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Leiden's Unmissable Treasures

Leiden’s historical landscape is defined by its 11th-century shell keep, the Burcht, and the Hortus Botanicus, the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands. The city’s academic and religious heritage is preserved in the Gothic Pieterskerk and Hooglandse Kerk, alongside the 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana. As a major museum center, Leiden hosts the National Museum of Antiquities, the ethnographic Museum Volkenkunde, and the interactive Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Architectural landmarks like the Renaissance-style City Hall and the Zijlpoort gate reflect its Dutch Golden Age prominence.

The Castle of Leiden

The Burcht van Leiden is an old shell keep in Leiden constructed in the 11th century.

St. Peter's Church

The Pieterskerk is a late-Gothic Dutch Protestant church in Leiden dedicated to Saint Peter.

Museum De Valk

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

Hortus Botanicus Leiden

The Hortus botanicus of Leiden is the oldest botanical garden of the Netherlands, and one of the oldest in the world.

CORPUS Leiden

The Corpus Museum is a human biology interactive museum, located in Oegstgeest, near Leiden, in the Netherlands.

Hooglandse Church

The Hooglandse Kerk is a Gothic church in Leiden. Its earliest parts date back to the last quarter of the fourteenth century.

Museum Het Leids Wevershuis

Museum Het Leids Wevershuis consists of one of the last remaining "weavers' homes" in Leiden, Netherlands.

Marekerk

The Marekerk is a Protestant church in Leiden, located at the Lange Mare and the Oude Vest canal.

Leiden City Hall

A Renaissance-style building featuring a historic facade from 1597. Situated between the Vismarkt and the New Rhine, it remains one of the longest Renaissance facades in the Netherlands, having survived a major fire in 1929.