Only in Utrecht. This city is ahead of its time, but only by a couple of months. The canals of Utrecht (Oudegracht f.i.) are the most beautiful of the Netherlands, and the center of Utrecht is very much geared towards pedestrians (certainly more than Amsterdam) so definitely worth an extra visit to Netherlands.
That's the biggest thing I always notice going back and forth between the Netherlands and the US. Cars in the US are massive, roads are wide to accommodate them, parking spots too.
I'm from utrecht, if I recognize this neighborhood correctly it's super expensive. Both because it is so close to the city center/in the city center and because the houses are huge, as well as the current housing market being completely insane at the moment.
I used to live there, just around the corner in the picture. Extremely expensive. Utrecht is one of the worst places to find a house. Over the past ten years, many neighborhoods have become enclaves for educated, affluent people with very similar cultural backgrounds. The city just lets it happen. Next stop: London.
I actually live in Brooklyn off New Utrecht Ave and behind New Utrecht high school and milestone park end of my block has the foundation of this first Dutch house still, and the old Dutch church by me to with burials of Dutch early settler families that streets are named after.
People always says this, and i used to think like this too. Moved to southern europe (I'm from NL too) and yeah the weather is good, but social security, the economy (i.e. your wage will also be 2 times less), are all okay, but not as good as in northern europe.
For me it wasn’t a few years but the first winter, I knew I needed to move and soon. On my 4th year now and we’re close to being able to relocate, and I couldn’t imagine staying for 20+ years here. Spain, Italy, Southern France, Portugal… or Costa Rica. Those are our potential new places to live. I just need the sun… seasonal affected disorder fucks me up so hard.
I see where new york got most of its architecture from. For some reason i always thought everything just heavily resemble British but the more I look at Netherlands, the more I see its resemblance in the north eastern US.
This is mesmerisingly beautiful to me, with the added appeal of the autumn leaves as we enter the season. The houses are majestic, yet cosy and welcoming too.
Beautiful. I drop the pin on google maps in random places around the world to look around when I’m bored. I don’t think I have ever seen any places in Netherlands where I’d think ‘shit I wouldn’t want to live there!’. It’s tidy and well looked after everywhere you look.
Funny how both countries look the same. Even the shitty council estate houses. You should drop the pin in the countryside to see your real country and not Greater London
If it wasn’t for the title. one could easily mistake the location as a quaint New England street in the middle of Autumn with Halloween just around the corner…
Brick roads are used a lot here in the Netherlands in residential areas, also in new development. Narrow tires are rarely picked for day to day use here
That's the thing, it's really only inside the residential areas. If you would bike to the other side of the city, 80-90% of your trip would be on proper asphalt roads. This area is like this also to low key enforce the 30 km/h (~18 mph) max speed.
The brick roads arent just used instead of pavement because they look nice, its actually a traffic calming measure along other things like narrower roads, obstacles etc. Rougher roadsurfaces will have people drive slower.
Schwalbe g one speed or the panaracer slicks, 35 or bigger tubeless and you won't even notice them. Those tyres fit on on trekking or gravel bikes, unfortunately they are a bit overpriced at the moment because of the gravel cycling fad.
These roads are murder if you're on 23mm road tires, but most bikes here use much larger tires and then you don't really notice the difference between a well maintained brick road and asphalt
No one in the Netherlands has a modern bike with road tires. The bikes are minimum 100 years old, passed down to you from great grandmother, or bought from sketchy African in a dark alley.
My first thought was somewhere by the Nieuwegracht or out by Wilhelmina Park somewhere. I lived there for about 8 years many many moons ago and it was a great place. Ledig Erf, Cafe De Zaak, Cafe De Maan and then to Tivoli for a Swakfeest. Good times.
This is a great picture! Love the architecture. There was another top post a few days ago also from the Netherlands. Makes me want to visit the country someday. :)
I recently moved from Amsterdam to Utrecht, and it’s super lovely here. I always tell my people back home that it’s like Amsterdam minus the tourist and minus 2 floors on all the buildings.
Alot of people don't realise the Netherlands has way more then just Amsterdam, whenever someone says that they are going to the Netherlands I always recommend smaller cities and towns, as they're usually way prettier.
Utrecht is not in Holland. Amsterdam is in North Holland. Rotterdam is in South Holland and Utrecht is in the province Utrecht (same name for the province and city )
I read somewhere that that style of window in the Netherlands/lack of curtains developed out of the idea that you should live at home as you do in public, that people from the street can kind of monitor your behaviour like a panopticon!
