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Bente van Leeuwen

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Bente van Leeuwen

🇳🇱 Leiden, Netherlands

  • 8 years guiding
  • 3 tours
Speaks Dutch English

About Bente

I grew up in the streets around the old fortress mound and still think it is the best single spot to understand how this city fits together where two rivers meet. On camera I like turning slowly from the mound itself to the water below, since the geography explains more than any single fact I could give you. I studied history at the university here and split my other sessions between the church where the Pilgrims once worshipped and the university's oldest building. I keep a steady pace and leave real space for questions rather than rushing through a script.

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