Zeist Travel Guide

Slot Zeist is a 18 century castle with a nice park and green well kept surroundings.
The Slot offers guided tours. There is a museum and a park. From here its a 6 minutes walk to the shops on the Slotlaan. On this route you will pass the buildings of The Broedergemeente (Hernhutters), The townhall and hotel/restaurant/Cinema FIGI.

This is mainly a lunch restaurant, but since summer 2004 you can also dine her (until 21.00 hr.) The have a wide variety of regular sandwiches (2-3 euro); the best choice however are the specials, such as tuna, clubsandwich fish and salami with goatcheese for about 6,50 euro. You pay about 40 % more and you get 50 % more quantity and 100 % more quality.
Therefore this adress fills up very quickly at saterdays.

Favorite Dish: Club sandwich fish

Nice spots where 30 plus people meet are The Irisch pub at the Slotlaan (close s24 hrs at weekdays) , The Reunie on the opposite (more college/hockey/ businessmen-type). The Weeshuiscafe (closes 24 hrs) nearby the cinema at Het Rond. The Schavuit at the Steijnlaan and The Jonckheer at the Oude Arnhemseweg.

Dress Code: Casual.
At saturdaynights sometimes there is a more severe check to prevent visit of groups of young loud and sometimes agressive people.

From Zeist it is easy to get in Utrecht.
There are buses every 30 or 15 minutes (depends on departingplace). Lines are 50,53, 54. 50 and 54 heads to the Driebergen-Zeist railway station to Utrecht?Amsterdam an Arnhem/nijmegen.

Zeist is well known for its shopping opportunities. There is the Slotlaan with the long and broad sidewalk, but also Hogeweg, Voorheuvel ans Steynlaan.
2 till 4 hrs. shopping is possible here and more when you choose to sit on one of the teraces.

What to buy: Nothing particular.
Its just a nice mix of everything you will find in an average Dutch town of 50000 to 100000 inhabitants. Its the space and green surroundings that make the difference.

Any VT member visiting Zeist can get a short guided tour in the townhall of Zeist built in 1917. Especially the meetingroom of the city council cq. members of local parliament is a nice mix of old and new. Just ask for mr. Scheffer and they will call me.
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From Zeist the FC Utrecht stadium can be reached in 25 min (bike) or 20 min (car). FC Utrecht plays their games every two weeks at 14.30 on sundays. They are about in the 6 - 8 rank in the Dutch prime division (after Ajax, Feijenoord. PSV, AZ, Twente, Roda JC).

Also the Amsterdam Arena (Ajax) has an easy connection (30 min drive). The best thing however is to take bus and the train (35 min. from Driebergen Zeist train station).