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Environs. UTRECHT. 54. Route. 448
from the convent of St. Agnes; painted panel from the old poor-house of
St. James (1562). In Room X (with an oriel-window; opposite the stair-
case): Tomb of a knight (14th cent.); two capitals of columns (11th cent.) ;
tombs of two canons of St. Mary’s (15th cent.); painted *Statues of SS.
George, Agnes, Paul, and Mary Magdalen, from St. Mary’s (ca. 1600);
fragments of stained glass from the cathedral; figure of Justice from the
Vierschaar (p. 450) of the old Stadhuis, by Johan van Damast (ca. 1700).
Over the staircase is a noteworthy painting from the Gasthuis of St. Bar-
tholomew. 3
SEconD Fioor. Models of the cathedral and of several former build-
ings in Utrecht. Wall-hangings in the ‘Empire style’.
To the S. of the Hoogeland Park extends the new Wilhelmina
Park (P1. F, 4, 5), adjoining the Konings-Laan.
Enyrnons. The country for many miles around Utrecht is
attractive, being studded with numerous mansions, parks, and
gardens, and fertilized by the ramifications of the Rhine and a
number of canals. The railway from Utrecht to Baarn (4131/9 M. in
20-40 min.) affords an opportunity of visiting some of the finest
points, such as De Bilt (Oostergetel, D. 41/, fl.), with numerous
country houses and the Royal Meteorological Institute, in wooded
environs; Soest (Hétel de Koophandel); the royal chateau of Soest-
dyk and Baarn (see p. 422). — Other excursions may be taken by
steam-tramway from the Central Station at Utrecht via Bilt (see |
above) to Zeist (see below) and Driebergen (golf-course), or to Amers-
foort (p. 423), Hilversum (p. 431), Niewwersluis (p. 431), ete. ;
A combined tramway and steamer service plies from Utrecht (Wester- \
Kade; Pl. ©, 6) vid Jutphaas to Vreeswyk, where the large locks of the
canal uniting Amsterdam with the Rhine (de Keulsche Vaart; comp. p. 368)
may be inspected. A bridge-of-boats connects the village with Vianen (Hof ‘
van Brederode; Hétel de Roos), supposed to be the Fanum Dianae of Pto- |
lemy. The church contains the tomb of Reinoud van Brederode (d. 1556) j
and his wife Philippote van der Marck, an important work, probably
executed about 1560 by Jacob Colyn de Nole of Utrecht.
55. From Utrecht and Arnhem to Cologne via
Emmerich and Oberhausen.
136 or 101 M. Express from Utre
cht in 4-51/2 hrs.; from Arnhem in 8-
38/s hrs. Dutch Railway to Emmer
, where the German custom-house
o
examination takes place; thence Prussian Railway. In the reverse direction j
Dutch custom-house examination at Zevenaar. The German railways |
observe ‘Central Europe’ time, i.e. 4 hr. in advance of Dutch railway time.
— From Amsterdam to Cologne by this route, express in 5-61/2 hrs.; from
Rotterdam in 5-61/2 brs.; from The Hague in 5-63/, hrs. i
The Steamboat Route (comp. p. 302) on the Rhine from Rotterdam to |
Cologne via Arnhem (Cologne & Diisseldorf Co.) or vid Nymwegen (Nether-
lands Steamship Co.), though offering some points of interest, is on the
whole tedious.
Utrecht, see p. 437. The train crosses the canal (Vaartsche Rhyn)
connecting Utrecht with the Lek, or main branch of the Rhine.
10 M. Driebergen is also a station on the steam-tramway (see
p- 486) to Zeist, a village to the N., in wooded environs, whence
two tramway-lines run to Utrecht on the one hand and via Rysen-
burg and Rhenen to Arnhem on the other. Zeist is the seat of a |