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Explore interesting sights in Leiden, Netherlands. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 41 sights are available in Leiden, Netherlands.

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1. Leiden American Pilgrim Museum

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The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum is a small museum in the Dutch city of Leiden dedicated to the Pilgrim Fathers. These Separatists or English Dissenters were religious refugees who had fled England to Amsterdam in 1608 and moved to Leiden the next year. They lived and worked in that city for about 12 to 20 years. In 1620, their emigration began. They left Leiden by canal, going to Delfshaven where they embarked on the Speedwell, which took them to Southampton. But the Speedwell proved leaky and had to be sold, so they transferred to the Mayflower. The Mayflower undertook the famous voyage to New England in 1620 alone. In the 19th century the colonists' first harvest festival after their arrival at Plymouth Colony was identified as the origin of the annual Thanksgiving celebration in the United States.

Wikipedia: Leiden American Pilgrim Museum (EN), Website

2. Jeruzalemshof

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The Jerusalemhof is a courtyard on the former Cellebroersgracht, which has been the Kaiserstraat since it was filled in 1875, in the city center of the Dutch city of Leiden. It is the oldest surviving courtyard in Leiden. It was founded on 16 May 1467 by Wouter IJsbrandszoon in honour of God and the twelve apostles on the occasion of his visit to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Originally, the courtyard consisted of 13 houses that were intended for thirteen poor men, who are honorable, and of good syn façade. A possible wife was also allowed to live with her, because then she could take care of her husband. When her husband died, she had to leave. The fact that a courtyard was intended for men and not for women was remarkable, because that had never happened before in the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Jeruzalemhof (NL)

3. Samuel de Zee's hofje

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Samuel de Zee's hof is a courtyard in the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard was founded in 1723 for destitute family members. The complex consists of 21 houses and is located on the Samuel de Zee's court. The entrance to the courtyard is located on the Doezastraat between house numbers 14 and 18 and contains the text: "Does god only give the honor for good dognie rich neeven ende nigten did Samuel de Zee dit bij sijn leeven stigten, 1723". After the entrance there is a gate with the text: "So was my sin: A yder talks after his understanding ~ but so it is not to your pleasure blyft then buyten k can with my gate not sluyten your mouth 1723 ~".

Wikipedia: Samuel de Zee's hof (NL)

4. TOP Zoeterwoude

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TOP Zoeterwoude

A Tourist Transfer Point (TOP) is a 'natural junction', where various cycling, sailing, skating and walking routes start. Each TOP is recognizable by its landmark, a kind of obelisk is used in the east of the country, a blade of grass in the Green Heart and a remarkably large information column in the Gooi & Vecht region and the Rivierenland region. At TOPs there are often also some seats, a bicycle rack and a signpost. TOPs in the Gooi & Vecht region are also always equipped with bicycle rental, catering, (free) toilets, an ANWB Bicycle Service Box and a VVV information point.

Wikipedia: Toeristisch Overstappunt (NL)

5. Barend van Namenhofje

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Barend van Namenhof is a courtyard at Hoefstraat 12 in the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard was founded in 1730 by merchant Barend van Namen for Reformed childless couples over the age of fifty. The courtyard consists of 12 houses. Three courtyard houses were designed by W.C. Mulder. The court was rebuilt in 1788. In 1915 it was completely renovated at the expense of regent C.W.J.W. Pape. This gave it its rich, distinguished impression, which is why it was also called "villahof". The courtyard has a regent's room and has the status of a national monument.

Wikipedia: Barend van Namenhof (NL)

6. Schachtenhofje

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The Schachtenhof is a courtyard in the Dutch city of Leiden, in the province of South Holland. The courtyard is located on the Middengracht. The Schachtenhof was founded in 1664 in the name of the orphan boy Theunis Jacobsz. Van der Schacht. His will stated that a courtyard with 12 houses was to be built on the Middle Canal. He demanded that residents of 40 years and older should be allowed to live there for free and there was a preference for Van der Schacht's family members and residents who, like Van de Schacht, had grown up in the Orphanage of Leiden.

Wikipedia: Schachtenhof (NL)

7. Rodenburgermolen

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The Rodenburgermolen in the Dutch city of Leiden is a polder mill built in 1704, which drained the Rodenburgerpolder. The mill had to be rebuilt in 1893, when lightning struck and the mill burned down. Cast iron wheels were used in the reconstruction instead of the traditional wooden parts. The mill was in operation until 1953; In 1959 the interior was removed, with the exception of the cast-iron top wheel and the curious vang, which is halfway between a block vang and a hoop vang. The paddle wheel was located about four meters away from the mill.

