Utrecht is the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands.
The origin of the city is a Roman fortification (castellum) around AD 47. Originally built from wood at the river Rhine, which had a more northern bed than nowadays, it was a border fortress of the Roman Empire. Utrecht is famous for the Dom Tower of Utrecht and the canal structure in the inner city. Because of its central location, the City of Utrecht is well connected to the
rest of the Netherlands.
Utrecht city has an active cultural life. There are several theatres, the classical music centre Vredenburg, the rock club Tivoli, several cinemas including three arthouse cinemas.There are also many galleries selling art, and a fair number of museums (listed below). To involve a broad layer of the population into culture, Utrecht regularly organises cultural sundays, in which several organisations offer free admission around a changing theme.
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Utrecht also houses one of the landmarks of modern architecture, the 1924 Rietveld Schröder House, which is listed on UNESCO's world heritage sites.
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