Leiden Cafe Crawl: Brown Cafés on the Canal
225 min
1.7 km
10 stops
About this tour
Leiden still drinks in brown cafés around the canals that fed the university town. A self-guided cafe crawl with quizzes in the StepQuests app. Most doors open mid-afternoon.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Pieterskerkhof
The Pieterskerkhof surrounds the Pieterskerk, built from the late 14th century. The university arrived in 1575. A small beer is rarely ordered alone here.
Cafe Barrera
Café Barrera opened in 1968 opposite the Academy building. A famous resistance hero lived upstairs. A house sandwich is on the lunch menu.
Cafe L'Esperance
Café L'Esperance is in a house from 1814. A wartime story is told about this place. Later in the week there is a café lunch. Leiden got its university in 1575,…
Van Goyen Jeneverhuis
Van Goyen Jeneverhuis is the birthplace of a Golden Age painter. According to its own site it is the last billiard café inside the Singels. There is a long she…
De Vergulde Kruik
De Vergulde Kruik opened in 1881 as a liquor shop. Look closely at the beer tap. The Heineken star story is house lore.
Cafe Einstein
Pay at the table. Nieuwe Rijn 19, 2312 JC. Daily from about 10:00. Terrace is first come. Canal float opposite the town hall. Town beer on the list.
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