
City ParkUtrecht
Wilhelminapark
A genteel 1898 park in Utrecht-Oost with a large pond, monumental trees and a popular pavilion café.
A huge modern park in Leidsche Rijn with a 6 km cycle loop, a walled 'Vlinderhof' garden and big open skies.
Máximapark — Photo: Maurits90 · CC0
A huge modern park in Leidsche Rijn with a 6 km cycle loop, a walled 'Vlinderhof' garden and big open skies.
Best for: Long cycles and big space

A genteel 1898 park in Utrecht-Oost with a large pond, monumental trees and a popular pavilion café.

Utrecht University's botanic gardens at Fort Hoofddijk — a dramatic rock garden built into a 19th-century fort, greenhouses and a systematic garden on the city's east side.
A forested ice-age ridge running through Utrecht: beech and pine woods, heath, country estates and burial mounds, laced with cycling and walking trails.