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FEATURE (Category: Europe | Holland | allseasons | cities | cultural-historical)
Holland: Leiden by foot
Holland: Leiden by foot
This feature is about a walk through Leiden, the city where Rembrandt was born (read excerpts from the story). Fun shops, restaurants and cafes are reported on as well as cultural hot spots. The feature is enlivened with small historical vignettes. Leiden is easily the most beautiful city in the Netherlands, and after Amsterdam has the largest historical centre. This has attracted many antique shops, allowing the city to develop into a veritable magnet for lovers of all that is timeworn. Thanks to the presence of the country's largest university and floating sidewalk cafés Leiden is also effervescent with social events.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2549] 'Market day.' Every Wednesday and Saturday it's market day at the Nieuwe Rijn in the heart of Leiden. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/16722278_yhsWB-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2549] 'Market day.' Every Wednesday and Saturday it's market day at the Nieuwe Rijn in the heart of Leiden. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2550] 'Market day.' Every Wednesday and Saturday it's market day at the Nieuwe Rijn in the heart of Leiden. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/16722143_2nToc-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2550] 'Market day.' Every Wednesday and Saturday it's market day at the Nieuwe Rijn in the heart of Leiden. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2562] 'Koornbrug over Nieuwe Rijn.' Panorama of the heart of Leiden, with the Nieuwe Rijn crossed by the Koornbrug (corn bridge), a floating sidewalk café and the late-gothic Hooglandse Kerk in the background. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/16722116_U9TKq-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2562] 'Koornbrug over Nieuwe Rijn.' Panorama of the heart of Leiden, with the Nieuwe Rijn crossed by the Koornbrug (corn bridge), a floating sidewalk café and the late-gothic Hooglandse Kerk in the background. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2564] 'Floating sidewalk café.' Floating sidewalk café on the Nieuwe Rijn, in the city centre of Leiden. To the left the burcht a 12th century fortress constructed on an artificial hill, and the late-gothic Hooglandse Kerk in the background. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/16722109_t7Kni-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2564] 'Floating sidewalk café.' Floating sidewalk café on the Nieuwe Rijn, in the city centre of Leiden. To the left the burcht a 12th century fortress constructed on an artificial hill, and the late-gothic Hooglandse Kerk in the background. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2568] 'Burcht and Hooglandse Kerk.' Seagull flying over the old centre of Leiden. To the left the burcht, a 12th century fortress constructed on an artificial hill. At the centre the late-gothic Hooglandse Kerk. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/16722162_DmBNL-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2568] 'Burcht and Hooglandse Kerk.' Seagull flying over the old centre of Leiden. To the left the burcht, a 12th century fortress constructed on an artificial hill. At the centre the late-gothic Hooglandse Kerk. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2574] 'Floating sidewalk cafés.' Leiden is known for its floating sidewalk cafés at the Nieuwe Rijn. Having a beer in front of the Koornbrug (corn bridge) on a summer afternoon is an experience in itself. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/16722104_8oNrm-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2574] 'Floating sidewalk cafés.' Leiden is known for its floating sidewalk cafés at the Nieuwe Rijn. Having a beer in front of the Koornbrug (corn bridge) on a summer afternoon is an experience in itself. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2577] 'Floating sidewalk cafés.' Leiden is known for its floating sidewalk cafés at the Nieuwe Rijn. Having a beer in front of the Koornbrug (corn bridge) on a summer afternoon is an experience in itself. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/16722093_KTdYW-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2577] 'Floating sidewalk cafés.' Leiden is known for its floating sidewalk cafés at the Nieuwe Rijn. Having a beer in front of the Koornbrug (corn bridge) on a summer afternoon is an experience in itself. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2583] 'Floating sidewalk café.' Leiden is known for its floating sidewalk cafés at the Nieuwe Rijn. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/16722286_zSC8i-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2583] 'Floating sidewalk café.' Leiden is known for its floating sidewalk cafés at the Nieuwe Rijn. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2584] 'Floating sidewalk café.' Leiden is known for its floating sidewalk cafés at the Nieuwe Rijn. In the background rises the Hartebrugkerk. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/16722135_oQgnm-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2584] 'Floating sidewalk café.' Leiden is known for its floating sidewalk cafés at the Nieuwe Rijn. In the background rises the Hartebrugkerk. Photo Paul Smit.")
[HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2564]
'Floating sidewalk café.'
Floating sidewalk café on the Nieuwe Rijn, in the city centre of Leiden. To the left the burcht a 12th century fortress constructed on an artificial hill, and the late-gothic Hooglandse Kerk in the background. Photo Paul Smit. ![> [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2564] 'Floating sidewalk café.' Floating sidewalk café on the Nieuwe Rijn, in the city centre of Leiden. To the left the burcht a 12th century fortress constructed on an artificial hill, and the late-gothic Hooglandse Kerk in the background. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/16722109_t7Kni-S.jpg "> [HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2564] 'Floating sidewalk café.' Floating sidewalk café on the Nieuwe Rijn, in the city centre of Leiden. To the left the burcht a 12th century fortress constructed on an artificial hill, and the late-gothic Hooglandse Kerk in the background. Photo Paul Smit.")
[HOLLAND.ZH.LEIDEN 2564]
'Floating sidewalk café.'
Floating sidewalk café on the Nieuwe Rijn, in the city centre of Leiden. To the left the burcht a 12th century fortress constructed on an artificial hill, and the late-gothic Hooglandse Kerk in the background. Photo Paul Smit. filename: 2564-Nieuwe-Rijn-Leiden |
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