Wow that’s around the corner from where I live! I thought this post was in the Dutch Reddit
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I heard this places as good Universities is that true?
Did you know that there is a neighborhood in Brooklyn New York called New Utrecht? I always wondered if that was common knowledge in Utrecht lol.
Goddamn bro that’s a beautiful neighborhood
Can you adopt me? American, needing rescue to a beautiful place.
Utrecht is a city in the Netherlands, known for its medieval center. It has tree-lined canals, Christian monuments and a venerable university.
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Small notion, these properties are worth well over 1m€, so a rich neighborhood.
I love Utrecht! Visited while visiting Amsterdam. The city feels super cozy. Very pretty Edit: a word for smarty pants below
Don't forget skyrocketing house prices and dramatic increases in the homeless population as a result.
How do I move there
Can you smoke weed there?
Certainly quiter than Zandvoort!
I can't hear you over the sound of prins Bernard jr.'s frugal behaviour.
This is why it is quiet. Everyone is at Zandvoort
The cheers are neverstappen.
"HaHa 1.6L Honda V6 go AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
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Gorgeous! I would like to have a walk in a such street as I only visited few times Amsterdam (canals, Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh museum...)
It's looking nothing like that yet over here. We've actually been having a few days of proper summer lately.
You'll very much find the same types of streets in Amsterdam as well. Just not always on the beaten tourist paths.
Only in Utrecht. This city is ahead of its time, but only by a couple of months. The canals of Utrecht (Oudegracht f.i.) are the most beautiful of the Netherlands, and the center of Utrecht is very much geared towards pedestrians (certainly more than Amsterdam) so definitely worth an extra visit to Netherlands.
Such a pleasant looking street.
Affordability: Zero.
-20 in the last 3 months
Is this next to the Spoorwegmuseum?
Yes, Hugo de Grootstraat
Cars look so tiny, and everything just fits perfect, Simply lovely
I've seen more and more American pickups around over the years, and I'm still shocked each time given how bad they look on our streets.
That's the biggest thing I always notice going back and forth between the Netherlands and the US. Cars in the US are massive, roads are wide to accommodate them, parking spots too.
Is that a cheap/average/expensive neighborhood by local standards?
I'm from utrecht, if I recognize this neighborhood correctly it's super expensive. Both because it is so close to the city center/in the city center and because the houses are huge, as well as the current housing market being completely insane at the moment.
Easily over 1m€, for example:
Very expensive.
I'm not in Utrecht, but by the look of it it seems pretty high level
I used to live there, just around the corner in the picture. Extremely expensive. Utrecht is one of the worst places to find a house. Over the past ten years, many neighborhoods have become enclaves for educated, affluent people with very similar cultural backgrounds. The city just lets it happen. Next stop: London.
Fall is early this year huh
I actually live in Brooklyn off New Utrecht Ave and behind New Utrecht high school and milestone park end of my block has the foundation of this first Dutch house still, and the old Dutch church by me to with burials of Dutch early settler families that streets are named after.
Hallo, tourleader lost, where to for keukenhof and coffeeshop?
After few years it loses its magic and you start looking at the picture in a different way:
Until you hit spring/summer in Spain with 45 degC and want a second house somewhere moderate :)
I never understood what's the fascination the Dutch have with Spain. Why not Italy or Portugal?
Why move to Spain when global warming will move Spain weather to you soon
I was thinking that these houses look expensive, how much would one go for?
Hit the nail on the head of living in the Netherlands.
Also, single layer windows, because the front of the house cannot be altered. That adds to the winter fun.
Winter depression is real.
People always says this, and i used to think like this too. Moved to southern europe (I'm from NL too) and yeah the weather is good, but social security, the economy (i.e. your wage will also be 2 times less), are all okay, but not as good as in northern europe.
For me it wasn’t a few years but the first winter, I knew I needed to move and soon. On my 4th year now and we’re close to being able to relocate, and I couldn’t imagine staying for 20+ years here. Spain, Italy, Southern France, Portugal… or Costa Rica. Those are our potential new places to live. I just need the sun… seasonal affected disorder fucks me up so hard.
It's got a certain vibe though. Listen to some M83 and walk the canals at night
Can relate
Those were my exact thought before I left the Netherlands after living there for 6 years. Lovely country, but needs a roof or something
Maybe for you, it never changed for me. If youre that easily dissatisfied, i dont think youll ever be happy anywhere long term
Very nice. I would love to visit the Netherlands again (especially places outside Amsterdam).
Maastricht, Leiden, Naarden are worth a visit
You should see Groningen, Delft, Rotterdam!
