Guidebook for Leiden

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Guidebook for Leiden

Food Scene

Best coffee and great breakfast/lunch!
15 locals recommend
ROOS, Taste & Smile
12 Botermarkt
15 locals recommend
Best coffee and great breakfast/lunch!
Good food and great atmosphere! Reservation needed ;-)
11 locals recommend
Bar Lokaal
13 Hartesteeg
11 locals recommend
Good food and great atmosphere! Reservation needed ;-)
Simple place with homemade pasta and lasagna. Italy at it's finest!
11 locals recommend
Bocconi Pasta Italiana
6 Burgsteeg
11 locals recommend
Simple place with homemade pasta and lasagna. Italy at it's finest!
Maroccan tajines with great flavor!
Catootje aan de Markt
10 Kaasmarkt
Maroccan tajines with great flavor!
Best terrace in Leiden, table 107 and 108 have the longest evening sunshine of Leiden. Great for lunch and dinner!
Restaurant Scarlatti Leiden
4 Stille Mare
Best terrace in Leiden, table 107 and 108 have the longest evening sunshine of Leiden. Great for lunch and dinner!
Great lunch, coffee and cakes in this beautiful parc!
9 locals recommend
Tuin van de Smid
8 Polderpad
9 locals recommend
Great lunch, coffee and cakes in this beautiful parc!
Cozy and great food in a beautiful neighborhood!
6 locals recommend
Bistro Noroc
4 Pieterskerk-Choorsteeg
6 locals recommend
Cozy and great food in a beautiful neighborhood!
Hip and happening, near Leiden Central Station
7 locals recommend
Paco Ciao
25 Stationsweg
7 locals recommend
Hip and happening, near Leiden Central Station
Taco's on a beautiful terrace
Tabú
27 Rembrandtstraat
Taco's on a beautiful terrace
Renewed and better than ever! Great coffee, even better lunch! French cuisine and great wine
8 locals recommend
Vooraf en Toe Eet- Drink- en Kunstlokaal
8 Botermarkt
8 locals recommend
Renewed and better than ever! Great coffee, even better lunch! French cuisine and great wine
18 locals recommend
Brasserie Buitenhuis
2 J. Pellenbargweg
18 locals recommend

Parks & Nature

Educational and beautiful place in Leiden!
95 locals recommend
Hortus Botanicus Leiden
73 Rapenburg
95 locals recommend
Educational and beautiful place in Leiden!
Great parc to walk around and enjoy nature and have a drink at Tuin van de Smid. It is only 5 min walk from our house.
7 locals recommend
Cronesteyn
Cronesteyn
7 locals recommend
Great parc to walk around and enjoy nature and have a drink at Tuin van de Smid. It is only 5 min walk from our house.
A great beach to enjoy sunshine or walk! De Branding or Witsand are two of my favorite beach restaurants (reservations needed!)
27 locals recommend
Noordwijk Beach
108 Kon. Wilhelmina Boulevard
27 locals recommend
A great beach to enjoy sunshine or walk! De Branding or Witsand are two of my favorite beach restaurants (reservations needed!)

Drinks & Nightlife

A typical dutch bar "bruine kroeg". Great place to have a drink on Friday/Saturday night, but also a lot of fun to have a drink & snack (on the terrace) on Saturday afternoon after you have visited the street market.
19 locals recommend
Café De Uyl van Hoogland
28 Nieuwstraat
19 locals recommend
A typical dutch bar "bruine kroeg". Great place to have a drink on Friday/Saturday night, but also a lot of fun to have a drink & snack (on the terrace) on Saturday afternoon after you have visited the street market.
Bar/Dancing with live music and jam sessions.
6 locals recommend
Studio de Veste
15 2e Binnenvestgracht
6 locals recommend
Bar/Dancing with live music and jam sessions.
Clubbing in Leiden. Check out their websites for more info about dj's and parties.
22 locals recommend
Gebr. de Nobel
4-8 Marktsteeg
22 locals recommend
Clubbing in Leiden. Check out their websites for more info about dj's and parties.
Great atmosphere and concerts. Check out their website for more info.
Scheltema Leiden
1 Marktsteeg
Great atmosphere and concerts. Check out their website for more info.
Try "zwevertjes" in all colors and have a great night!
Roebels
24 Pieterskerk-Choorsteeg
Try "zwevertjes" in all colors and have a great night!

