Hoog Catharijne
(http://www.hoogcatharijne...) is a is large indoor shopping area connected to the central hall of utrecht centraal station, the main railway station of utrecht.
Most shops are located in the city centre, concentrated around the Oudegracht, Vredeburg and Neude. There is also a large shopping centre extending east from the city centre in the direction of the Wilhelminapark. For general shop info and their openings hours you can visit openingstijden.nl (http://www.openingstijden...) it shows an overview of the most popular shops.
El Beso
(http://www.el-beso.com/) at nobelstraat there is an excellent wine, life and style shop, called el beso spanish for kiss. on saturdays you can just walk in and try a wine, no buying obligations. international crowd.
geek gear
There are half a dozen stores at the part of the Oudegracht Old Canal south of De Dom that sell board games, card games, wargames, roleplaying games, fantasy and science-fiction books and/or comics ie. Piet Snot, Elf Fantasy, the Joker and Neverneverland. Keep your eyes peeled; some of these stores are easy to miss.
Blunder (http://www.stripwinkelblu...) has a large collection of âmainstream comicsâ on street level and an even bigger collection of the newest American comics and Manga/Anime in the basement. The address is Oudegracht 203.
Piet Snot (http://www.pietsnot.nl/) is a normal comic shop. They also have a big collection of second hand comics. Vismarkt 3 Itâs a small part of the Oudegracht that for some dark reason has been given a different name...
Strip & Lectuurshop (http://www.stripart.nl/). Lots of comics located at Oudegracht 194
Labyrinth (http://www.labyrinthfanta...) is all about fantasy games. They have furniture, weapons, clothing, jewelry and lots of roleplaying books. It is located at Oudegracht 207.
The Joker. Games, games and much more games. From your normal family games to the German type games and the American wargames and everything in between. They also have lots of Collectible Card games and scenariobooks for RPGs. In the basement itâs possible to play the games. It is located at Oudegracht 230a.
Neverneverland, like The Joker, has a large selection of boardgames and RPGs. It is located at Oudegracht 202.
Subcultures (http://www.subcultures.nl/) is well... about subcultures. Specialized in miniature wargames, RPGs and designer toys. The address is Oude Gracht 194, but the store is a werfkelder. This means that when on street level you have to take the stairs down to the canal.