Leiden Cafe Crawl: Brown Cafés on the Canal

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.