Molen De Valk
IndoorsOfficial site ↗
A windmill in the middle of town that is now a museum. It holds the only preserved town miller's house in the country, and from the top you look out over the roofs of Leiden.
The classics in Leiden
6 places that make the city
The places that make Leiden: Molen De Valk, De Burcht, Rapenburg and the Academiegebouw and more, with what is on there next.
De Burcht
Outdoors
A round fortress on a man-made hill where the rivers meet. It is free to enter, and you can walk along the wall for a view of the old centre.
Rapenburg and the Academiegebouw
Outdoors
The canal where the university began. The Academiegebouw stands on it, where graduates still sign their names in the little Zweetkamertje, and the Hortus and the antiquities museum are close by.
Hortus botanicus
OutdoorsOfficial site ↗
The oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands, laid out in 1590 behind the university. It has greenhouses, including one built for the giant water lily, and a Japanese-style garden.
National Museum of Antiquities
IndoorsOfficial site ↗
The national museum of antiquities on the Rapenburg, with ancient Egypt and its mummies, the classical world and the past of the Netherlands. It is open late on Thursday evenings.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
IndoorsOfficial site ↗
The natural history museum of Leiden, which is also the national institute for research on biodiversity. You can meet the T. rex Trix in the dinosaur gallery and see what the Netherlands looked like in the last Ice Age.
When it rains
When it rains
- Molen De Valk
- National Museum of Antiquities
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center