Location: Leiden
Top Things to do in Leiden
Top 9 Churches & Cathedrals in Leiden, South Holland Province
Home to the Netherlands’ oldest university and the birthplace of Rembrandt, Leiden also served as a several-year stop-off between England and the New World for America’s Pilgrim fathers in the early 17th century. Today, lovely Leiden boasts the second-largest Dutch city center after Amsterdam. The National Museum of Antiquities has an impressive collection of Egyptian artifacts. The Hortus Botanicus, established in 1590, was the site of the planting of Holland’s first tulip bulbs in 1593.
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1. Heilige Lodewijkkerk
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 15 reviews
This surprisingly white Roman Catholic Church was built in 1477 for pelgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Now this church is visited daily by locals and foreigners for Holy Mass with beautiful and devout liturgy. On Sunday the Holy Mass is in English at 18:00
2. Saint Joseph church
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4.5 based on 13 reviews
The Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of Mary and St. Joseph in Leiden welcomes parishioners from many languages and nationalities. Weekly catechesis meetings for adults are held in English. We have substantial groups of people that have Italian, French as their mother tongue.
3. Hooglandse Kerk
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4.0 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By Phuckoff2 - Leiden, The Netherlands
so that when you look into the church, through the tall, stained glass windows...the view is breathtaking...good acoustics, as well...
4. Hartebrugkerk
5. Marekerk
6. Rijksmonument Pauluskerk
7. Waalse Kerk
8. Sint-petruskerk
9. Vredeskerk
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 1 reviews
