One day in Leiden, Netherlands

A day through Leiden’s best-known sights that lie close together: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Wereldmuseum Leiden, Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Temple of Taffeh and Hortus botanicus Leiden. 6 stops, about 1.8 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Naturalis Biodiversity CenterMuseum · On the map
  2. Wereldmuseum LeidenMuseum · 0.7 km on from Naturalis Biodiversity Center · On the map
  3. Rijksmuseum BoerhaaveMuseum · 0.5 km on from Wereldmuseum Leiden · On the map
  4. Rijksmuseum van OudhedenMuseum · 0.4 km on from Rijksmuseum Boerhaave · On the map
  5. Temple of TaffehTemple or shrine · Next to Rijksmuseum van Oudheden · On the map
  6. Hortus botanicus LeidenMuseum · 0.3 km on from Temple of Taffeh · On the map

6 stops, 2.9 km on foot along the streets: about 36 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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