Walk for free with city guide: science walks
During the Dutch Bio Science Week there are daily guided city walks with a Science theme. Every day a city tour starts in the VVV in which the discoveries of the past, present and future of science in Leiden are told.
Since the first university in the Netherlands was founded in 1575, Leiden has been a city where innovation and scientific discovery have flourished. With a prestigious library, botanical garden, observatory and academic hospital, the university quickly gained a reputation that attracted scholars from all over Europe. Leiden scientists conducted research in a wide range of subjects: from medicine to astrology, physics, mathematics and animal behaviour. Did you know that since 1901, no fewer than 16 Nobel Prize winners have a connection to Leiden?