Lunetten
Lunetten is a neighbourhood in the southeastern part of the city of Utrecht, which has approximately 12,000 inhabitants.
Lunetten is a neighbourhood in the southeastern part of the city of Utrecht, which has approximately 12,000 inhabitants. It is mainly a residential area, since there is no significant industry present.
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Worth seeing in and around Lunetten
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Utrecht University
Utrecht University is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established 26 March 1636, it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands.
3.8 km · university in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Rietveld Schröder House
The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children.
2.7 km · house in the Dutch city of Utrecht built in 1924 by Gerrit Rietveld · Wikipedia - 03St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht
St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, or Dom Church, is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, which was the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during the Middle Ages.
3.3 km · cathedral in Utrecht · Wikipedia - 04Stadion Galgenwaard
Stadion Galgenwaard ʋaːrt]) is a football stadium in Utrecht, Netherlands. It has been the home of the FC Utrecht since 1970.
2 km · football stadium in Utrecht · Wikipedia - 05Centraal Museum
The Centraal Museum is the main museum in Utrecht, Netherlands, founded in 1838. The museum has a wide-ranging collection, mainly of works produced locally.
2.4 km · museum in Utrecht, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06St Catherine's Cathedral
St. Catherine's Cathedral, often referred to as Catharijnekerk, is a Catholic church dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria situated in Utrecht in the Netherlands.
2.9 km · cathedral in Utrecht · Wikipedia - 07Utrecht Observatory
Sonnenborgh Observatory is an astronomical observatory and museum open to the public, located in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is located in one of the four stone forts built by Charles V as defense buildings for Utrecht.
2.6 km · public astronomical observatory and museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08St. Gertrude's Cathedral
St. Gertrude's Cathedral in Utrecht, the Netherlands, is the seat of the Archbishop of Utrecht and the mother church of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands.
3.2 km · church building in Utrecht, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 09Museum Speelklok
Museum Speelklok is a museum in Utrecht, Netherlands, specializing in self-playing musical instruments. Since 1984, it has been housed in the centre of Utrecht in a former church called Buurkerk.
3.3 km · museum in Utrecht, The Netherlands · Wikipedia - 10Museum Catharijneconvent
The Museum Catharijneconvent is a museum of religious art in Utrecht, Netherlands.
2.9 km · museum for religious art in Utrecht, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lunetten
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 37 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 49 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 70 km
- Stations
- Utrecht Centraal railway station, 3.4 km · Houten railway station, 3.9 km · Utrecht Lunetten railway station, 700 m · Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn railway station, 2 km
- Rotterdam → Lunetten47 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · €6–8
- Eindhoven → Lunetten73 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · €9–12
- Maastricht → Lunetten140 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · €18–25
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lunetten
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lunetten. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is also a small ferry (pedestrians/cyclists €1.25/€1.75) across the river Lek to Vianen.
- Go nextUtrecht IJsselstein Vianen is a short ferry ride away across the river (or a short bicycle, car or bus ride across the motorway bridge)
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Next door to Lunetten
Lunetten is 3 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Utrechtmunicipality in the Netherlands and capital city of the province of Utrecht3.3 km
- Fectiovillage in Netherlands2.3 km
- Heemstedevillage in the Utrecht, Netherlands2.8 km
- Kanaleneilandneighborhood in Utrecht, The Netherlands3 km
- Tolsteegsouthern Dutch neighbourhood1.3 km