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Einstein Sink

Leiden, Netherlands

Einstein's Sink

A lecture hall sink once used by Einstein and other noted physicists is now regarded as a strange science relic.

ESTEC aerial view

Noordwijk, Netherlands

European Space Research and Technology Centre

The birthplace of most all of Europe's space missions is here on the Dutch coast.

Side view of Corpus Museum

Oegstgeest, Netherlands

Corpus Museum

The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.

Pieces of the old wall

Leiden, Netherlands

The Old Leiden Belltower

The remains of a medieval wall discovered in the basement of a jewelry store.

Basilica di San Clemente

Rome, Italy

Basilica di San Clemente

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

Giethoorn

Giethoorn, Netherlands

Giethoorn

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

Schokland as it is nowaydays; enclosed by land. The church is also visible in the painting by Hermanus Koekoek.

Schokland, Netherlands

Schokland

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

Zweetkamertje

Leiden, Netherlands

Zweetkamertje (Sweat Room)

Graffiti covers the walls of a room where university students through the centuries have waited nervously to defend their theses.

Sprookjesbos

Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands

Efteling Sprookjesbos

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

Panorama Mesdag

The Hague, Netherlands

Panorama Mesdag

The largest 19th century panorama in the world still in-situ.

Giant seagull terrorizing miniature farm.

The Hague, Netherlands

Madurodam

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

Snel's Grave - he died in 1626

Leiden, Netherlands

Willebrord Snellius' Grave

One of the great math minds of the 17th century is underfoot in this 900 year old Dutch church.

The elephant drainpipe.

Leiden, Netherlands

Gebouw Leidsch Dagblad Elephant Drainpipe

This historic Dutch newspaper building is covered with media-themed details—and one unrelated oddity.

The Wall Poems of Leiden

Leiden, Netherlands

The Wall Poems of Leiden

The works of poetry's biggest names grace the walls of the city of Leiden, all carefully painted by hand.

The Red Stone

Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden Stones

A trio of red, white, and blue stones embedded in the streets of Leiden are markers of medieval territory and law.

The world's second-oldest observatory in all its glory

Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden Observatory

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

Museum Boerhaave

Leiden, Netherlands

Museum Boerhaave

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

Hortus Botanicus Leiden

Leiden, Netherlands

Hortus Botanicus Leiden

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

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