during winter in Austria and Switzerland. Like most Dutch cities, Utrecht has an extensive network of cycle paths , making cycling safe and popular. Bicycles are used by young and old people, and by individuals and families. They are mostly traditional, upright, steel-framed bicycles, with few gears. There are also barrow bikes, for carrying shopping or small children.

In , the City Council decided to build the world's largest bicycle parking station , near the Central Railway Station. This 3-floor construction will cost an estimated 48 million Euro and will hold 12, bicycles.

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The bicycle parking station was finally opened on August 19, Utrecht is well-connected to the Dutch road network. This has led to a passionate debate in the city about the best way to improve the city's air quality. Utrecht has an industrial port located on the Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal. In , the port facilitated the transport of four million tons of cargo; mostly sand, gravel, fertiliser and fodder. Production industry constitutes a small part of the economy of Utrecht. The economy of Utrecht depends for a large part on the several large institutions located in the city.

It is the centre of the Dutch railroad network and the location of the head office of Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Rabobank , a large bank, has its headquarters in Utrecht. Utrecht hosts several large institutions of higher education. The most prominent of these is Utrecht University est. The university is partially based in the inner city as well as in the Uithof campus area, to the east of the city.

According to Shanghai Jiaotong University 's university ranking in , it is the 57th best university in the world. Utrecht is home of one of the locations of TIAS School for Business and Society , focused on post-experience management education and the largest management school of its kind in the Netherlands.

In , its executive MBA program was rated the 24th best program in the world by the Financial Times. Utrecht is also home to two other large institutions of higher education: the vocational university Hogeschool Utrecht 37, students , [59] with locations in the city and the Uithof campus; and the HKU Utrecht School of the Arts 3, students.

There are many schools for primary and secondary education, allowing parents to select from different philosophies and religions in the school as is inherent in the Dutch school system. Utrecht city has an active cultural life, and in the Netherlands is second only to Amsterdam. The main city theatre was built by Dudok.

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In addition to theatres, there is a large number of cinemas including three arthouse cinemas. The city has an important classical music hall Vredenburg by Herman Hertzberger. Its acoustics are considered among the best of the 20th-century original music halls. There are several other venues for music throughout the city.

Young musicians are educated in the conservatory , a department of the Utrecht School of the Arts. There is a specialised museum of automatically playing musical instruments. There are many art galleries in Utrecht. There are also several foundations to support art and artists.

Training of artists is done at the Utrecht School of the Arts. The Centraal Museum has many exhibitions on the arts, including a permanent exhibition on the works of Utrecht resident illustrator Dick Bruna , who is best known for creating Miffy "Nijntje", in Dutch. BAK, basis voor actuele kunst offers contemporary art exhibitions and public events, as well as a Fellowship program for practitioners involved in contemporary arts, theory and activisms. Although street art is illegal in Utrecht, the Utrechtse Kabouter, a picture of a gnome with a red hat, became a common sight in Every Saturday, a paviour adds another letter to The Letters of Utrecht , an endless poem in the cobblestones of the Oude Gracht in Utrecht.

With the Letters , Utrecht has a social sculpture as a growing monument created for the benefit of future people. To promote culture, Utrecht city organizes cultural Sundays. During a thematic Sunday, several organisations create a program which is open to everyone without, or with a very much reduced, admission fee.

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There are also initiatives for amateur artists. The city subsidises an organisation for amateur education in arts aimed at all inhabitants Utrechts Centrum voor de Kunsten , as does the university for its staff and students.

Additionally there are also several private initiatives. The city council provides coupons for discounts to inhabitants who receive welfare to be used with many of the initiatives. Utrecht is home to the premier league professional football club FC Utrecht , which plays in Stadium Nieuw Galgenwaard. It is also the home of Kampong, the largest amateur sportsclub in the Netherlands 4, members , SV Kampong. Kampong's men and women top hockey squads play in the highest Dutch hockey league, the Rabohoofdklasse. Utrecht is also home to baseball and softball club UVV, which plays in the highest Dutch baseball league: de Hoofdklasse.

Utrecht's waterways are used by several rowing clubs. Viking is a large club open to the general public, and the student clubs Orca and Triton compete in the Varsity each year. In July , Utrecht hosted the European Youth Olympic Festival , in which more than 2, young athletes competed in nine different olympic sports. Utrecht has several smaller and larger museums. Many of those are located in the southern part of the old town, the Museumkwartier.

Every summer there used to be the Summer Darkness festival, which celebrated goth culture and music. Among the most famous Utrechters are:. Utrecht is twinned with:. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the Dutch city and municipality. For the province, see Utrecht province.

For other uses, see Utrecht disambiguation. City and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. City and municipality in Netherlands. City and municipality. Photographs of the city, with the Dom Tower of St. Martin's Cathedral in the centre. Coat of arms. See also: Timeline of Utrecht.

Main article: Bishopric of Utrecht. Roman Catholic Protestant Church in the Netherlands Other Christian denominations 4. Islam 9. Hinduism 0. Buddhism 0. Judaism 0. Main article: List of people from Utrecht. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands. Gemeente Utrecht. Archived from the original on 7 April Retrieved 3 April Delft: TNO.

Archived from the original PDF on 3 March Retrieved 25 July Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland in Dutch. Het Waterschapshuis. CBS Statline in Dutch.