Guidebook for Leiden

Christien
Guidebook for Leiden

Drinks & Nightlife

Bar-Bistro next to the city hall
22 locals recommend
Italian bar-bistro City Hall
3 Stadhuisplein
22 locals recommend
Bar-Bistro next to the city hall
Drinks
16 locals recommend
Einstein
19 Nieuwe Rijn
16 locals recommend
Drinks
Lots of choice beer and wines
6 locals recommend
Stadsbrouwhuis
1 Aalmarkt
6 locals recommend
Lots of choice beer and wines
Excellent Beer brewery
22 locals recommend
Belgisch Biercafé Olivier Leiden
23 Hooigracht
22 locals recommend
Excellent Beer brewery

Sightseeing

The burcht is a beautiful old building, used ages ago to protect the city. Worth to have a look.
62 locals recommend
Leiden Castle
5 Van der Sterrepad
62 locals recommend
The burcht is a beautiful old building, used ages ago to protect the city. Worth to have a look.
In this historic building was ages ago a huge scale to measure incoming stuff from the ships into town. Nowadays this is a good place to eat and for coffee. Love the historic touch about it with still some ancient details in the building.
12 locals recommend
Weigh House
21 Aalmarkt
12 locals recommend
In this historic building was ages ago a huge scale to measure incoming stuff from the ships into town. Nowadays this is a good place to eat and for coffee. Love the historic touch about it with still some ancient details in the building.

Arts & Culture

This is a lovely museum about medical care in the history. Very interesting, also for children.
47 locals recommend
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave
10 Lange Sint Agnietenstraat
47 locals recommend
This is a lovely museum about medical care in the history. Very interesting, also for children.
You can't visit Leiden without having a visit to Naturalis. Huge skelets of dinosaurs can be find here. Great for kids and adults as well.
114 locals recommend
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
2 Darwinweg
114 locals recommend
You can't visit Leiden without having a visit to Naturalis. Huge skelets of dinosaurs can be find here. Great for kids and adults as well.
The Leiden University Observatory is a unique place. Check opening times.
Old Observatory Leiden
11 Niels Bohrweg
The Leiden University Observatory is a unique place. Check opening times.

Food Scene

Great coffee
Coffeecompany
156 Breestraat
Great coffee
Really nice and cosy place to have a coffee or to have lunch with a friend. One of my favourites. Try the carrot cake ;)
15 locals recommend
ROOS, Taste & Smile
12 Botermarkt
15 locals recommend
Really nice and cosy place to have a coffee or to have lunch with a friend. One of my favourites. Try the carrot cake ;)
Good breakfasts
20 locals recommend
Anne&Max Leiden
2 Gangetje
20 locals recommend
Good breakfasts
Authentic Italian food
11 locals recommend
Bocconi Pasta Italiana
6 Burgsteeg
11 locals recommend
Authentic Italian food
Street market on Wednesday and Saturday
18 locals recommend
Nieuwe Rijn
Nieuwe Rijn
18 locals recommend
Street market on Wednesday and Saturday
Pizza's
De Pizzabakkers Leiden
1 Herenstraat
Pizza's

Parks & Nature

20 locals recommend
Van der Werf Park
Kruitschip
20 locals recommend
Exceptional place with biofauna, very rare species from all over the world.
95 locals recommend
Hortus Botanicus Leiden
73 Rapenburg
95 locals recommend
Exceptional place with biofauna, very rare species from all over the world.

Essentials

In this lovely street the we always buy groceries at the local butcher, bakery etc.
Doezastraat
Doezastraat
In this lovely street the we always buy groceries at the local butcher, bakery etc.

Everything Else

This is my home church. Services are every Sunday at 11am (+ childcare) and 19pm.
ICF-Leiden
26 Hooglandse Kerkgracht
This is my home church. Services are every Sunday at 11am (+ childcare) and 19pm.