Category: Leiden
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Leiden Travel Guide
Leiden’s canals and university charm offer Amsterdam’s soul without the crowds—plus the Pilgrims’ unexpected Dutch chapter.
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The Dutch Canal City Where Rembrandt Was Born — and Most Tourists Never Stay
Leiden is the Dutch canal city that feels like Amsterdam before the crowds arrived — and it’s only 35 minutes by train. Plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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The Dutch City Where the Pilgrim Fathers Lived Before They Sailed to America
Discover Leiden — the Dutch city where the Pilgrim Fathers lived for eleven years before sailing to America on the Mayflower — plus get weekly Netherlands stories free in our newsletter.
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Rembrandt’s Leiden — Where the Dutch Golden Age Was Born
Everyone knows that Rembrandt van Rijn was the greatest Dutch painter. Not everyone knows that before he became “Rembrandt of Amsterdam,” he was “Rembrandt of Leiden” — a miller’s son from a small university city 40 kilometres to the south, where he was born, apprenticed, and painted his first masterpieces before moving north…