Voorstraat, one of the oldest streets in Utrecht, dates back to the 1300s. It became an important thoroughfare for merchants, artisans, students, entrepreneurs and residents. In 1972, it was not yet a street brimming with design and vintage shops, eateries and coffee shops and cars were not yet banned, but it has always retained some of its charming unpolished-ness.
View in the Voorstraat in Utrecht, with a Volkswagen Beetle in the foreground on the corner with the Hardebollenstraat (c) Bakx, W.M.P.A