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
Image: Shutterstock 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…