South Holland, Netherlands
Visiting Leiden
Places to visit are still being added here. · areas to stay compared · local time 15:17
Money
EUR
1 USD buys about 0.90 EUR today
Plugs and power
Type C, Type F
230 volts
In an emergency
112
Country calling code +31
Getting around
Drive on the right
Spoken: Dutch
Things to do
Well-known sights nearby
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Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Botanical garden in the Netherlands
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Museum Boerhaave
Science Museum in Leiden, Netherlands
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Dutch natural history museum and research center
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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
National archaeological museum of the Netherlands
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Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie
Former Dutch natural history museum
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Pieterskerk, Leiden
Gothic Dutch Protestant church in Leiden, Netherlands
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Corpus (museum)
Dutch human biology museum
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Museum De Lakenhal
Art museum in Leiden, Netherlands
From Wikipedia. Opening times and prices are not checked.
Good areas to stay on a first visit
Picked for safety, places to visit nearby, and being close to the centre.
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Levendaal
Very safe (safety 80/100), 0.6 km from the centre.
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Pieterswijk
Very safe (safety 80/100), 0.6 km from the centre.
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Leiden
Very safe (safety 80/100), 0.3 km from the centre.
About Netherlands
- Capital
- Amsterdam
- Languages
- Dutch
- Currency
- EUR
- Time zone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Emergency
- 112
Country facts from Wikidata; exchange rates from the European Central Bank and ExchangeRate-API.