Wikipedia: Rodenburgermolen (NL)

8. Coninckshofje

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The Coninckshof is one of the courtyards of the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard is located at Oude Vest 15. The courtyard was founded in 1773 and consecrated in 1777 by Cecilia Coninck. It stands partly on the grounds of the former Saint Ursula Monastery. Originally, the courtyard had six houses, but it was later expanded to seven houses. In 1861, four more houses were added. The courtyard is a national monument and has been registered in the monument register since 1968. The courtyard has a gatehouse, stone pump and regent's room.

Wikipedia: Coninckshof (NL)

9. Tevelingshofje

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Tevelingshofje Rudolphous / CC BY 3.0

The Tevelingshofje is a courtyard in the Dutch city of Leiden, in the province of South Holland. The courtyard is located on the filled-in 4th Binnenvestgracht. The Tevelingshofje was founded in 1655 and built in 1666, commissioned by the Leiden merchants Jacob and Charles Tevel. During the plague epidemic of 1655, Charles Tevel had it laid down in his will that Jacob had to build a courtyard with 12 houses for childless couples over the age of 20 after his death. Jacob and his wife later had this expanded to twenty houses.

Wikipedia: Tevelingshofje (NL)

10. Bethlehemshof

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Bethlehemshof Rudolphous / CC BY 3.0

Bethlehemshof is a courtyard in the Dutch city of Leiden. It was founded in 1630 by the Leiden merchant Gerrit Frankens van Hoogmade, who also chose the name of the courtyard. In 1701 the Mennonites of this courtyard joined the courtyard De Houcksteen located on the Levendaal, but the board remained separate. In 1811, for financial reasons, both almshouses were merged under the name Bethlehem. In 1897, the part on the Levendaal was provided with a contemporary façade with an upper floor. In 1978 the courtyard was restored.

Wikipedia: Bethlehemshof (NL)

11. Museum De Lakenhal

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Museum De Lakenhal is the city museum of fine art and history in Leiden, Netherlands. One highlight is its collection of fijnschilder paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. Just like the city, the museum combines a classical appearance with a contemporary character. The broad collection ranges from early works by Rembrandt van Rijn and Lucas van Leyden's Last Judgement to modern classics of De Stijl and artworks created by contemporary artists such as Claudy Jongstra, Atelier van Lieshout and many others.

Wikipedia: Museum De Lakenhal (EN), Website, Url

12. Kapel van Onze Lieve Vrouw van de Rozenkrans

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The Chapel of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary is a modern, now traditionalist Catholic church in the Dutch city of Leiden. The church was built in 1961 by order of the Apostolic Society. The church, located on the Sumatrastraat in Leiden's De Kooi district, was designed by A. Dekker and P. van der Sterre and is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary. The church is served by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, a traditional movement within the Catholic Church.

Wikipedia: Onze Lieve Vrouwekapel Leiden (NL), Website

13. Naturalis Biodiversity Centre

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Naturalis Biodiversity Centrethedogg from Breda, Netherlands / CC BY-SA 2.0

Naturalis Biodiversity Center is a national museum of natural history and a research center on biodiversity in Leiden, Netherlands. It was named the European Museum of the Year 2021. Although its current name and organization are relatively recent, the history of Naturalis can be traced back to the early 1800s. Its collection includes approximately 42 million specimens, making it one of the largest natural history collections in the world.

Wikipedia: Naturalis Biodiversity Center (EN), Website, Url

14. Oorlogsmonument

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Oorlogsmonument Gra Rueb; photograph by Vysotsky / CC BY-SA 3.0

The war memorial in Voorschoten is a column of euville designed by sculptor Gra Rueb. Included in this is a plaque depicting two angels with a wreath. The text on the column reads:Those who fell Henryc A. Adamsky Leendert Bouthoorn Franciscus C.H. Everstijn Teunis de Groot Frans W. Kusters Johannes M. Lamboo Abraham Limburg Willem van Mulligen Herman H. Schouten Johannes C. Wagtendonk Koenraad M. Wolleswinkel Evert Zuidmeer 1940–1945

Wikipedia: Oorlogsmonument Voorschoten (NL)

15. Zelden van Passe

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The Rare of Passe is a polder mill slightly west of Zoeterwoude-Dorp, along the A4. The mill dates back to 1642 and was built for the purpose of the Great Westeindsche Polder on the bosom. Until 1952 the mill crushed the polder. The mill has been in possession of the Rhineland Molensticht since 1962. The mill is grinding, but it is only on a voluntary basis. In the mill is an iron screen with a cross section of 5.90 m.

