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Leyden (Leiden)
The old Rhine in Leiden
Information
Country	Netherlands
Region	South Holland
Watercourse	Old rhine
Area	23 km²
Population	120 105 hab. (2013)
Density	5 221,96 inhab./km²
Postal code	2300–2334
Spindle	UTC 01:00
Location
52 ° 9 ′ 35 ″ N 4 ° 29 ′ 37 ″ E
Official site
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Leyden (Leiden in Dutch) is a city of Netherlands.

Understand

Known for its university (the oldest in the country), its old town (the second largest after Amsterdam) and for being Rembrandt's hometown, Leiden is a friendly little town that has a large student population.

To go

Circulate

See

52.1580564.4908331 City Hall (Stadhuis)  – Renaissance-style building used today as a setting for receptions or formal events. The building houses a café-restaurant and a nightclub. (last update Feb. 2018)

52.16294.4875152 Leiden Municipal Museum (Museum De Lakenhal) Oude Singel 28/32 – Museum of Painting and Decorative Arts (last update Feb. 2018)

52.1644334.4863323 Moulin de Valk (Stedelijk Molenmuseum de Valk) 2nd Binnenvestgracht 1,   31 71 516 5353 (last update Feb. 2018)

52.1589644.4924364 Burcht Castle  (last update Feb. 2018)

52.1584544.4858525 National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden) Rapenburg 28 - 2311 EW Leiden, Nederland,   31 71 516 3163 – The museum covers antiquities from ancient Egypt, the ancient Near East, the classical world of ancient Greece, Etruria and ancient Rome as well as the early (prehistoric, Roman and medieval) of the Netherlands (last update Feb. 2018)

52.164914.473886 Naturalis (Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis) Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden (Bus 30,31,38,250) (last update Feb. 2018)

52.1634364.4843087 National Museum of Ethnology (Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde) Steenstraat 1 - 2312 BS Leiden,   31 71 51 68 800 (last update Feb. 2018)

52.1614124.4889288 Boerhaave Museum (Museum Boerhaave) Lange Sint Agnietenstraat 10, 2312 WC Leiden, The Netherlands,   31 71 521 4224 – This museum contains a collection of scientific instruments from all disciplines of Science, but mainly medicine, physics, and astronomy. (last update Feb. 2018)

52.1578354.4945079 Saint Pancrace Church (Hooglandse_Kerk)  – 15th century gothic church (last update Feb. 2018)

52.1576114.4878710 Saint-Pierre church (Pieterskerk) Pieterskerkhof (last update Feb. 2018)

52.1559394.48387711 Leyden University Botanical Garden (Hortus Botanicus Leiden) Rapenburg 73 - 2311 GJ Leiden,   31 71 527 7249 – the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands (last update Feb. 2018)

Make

Buy

Eat

• 52.1621744.4845381 Entrekoos Bistro Steenstraat 51 (last update Feb. 2018)
• 52.1567954.4919862 Eazie Breestraat 157,   31 71 513 8867 (last update Feb. 2018)
• 52.1637734.484643 Stadscafe Van der Werff Steenstraat 2 2312 BW Leiden The Netherlands,   31 71 513 0335 (last update Feb. 2018)

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

Communicate

Around

• 52.2700484.5465961 Keukenhof  – Floral park located north-west of Lisse. It is open every year from mid-March to mid-May. (last update Feb. 2018)

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