Sightseeing

Sightseeing in Leiden is best from the water! Bootjes & broodjes is a great company, but there are several more at Beestenmarkt. Boats with roof for rainy days and without for a bit of sunshine!
15 locals recommend
Bootjes en Broodjes
1 Blauwpoortsbrug
15 locals recommend
Sightseeing in Leiden is best from the water! Bootjes & broodjes is a great company, but there are several more at Beestenmarkt. Boats with roof for rainy days and without for a bit of sunshine!
The most beautiful canal of Leiden with a lot of history!
14 locals recommend
Rapenburg
Rapenburg
14 locals recommend
The most beautiful canal of Leiden with a lot of history!
Leiden is full of hidden almshouses "hofjes", this is just 1 of them. Beautiful little houses from the old days. You can visit them all with a tour or ask for a special map with route at Leiden tourist office.
Gekroonde Liefdepoort
Gekroonde Liefdepoort
Leiden is full of hidden almshouses "hofjes", this is just 1 of them. Beautiful little houses from the old days. You can visit them all with a tour or ask for a special map with route at Leiden tourist office.
Nice little beach with great restaurant (Brasserie Buitenhuis)
15 locals recommend
Valkenburgse Meer
15 locals recommend
Nice little beach with great restaurant (Brasserie Buitenhuis)

Shopping

Small boutique with clothing and jewelry.
Boutique van Gendt
8 Burgsteeg
Small boutique with clothing and jewelry.
The most amazing french bakery with delicious bread and (almond!) croissants!
15 locals recommend
Mamie Gourmande
14 Gangetje
15 locals recommend
The most amazing french bakery with delicious bread and (almond!) croissants!
A store with great gifts and things for your home.
De Winkel in Leiden
19 Pieterskerk-Choorsteeg
A store with great gifts and things for your home.
Sissy-Boy
3 Stationsplein
Street market in Leiden on Wednesday and Saturday (07.00 - 16.00) is a great place to buy fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, cheese, bread etc.
18 locals recommend
Nieuwe Rijn
Nieuwe Rijn
18 locals recommend
Street market in Leiden on Wednesday and Saturday (07.00 - 16.00) is a great place to buy fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, cheese, bread etc.

Entertainment & Activities

Take a cycle trip (24 min) to Boerderij 't Geertje and enjoy seeing Dutch farm life. You can bottle feed the baby goats, try a rowing boat and buy some good cheese!
15 locals recommend
't Geertje
7 Geerweg
15 locals recommend
Take a cycle trip (24 min) to Boerderij 't Geertje and enjoy seeing Dutch farm life. You can bottle feed the baby goats, try a rowing boat and buy some good cheese!

Essentials

For big shopping, fair prices.
49 locals recommend
Hoogvliet
20 Levendaal
49 locals recommend
For big shopping, fair prices.
This is a great wellness / spa/ sauna place next to Leiden Centaal station. They have a great view of Leiden from the swimming pool (at night is the best!). Visit their website to check out the calendar for swimwear days and nude days.
Restaurant Twelve
180 Bargelaan
This is a great wellness / spa/ sauna place next to Leiden Centaal station. They have a great view of Leiden from the swimming pool (at night is the best!). Visit their website to check out the calendar for swimwear days and nude days.
And bakery! If you forgot tho buy bread at Mamie Gourmande, this place is near the house (walking distance).
Jimmie's Lunch
3 Van der Waalsstraat
And bakery! If you forgot tho buy bread at Mamie Gourmande, this place is near the house (walking distance).