Leiden Expat Center

 

Welcome to Leiden

The Leiden area is a booming knowledge region. It is  home to the Leiden University, the Leiden Bio Science Park, the aerospace cluster and the floral industry. Apart from offering challenging jobs, the Leiden region is an excellent location for living and recreation. 

The Expat Centre Leiden provides a warm welcome to expats who live and work in the Leiden region. We will help you find answers to questions about the issues you will deal with when settling in the Netherlands. Our dedicated expat officers will answer your questions and offer you advice on a wide range of topics. You can email your questions to welcome@expatcentreleiden.nl or visit the Expat Centre Leiden at the Visitor Centre (Stationsweg 41, Leiden).

News

Fantastic event in Leiden 10 January 2012

What an amazing party it was! Leiden has shown itself from its best side. The city of Leiden and all parties concerned joined forces and managed to...more

Changes to the 30%-ruling 20 December 2011

The 30%-ruling is a Dutch tax facility available for employees who come to work in the Netherlands and whom have specific expertise that is scarce...more

Attention: Limited validity of holidays! 19 December 2011

The Dutch government has last summer accepted the plans to drastically change our holiday legislation. By the introduction of the new law on 1...more

Agenda

Wednesday
Feb 15
Anatomy Anatomised

In two public lectures medical historians Andrew Cunningham and Ruth Richardson question the making and keeping of anatomical collections.

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Saturday
Feb 18
Dance group Amsterdam: Generations

The dance artists of three generations have designed a choreography based on the theme: ‘Journey’. The most senior generation is represented by Krisztina de Châtel.

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Wednesday
Feb 22
The Global Economic Crisis: An Episode in the History of Money

The economic crisis is not merely financial, a moment in the credit/debt cycle. Events since 2008 should rather be seen as the collapse of "national capitalism", the money system that the world lived by in the twentieth century.

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