Off next week for a trip, any do's and dont's?
Utrecht & Leuven
Started by Jon Cutler, Apr 21 2012 09:42 PM
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 01:23 PM
While this is probably too late for you, I think Utrecht's a great place. Would be great for a stag do and if people had to go into Amsterdam they could as it's about the same distance from Schiphol.
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Posted 05 May 2012 - 06:47 PM
I agree doonhameronthedon. I live in The Netherlands and visit Utrecht frequently since its not that far from my home. The centre is lovely and great for restaurants, shopping and nightlife - Oudegracht the canal which goes through the centre has some good restaurants and is a really nice place to sit outdoors to eat and drink in good weather watching the boats and ducks/geese/swans go by.
Downsides - 1. don't leave anything valuable in your car when parking in centre. Ours was broken into and my husbands laptop stolen.
2. Not in the centre, which is lovely, but outside of there is a helluva lot of graffiti. The first time I visited it was raining - that plus all the graffiti didn't make for a good first impression.
Downsides - 1. don't leave anything valuable in your car when parking in centre. Ours was broken into and my husbands laptop stolen.
2. Not in the centre, which is lovely, but outside of there is a helluva lot of graffiti. The first time I visited it was raining - that plus all the graffiti didn't make for a good first impression.
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Jon Cutler
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 08:01 PM
While this is probably too late for you, I think Utrecht's a great place. Would be great for a stag do and if people had to go into Amsterdam they could as it's about the same distance from Schiphol.
Aye Utrecht is a cracking place.
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 11:44 AM
Off next week for a trip, any do's and dont's?
Was it to see the Stranglers by any chance? Both cracking cities.
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 07:45 PM
Never been to Utrecht so cannot comment but been to Leuven many times with my work - Belgium equivalent of Oxford/Cambridge - big university place with loads of old buildings. Stella comes from there too!
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Jon Cutler
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Posted 25 May 2012 - 06:55 AM
Was it to see the Stranglers by any chance? Both cracking cities.
Never been to Utrecht so cannot comment but been to Leuven many times with my work - Belgium equivalent of Oxford/Cambridge - big university place with loads of old buildings. Stella comes from there too!
Aye was over to see The Stranglers. Didn't get as much time in Leuven as expected, looked like a cracking place though.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 03:39 AM
Leuven is a place I'd love to go visit but I, for some reason, thought it'd be "industrial"..
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 03:15 PM
was in utrecht for celtic europa league qualifier two seasons back class place
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 03:24 PM
Leuven is a place I'd love to go visit but I, for some reason, thought it'd be "industrial"..
I think it's a student town.
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Posted 03 June 2012 - 05:38 PM
Aye was over to see The Stranglers. Didn't get as much time in Leuven as expected, looked like a cracking place though.
I thought they were great in Utrecht. First time I've seen them since Roberts moved on as the singer. I thought they were excelleny. Leuven's a great place too. I watched the Euro 2004 final there after going to the Werchter festival. I hope you enjoyed the trip!
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Jon Cutler
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Posted 26 June 2012 - 06:26 PM
Aye great gig in Utrecht, Roberts was good but they are much better live without him.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 07:55 PM
Aye great gig in Utrecht, Roberts was good but they are much better live without him.
Agreed. I liked his voice on some of the studio stuff they recorded with him but was not impressed by him live. I hear the Stranglers are supporting Iggy and the Stooges in Brussels on 12th August. Nice double bill.
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