Getting here and accessibility

Address

Utrecht University Botanic Gardens
Budapestlaan 17
3584 CD Utrecht
The Netherlands

By bicycle

Utrecht has been awarded the best cycling city in the world. The Gardens are about 5 km from the center of Utrecht and are easily accessible by bicycle from Utrecht Central Station, among other places. Of course, the Gardens can also be easily included in a longer bike ride in the beautiful surroundings of Utrecht. Do you want to plan a bike ride? This can be done, for example, via the bicycle route planner of the Dutch cyclists' union. Are you coming on an electric bicycle? Please keep in mind that it is unfortunately not yet possible to charge the bicycle with us.

By public transport

Are you traveling via Utrecht Central Station? Take tram 20, 21 or 22 to the Padualaan stop, or bus 28 to the 'Botanische Tuinen ' stop. Please note, the tram does not run on weekends. For traveling by public transport via other locations, see 9292.nl.

By car

There are several car parks in the vicinity of the Gardens, which are free on weekends and paid during the week.

• Opposite the entrance to the Gardens is 'Parking Lot Budapestlaan' with its entrance on Princetonlaan.
• Diagonally opposite the entrance to the Gardens is 'Parking Lot Padualaan' with its entrance on the Leuvenlaan.
• Behind the Gardens is 'Parking Garage Olympos' with its entrance on Uppsalalaan.
• You can also park your car at P+R Utrecht Science Park. You can purchase a combination ticket here for parking and traveling by public transport in the city. For example, you can first travel to the Botanic Gardens and continue to the city center with the same ticket. You can also rent public transport (OV) bicycles at this P+R.

Check the current traffic information (in Dutch)

There are two parking spaces right in front of the entrance door for our disabled visitors. Do you have a European disabled parking card? Then you may park in these parking spaces. See above for the other parking spaces at Utrecht Science Park.

With the exception of parts of the Rock Garden, the Botanic Gardens are accessible to people in wheelchairs. Both in the Entrance Building and in the Tropical Greenhouses, there are toilets for the disabled. You can easily access the Gardens via the automatic fence next to the Entrance Building. Our front-desk volunteers can open this fence for you from the inside of the Entrance Building. When you want to leave the Gardens, a big red button has been installed for this purpose on the other side of the fence. Press this button and the automatic gate opens.

For people who have mobility problems, a number of wheelchairs are available. These so-called 'HandyCar(e)s' are located next to the Entrance Building and can be borrowed by means of a token system, just like shopping carts. In the Entrance Building, we also sell special 'Botanic Gardens Tokens' that are suitable for this. Coins of € 1, €0,50 or € 2 can also be used. The wheelchairs can be easily pushed on the hardened paths throughout the Gardens. The wheelchairs cannot be reserved in advance.

In the Discovery Garden, a number of specific modifications have been made in order to facilitate visits for people with disabilities. For instance, there are raised planters so you can also feel the plants and see them up close from a wheelchair. Furthermore, the paths have been completed with a light tiling of seashells that contrasts with the dark tappable edges in order to make them easier to follow for people who are visually impaired.

Assistance dogs are welcome. Persons accompanying persons in wheelchairs who are not self reliant have free access. Persons accompanying persons who have companion passes also have free access.

When visiting the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens the following house rules apply.

• Access to the University Utrecht Botanic Gardens only with a valid entrance ticket or a Museum Pass, Friends Pass and only during opening hours. (10 AM tot 4.30 PM from March till December.
• Stay on the paths. Lawns may be walked on.
• The Botanic Gardens are accessible to wheelchairs, with the exception of parts of the Rock Garden.
• Dogs, with the exception of assistance dogs, and other animals are not allowed.
• Children until 13 years old should always be accompanied by an adult.
• Use of (balance) bikes, scooters, drones and balls are not allowed.
• The Botanic Gardens and the Utrecht Science Park are smoke-free zones. Smoking is not allowed.
• You are not allowed to bring your own food and beverages to the terrace of the Garden Café Botanica. Picnicking is allowed at other places in the Gardens, with the exception of alcoholic beverages.
• Photography and filming are permitted for personal use. For commercial photography, please see the Terms & Conditions Photography and Film. 
• Picking, taking or eating plants, fruits, seeds, mushrooms, eggs, caterpillars, butterflies or other animals is not allowed.
• There are poisonous plants throughout the Gardens and there are water features that may be hazardous for children, so keep them near.
• By entering the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens, you accept our exclusion of any liability for damage in any sense whatsoever that might befall you or yours during your stay at the Botanic Gardens. You enter the Botanic Gardens at your own risk.
• Employees of the Gardens may take photographs on the day of your visit and use them for publication. If you object, you can indicate this to our photographer (recognisable by a jacket with 'photographer'). You can also object to the use of photographs in which you are recognisable by sending an e-mail to botanische.tuinen@uu.nl.