Tag: DOMTOWER
Utrecht relief efforts for Morocco in full swing: ‘I sleep two or three hours a night’
They mainly focus on camps and sanitary facilities. Kharioun wants to have the first camp set up on Thursday. But it takes a lot to build a camp. “Water hoses,…
Steel safety roof under the Domtoren will return until the end of the renovation
The same platform was already there in 2019, during the construction of the scaffolding. The steel construction from then is still there and so now only the roof needs to…
Utrecht names passage under the Dom after a blind carillonneur
For a street name, or a change of a street name, a decision is required from the mayor and alderman. This is recommended by the Street Naming Committee. Anyone can…
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…