I was born in Leiden and still live there, my family came to Leiden in the 15th century and never left. I did law school at Leiden university. The keys are the sign of Saint Peter, the patron saint of the town. The gate you saw is the Morspoort. Mors means marches. The mill you saw is called The Put and it grinds flower for a local baker, where my wife and I get our fresh bread. Yes it is a replica and it stands on the spot where Rembrandt’s father was a miller 😊. I could go on, but Leiden is great.
The keys in the coat of arms of Leiden are explained simply: Saint Peter, the keeper of the gate to Heaven is the patron saint of Leiden. The keys are one of his attributes. So you see them everywhere.
@@nateandkatrinadotheworld They represent the key of St Peter (there is also a church called the Pieterskerk). In Leiden we joke that the second key is the spare key to heaven :).
Yep, they needed to move because they lost half of their flock to the liberty in Amsterdam. Then, when they supplemented their flock with Dutch, German and French believers to about the same number, sailed to Plymouth and boarded the Mayflower. Not a well versed navigator because they didn't land where they supposed to.
@@Paul_C Leiden was also much to free for them. They didn't like religious freedom that much, they like their own religion. They were puritans, prudes, the Dutch protestants weren't that hung up on sexuality, whitin marriage or to find a spouse lots of liberties were allowed and the Pilgrim fathers feared the effect on their children.
Leiden had been sieged by the Spanish army for a year causing a famine in the city, but the people of Leiden held out until a certain Willem van Oranje had the levees "stabbed" so the area around was inundated and the city could be liberated by a fleet of flatbottoms. This was an important turning point in the 80-years war for indepence allthough there were 72 years more to go. It got it's university, the first in the Netherlands, as a reward for holding out, and it became a very important one soon as the Dutch Republic became a frontrunner in the early scientific revolution.
You missed the pilgrim museum in the oldest building in the city. Pretty big thing for Americans. Why is there? Because the Mayflower set sail from Leiden. There’s also a Mayflower monument in the side of the Pieterskerk.
where i call home these days! what i love about leiden is that it is small and quaint, but still lively. the centre (within the boundaries of the outer canals) feels a bit like an oversized, elitist village 😅 but it makes for a great atmosphere and good quality of life - if you can overlook university student shenanigans of course
Ah! You finally found the opportunity to visit my hometown! There’s a lot more to see and experience in Leiden, so: return if and when you can and-just a kind suggestion-put the botanical garden (Hortus Botanicus) at the top of your ‘in case of outdoor weather’ list 😊
Yeahhh, you actually went visiting a windmill inside! Whoohoo! What a luxury inside there... this was really a huge one. I still recommend the Museum mill in Schermerhorn, near Alkmaar. On a windy day, you can really see how the water is pumped up. And i can tell you: less luxury for the people who lived outthere...
My first time seeing your channel and you're in my favourite town in all The Netherlands. Thanks for taking us on a tour. Subscribed! ps: all calico cats are female
Congrats on a very nice video about the town where I grew up, and still live close to. Very nice to see you visiting all these spots which are all so normal to me :-) Oh, and yes, October 3rd is a big thing here, everybody eating haring & wittebrood and hutspot of course. Come back and see for yourself!
Glad you made it to Leiden - I wrote a 4-part mystery adventure series about a young Dutch professor based in Leiden, which is one of my favourite Dutch cities besides Haarlem and Den Bosch. And I think you did a nice mini-tour. Plus, the savory pancakes and gelato look tasty. So, you'll have to return on October 3rd and celebrate the freedom from the Spanish siege while eating hutspot and herring. 😁
Many world famous Astronomers studied and worked in Leiden, check it out. The Hortus Bontanicus, it is like Zoo for plants, has 300 year old trees from former colonies etc... it started as the herbs garden for the University, many many tropical plants and trees. Very rare ones too.
