Spot a Leiden stroopwafel

Spot a Hortus Botanicus plant

Walk into the Hortus Botanicus Leiden (the oldest botanical garden in NL). Photograph an unusual plant, palm or the entrance gate.

Spot a Leiden 3 October (Leidens Ontzet) reference

Around 3 October find a Leidens Ontzet (Relief of Leiden, 1574) reference: posters, herring-and-white-bread stalls, parade flags. Outside the season find a 3 October souvenir or photograph. Photograph the reference.

Spot a Leiden bell gable (klokgevel)

Find a bell-shaped gable on a Leiden facade. Photograph the bell shape.

Spot a Leiden bitterballen plate

Find a plate of bitterballen on a Leiden café table. Photograph the line-up.

Spot a Leiden brown café

Find a Leiden bruin café (dark wood, beer pumps). The Café De Bonte Koe is the classic. Photograph the doorway.

Spot a Leiden canal boat

Find a tour boat on the Rapenburg or Oude Rijn. Photograph the boat from a bridge.

Spot a Leiden cheese stall

Find a cheese stall on the Wednesday/Saturday Hooglandse Kerkgracht market or any Leiden cheese shop. Photograph the Gouda wheels.

Spot a Leiden Dutch flag

Find a Dutch flag flying on a Leiden building. Photograph the colours.

Spot a Leiden Dutch upright bike

Find a classic Dutch upright bicycle parked along the Rapenburg. Photograph it.

Spot a Leiden flower stall on the Wednesday or Saturday market

On a market day find a Leiden flower stall on the Nieuwe Rijn waterside market. Photograph the cascade of bouquets.

Spot a Leiden haring with onions

Find a Hollandse Nieuwe herring with chopped onion at a Leiden haringkraam. Photograph the silver fish.

Spot a Leiden hofje courtyard

Find one of Leiden's hofjes (Sint-Annahofje, Hofje van Bakenes, Coninck van Polen). Photograph the courtyard.

Spot a Leiden poffertjes plate

Find a poffertjeskraam with the cast-iron pan of small puffy pancakes. Photograph the pan.

Spot a Leiden small archway lamp

Find a small wrought-iron lamp hanging in a Leiden archway (between Pieterskerkhof courtyards). Photograph the lamp.

Spot a Leiden stepped gable

Find a stepped gable on a Leiden canal house. Photograph the silhouette.

Spot a Leiden street vintage shop

Walk down Haarlemmerstraat or Doezastraat and find a vintage clothing shop window. Photograph the curation.

Spot a Leiden Vlaamse frites cone

Find a paper cone of Belgian-style frites at a Leiden friet stand. Photograph the cone.

Spot a Leiden wall poem (muurgedicht)

Find one of the more than 100 wall poems painted on Leiden facades (Tegen-Beeld project). Photograph the poem on the wall.

Spot a Museum De Lakenhal facade

Find Museum De Lakenhal on Oude Singel. Photograph the heritage facade with the modern addition.

Spot a Pilgrim Fathers plaque or reference

Find a Pilgrim Fathers plaque, Leiden American Pilgrim Museum sign or another Mayflower reference. Photograph it.

Spot a Rembrandt reference (his hometown)

Find a Rembrandt reference in Leiden (his birthplace): the Rembrandt statue near Weddesteeg, a poster of a Rembrandt painting, a museum sign. Photograph the reference.

Spot the Burcht hilltop fort

Walk to the Burcht (the round 12th-century fortress on the hill). Photograph the circular wall.

Spot the Hooglandse Kerk

Find the Hooglandse Kerk on Hooglandse Kerkgracht. Photograph the gothic church.

Spot the Korenbeurs facade

Find the Korenbeurs (former corn exchange) on the Nieuwe Rijn. Photograph the classical facade.

Spot the Leiden Stadhuis

Find the Leiden Stadhuis on Breestraat (the post-fire 1929 rebuild facade with the original Renaissance front). Photograph the steps.

Spot the Pieterskerk

Find the Pieterskerk on Pieterskerkhof. Photograph the gothic church facade.

Spot the Rapenburg canal reflection

Walk along the Rapenburg and find a still stretch with the canal houses reflected. Photograph the mirror image.

Spot the University Main Building (Academiegebouw)

Find the Leiden Academiegebouw on the Rapenburg, the gothic-Renaissance main university building. Photograph the facade.

Spot the Visbrug bridge

Find the Visbrug, a Leiden bridge with shops on it. Photograph the bridge with the shops.