Leiden Things to Do Tips by ATLC Top 5 Page for this destination

Take the kids for a windmill visit and poffertjes!

Let me relive childhood memories!

In Leiden, you can go to Pannenkoekhuis Schaapsbel for poffertjes (tiny pancakes eaten traditionally with butter and icing sugar).
When I was a little girl, my mum would take me after visiting the windmill De Valk which is 200 metres from the restaurant:

The windmill is great fun to visit and when you climb up, you can get lovely views over Leiden.

Address: Beestenmarkt, Leiden

Directions: From Central station, walk down Stationsweg, turn left after crossing the Morssingel, onto the 2e Binnenvestgracht (you can't really miss the windmill). After that, cross over to Beestenmarkt for poffertjes.

Other Contact: http://www.molenmuseumdevalk.nl/

Hooglandsekerkgracht 5/5

A modern touch in this old street. I think it's the Leiden Archive though I can't be sure.

Address: Hooglandsekerkgracht, Leiden

Website: http://www.leidenpromotie.nl

Hooglandsekerkgracht 4/5

A better look at the orphanage entrance.

Address: Hooglandsekerkgracht, Leiden

Website: http://www.leidenpromotie.nl

Hooglandsekerkgracht 3/5

A former orphanage with a Psalm text above the entry: God is the helper of orphans.

Hooglandsekerkgracht 2/5

Entry to a former primary school. Gereformeerd is a school of a certain protestant belief. There used to be many school like this in this segregated country.

Address: Hooglandsekerkgracht, Leiden

Website: http://www.leidenpromotie.nl

Hooglandsekerkgracht 1/5

The following 5 photo's are of Hooglandsekerkgracht, a street that leads up to the Hooglandse Kerk (church). It has its own chic, this street. Leafy trees and tall houses.

Address: Hooglandsekerkgracht, Leiden

Website: http://www.leidenpromotie.nl

Uiterste Gracht

Another nice street off Oude Rijn.

Address: Uiterste Gracht, Leiden

Website: http://www.leidenpromotie.nl

Vestestraat

We walked along Oude Rijn but peeped into the streets that came out on it. This looked just lovely.

Address: Vestestraat, Leiden

Website: http://www.leidenpromotie.nl

Along Oude Rijn, the other side

The plan was to go to the Hooglandse church and so we turned right onto Oude Rijn again but not before I made this delightful photo on Herengracht.

Address: Herengracht, Leiden

Website: http://www.leidenpromotie.nl

Herengracht

We turned back after a lovely lunch (see Restaurant tips) and turned left onto Herengracht where I made this photo of the Oude Rijn again.

Address: Oude Rijn, Leiden

Website: http://www.leidenpromotie.nl