It's just one of the best cities. The center is essentially a maze of cute little historic things, you can live there for years and still discover new stuff. Could not have wished for a better place to grow up in. It was idyllic, quiet and at its peak beauty in the 90's. But you only realize your luck after the fact, don't you? Now it's popular, with everything that comes with it.
you probably had jonge kaas (maybe jong belegen) young cheese doesnt lay as long and thus retains some moisture. by far most popular choice among kids to put on bread, old cheese is a lot saltier. I still prefer it tbh :P
Visiting Leiden and not eat herring is like going to New Orleans and not have gumbo.. especially when you mention 3 october.. haring en wittebrood is a must.. ditch the onions if the herring is good.. onions are there to cover up soso herring.
October 3 is 1 of the biggest parties in the Netherlands. We are then conducting the liberation of Leiden. Funfair throughout the city and music and party everywhere
If you have never tried a tompouce you don't know what your are missing😀 However.... forget about the fork that goes with it. I've long abandoned all hope, and eat it with my hands 😑
Nice vlog Katrina. And Nate. 9 out of 10. Would have been 10 out of 10 if you would have showed dinner. Btw, last week i did see you few vlogs from Iceland. It was endearing to see how in love Nate was at the time 🥰😎
I actually live in Leiden. It is very nice indeed. Een fantastische stad. Veel leuker dan Amsterdam. You should go to Naturalis next time, and see the T-rex skeleton they have there.
You can get the translate app and just point your camera at the poem written in Polish -or any other text in any different language-, and it will translate it for you. 🙂
3 Oktober in Leiden is the celebration festival of the liberation of Leiden. They traditionally eat herring and white bread on that day and hutspot / hotchpotch. They drink lots of beer and wine too. There also is a huge fair / kermis in Leiden on that day. An expensive fair but to be fair it is a nice fair. I believe the people of Leiden have a free day of work too. Maybe nice for you 2 to check out sometime. P.s. There are videos on UA-cam about 3 oktober Leiden. Also by an American couple called T and T Go Dutch. I believe the title of their video is "Our First Leiden Ontzet 3 oktober". Is it bigger than Kingsdsay ?
@@nateandkatrinadotheworldI have been to the 3 Oktober liberation festival. It was fun. I picked up a cute girl in Leiden on 3 Oktober. She was a friend of my niece or so I tought. My niece said that girl was a far niece of mine I did not know about. That was a big dissapointment lol. P.s. The inhabitants of Leiden get FREE herring and white bread I believe.
A lot of wellknown people studied in Leiden. Yeah duhh... I studied there! 🙂 Leiden is fun and I spend all the hours I was expected to attend at Statistics class at the Bruine Boon 🙂 And later on when I worked in Leiden at Annie's Verjaardag we did the Vrijdag avond borrel 🙂
Jesus Nate, bring back Coast 2 Coast pinball podcast !! The current pinball podcast crop are a bunch of Shills. Except eclectic and slam tilt. We need Coast 2 Coast !! Bring it back, you can do it.
@@nateandkatrinadotheworld My memory was triggered by these pictures from pancakehouse Oudt Leyden, as I lived between 2005 and 2010 at the opposite of the square, overlooking both Hotel Mayflower and the pannenkoekenhuis for 5 years. Greetings from Eindhoven!
Ha, yes, we know… we eat too many of them! I think she meant it was “caramely”, as in, kind has caramel vibe and taste. Us Americans often turn nouns into verbs… 🤣
When the weather is nice, almost every place will look nice. So some windmills in The Netherlands are fake? Who knew! Only €2,- for such a gigantic stroopwafel should be verboden: they are ruining the market. I bet on the Champs-Elysées these would easily go for 16 USD. If you saw movie Oppenheimer in a Dutch bioskoop you might have heard the people laughing at the Dutch he's supposed to be speaking. Calico cats (lapjeskatten) are almost always female. That's enough wijsneuzerij for now. (oh anda pancakes are not breakfast in case you didn't know)
To us Americans it is! That’s one of our favorite parts of exploring in Europe… so much history and things to learn. Thanks for checking out the video!
