Guidebook for Leiden
Essentials
C1000 Van Der Burg
55 DiamantpleinOne of the two small supermarkets in the nearby shopping mall.
Dirk van den Broek
71 DiamantpleinOne of the two small supermarkets in the nearby shopping mall.
Food Scene
Nice pizzas and fast food. If you go and pick up the pizzas yourself, the second pizza is only 2,50 euro.
Star Food
3 DiamantlaanNice pizzas and fast food. If you go and pick up the pizzas yourself, the second pizza is only 2,50 euro.
Nice Italian restaurant, try their pastas.
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Ristorante Pizzeria Karalis
5 DoezastraatNice Italian restaurant, try their pastas.
Nice restaurant with an international kitchen. Very interesting decor inside.
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7 KaiserstraatNice restaurant with an international kitchen. Very interesting decor inside.
Oudt Leyden
49 SteenstraatTry some typical Dutch pannenkoeken (pancakes)
Everything Else
Apotheek Kok
5-A DiamantlaanJust in case, the pharmacy is within walking (or crawling) distance.
Amazing farm where you can pet and feed all sorts of farm animals. Your kids can even ride the ponies. There's a bar where you can have lunch and home-made cheese and icecream.
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't Geertje
7 GeerwegAmazing farm where you can pet and feed all sorts of farm animals. Your kids can even ride the ponies. There's a bar where you can have lunch and home-made cheese and icecream.
Nice water-area where you can swim and rent boats, canoes and water-bikes.
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Vlietland
Nice water-area where you can swim and rent boats, canoes and water-bikes.
Boulevard
The beach!
Arts & Culture
National museum of Natural History. Really nice and kid-friendly.The natural history collection of Naturalis Biodiversity Center is the 5th largest in the world with 37 million objects.
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center
2 DarwinwegNational museum of Natural History. Really nice and kid-friendly.The natural history collection of Naturalis Biodiversity Center is the 5th largest in the world with 37 million objects.
The National Museum of Ethnology is the world's oldest ethnographical museum.
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Museo nazionale di etnologia
1 SteenstraatThe National Museum of Ethnology is the world's oldest ethnographical museum.
Museum Corpus is a journey through the human body. Quite literally. Very nice, interactive and kid-friendly.
Corpus station
Museum Corpus is a journey through the human body. Quite literally. Very nice, interactive and kid-friendly.
The National Museum of Antiquities is the national center of archaeology where you can appreciate the cultures of ancient Egypt, the Near East, the classical world and the early Netherlands.
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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
28 RapenburgThe National Museum of Antiquities is the national center of archaeology where you can appreciate the cultures of ancient Egypt, the Near East, the classical world and the early Netherlands.
Museum Boerhaave is a beautiful museum focused on the rich medical history of the Netherlands.
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Rijksmuseum Boerhaave
10 Lange Sint AgnietenstraatMuseum Boerhaave is a beautiful museum focused on the rich medical history of the Netherlands.
Sightseeing
This beautiful traditional Dutch windmill is also a museum.
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Molenmuseum de Valk
1 2e BinnenvestgrachtThis beautiful traditional Dutch windmill is also a museum.
A smaller windmill, where you can buy traditionally milled flower, when it's open. It's usually open on sunny, slightly windy, Saturdays.
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Molen de Put
11 Park de PutA smaller windmill, where you can buy traditionally milled flower, when it's open. It's usually open on sunny, slightly windy, Saturdays.
Here you can rent small rowing boats to explore the canals of Leiden. It's an absolute must-do, if it is a sunny day.
Botenverhuur 't Galgewater
Here you can rent small rowing boats to explore the canals of Leiden. It's an absolute must-do, if it is a sunny day.
Beautiful castle tower on a man-made hill, smack in the middle of the center of Leiden. (It's where we got married)
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Grandcafé De Burcht
14 BurgsteegBeautiful castle tower on a man-made hill, smack in the middle of the center of Leiden. (It's where we got married)
The world's most beautiful spring garden, the Keukenhof. (open from March 21st to May 20th)
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Keukenhof
166A StationswegThe world's most beautiful spring garden, the Keukenhof. (open from March 21st to May 20th)
Shopping
Haarlemmerstraat
HaarlemmerstraatThe main shopping street of Leiden.