• Around 47 AD, the Romans built the Trajectum Castellum (fortress).
• Willibrord redesigned the old castellum as a mission and converted the Netherlands (from 695 AD)
• In the medieval hey-days, Utrecht is a religious and mercantile bastion and remains the largest and main city until the 16th century.
• Union of Utrecht, 1579; foundation for the Dutch Republic. Peace Treaty of Utrecht, 1713.

• Dom tower; highest church tower of the Netherlands
• Medieval harbour complex with canals, wharves and wharf cellars through the city (to be nominated as UNESCO World Heritage site)
• Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens; the only Dutch pope ever (Rome, 1522)
• Gerrit Rietveld & Rietveld Schröder house (UNESCO World Heritage)
• Dick Bruna and Miffy
• Anton Geesink (Olympic judo champion, 1964)
• Marco van Basten (FIFA World player of the year 1992)
• Wesley Sneijder (European midfielder of the year 2010)
• Kensington is a Dutch band from Utrecht that was formed in 2005.
• Dafne Schippers (World Champion 200 meter Sprint 2015).
• Hans Clevers, a famous geneticist and physician affiliated with the University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University. Clevers received numerous awards for his research.

• SPRING Performing Arts Festival
• Kingsday (27 April)
• Utrecht Canal Pride
• International Chamber Music Festival
• Early Music Festival
• Gaudeamus Music Week
• Le Guess Who music festival
• City2Cities International Literature Festival
• Dutch Film Festival
• Utrecht Science Week
• Dutch Health Week

Utrecht is a very suitable location for international events. Among our success stories are the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in 2015 and 100 years of De Stijl in 2017: an exceptional exhibition of Piet Mondriaan, Gerrit Rietveld, Bart van der Leck and Theo van Doesburg in Utrecht and Amersfoort. In 2022 Utrecht was the proud host city of La Vuelta Holanda.

• April 2024: Dutch Health Week
• Summer 2024: festive unveiling of our restored icon, Dom Tower
• 2024: 100 years Rietveld Schröderhuis
• October 2024: introduction Dutch Cycling Week
• October 2024: Utrecht Science Week
• 2025: New Dutch national theme year