Ha, yes, we know… we eat too many of them! I think she meant it was “caramely”, as in, kind has caramel vibe and taste. Us Americans often turn nouns into verbs… 🤣
I was born in Leiden and still live there, my family came to Leiden in the 15th century and never left.
I did law school at Leiden university.
The keys are the sign of Saint Peter, the patron saint of the town. The gate you saw is the Morspoort. Mors means marches. The mill you saw is called The Put and it grinds flower for a local baker, where my wife and I get our fresh bread.
Yes it is a replica and it stands on the spot where Rembrandt’s father was a miller 😊. I could go on, but Leiden is great.
Thanks for the info and for watching. You are right, Leiden is great!
Leiden is one of my favorite Dutch cities. I hope to live there soon.
We loved it, too!
Fun to see my home town through the eyes of tourists. You picked great weather for city trip.
It’s a great town! Had a really good day. Thanks!
The keys in the coat of arms of Leiden are explained simply: Saint Peter, the keeper of the gate to Heaven is the patron saint of Leiden. The keys are one of his attributes. So you see them everywhere.
Bedankt! Cool stuff!
@@nateandkatrinadotheworld They represent the key of St Peter (there is also a church called the Pieterskerk). In Leiden we joke that the second key is the spare key to heaven :).
I actually work and study at Leiden university, was fun seeing my home being presented this nicely :)
We hope that we did it justice! It’s a gorgeous city!
Please people, keep Leyden a big secret, we don't want to end like mad Amsterdam. Being overrun by tourists.
We like to share nice places that we visit.
Don't worry.. it's not thát special
The Pilgrims, first settlers in America, used to live in Leiden for a while, after leaving Britain, before they went to the USA.
Little know but a fact for sure
We were all set for the Pilgrim Museum, but time ran out on us. Next trip!
Yep, they needed to move because they lost half of their flock to the liberty in Amsterdam. Then, when they supplemented their flock with Dutch, German and French believers to about the same number, sailed to Plymouth and boarded the Mayflower. Not a well versed navigator because they didn't land where they supposed to.
@@Paul_C Leiden was also much to free for them. They didn't like religious freedom that much, they like their own religion. They were puritans, prudes, the Dutch protestants weren't that hung up on sexuality, whitin marriage or to find a spouse lots of liberties were allowed and the Pilgrim fathers feared the effect on their children.
@@nateandkatrinadotheworldyup some the pilgrimfathers where actually living in the small houses on the side of the Hooglandsekerk
Oppenheimer stayed in Leiden as well. And the Pilgrim Fathers ofc.
Leiden is nice because there are many students, happy people in general.
It did seem like a happy place!
Leiden had been sieged by the Spanish army for a year causing a famine in the city, but the people of Leiden held out until a certain Willem van Oranje had the levees "stabbed" so the area around was inundated and the city could be liberated by a fleet of flatbottoms. This was an important turning point in the 80-years war for indepence allthough there were 72 years more to go.
It got it's university, the first in the Netherlands, as a reward for holding out, and it became a very important one soon as the Dutch Republic became a frontrunner in the early scientific revolution.
Love all the history! A lot to learn. Thanks for checking out the video!
very nice and beautiful video again, finally it's going well again, sun, thank you very much again, I enjoyed it
Thanks Peter! Summer is here!
You missed the pilgrim museum in the oldest building in the city. Pretty big thing for Americans. Why is there? Because the Mayflower set sail from Leiden. There’s also a Mayflower monument in the side of the Pieterskerk.
There was so much to do in Leiden, we couldn’t get to it all. Next time!
there is more food coming, lol what a suprise starting to like you guys more and more, keep it up..
Thansk! That’s what we do!
