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Anneke Bokern
Almere, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht

Anneke Bokern is an architecture journalist and writer based in Amsterdam. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she studied History of Art and Architecture in Berlin. She moved to the Netherlands in 2000 and has been writing about architecture and urban development for German and international publications including Bauwelt, Baumeister, Topos and DETAIL ever since. She is also the author of several books on Dutch architecture.

Her passion for Dutch building culture led her to found architour in 2004 and co-found the Guiding Architects Network, making her one of the pioneers of professionally guided architecture tours in the Netherlands.

She develops programmes, curates tours, and leads groups in English, German, and Dutch, and continues to write and publish on Dutch architecture.

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Paul Vlok
Almere, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht

Paul is an experienced architect and lecturer. Born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, he graduated from TU Delft with an honours degree in Architecture in 1995.

In the years that followed, Paul worked for several Dutch architecture firms, contributing to projects in urban extensions and renewal areas. His work has consistently focused on housing and urban planning.

Since 2018, Paul has been a partner at architour. He develops and organises programmes and leads tours in English, Dutch and German. He also teaches at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture.

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Utrecht

Utrecht combines one of the best-preserved historical city centres in the Netherlands with some of the country's most ambitious recent urban projects.

The area around Utrecht Centraal – the largest transit-oriented development in the Netherlands – shows how the city has successfully shifted from car-dominated to pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, making it one of the leading examples of sustainable urban mobility worldwide. The OMA-designed university campus and the world's largest bike garage show how Utrecht approaches knowledge infrastructure and sustainable mobility.

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architour has been organizing architecture tours in Amsterdam since 2004. We offer a wide range of ready-to-book tours and develop customized programmes tailored to your interests — lectures on city development, meetings with local stakeholders, tours on specific themes.

Our 18 guides are experienced local experts with backgrounds in architecture, urban planning, and architectural history. They work in English, Dutch, German, French, and Japanese. Distances in the Netherlands are short, making it easy to combine Utrecht with Amsterdam, Rotterdam, or other cities in a single trip.

architour
Architecture Tours in Utrecht
Utrechtsedwarsstraat 30B
NL - 1017WG Amsterdam
+31-6-12464628
[email protected]

This is just a small selection of tour examples. We offer many more, including custom options and multi-day programmes.

All tours listed here are arranged on request for groups. We’ll be glad to help plan a programme tailored to the interests of your group.

Contact us for bookings and further information!

architour is led by Anneke Bokern and Paul Vlok. We currently have a team of 18 guides, based in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Eindhoven.

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