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Live tours in Leiden

Explore Leiden, Netherlands, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past De Burcht van Leiden, Rapenburg and Pieterskerk on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

10 live tours From 18,00 €

Explore Leiden live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Pieterswijk is worth asking about: the old quarter around Pieterskerk, a grid of narrow lanes and almshouses.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • De Burcht van Leiden A circular medieval fortress mound at the point where the Old and New Rhine meet.
  • Rapenburg The city's grandest canal, lined with university buildings and merchant houses.
  • Pieterskerk The Gothic church where the Pilgrims worshipped before sailing for America in 1620.
  • Academiegebouw The main building of the oldest university in the Netherlands, founded in 1575.
  • Morspoort One of two surviving seventeenth-century city gates.
  • Rembrandt Birthplace Site The street where Rembrandt was born in 1606, marked by a small monument.
  • Rijksmuseum van Oudheden The national antiquities museum, home to a genuine Egyptian temple reconstructed indoors.
  • Museum De Lakenhal A former cloth merchants' hall turned museum of art and the city's textile history.

Neighbourhoods

  • Pieterswijk the old quarter around Pieterskerk, a grid of narrow lanes and almshouses
  • Academic quarter the canal-side district where university buildings sit among seventeenth-century merchant houses
  • Zeeheldenbuurt a residential quarter of streets named after Dutch naval heroes, built in the late nineteenth century

Food to know

  • Leidse kaas
  • Hutspot
  • Stroopwafel
  • Bitterballen
  • Haring

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Good to know about Leiden

Do I need to be in Leiden to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Leiden, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer English and Dutch; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.