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I've made an (incomplete) list of buildings on the Uithof, i.e. the scientist they are named after. However, I don't know much about all of them, nor do I know if there are wiki articles on these people. Please help to fix the links and add the full names.
Thanks, Eef (A) 12:55, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Utrecht has been on the Rhine for a long time. Does it really belong in that category? --- moyogo
I guess you mean off the Rhine, which is kind of correct as the main bedding of the Rhine has shifted to the south. The original Roman fortress was on the main Rhine flow, the 'Oude Gracht' once was the Rhine. Small rivers, split from the Rhine still flow into Utrecht are still called kromme rijn (bent rhine) and Leidse Rijn (rhine). The Rhine has never played such an explicit name-role as in Germany, as it splits into multiple rivers about 2 kilometers past the German Dutch border. The main flow is called Waal (at Nijmegen), renamed Lek, Nieuwe Maas and Nieuwe Waterweg (near Rotterdam). The Rhine from then on is called Nederrijn, Nether Rhine and is much smaller. So this seems a bit arbitrary, to place any Dutch cities (as goes for other dutch cities except Arnhem).
I would suggest to Remove Utrecht from this category if anyone feels the category becomes overcrowded.--- Arnoutf
I removed a reference to traffic jams due to lagging road construction, as this is in my opinion a point of view. Traffic congestion in the Netherlands may as well be the results of decades of lagging public transport construction, in conjection with budget cuts on public transport; and neglect of possibillities of bikes in local transport (as this is also a pov, I would suggest not to refer to either). Arnoutf 20:42, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
We may want to add some other figures to the history section. Especially the 'liberation' picture for Utrecht is referred to by only 1 sentence, and as no fighting occurred and liberation was only after surrender. Perhaps another picture from Utrechts history may be better suited?? Arnoutf 11:59, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
I would agree with the need to add more people to the history section, it's a bit painful to see Henk Westbroek on the list.
Shouldn't there be something about why the canal structure is so unique. Wouldn't it be better if somebody explained that the Utrecht Canals have werven and what that is. I do not know what the English term is for werven and werfkelders, nor do I know how to explain it in one sentence, but saying it is unique without explaining why seems silly.
I am not sure whether Canal is the best translation of the use of Gracht in the Utrecht situation. OudGracht used to be natural bedding of the Rhine, it was canalised, but IMHO is not a true canal (kanaal) - ( except of course the northern section from Langeie straat to Weertsluis). This situation is completely different from the Amsterdam situation where circular canals (grachten) were dug and no natural flows existed beforehand. That the word is the same in Dutch does not mean it needs be the same in English (after all (slot)gracht is translated moat not canal). Anyone another option? Arnoutf 15:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Utrecht is mentioned in the song Evil and a Heathen by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand from their 2005 album You Could Have It So Much Better. Is this worth a mention in the article? -- Guus Hoekman 21:54, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
I have noticed a lot of red links in the references section. The only right way to add a retrieval date is like this: accessdate=2008-01-06. Thank you. Baldrick90 ( talk) 21:25, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
The article states several times that Utrecht was part of the Dutch Water Line of the 17th century. The Dutch article about the Dutch Water Line states that Utrecht was not a part of it. Also, I have read quite a few about the history of Utrecht, but I have never read that it was part of the Dutch water line. A quick search on google gives this map which clearly shows that Utrecht was not a part of the Dutch water line. So I am going to remove the lines. -- Merijn2 ( talk) 00:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC) I have also removed the French Age section because it only dealt with th creation of the Zocher park, which did not occur in the French age and which is dealt with later in the text anyway —Preceding unsigned comment added by Merijn2 ( talk • contribs) 00:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
"Utrecht (pronunciation (help·info)) city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht"
Shouldn't be better to move the article to Utrecht and the current disambiguation page to Utrecht (disambiguation)? People who looks for Utrecht is usually looking for the city rather the province, the diocese or the local football club, so there is actually no reason to disambiguate here. -- Angelo ( talk) 17:00, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Should there be a heading on sport? Iwanttoeditthissh ( talk) 13:43, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
I made a new article Rabobrug, basing it on nl:Rabobrug. -- Mathew5000 ( talk) 06:47, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Utrecht which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RM bot 13:45, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
Although the Netherlands does not really keep track of 'metro areas', I think the figure listed here is the urban population of Utrecht. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.83.239.128 ( talk) 18:38, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but Utrecht is NOT a Dutch euphemism for a homosexual. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.121.239.82 ( talk) 10:35, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
I just changed the climate data table to use the data of the Hong Kong Observatory instead of Meteo Consult. The data of Meteo Consult was better because it is more recent, but the reference given for the data led to the front page of the Dutch website of Meteo Consult. I'm Dutch myself, but I couldn't find the data used for the climate table anywhere on their website. If a direct link to their climate data is in fact available, can the person who knows this link undo my edit and give a proper reference to the climate data of Meteo Consult? I also checked if the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute has data here, but they don't.
The older data of HKO gives colder temperatures (global warming I guess) and lot less sunshine, Utrecht isn't a sunny place but I can hardly imagine it's as gloomy as HKO's data suggests. I calculated the monthly sunshine hours by multiplying the daily sunshine hours given by HKO with 28,25 as is recommended by Template:Weather_box, maybe that's where it went wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexanderVanLoon ( talk • contribs) 20:07, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
This is written at the end of the Prince-Bishops section. It is invisible on the edit page, and I can't see how to remove it. Heavenlyblue ( talk) 22:46, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 09:13, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
I have removed the one-sentence subsection about the recent shooting in Utrecht because I feel it is out of place in a three-paragraph description of Utrecht's modern history, which spans more than two centuries. Surely the considerations that have lead to its inclusion would merit the inclusion of many other recent events that have happened in the city, which in my opinion would be equally out of place in this article. I am perfectly happy with the existence of an article about the shooting in Wikipedia, I just feel including it in the article about the city would give this undue weight. Mark in wiki ( talk) 13:16, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
I have put a short mention of this in the Cityscape section. There is a lot more info about this in these links:
... but I think these sources may not be considered reliable in WP, even though these seem to me to be well produced and informative. Any opinions on this?
FrankSier ( talk) 22:38, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
Official climate averages for the period 1991-2020 are now available at KNMI - Klimaattabellen Per Station. Under "Klimaattabel, per station" ---> "De Bilt". Should the climate table be updated? Duprie37 ( talk) 08:51, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
Can the municipality be split off into a separate page? It is quite confusing as it is currently, and I see no reason why these pages need to be combined. – Ilovemydoodle ( talk) 09:11, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
Can this be checked? There are marginally more Indonesians than Surinamers, but Surinamers make up 3% and Indonesians 2.3%. Totals add up to 101.6.