Utrecht (province) the largest in the Netherlands in both area and population. In the east of Utrecht lies the Utrecht Hill Ridge (Dutch: Utrechtse Heuvelrug), a chain of hills left as lateral moraine by tongues of glacial ice after the Saline glaciation that preceded the last ice age. Because of the scarcity of nutrients in the fast-draining sandy soil, the greatest part of a landscape that was formerly heath has been planted with pine plantations. The south of the province is a river landscape. The west consists mostly of meadows. In the north are big lakes formed by the digging of peat
Utrecht Archive remodeled during these days as well, including the part were the old façade still stands. In 2000, the Court of Law moved to a new building at the Catharijnesingel. The Utrecht Archives have been located in this building since June 2008. Utrecht Archive The institution Archives of Utrecht (Dutch: "Het Utrechts Archief" (HUA)) is a records department in the Dutch City of Utrecht. The Utrecht Archives manages the biggest and richest collection of documents about the history of the city and the province of Utrecht and its towns and people. With over 200 km of archives, images (such as prints,