Tag: Dom
From rubble to product: this is what happens to all the old stones of the Dom Tower
Last year the organization Bokkenmákers, together with the contractor, the municipality of Utrecht, Utrecht Marketing and the Utrechts EigenDom Foundation, set up a competition in which residents of the city…
Dom Tower restored as highest church tower in the Netherlands
The tower has thus been restored almost to its original state. The weather vane with the image of the Utrecht patron saint Saint Martin that belongs on the cross is…
Henrik Brandão Jönsson: Dom Phillips saw the beauty
The first time I met Dom Phillips was at a dinner with foreign journalists in São Paulo 14 years ago. He was different. Dom, or Dominic as he is actually…
Kensington on the Dom, rapping children and cake in the city: this is how Utrecht celebrates its 900th birthday today
A new highlight in an already special year, says Kensington guitarist Casper Starreveld. “In our own city, playing on top of the iconic Dom, while it can be heard and…
Actor legend plays Dom Toretto’s grandmother in part 10
Since director Justin Lin left Fast & Furious 10, Vin Diesel has been doing massive damage control. This is mainly through weird Instagram videos clearly, in which he plays an…
Program 900 years of Utrecht: neighborhood parties, circus performances and Kensington on the Dom
Here’s Hooray! Utrecht will soon be celebrating its 900th birthday and that is why the municipality has just announced the associated party program. And this shows that there are all…
Special dinner in Domkerk yields 75,000 euros for the restoration of the Dom Tower
UTRECHT – At a special dinner last night in the Dom Church, 75,000 euros were raised for the restoration of the Dom Tower. About four hundred guests gathered in the…
Japanese counterfeit Dom becomes even more Utrecht with a piece of real Dom
Even the connoisseurs may have to blink their eyes: are they looking at the Utrecht Cathedral or a tower that looks suspiciously similar? It’s about that last one. This is…