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The lead · City

Trans and genderqueer theatre company WILD Producties wins Utrecht's €5,000 Annie Brouwer-Korf Prize

The Utrecht company, whose cast and crew are all trans and/or genderqueer, was chosen unanimously from nearly 40 nominations for the city's LGBTIQA+ acceptance prize.

Utrechter Post Desknewsroom

An illustrated small theatre stage in a Utrecht-style brick building, with a band's instruments and a harp set up and chairs waiting for an audience.

Utrecht backs 17 makers and cultural initiatives with two-year subsidies for 2027–2028

City · 2 min read

A primary-school playground where part of the paving has been replaced by grass, a small planted area and a shallow rainwater basin, with wooden play equipment and trees.

Utrecht tops up its fund for greener school playgrounds after 2026 money runs out

City · 4 min read

An illustrated university laboratory and lecture-hall scene with researchers' workbenches, an MRI scanner and shelves of notebooks in soft daylight.

Six Utrecht researchers win €1.5 million European grants, from brain-tumour MRI to boys' school results

City · 3 min read

A quiet Utrecht residential street with a few older cars parked beside a tree-lined canal and a cyclist riding past brick houses, in a soft illustrated style.

Utrecht extends its diesel car scrappage subsidy to the end of 2027

City · 3 min read

An illustration of two youth workers talking with a group of teenagers on a bench in a schoolyard beside a brick school building in autumn light.

Utrecht awards youth work to JOU for up to a decade, expanding school role

City · 3 min read

A stylised illustration of a laboratory bench with a microscope and a computer workstation showing abstract branching cell shapes, in soft blue and green tones.

Utrecht researcher's "virtual embryo" aims to flag chemicals that raise spina bifida risk

City · 3 min read

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A compact Utrecht residential street with apartment buildings, parked bicycles, pedestrians and construction work sharing limited public space. — **Utrecht has added residents and homes within the existing city, increasing the demands placed on streets and public space.**The Utrechter Post (illustration) / The Utrechter Post

In depth · City

Utrecht is growing fast — and everyday life is feeling the pressure

Utrecht remains prosperous, popular and widely loved. Its latest city monitor also shows what a decade of denser growth means for streets, housing and unequal health across neighbourhoods.

Utrechter Post Desk·4 min read·The Utrechter Post (illustration) / The Utrechter Post

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