Return to De Burcht, Leiden, Netherlands

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This being my last day in Leiden I wanted to visit De Burcht van Leiden (Fort of Leiden) again. I crossed the iron gate at the bottom of the embankment and up to the Fort Gate. I entered and walked up the spiral stares to enjoy the view of the Fort and Leiden. It is some feat for a town around 1200 AD to build this fort for everybody to hunker down and survive the attacks and sieges by hostile forces.

I wandered around following some nice canals. I Found my way to Hartebrugkerk, a nice old church that I think was built in the 1800s.

I found a nice City Park following a nice canal by De Valk Molen Museum. This was a very nice place to hang around for a few hours.

I walked back to my hotel and had a few hours to sit on a picnic table available on the roof of the Rembrandt Hotel.

completed

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Photos

De Burch van Leiden
(Fort of Leiden)

De Burch
bottom gate

De Burch
plaque

De Burch
inside walls

De Burcht
inside nice trees

De Burcht
inside gun portal

De Burcht
stairs up

De Burcht
top wall

De Burcht
inside

De Burcht
inside

De Burcht
top view outside

De Burcht
top view outside

Hartebrugkerk
(church)

Hartebrugkerk
inside

Hartebrugkerk
plaque

Hartebrugkerk
handout