Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. It is bordered by the Eemmeer in the north, Gelderland in the east, the river Rhine in the south, South Holland in the west, and North Holland in the northwest. Important cities in the province are its capital, also called Utrecht, Amersfoort and Zeist. [hotels]

In the east of Utrecht lies the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, a chain of hills left as lateral moraine by tongues of glacial ice after the Saline glaciation that preceded the last ice age. Because of the scarcity of nutrients in the fast-draining sandy soil, the greatest part of a landscape that was formerly heath has been planted with pine plantations. The south of the province is a river landscape. The west consists mostly of meadows. In the north are big lakes formed by the digging of peat from bogs formed after the last ice age.

Municipalities
Abcoude
Amersfoort
Baarn
Breukelen
Bunnik
Bunschoten
De Bilt
De Ronde Venen
Eemnes
Houten
IJsselstein
Leusden
Loenen
Lopik
Maarssen
Montfoort
Nieuwegein
Oudewater
Renswoude
Rhenen
Soest
Utrecht
Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Veenendaal
Vianen
Wijk bij Duurstede
Woerden
Woudenberg
Zeist