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Leiden has a population about 120,000 people, and is placed in the province of Zuid Holland.
It forms a single urban area with Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten, Valkenburg, Rijnsburg and Katwijk, with 254,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Old Rhine, close to the cities of The Hague and Haarlem. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes (Kagerplassen) lies just to the northeast of Leiden.
The city is crowded by students, and has been a university town since the 16th century. Leiden's university is the oldest in the Netherlands. The Dutch prince Willem-Alexander has studied there and so have many others of the Royal Family.
Amsterdam claims to be the city of Rembrandt, but actualy Rembrandt was born in Leiden and moved to Amsterdam years later.
In 1574 on the 3rd of October, the Spanish siege on Leiden was finally broken. And nowadays Leiden still celebrates this with a huge two days fair. All schools are closed and most companies too. Real Leiden citizens save money for months for this event.
The city is reachable by train from Den Haag, Utrecht, Rotterdam and Amsterdam and is only 20 minutes away from Schiphol.
It forms a single urban area with Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten, Valkenburg, Rijnsburg and Katwijk, with 254,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Old Rhine, close to the cities of The Hague and Haarlem. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes (Kagerplassen) lies just to the northeast of Leiden.
The city is crowded by students, and has been a university town since the 16th century. Leiden's university is the oldest in the Netherlands. The Dutch prince Willem-Alexander has studied there and so have many others of the Royal Family.
Amsterdam claims to be the city of Rembrandt, but actualy Rembrandt was born in Leiden and moved to Amsterdam years later.
In 1574 on the 3rd of October, the Spanish siege on Leiden was finally broken. And nowadays Leiden still celebrates this with a huge two days fair. All schools are closed and most companies too. Real Leiden citizens save money for months for this event.
The city is reachable by train from Den Haag, Utrecht, Rotterdam and Amsterdam and is only 20 minutes away from Schiphol.
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Feb 14, 2009
I had attended the New Year day dinner meetup, it was really a great meetup, glad to see those familiar faces and also those new faces:) I was talking to Devi about arranging a day for a mini meetup, later I thought maybe is nice to have all the ladies gathering one time. So I shared this …
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Aug 30, 2008
The keys you find in the city's weapon are all over the city. It seems it dates back to 1293. The dead painter I am reffering to wasn't even born then, that happened in 1606. More then 400 years later people still visiting Leiden to find the birthhouse of Rembrandt. It's not there an…
Feb 14, 2009
Saturday morning 8am, what a time to be on a train station waiting for.. of course the train. And there where almost 50 people waiting. Strange… I got my train and the next one in Zutphen (didn’t see Alex LOL) and arrived on time in Arnhem to meet Gejah and Mandy. I could take the train straigh…
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