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.
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Leiden, Netherlands
A lecture hall sink once used by Einstein and other noted physicists is now regarded as a strange science relic.
Leiden, Netherlands
This historic Dutch newspaper building is covered with media-themed details—and one unrelated oddity.
Leiden, Netherlands
Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.
Leiden, Netherlands
Graffiti covers the walls of a room where university students through the centuries have waited nervously to defend their theses.
Leiden, Netherlands
The remains of a medieval wall discovered in the basement of a jewelry store.
Leiden, Netherlands
A massive explosion that leveled hundreds of buildings in the city of Leiden is remembered by a waterside plaque.
Leiden, Netherlands
Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.
Leiden, Netherlands
This small museum collects the Christian remembrances which would otherwise be forgotten.
Leiden, Netherlands
One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.
Leiden, Netherlands
Once housed in the towers of this Gothic church, this 17th century clock still ticks today.
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Small transmitter operated by a priest in the Netherlands.
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The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.
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The largest flower auction house in the world.
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For the holidays, the tallest broadcasting tower in the Netherlands turns into one of the world's tallest Christmas trees.
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Utrecht, Netherlands
'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.
Utrecht, Netherlands
This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.
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A monument hidden in the woods built in 1938 as a getaway for a Dutch museum curator.
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Cat art as far as the eye can see.
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Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.
Leiden, Netherlands
A former plague hospital turned medical museum.
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This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.
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