Spot a Dutch cheese wheel in Utrecht

Spot a canal-side flower box

Find a Utrecht canal house with a flower box on a window, balcony or doorstep. Photograph the floral burst.

Spot a Heineken sign in Utrecht

Find a Heineken sign on a Utrecht café awning. Photograph the red star.

Spot a herring stand (haringkraam) in Utrecht

Find a Utrecht haringkraam selling raw herring with onions. Photograph the silver-fish tail held up.

Spot a poffertjes plate

Find a plate of poffertjes (small Dutch puffy pancakes with butter and icing sugar) at a market stall or café. Photograph the plate.

Spot a Utrecht bakery window with apple tart

Find an appeltaart (Dutch apple tart with cinnamon and raisins) in a Utrecht bakery window. Photograph the tart.

Spot a Utrecht bicycle parking garage

Find the Stationsplein bicycle parking garage (the world's biggest with 12,500 spaces). Photograph the rows of bikes.

Spot a Utrecht bitterballen plate

Find a plate of bitterballen on a Utrecht café table, with mustard on the side. Photograph the line-up.

Spot a Utrecht boat (gondola or rondvaartboot)

Find a tour boat or rowboat on the Oudegracht. Photograph the boat from a bridge.

Spot a Utrecht canal bicycle

Find a Dutch upright bicycle parked along the Oudegracht or Nieuwegracht. Photograph the bike with the canal in shot.

Spot a Utrecht canal reflection

Find a still stretch of the Oudegracht with the wharves reflected. Photograph the mirror image.

Spot a Utrecht Dutch flag

Find a Dutch flag flying on a Utrecht building, balcony or canal house. Photograph the colours.

Spot a Utrecht hofje (almshouse)

Find a Utrecht hofje (almshouse courtyard, often behind a small archway). The Bruntenhof and Sionshof are well known. Photograph the entrance.

Spot a Utrecht railway museum sign

Find the entrance to the Spoorwegmuseum at the old Maliebaan station. Photograph the historic facade or the train carriages on display.

Spot a Utrecht stepped gable

Find a stepped gable (trapgevel) on a Utrecht canal house. Photograph the staircase silhouette.

Spot a Utrecht street market stall

Find a stall at the Vredenburg market or the Saturday flower market on Janskerkhof. Photograph the stall.

Spot a Utrecht stroopwafel

Find a fresh stroopwafel in a Utrecht bakery or market stall. Photograph the warm wafer.

Spot a Utrecht tram or bus

Find a Utrecht tram (Uithoflijn) or city bus on its route. Photograph the vehicle passing a heritage building.

Spot a Utrecht university faculty building

Walk into the Utrecht Science Park (Uithof) or find one of the historic university buildings in the centre (Janskerkhof). Photograph the academic facade.

Spot a Vlaamse frites cone in Utrecht

Find a cone of Belgian-style frites with mayonnaise at a Utrecht stand. Photograph the cone.

Spot a wharf cellar bar

Find a Utrecht wharf cellar (kelder) restaurant or bar with the door at canal level. Photograph the cellar entrance.

Spot the Catharijneconvent or Vredenburg facade

Find the Catharijneconvent church (medieval) or the new Vredenburg music hall (TivoliVredenburg). Photograph one of these architectural contrasts.

Spot the Dom Tower

Find the Dom Tower (Domtoren) of Utrecht, the 112-metre gothic bell tower, the tallest church tower in the Netherlands. Photograph it.

Spot the Domkerk church

Find the Domkerk (the church behind the tower, never reconnected after the 1674 tornado). Photograph the church facade or the gap where the nave used to stand.

Spot the Miffy / Nijntje

Find a Miffy (Nijntje) reference: the Miffy crossing on Bakkerstraat, the Miffy Museum facade, a souvenir shop. Dick Bruna was Utrecht's most famous illustrator. Photograph the rabbit.

Spot the Neude post-office mosaic

Walk to the Neude (the former post office, now Bibliotheek Neude) and find the mosaic floor and tiled facade. Photograph the building.

Spot the Oudegracht wharves

Walk along the Oudegracht and find the wharves (werven) with cellar cafés below street level. Photograph a wharf with the canal.

Spot the Pandhof Domkerk cloister

Find the gothic cloister garden of the Pandhof Domkerk (next to the church). Photograph the herb garden with the cloister.

Spot the Rietveld Schröder House

Walk east to the Rietveld Schröder House on Prins Hendriklaan. Photograph the De Stijl primary-colour facade with red, blue, yellow and white planes.

Spot tulips in a Utrecht stall

Find a Utrecht flower stall with tulips (Vredenburg market, Janskerkhof flower market on Saturdays). Photograph the cascade of colours.