Leiden Expat Center

The Love Of Coffee – And Leiden – Runs Deep Vanessa Vigar, a Brit and 10-year resident in Leiden...more

Have you seen the famous Nightwatch? Or would you like to enjoy a cruise that takes you along Amsterdam’s most celebrated canals?...more

On Monday 28 January 2013 Her Majesty the Queen announced that she is to abdicate and that the Prince of Orange, her eldest son, will succeed her. The abdication and the investiture of the new King will take place in Amsterdam on 30 April 2013....more

At the end of April, the Huygens Year 2013 will commence. Until October, numerous activities centred around Constantijn and Christiaan Huygens will take place. Exhibitions, lectures, children’s workshops and concerts. An impressive number of cultural institutions will collaborate in order to put the heroes of the Golden Age in the spotlight. The Leiden University libraries and Museum Boerhaave will take part in this collaboration....more

In honour of the investiture of the new King Willem-Alexander on Queen’s Day, the Leiden City Council will plant a lime-tree beside the university office at the Rapenburg....more

Moving to another country involves much more than simply packing your personal belongings. Looking for the right financial services and products to suit your personal situation is also part of the process....more

As a foreign national working in the Netherlands, you’ll know from experience that a move to a foreign country means immersing yourself in a new culture and dealing with all sorts of new rules and customs. ...more

There are many ways to get to know the town or country in which you live, depending on the amount of time you intend to stay there. ...more

50% discount on the entrance fee of the Hortus botanicus Leiden. 50% discount on the entrance fee of Museum Boerhaave and a free cup of coffee....more

The Volkenkunde museum broke all records in 2012. For the first time in the museum’s 175 year history, the record number of 131.0000 visitors stepped over its threshold....more