Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Leiden, Netherlands

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.

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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.

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Windmill De Put on the Galgewater in the Dutch city of Leiden is a 1987 replica of the post mill of Jan Jansenzoon Put.

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De Valk is a tower mill and museum in Leiden, Netherlands.

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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.

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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.

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The Grachtwacht is a citizens' initiative in Leiden that strives to keep the canal clean and wants to make people aware of the city nature in and around the canals.

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The Huigpark is a park in the Dutch city of Leiden.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Brouchovenhof is a courtyard located at Papengracht 16 in the Dutch city of Leiden. It was founded in 1631/1640, by Jacob Van Brouchoven. The cottages were later raised.

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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.

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The Latin School is a national monument in the city center of the Dutch city of Leiden. Rembrandt van Rijn, among others, was taught here.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Jan Pesijnhof is a courtyard in the Dutch city of 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.

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