Overvecht

Overvecht offers many amenities: multiple parks, a large shopping mall, a police station,[1] a library, train station and a neighborhood office; in terms of sports and culture, it hosts swimming pool De Kwakel, the Vechtsebanen skating rink, the large Ruigenhoek nature recreation area, and the Stefanus cultural center.

Based on designs by urban planners Wissing and Hanekroot, development largely took place in the 1960s, with Coen de Ranitz – then secondary mayor of Utrecht – ceremonially initiating construction on 30 March 1961.

Initially, the subdistricts of Overvecht-Noord and Overvecht-Zuid were built, and the majority of new construction consisted of large social housing complexes, while single-family homes were rare.

[4][better source needed] Being a new construction area, the development of Overvecht helped to alleviate the tight housing market at the time, leading to a large influx of new inhabitants.

As of 2012,[update] several renovation and construction projects are underway in the district, such as Mariakwartier, Loevenhout, Bruisdreef and Wonen aan de Klop.