I already liked them when they were still awful.
where i call home these days! what i love about leiden is that it is small and quaint, but still lively. the centre (within the boundaries of the outer canals) feels a bit like an oversized, elitist village 😅 but it makes for a great atmosphere and good quality of life - if you can overlook university student shenanigans of course
Leiden must be a great place to live! Thanks for watching!
Leiden is my #2 city in the Netherlands. Utrecht being #1 my old home city.
Both good choices! Thanks for watching!
Ah! You finally found the opportunity to visit my hometown! There’s a lot more to see and experience in Leiden, so: return if and when you can and-just a kind suggestion-put the botanical garden (Hortus Botanicus) at the top of your ‘in case of outdoor weather’ list 😊
We knew as we were there that we had to come
back. So much to see and visit! Great place!
great jazz soundtrack. nailed it !
Thank you!
There is an original Dutch windmill of Krommenie in the USA. It’s in Holland, Michigan and was moved to the USA in 1964.
Yeahhh, you actually went visiting a windmill inside! Whoohoo! What a luxury inside there... this was really a huge one. I still recommend the Museum mill in Schermerhorn, near Alkmaar. On a windy day, you can really see how the water is pumped up. And i can tell you: less luxury for the people who lived outthere...
Funny to see my city through the eyes of others everytime. Thanks guys
Thanks for watching!
thanx for the new city highlights... things to explore by myself :)
Glad you like them!
My first time seeing your channel and you're in my favourite town in all The Netherlands. Thanks for taking us on a tour. Subscribed!
ps: all calico cats are female
Awww!!! Thanks!!!
Nate misses his little tiny Calico cat, Cisco… she was the best little cat.
I went up the windmill you went into one rainy November morning and went on the deck. The man was getting the sails ready. Nice experience.
It’s a great windmill!
I live in Leiden all my life and im in love with my city . I am a Leienaar. Come to see this beautiful city. Tnx for filming ❤️
The city is very beautiful!
Great video.❤ if i knew you where there i could meet you guys, I live in Voorschoten, Next to Leiden.
It’s a beautiful place to live, for sure!
Congrats on a very nice video about the town where I grew up, and still live close to. Very nice to see you visiting all these spots which are all so normal to me :-) Oh, and yes, October 3rd is a big thing here, everybody eating haring & wittebrood and hutspot of course. Come back and see for yourself!
Thank you! We hope that we did your city justice. ❤️
Glad you made it to Leiden - I wrote a 4-part mystery adventure series about a young Dutch professor based in Leiden, which is one of my favourite Dutch cities besides Haarlem and Den Bosch. And I think you did a nice mini-tour. Plus, the savory pancakes and gelato look tasty. So, you'll have to return on October 3rd and celebrate the freedom from the Spanish siege while eating hutspot and herring. 😁
Thanks! We loved it! Are your books in English?
We will definitely be back!
When in Leiden, go to the world famous Hortus Bontanicus, and to the Observatory next door, , and to the Tropen Museum.
We have to go back, to sure!
Many world famous Astronomers studied and worked in Leiden, check it out.
The Hortus Bontanicus, it is like Zoo for plants, has 300 year old trees from former colonies etc... it started as the herbs garden for the University, many many tropical plants and trees. Very rare ones too.
We had this on our list, but just didn’t have time. We gotta go back someday!
My home town and i never gonna leave ❤
It seems like a great place to live!
I've lived in Leiden my whole life, yet never tasted the fresh Stroopwafels from the market. But next saturday it will finally happen!
Do it!!
I’m like truffel, looking at you guys bemusedly. I did smile a lot more though.
We think Truffle smiles on the inside… 🙃
It's just one of the best cities. The center is essentially a maze of cute little historic things, you can live there for years and still discover new stuff. Could not have wished for a better place to grow up in. It was idyllic, quiet and at its peak beauty in the 90's. But you only realize your luck after the fact, don't you? Now it's popular, with everything that comes with it.