I see where new york got most of its architecture from. For some reason i always thought everything just heavily resemble British but the more I look at Netherlands, the more I see its resemblance in the north eastern US.
New Amsterdam and all that
Urgh, the netherlands are so pretty. I want to visit again soon :)
the architecture of the Netherlands is so good
This is mesmerisingly beautiful to me, with the added appeal of the autumn leaves as we enter the season. The houses are majestic, yet cosy and welcoming too.
yes! biggest indoor bike parking in the world.
Gorgeous! I used to live on a street very similar to this. I don't miss the Netherlands, but I miss living in Utrecht.
Where do you live now? I moved to Brussels from Utrecht and I do really miss the Netherlands. I miss the calm, the organisation.
Now that’s architecture. Outside of Helsinki, every building in Finland looks as depressing as the winter.
Great photo! Do you have it in higher resolution? I'd like to set it as my wallpaper
Beautiful. I drop the pin on google maps in random places around the world to look around when I’m bored. I don’t think I have ever seen any places in Netherlands where I’d think ‘shit I wouldn’t want to live there!’. It’s tidy and well looked after everywhere you look.
Funny how both countries look the same. Even the shitty council estate houses. You should drop the pin in the countryside to see your real country and not Greater London
This city is where I saw a very meaningful ex for the last time.
Those bricks on the road and the walls really make you imagine this street in a fairy tale.
The Netherlands is one of the most beautiful countries I've ever visited. The people were so nice.
If it wasn’t for the title. one could easily mistake the location as a quaint New England street in the middle of Autumn with Halloween just around the corner…
Saw this post yesterday so I decided to drive by on my bike this morning on my way to home from my night shift.
As lovely as brick roads look, I hate riding my bike with narrow road tires on them. After a couple of blocks I'm looking for some modern pavement.
Brick roads are used a lot here in the Netherlands in residential areas, also in new development. Narrow tires are rarely picked for day to day use here
The Dutch have learned to live with that. After a couple of months of daily riding your bike to school or work one develops an 'koperen kont'.
Agree, but these bricks don’t look too bad.
They're pretty smooth and don't make you bounce. Lot of paved roads here and I've never minder at all.
That's the thing, it's really only inside the residential areas. If you would bike to the other side of the city, 80-90% of your trip would be on proper asphalt roads. This area is like this also to low key enforce the 30 km/h (~18 mph) max speed.
These are the good kind of bricks haha... When i see those I'm just glad it's not bad layed cobblestone
The brick roads arent just used instead of pavement because they look nice, its actually a traffic calming measure along other things like narrower roads, obstacles etc. Rougher roadsurfaces will have people drive slower.
Schwalbe g one speed or the panaracer slicks, 35 or bigger tubeless and you won't even notice them. Those tyres fit on on trekking or gravel bikes, unfortunately they are a bit overpriced at the moment because of the gravel cycling fad.
These roads are murder if you're on 23mm road tires, but most bikes here use much larger tires and then you don't really notice the difference between a well maintained brick road and asphalt
Get wider tires
No one in the Netherlands has a modern bike with road tires. The bikes are minimum 100 years old, passed down to you from great grandmother, or bought from sketchy African in a dark alley.
A house the street across from this street is currently on sale! You do need a bit of money
Nee bedankt. Ik heb alleen nog Neude nodig.
Thank you Netherlands, I will pay it back in 3 generations ❤️
coziest city I've ever lived
My first thought was somewhere by the Nieuwegracht or out by Wilhelmina Park somewhere. I lived there for about 8 years many many moons ago and it was a great place. Ledig Erf, Cafe De Zaak, Cafe De Maan and then to Tivoli for a Swakfeest. Good times.
Wow. That makes me remember my Winning Eleven save. I got FC Utrecht to win Champions League
It's already autumn in Utrecht?
It's fall there already?
This looks so cozy
What month was this photo taken?
I wish I lived in the Netherlands
It's empty bcs everyone is at zandvoort
That street may be quite but one area of Holland which is far from quite currently is Zandvoort
Netherlands in general looks awesome.
This is a great picture! Love the architecture. There was another top post a few days ago also from the Netherlands. Makes me want to visit the country someday. :)
Is dit van dit jaar? Zo herfstig is het toch nog niet? Hier in Twente zijn alle bomen nog groen
Ik dacht daar ook aan, als ik hier in leeuwarden kijk is het ook nog groen.
Isn’t this edited as hell? NL licence plates are yellow, not orange. Would indicate a heavy filter
Quite lovely
It looks so cosy!
