Thematic Tours

Some of the thematic walks mentioned are available after consulting the coordinator.
The group size is limited to 15 participants.  In case of more participants more guides will be available. The costs are €6 pp. with a minimum tarif of €30. Walks after 5.00 pm will cost €9 pp. with a minimum of €45.

A General Leiden Tour and its Almshouses
Leiden originated along the borders of the river Rhine where the Fortress was situated and the counts had settled.
Walking along the numerous Leiden canals and almshouse courts the guide sketches a portrait of times bygone when commerce and the cloth industry thrived, the Dutch painters flourished and the university was founded.

The Academy Walk

This tour reflects the intimate relationship that Leiden has always had with its University. The guide takes you to the Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory where in the world of Physics and Chemistry history was written. This building is situated where the Gunpowder ship exploded in 1807.The walk continues past the Academy building and the Botanical gardens and you will also visit some almshouse courts. This tour’s starting point is decided together with the coordinator

The Jugendstil Walk
Around 1890 an art style evolved in a number of European towns which was foremost a reaction to the neo-styles of the 19th century.
Inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain this new art form influenced different artists in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands to form the Jugendstil movement while its reverberations in France and Belgium lead to the more fluid Art Nouveau style there. Its experimental and typical architecture introduced the available new materials and techniques such as the iron skeleton construction using large glass surfaces for shop windows for the first time.
This Jugendstil tour offers you a varied impression of the remnants of that ‘new art’ form in our town of Leiden

The Pilgrim Fathers City-tour
2020 was the year in which we commemorated that the Pilgrim Fathers, as they are called today, left Leiden for America. They are considered to be the founding fathers of the USA : so certainly a good reason to make this tour!
The starting point of the walk is decided together with the coordinator. The guide will then take you along the still visible traces of the Pilgrims as they had been persecuted in England and fled to Leiden in 1609 where they lived and worked in the centre of this 17th Century town for a period of eleven years.

The Rembrandt Walk
This tour leads you through Rembrandt’s Leiden life.
The Guide starts at the Stadstimmerwerf (The old construction Wharf) and together you walk past the artist’s place of birth as well as other noteworthy spots showing you what influenced Rembrandt’s early life before he definitely settled as a painter in Amsterdam. The walk ends in the centre of town where we can still see the house where this famous Dutch artist had his first painting lessons.

Guided city tours in two foreign languages: English and German.

For details and possibilities please contact our coordinator via the telephone nr: 00316.122.09.120 (available on workdays between 9am and 5pm)

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