Schildersbuurt

Atmosphere and specifics

• Mostly a residential development area from the 1920s.
• First apartment building of Utrecht in more austere variant of the Amsterdamse School at Rembrandtkade/Albert Neuhuysstraat
• Jan van Scorelstraat is the main street of the neighbourhood.
• Mostly mid-city housing
• Area is roughly bordered by Rembrandtkade. Adriaen van Ostadelaan, Laan van Minsweerd and Prins Hendriklaan
• Most famous house is the Rietveld-Schroderhuis at Prins Hendriklaan but also the white houses at the Frans Halsstraat are a landmark.