Tag: DOMTOWER
Sjors cycled to Paris in less than 24 hours: ‘I will never do this again’
“Everything hurts, I’m never doing this again,” he says over the phone on Saturday afternoon. He is then off his bike for about two hours. Despite the fact that he…
Pieces of the Dom tower form a new work of art in Máximapark Utrecht
“All my landscape artworks are specially designed and therefore inextricably linked to their place,” says artist De Kort. “That certainly applies to this work of art, it is even literally…
‘Proliferation of tattoo shops’: how do you still find the right tattoo artist?
Tattoo shops are popping up like mushrooms. Nationally, the number has increased by 40 percent in the past decade, in the city of Utrecht even by 700 percent. With such…
New clappers in the bells of the Dom: ‘The sound is now even richer’
Restoration started in February. The bells are still the same bells, only the clappers are different. Every bell now has a heavier clapper. “The weight of the clapper has an…
Tim (30) carves statues for the Dom: ‘It’s good that young people are taking over’
What did he want to be when he grew up? Tim Kaarsemaker (30) was unable to answer that question for a very long time. He tried and considered everything: jobs…
The fish doorbell is back, but what’s that on the left?
The canals are actually still too bare and empty for that, he explains. It is up to the municipality and the water board to create a habitat in the canal.…
Is the Dom restoration finished? A look back and ahead
The restoration of the Dom seems to be progressing: after the good news in November – that the boy from Utrecht would emerge from his scaffolding suit faster than expected…
Tycho was the very last to take the visitor lift to the Dom for an exclusive dinner: ‘Perfect evening’
The restoration of the Dom Tower is nearing its end. In the not too distant future, the scaffolding will disappear and with it the temporary visitor lift. To reflect on…
Top crowds at the largest nativity scene in the country in Utrecht: ‘People were waiting outside’
Yesterday and today, on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, that even led to a small queue at the museum. “We opened just at noon and the first people were already…