Are the leaves already falling there? (i.e. is this photo from this year?)
Leaves still on, summer starting to end but not yet autumn.
My guess is it's not from this year, all trees are still green here. Unless these are some weird trees
This looks like a screenshot from a videogame. Amazingly beatiful photo.
Utrecht is a wonderful town, totally worth a visit if you are in the neighborhood
It's a city actually!
Buddy of mine went to college in utrecht, i don't remember what it's called but it has an "oos" in it I think
Hogeschool Utrecht i quess?
I also like the peace and quiet of Utrecht but it wears a bit thin after a while. Calming and relaxing becomes gloomy and depressing in winter
I recently moved from Amsterdam to Utrecht, and it’s super lovely here. I always tell my people back home that it’s like Amsterdam minus the tourist and minus 2 floors on all the buildings.
Ahhhh, autumn looks Incredible!
Alot of people don't realise the Netherlands has way more then just Amsterdam, whenever someone says that they are going to the Netherlands I always recommend smaller cities and towns, as they're usually way prettier.
Utrecht was the nicest place I visited in Holland, normal toilets, beautiful food and lovely buildings.
Utrecht is not in Holland. Amsterdam is in North Holland. Rotterdam is in South Holland and Utrecht is in the province Utrecht (same name for the province and city )
As someone in Texas dealing with 100 degree weather, this picture looks sooo crisp and cool.
Man, how do you guys have like no street lamps?
Wow what a nice place....... Would be a shame if someone were to........culturally diversify it
I can feel the vibes through my phone
They don't "do" curtains in the Netherlands do they.
Lots of anal in those houses I hear.
Simply yet Ornately Beautiful
This looks amazing!
What's the price for one of those houses? Seems like an expensive area.
I’m pretty sure this is in the Wittevrouwen neighborhood, an entire house would cost 1.3 million euro or above with the current market as it is.
https://www.funda.nl/koop/utrecht/huis-42426388-johan-de-wittstraat-9/
60 m2 in one of the least popular neighbourhoods will cost you easily €230.000,- these will go for well over a milion €.
I think I know where this is, but could you tell me the street? Looks like the houses in Wilhelmina park.
How much would it cost to buy one of those houses?
Way too much, prices are very inflated here in recent times
Oh god...I just got remembered that its starting to be autumn again...
These days, everywhere you look, are parked cars, everywhere.
Why does this picture give me a warm sense of home? Anyone else?
Been there once and I love it😍
It can't be that quiet, I can hear those leaves.
Been there a few times for events, such a beautiful place! Up there as one of my favourite places I've been.
I do love autumn 🍂
holy shit I wanna live there so bad
hi OP, do you have a street view of this? Would love to see this place!
Must be a pain in the ass for any window cleaners lol
This picture gives me fuzzy feelings 🥰 so peaceful and desirable
I would toss away all my earthly belongings to move there.
Why is this so aesthetically pleasing? I want to go/live there.
This looks nice.
This is why I love September-November in cities
Don't step on those leaves.
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Do you have a higher resolution please?
Netherland here I come
Can I park there?
Damn I miss Europe. My commute in Utrecht took 45 mins by bicycle, but I didn't mind—I loved it
It baffles me that places like this exist
Looks like London but actually pretty
The Netherlands*
Is this picture recent? Because there are nowhere near as much fallen leaves yet where I live.
My autumn loving ass is so happy seeing this
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It’s beautiful. I adore the cobblestone.
I read somewhere that that style of window in the Netherlands/lack of curtains developed out of the idea that you should live at home as you do in public, that people from the street can kind of monitor your behaviour like a panopticon!
How many many need make for live here ....
Can’t wait to Erasmus my way there!
Very nice color composition
Did you take this picture with your phone?
Everyone is at Zandvoort :)
I want to live there
stayed 1 night in utrecht, beautiful city, my favourite northern europe city
Think I'll just die on the street.
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CozyPlaces
Wholesome street
This is so beautiful I just made it my phone background
Is this near the spoorwegmuseum?
Never have I ever had the urge to be somewhere I've never been and sometime in my past simultaneously this strongly
So pretty
Too bad there's cars in the pic
Crashed on a friend of a friend's couch in Utrecht when I was visiting Amsterdam with some buddies while studying abroad back in 2014.
Damn was going to be quiet.
Is that HDR street?
This just reminds me of Halloween afternoon, getting ready as a kid to go trick or treating through all the dead leaves.
Utreggg
Don’t me mind some herringbone brick paving.