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Dom Under

Paulus van Dorsten, via DOMunder

Visitors look at ruins at DOMunder in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Talented volunteer guides and fascinating educational films with CGI effects set the historical scene. Then it's your turn to become an amateur archaeologist as you're let loose in the subterranean half-dark beneath Domplein with your finger on the trigger of a smart-torch audio-gun. Finding clue-targets, you unravel the meaning of rubble-strata and the odd pottery piece, identifying relics of Utrecht's original Roman castrum and its early churches.

Visitors look at ruins at DOMunder in Utrecht, Netherlands.
**RIGHTS MANAGED** DOMunder in Utrecht, Netherlands. Courtesy of Ilse van Amerongen at DOMunder - ilse@ondergrondsdomplein.nl. Uploaded for app use only. Paulus van Dorsten, via DOMunder

Allow over an hour for the experience, which is an excellent introduction to key moments in Utrecht's history. Tickets are sold online or through the nearby Tourist Office.

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