Event calendar Leiden

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Nostalgic Christmas Market

Nostalgic Christmas Market
The Christmas market in Leiden can, of course, be found once again this year at the Hooglandse...

15 December, 18 December and 4 more days
Tufting workshop

Tufting workshop
Follow a tufting workshop and create a rug for your home in one afternoon under our guidance,...

Sunday 15 December
Visit the Young Rembrandt Studio for free

Visit the Young Rembrandt Studio for free
Meet the young Rembrandt in a beautiful 7-minute 3D video experience in the house where he...

weekly
Korenweekend

Korenweekend
Fancy a little music? From pop songs, classics, musical songs to Christmas songs! Everything...

15 December, 21 December and 22 December
Rembrandt's Four Senses - His First Paintings

Rembrandt's Four Senses - His First Paintings
A celebratory exhibition at Leiden's Museum de Lakenhal, from the 20th of January 2024 until...

until 30 March 2025
Leiden is celebrating - 450 years of parades

Leiden is celebrating - 450 years of parades
Celebrating together is timeless. Parades are the perfect form for this. They provide solidarity...

until 2 March 2025
Exhibition: Mapuche - A community on the move

Exhibition: Mapuche - A community on the move
The Mapuche are the original inhabitants of the area now covered by the states of Chile and...

until 20 July 2025
Discover Leiden with a city walk

Discover Leiden with a city walk
Do you opt for a walk past all the highlights? Or are you delving into Rembrandt's Leiden?...

until 1 January 2026
Triceratops: the herd

Triceratops: the herd
Triceratops horridus: this giant herbivore is an icon of the dinosaur era. And extremely rare...

until 31 August 2025
Nostalgic Fair

Nostalgic Fair
In December, the nostalgic fair returns to Leiden! This charming fair brings back the atmosphere...

until 5 January 2025
Floating Ice Rink Leiden

Floating Ice Rink Leiden
Experience a winter fairytale in Leiden under the atmospheric festive lights. Come and skate...

until 5 January 2025
Exhibition: Closer to the Black Hole

Exhibition: Closer to the Black Hole
Mysterious places in the cosmos, which swallow everything and from which nothing, not even...

until 5 January 2025
Bronze Age: Fire of Change

Bronze Age: Fire of Change
The major retrospective exhibition Bronze Age – Fire of Change is about a fascinating period...

until 16 March 2025
Rembrandt Frerichs & Antoinette Lohmann Baroque Project

Rembrandt Frerichs & Antoinette Lohmann Baroque Project
Celebrated musicians Rembrandt Frerichs and Antoinette Lohmann bring a fresh take on 17th-century...

Wednesday 18 December
Choir of Clare Cambridge

Choir of Clare Cambridge
The famous Clare College Choir from Cambridge will perform in Leiden during Advent.

Wednesday 18 December
Exhibition The Orphans Speak

Exhibition The Orphans Speak
The exhibition 'The Orphans Speak' provides an insight into the daily lives of the orphans...

until 26 March 2025
Leiden Santa Run

Leiden Santa Run
The Rotary Santa Run Leiden is a fun run where participants, dressed as Santa Claus, complete...

Thursday 19 December
Christmas concert Leiden English Choir

Christmas concert Leiden English Choir
A versatile mix of modern and 'old' pieces by Ola Gjeilo, Elaine Hagenberg and Simon Capet,...

Friday 20 December
Kintsugi

Kintsugi
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of bonding pottery shards with gold. To show the scars instead...

20 December, 11 January 2025
Christmas concert Leiden English Choir

Christmas concert Leiden English Choir
A versatile mix of modern and 'old' pieces by Ola Gjeilo, Elaine Hagenberg and Simon Capet,...

Saturday 21 December
Under the spell of GOLD

Under the spell of GOLD
Wereldmuseum Leiden will celebrate the premiere of its new exhibition in December; Under the...

21 December 2024 until 26 October 2025
Night at the museum

Night at the museum
Naturalis opening on Saturday evening

21 December, 28 December and 4 January 2025
PolarExpress Christmas Party

PolarExpress Christmas Party
COC De Kroon is going all the way this Christmas during The Polar Express Party. Celebrate...

21 and 22 December
Big Christmas Circus

Big Christmas Circus
The Big Christmas Circus is located on the Lammermarkt, right in the historic center of Leiden....

25 December, 26 December and 8 more days