Wikipedia: Zelden van Passe (NL)

16. Moeder Godskerk

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The Mother of God Church is a former Roman Catholic church at Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oyelaan 18 in Voorschoten. The church is on the draft heritage list for iconic buildings of the municipality of Voorschoten. The church was consecrated in 1967 by the first bishop of Rotterdam, M. Jansen. In 2016 it was withdrawn from Catholic worship, but in 2019 it was reinstated by GODcentre, a Pentecostal church.

Wikipedia: Moeder Godskerk (Voorschoten) (NL)

17. Groot Sionshof

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The Groot Sionshof, or van Swietenhof, is a courtyard on the Sionsteeg in the city center of the Dutch city of Leiden. It was founded in 1480 by Hugo van Zwieten and Luydgaert Claesdochter van Bosschuyzen. In terms of foundation, it is the second oldest surviving courtyard in Leiden, but it is no longer on its original site: it was moved from the Papengracht to the Sionsteeg in 1668 due to dilapidatedness.

Wikipedia: Groot Sionshof (NL)

18. Hartebrugkerk

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Hartebrugkerk Michiel1972 / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Hartebrugkerk is a church in the Dutch city of Leiden. The church is part of the Parish of Saints Peter and Paul. Its official name is Our Lady Immaculate Conception. The church is named after the bridge of the same name in front of it. Among the people of Leiden, the church is also known as the Coeliekerk, after the last word of the Latin motto above the entrance, Hic Domus Dei est et Porta Coeli.

Wikipedia: Hartebrugkerk (NL)

19. Het Leids Wevershuis

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Museum Het Leids Wevershuis consists of one of the last remaining "weavers' homes" in Leiden, Netherlands. Built around 1560, the exterior, the large antique loom (1830) and the interior, are testimony of the once flourishing textile industry around Leiden, in particular during the 16th and 17th century, when many home weavers supplied the draper's guild with high quality woolen cloth.

Wikipedia: Museum Het Leids Wevershuis (EN), Website

20. Moskee Al Hijra

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The Al Hera-Moskee is a mosque in the Dutch city of Leiden, which had been established since around 1982 at Rembrandtstraat 10. Because the building became too small for the Moroccan religious community, new construction was opened on the Ter Haarkade in 2018. The name Al Hera or Al Hidjra refers to the migration of Mohammed and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622.

Wikipedia: Moskee Al Hijra (NL)

21. Gijselaarsbank

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The Gijselaarsbank is a symmetrical sofa at the head of the Rapenburg in Leiden. The bank dates from 1920 and was built in honor of Nicolaas Charles de Gijselaar, who was mayor of Leiden between 1910 and 1927. During the First World War (1914-1918) he tried to reduce food, clothing and fuels deficits and to distribute these goods fairly.

Wikipedia: Gijselaarsbank (NL)

22. Sieboldhuis

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SieboldhuisNiels from Amsterdam, NL / CC BY-SA 2.0

Japan Museum SieboldHuis is a museum located at the Rapenburg (Leiden) in Leiden, Netherlands. It displays items that were collected by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) between 1823 and 1829 during his stay at Dejima, the Dutch trade colony nearby Nagasaki in Japan. It also functions as a museum of Japanese culture.

Wikipedia: SieboldHuis (EN), Website

23. De Heesterboom

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d'Heesterboom is a sawmill in the Dutch city of Leiden. It belongs to the Top 100 of the National Monument Conservation Agency. The mill is located at the Noordman timber merchant on the Haagweg on a plot on the Oude Rijn/Galgewater. The mill has three saw frames. The middle window consists of a saw and scalloped frame.

Wikipedia: D'Heesterboom (NL)

24. Hooglandse Kerk

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The Hooglandse Kerk is a Gothic church in Leiden. Its earliest parts date back to the last quarter of the fourteenth century. Most of the current structure dates from the fifteenth century. The brick church was dedicated to St. Pancras and today serves parishioners of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Hooglandse Kerk (EN), Website

25. Joseph Scaliger

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Joseph Scaliger

Joseph Justus Scaliger was a Franco-Italian Calvinist religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and Ancient Egyptian history. He spent the last sixteen years of his life in the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Joseph Justus Scaliger (EN)

26. Jean Michelshofje

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The Jean Michelhof, also known as Jan Michielshof, is one of the 35 courtyards of the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard is located in the Pieterswijk right opposite the Lokhorst Church in the Pieterskerkstraat 10-12. The courtyard was founded in 1687 by Catharina Geschier, widow of Jan Michielsz.

Wikipedia: Jean Michelhof (NL)

27. National Museum of Ethnology

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The National Museum of Ethnology, is an ethnographic museum in the Netherlands located in the university city of Leiden. As of 2014, the museum, along with the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, and the Africa Museum in Berg en Dal, together make up the National Museum of World Cultures.

