Relaxation

We try to make your stay here at the hospital more enjoyable. For example, we make our hallways attractive with art. Also, visit our activity rooms or take an outing during visiting hours. On this page you can read about available walking tours, the quiet center and how you can use other leisure services.

Expo Care of tomorrow uitklapper, klik om te openen

In the main hall, next to the main entrance, you will find a special exhibition area. Here you can see interactively how we are preparing for the care of the future. In doing so, the patient's journey increasingly begins at home.

In the expo you will walk past various departments. With images and sound, we let you experience what care may look like. This will give you a clear and complete picture of what is changing.

The exhibition also shows what the rooms in the future UMC Utrecht will look like. Not only the buildings will change, but also the workplaces and the way we provide care. This makes it clear how we are working together on tomorrow's care.

You will find the exhibition area in the central hall, to the left of the main entrance, behind the cab stand.

Walking uitklapper, klik om te openen

Walking routes with route map

Out and about? You can! Around the UMC Utrecht there is a lot of greenery and all kinds of footpaths. That is why we have mapped out nine walking routes for you. The distance of the walking routes varies from 0.7 kilometers to 2.8 kilometers. They take a maximum of 30 minutes to walk. The routes have different starting points and for each route there is a route map. Find the route maps in the postcard rack to the left of store Vermaat.

Wheelchair or walker? Not all walks are passable with a wheelchair or walker.

Johanne Niemeijer Garden

Would you like to go outside, alone or with your visitor, to relax or get some fresh air? Then take a walk in the Johanne Niemeijer Garden. You can reach this garden if you first walk route C and then follow the signs Wilhelmina Children's Hospital. The garden is always open. After 5 p.m., you can open the entrance door via the intercom next to the door. In a wheelchair? Then you can also access the garden.

Distance: 1.3 km

Oostbroek Estate

Close to the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (WKZ) is the Oostbroek estate. It takes about three quarters of an hour to walk from the WKZ to the estate and back. This includes a circular walk around the estate. There is a walking trail on the estate.

Distance: 2.3 km

Rock Garden

Be sure to visit the Rock Garden. If you follow route D from the main entrance, halfway down the corridor you will see the Rock Garden on your right. The garden is open between 9:30 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Botanical Gardens Utrecht

Fancy an outing outside UMC Utrecht? About a 15-minute walk from UMC Utrecht, you'll find the Botanical Gardens Utrecht. They can also be reached by bus. At the main entrance of UMC Utrecht, take line 28 and get off at the stop 'Botanische Tuinen'. The Botanical Gardens are open daily from March 1 to December 1 from 10:00 - 17:00. The greenhouses close at 16.00, the entrance building at 16.30.

As a patient of UMC Utrecht, you can visit the Botanical Gardens free of charge during a (day) admission. The hosts in the central hall can sign you in. The Botanical Gardens are easily accessible by wheelchair or walker.

Distance: 2.0 km

Art uitklapper, klik om te openen

Art Route

UMC Utrecht has an art collection of approximately two thousand works. To let you enjoy this art collection, we have created two art walks for you that you can walk with your smartphone or tablet. The artworks included in the art walks are identified by a text sign with QR code. You will find them in the public area and you can start at any number in the art walks. Are you not comfortable walking? Ask your visitor or a volunteer to walk with you. The art routes can also be viewed online at Art Walks - Art in UMC Utrecht

Museum Bleulandinum (department of anatomy)

The museum is named after Jan Bleuland. He laid the foundation for the museum collection. The University of Utrecht received this collection in 1838. The collection includes beautiful wax models of the human body.

If you would like to visit the museum, please make an appointment with the secretariat of the anatomy department by calling +3188-7568337 or by email: anatomie@umcutrecht.nl.
The museum is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Tours should be requested at least one week in advance.

As of April 10, 2025, we are charging the following prices:

Admission per person is €3.25 (regardless of the number of people)
Groups do have a maximum of 22 people.

There are two tours:
A one-hour tour costs: €32.00
A one-and-a-half-hour tour costs: €50.00

All amounts include 9% VAT.
The price for the tour is per group. You still pay the entrance fee per person separately.

If you have any questions, we can be reached during office hours at 088-78568337.

Find the Dom Tower

The Dom Tower is the centerpiece of Utrecht and the pride of the city. The tower is over 112 meters high (the highest church tower in the Netherlands) and was built in the ^14th century. Would you like to view the Dom Tower from the hospital? You can! If you are on the highest floor of nursing tower D, you can see it. To do so, follow route D and take the stairs or elevator to the 5th floor. When you get off the elevator, turn left. The Cathedral Tower is visible through the window immediately to your left. Nursing Tower D is easily accessible both on foot and by wheelchair.

Quiet Center uitklapper, klik om te openen

Want to take a breather with rest, meditation or prayer? You can do so in the Quiet Center. On Christian holidays (All Souls' Day, Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost) we hold a church service at 10:00 am. On the first and third Sundays of the month, it is possible to receive Holy Communion in your room. There is also a Muslim prayer room. Near this room are washrooms and restrooms for men and women. The quiet center is located behind the stores near the main exit and is open day and night.

Yoga and meditation in the Quiet Center location UMC and location WKZ

In the Quiet Center you can take a class in yoga, meditation or mindfulness on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays from 12:30 to 1:00 pm. Changing clothes is not necessary. just keep in mind not to wear too tight and/or short clothes.

Registration is not required! Both patients and employees of UMC Utrecht can participate in the sessions. If you wish to participate as a patient, please discuss this in advance with your nurse or doctor.

UMC Utrecht

• Monday: 12:30 - 13:00 yoga by Marja
• Every second Monday of the month: 12:30 - 13:00 meditation by Sylvia
• Friday: 12:30 - 13:00 yoga by Mark

Classes take place in the quiet center, location UMC Utrecht.

WKZ

• Thursday: 12:30 - 13:00 yoga by Martha

Classes take place in the silence center, WKZ location.

Cost: Participation is free of charge.

Digital magazines and (audio) books uitklapper, klik om te openen

You will have free access to magazines, books and audiobooks at UMC Utrecht via the app Wait.

Infotainment uitklapper, klik om te openen

At the bedside of admitted patients hang a screen that allows them to watch television, talk on the phone, use the Internet and listen to the radio.