Café Carèl

slow saturday mornings in utrecht have a particular kind of quiet, and janskerkhof is where a lot of people seem to end up when they want to stay inside it a little longer. café carèl sits on one of the city's older squares, a short walk from the dom tower, and the location alone gives you a reason to linger before or after you've done whatever brought you to the centre. locally, people speak well of it, and that kind of reputation in a city this size doesn't come from passers-through. you can treat it as a pitstop or a full hour with your laptop open, and neither feels out of place. worth planning your morning around a cortado here before the square fills up.