Utrecht, from directly above
52.0907° N 5.1214° E · Netherlands
Sharpest free source herePDOK Luchtfoto (Netherlands 8cm)
Resolution6 cm/px
Free · no signup · view, download a georeferenced GeoTIFF, or time-travel to 2014.
Why this is sharper than Google Maps
Most people assume Google has the sharpest view. For Utrecht it doesn't: the imagery above comes from PDOK Luchtfoto (Netherlands 8cm) at 6 cm/px, versus Google's typical ~30 cm. VNTG checks ~35 free imagery sources — national aerial surveys, Esri, live Sentinel-2 — and shows whichever is sharpest for the exact point you click. You're looking at the medieval core and its wharf cellars.
What you can do with Utrecht in VNTG
- Look closer than Google, free — down to 6 cm/px.
- Download a georeferenced GeoTIFF (EPSG:3857) or PNG + world file.
- Time-travel — step Utrecht back through every year since 2014 (Esri Wayback).
- See it fresh — render the latest Sentinel-2 pass, usually days old.
- Live overlays — active fires, cloud/weather, and precipitation radar.