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My favourite city in the Netherlands is Utrecht. It’s a charming city that feels very homey. It has all the highlights Amsterdam has, but it is less crowded and feels more comfortable, if you ask me. In this post I want to show you all of my favourite places in Utrecht!

Things to do

• Visit the botanical gardens and spend some quality time with beautiful butterflies
• Go on top of or under the dome (when they’re done renovating)
• Go shopping
• Wander around and marvel at the old buildings and canals
• Play some games at the arcade
• If you’re a booklover, make a stop at the library and the local bookstore

Lunch

• If you have a sweeth tooth, visit Frenchies, one of my favourite lunchrooms. Freakshakes, unicorn pancakes and mermaid cupcakes. It’s all super yummy and looks amazing!
• Graaf Floris is a lovely restaurant along one of the canals that has everything. I keep coming back here. The soup, sandwiches and salads are delicious!
• Favourite of the locals, the one and only Broodje Mario on Janskerkhof. Bread with cheese, salami, chorizo, some greens and a green pepper! Big enough to have for dinner as well.

Dinner

• The pancakes from De Oude Muntkelder are to die for. You have your traditional (Dutch) pancakes with stroop and/or poedersuiker, an all you can eat pancake arrangement ánd more adventurous pancakes like with shoarma, salmon or apple. I recommend the spanish pancake with nachos!
• If you love Italian food, go to Il Pozzo. A beautiful old building with the best pasta in town. All dishes are yummy, but I recommend de trio di pasta for everyone like me who has a hard time choosing one dish!
• If you wanna try a traditional Dutch dish, you have to go for Kroketten. Manneke Pis has the best in town!