Utrecht Highlights: City Exploration Game

Duration

2 hours 10 minutes

Language

English

Guests

1-10

Let Utrecht’s most famous character take you through the city’s landmarks and hidden places, and discover how life in Utrecht has changed over the ages. Whil…

Included

Play offline: you DON'T NEED an internet connection to play this city game
This is the safest tour you can book: private, no human contact, you will avoid crowds.
This tour is always available to book. We are open 24/7, every day of the week.
Full flexibility: start at any hour, take a break at any time and resume later

Not included

A physical tour guide

Itinerary

The white houses on the Springweg' is how more Utrecht residents know the Myropscameren than by their real name. One to think that these were originally painted red. The construction drawing of this row of two-storey houses is the oldest in Utrecht; the chambers were built in 1583. At least that's what everyone assumed on the basis of this drawing. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The Centraal Museum is the main museum in Utrecht, Netherlands, founded in 1838. The museum has a wide-ranging collection, mainly of works produced locally. The collection of the paintings by the Northern Mannerist Joachim Wtewael is by a long way the largest anywhere in the world. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The ABC street is a street in the center of the Dutch city of Utrecht . The street forms a connection between Lange Nieuwstraat and Nieuwegracht over a distance of approximately 150 meters . At this canal the street ends at the Magdalena Bridge . Possibly the street already existed around 1300 but with certainty in 1485. Behind the northern buildings of ABC Street, the Zion Chambers, founded in the 15th century, are still partly preserved. In the past, the detached houses of Thomas van Nijkerken's Fundatie were located on the south side of the street. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

Paushuize is the second oldest historic building located in the city centre of Utrecht and made in commence of the only Dutch Pope Adrianus VI. Pope Adrianus VI had the house built before he became a Pope, when he was attached to the court of Charles in Spain. He hoped to return to Utrecht someday. In 1522, he was elected Pope and died one year later in Rome, so he never got to live in his house in Utrecht. Paushuize has a magnificent interior which proves it once functioned as a palace. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The Janskerk is located on the Janskerkhof in the Dutch city of Utrecht . It was founded by Bishop Bernold shortly after 1040 and dedicated to John the Baptist . In the Middle Ages it was one of the five collegiate churches of the city (the others were the Dom , the Salvator Church , the Pieterskerk and the Mariakerk ). Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

On the west side, the street starts at the Winkel van Sinkel on the Oudegracht near the Stadhuisbrug . The street runs to the Minrebroederstraat and Korte Minrebroederstraat . A side street of the Ganzenmarkt is the Schoutenstraat. It is suspected that the river Rhine used to run along the Ganzenmarkt. From the Middle Ages risen for special structures such as city castle Compostel , home Pallaes , house Keyser Empire with the town scales and a city crane with a overvaulted bet. Poultry was traded on the market. The painter Joost Cornelisz. Around 1615 Droochsloot dedicated a townscape to the Ganzenmarkt and its surroundings. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

Traffic light featuring the rabbit from well-known picture books, plus a rainbow-colored crosswalk. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The church is one of the medieval parish churches of Utrecht, along with the Buurkerk, the Nicolaïkerk and the Geertekerk. Today it is known as the starting place for Dutch pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostella along the Way of St. James. The Dutch Confraternity of St. James is located around the corner on the St. Jacobskerkhof. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The Duitse Huis is a complex of buildings in the city of Utrecht, Netherlands, protected as a national monument. The older parts date to a monastery of the Bailiwick of Utrecht of the Teutonic Knights founded in 1348. Originally Catholic, the order became Protestant during the Reformation.

Also known as the Volksbuurtmuseum, this museum displays over 1000 years of history of Dutch neighborhoods and back alley life. This museum gives a comprehensive view into the history of daily life of the working class citizens in their multicultural neighborhoods. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

Don't forget!

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Let Utrecht’s most famous character take you through the city’s landmarks and hidden places, and discover how life in Utrecht has changed over the ages. While being one of the oldest cities in Holland, Utrecht has the youngest population in the country. By solving this coming-of-age quest, you’ll fall in love with the city’s unique edgy spirit.
The city game will take you about 2 hours to complete, but there’s no time limit that will allow you to go at your own pace. You won't need a guide, just download the app, go to the starting point, and begin the adventure.