History įor a chronological guide, see Timeline of Utrecht. In 2012, Lonely Planet included Utrecht in the top 10 of the world's unsung places. It has the second-highest number of cultural events in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam. Due to its central position within the country, it is an important hub for both rail and road transport it has the busiest train station in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal. Utrecht is home to Utrecht University, the largest university in the Netherlands, as well as several other institutions of higher education. Utrecht was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city. In 1579, the Union of Utrecht was signed in the city to lay the foundations for the Dutch Republic. It has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the 8th century. Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures, several dating as far back as the High Middle Ages. It has a population of 361,699 as of December 2021. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands. Utrecht ( / ˈ j uː t r ɛ k t/ YOO-trekt, Dutch: ( listen), Utrecht dialect: Utreg ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

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