Wikipedia: National Museum of Ethnology (Netherlands) (EN), Website

28. Paviljoenshof

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The Paviljoenshof is a complex homes in the Dutch city of Leiden. The court can be reached by a gate between the Villa De Kroon and Café Eigenzorg café on Stationsweg. The complex consists of 33 contiguous courtyard houses spread over 4 rows with a common inner garden.

Wikipedia: Paviljoenshof (NL)

29. François Houttijnshof

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François Houttijnshof Rudolphous / CC BY 3.0

François Houttijnshof is a courtyard in the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard is located on Hooigracht 81 and contains 9 houses. In 1736 it was decided to found the courtyard, the completion was a year later. It has a sober entrance and a stone with inscription 1737.

Wikipedia: François Houttijnshof (NL)

30. Saint Peter Catholic Church

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Saint Peter Catholic Church

St. Peter's Church, commonly referred to simply as St. Peter's Church, is a church building on Lammenschansweg in the Dutch city of Leiden, dedicated to the apostle Peter and part of the Roman Catholic HH. St. Peter and St. Paul's parish in Leiden and surroundings.

Wikipedia: Sint-Petruskerk (Leiden) (NL), Website

31. Hortus Botanicus Leiden

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The Hortus botanicus of Leiden is the oldest botanical garden of the Netherlands, and one of the oldest in the world. It is located in the southwestern part of the historical centre of the city, between the Academy building and the old Leiden Observatory building.

Wikipedia: Hortus Botanicus Leiden (EN), Website

32. De Burcht

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The Burcht van Leiden is an old shell keep in Leiden constructed in the 11th century. It is located at the spot where two tributaries of the Rhine come together, the Oude Rijn and the Nieuwe Rijn. The structure is on top of a motte, and is today a public park.

Wikipedia: Burcht van Leiden (EN), Heritage Website

33. Remonstrantse Broederschap Lokhorstkerk

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The Lokhorst Church is a religious building in the Pieterswijk in the city center of the city of Leiden in the Dutch province of South Holland. The combined Mennonite and Remonstrant congregations hold their worship services there. It is a national monument.

Wikipedia: Lokhorstkerk (NL), Website

34. Groeneveld

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The Groeneveld Foundation is one of the youngest courtyards in the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard is located on the Oude Vest near the Leidse Schouwburg. The courtyard was founded in 1878 by Eduard Cornelis Groeneveld and built in 1882.

Wikipedia: Groeneveldstichting (NL)

35. Sint Annahof of Joostenpoort

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The Sint Annahof or Joostenpoort is a courtyard on the Zegersteeg in the city center of the Dutch city of Leiden. The courtyard also has a (nicer) gate at the end of the Doelengracht, which is referred to there as the 5th Binnenvestgracht.

Wikipedia: Sint Annahof of Joostenpoort (NL)

36. Józef Wybicki

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Józef Wybicki

Józef Rufin Wybicki was a Polish nobleman, jurist, poet, political and military activist of Kashubian descent. He is best remembered as the author of "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego", which was adopted as the Polish national anthem in 1927.

Wikipedia: Józef Wybicki (EN)

37. Meermansburg

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The Meermansburg on the Oude Singel / Oude Vest is the largest court in the Dutch city of Leiden. It was founded in 1680 by Maerten Meerman and his wife Helena Verburgh. The name is a contraction of the surnames of the founders.

Wikipedia: Meermansburg (NL), Website

38. Evangelisch Lutherse kerk

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Evangelisch Lutherse kerk

Evangelical Lutheran Church is a church in the Dutch city of Leiden. The church is located at Hooglandse Kerkgracht 26. The building dates from 1618, making it the oldest church building built for Protestant service in the city.

Wikipedia: Evangelisch-Lutherse kerk (Leiden) (NL)

39. Morspoort

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The Morspoort is the western city gate of Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, located on the Morssingel. The stone gate was built in 1669 in Mannerist style according to a design by the Leiden architect Willem van der Helm.

Wikipedia: Morspoort (NL)

40. Klein Sionshofje of Weduwenhofje

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Klein Sionshof is a courtyard at Schoolsteeg 1-5 in the Dutch city of Leiden, in the province of South Holland. The courtyard has a sandstone gate, which is crowned by a pediment with an inscription about the foundation.

Wikipedia: Klein Sionshof (NL)

41. Dorpskerk

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The Laurentiuskerk or Dorpskerk is a Protestant church at Dorpsstraat 17 in Zoeterwoude-Dorp in South Holland. Both the church building and the Westtoren were placed on the monument list in 1968 as a national monument.

Wikipedia: Laurentiuskerk (Zoeterwoude) (NL)

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