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Het verhaal van Leiden

Stories

  • What cannot bear the light of day
    What cannot bear the light of day
    Multiple Dates
    What cannot bear the light of day
    Thu, Oct 15
    Gravensteen
    Tour in Dutch. Often, the clean story of history is told. We don't do that. We have deliberately left in all the gory details. And if there is something to tell about a supernatural phenomenon, you will hear it here.
  • Hunger and Hutspot
    Hunger and Hutspot
    Multiple Dates
    Hunger and Hutspot
    Fri, Oct 23
    Gravensteen
    Tour in Dutch. How was Leiden relieved? And why was Leiden actually besieged? Meet famous and unknown residents of Leiden who experienced the siege.
  • De Geus van Duivenvoorde
    De Geus van Duivenvoorde
    Multiple Dates
    De Geus van Duivenvoorde
    Sun, Oct 25
    Theehuis Stichting Jansland
    Tour in Dutch. Discover what the inhabitants of Voorschoten experienced during the Siege of Leiden. Meet Gerrit Claeszn, who is trying to keep his inn, The Gilded Horn, on the Voorstraat afloat. And join the search for Arent, the Geus from Duivenvoorde, who is busy with iconoclasm. Please note: This walk takes place in Voorschoten.
  • Medieval Leiden
    Medieval Leiden
    Medieval Leiden
    Date and time will be announced later
    Location will be announced later
    Leiden was built in the middle ages. How did a small settlement grow out to be a merchant city? What roll did the Vikings play? Is it true that a Leidenaar was bout to become the mightiest man of medieval Europe?
  • The Leiden poisoner
    The Leiden poisoner
    The Leiden poisoner
    Date and time will be determined later
    Location will be determined later
    Her neighbors saw her as a guardian angel. People could count on her. They called her Good Mie. But Maria Swanenburg had very different plans. We now know her as the biggest poisoner of all time.
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