Hindsight is always 20/20! What a great place to have grown up, though! Thank you for watching!
you probably had jonge kaas (maybe jong belegen) young cheese doesnt lay as long and thus retains some moisture. by far most popular choice among kids to put on bread, old cheese is a lot saltier. I still prefer it tbh :P
We are big fans of the oud kaas.
You guys are one of the VERY few Americans who proncounced the stroopwafel correct. :)
Important word for us… 😜
Cats with more then two colors are always a her 🙂
With rare exceptions! Nate had an awesome little calico cat named Cisco. She was the best. ✌️
Check Alkmaar with the world famous Cheese Market, nice too.
We may have something planned there verrry soon… stay tuned! 🧀
Well, the windmill outlasted Tiffany’s fame.
Only the west South and North Holland and the coastline ,s are beneat sea level , go to the east and south, it is above sea level.
Fantastic video lnfo guys nice place. Love the windmills so cool well done 👍🏻😎Robin out
Nate: Please say meow! 😂 7:38. (Next time. 🐱)
From the burcht In that hill there are tunnels that go to the café annie's birthday. Unfortunately, these tunnels are not accessible
Very nice
Thanks, appreciated!
You have eten more pannenkoeken, stroopwafels and poffertjes than me in my whole life by now
It’s our pleasure. 🤪
Visiting Leiden and not eat herring is like going to New Orleans and not have gumbo.. especially when you mention 3 october.. haring en wittebrood is a must.. ditch the onions if the herring is good.. onions are there to cover up soso herring.
We have both been to New Orleans and never had the gumbo… 🤣 Thanks for watching the video!
October 3 is 1 of the biggest parties in the Netherlands. We are then conducting the liberation of Leiden. Funfair throughout the city and music and party everywhere
Sounds like a good time!
That mill is an absolute unit.
10/10. Winning the comments.
A pitty you're not been to museum de Lakenhal. It's the best and you're learning a lot of the history of Leiden
There is way too much to do in Leiden to fit it into one day. We will definitely be back!
Some of the pilgrimfathers lived in leiden before they left on the mayflower to the 'new world'😊
Correct. The Pilgrim Museum is on our list for our next visit. Thanks for watching!
As a French I never heard of Tompouce in my life... maybe the person in charge made a special joke 😂
It’s definitely unique to The Netherlands and a must try! People have told us that it is very similar to a mille-feuille. 🤷🏼♀️
If you have never tried a tompouce you don't know what your are missing😀 However.... forget about the fork that goes with it. I've long abandoned all hope, and eat it with my hands 😑
Nice vlog Katrina. And Nate. 9 out of 10. Would have been 10 out of 10 if you would have showed dinner. Btw, last week i did see you few vlogs from Iceland. It was endearing to see how in love Nate was at the time 🥰😎
Haha! Thanks! Nate is still very in love. 😍
We had to skip dinner and get home to walk the doggo that day… 😁
The poem at 15:47 is in Polish. So you are close.
Leiden is like Amsterdam but without the filth
Exactly, we should keep it that way
@@Orwell_ uiteraard glibber.
I actually live in Leiden. It is very nice indeed. Een fantastische stad. Veel leuker dan Amsterdam. You should go to Naturalis next time, and see the T-rex skeleton they have there.
Always a reason to come back! Thanks for watching.
You can get the translate app and just point your camera at the poem written in Polish -or any other text in any different language-, and it will translate it for you. 🙂
That’s how I finally realized it was Polish! ;-)
Try the National Museum of Antiquities next time you are in Leiden. It's pretty good
There were so many museums there, we will definitely be back!
3 Oktober in Leiden is the celebration festival of the liberation of Leiden. They traditionally eat herring and white bread on that day and hutspot / hotchpotch. They drink lots of beer and wine too. There also is a huge fair / kermis in Leiden on that day. An expensive fair but to be fair it is a nice fair. I believe the people of Leiden have a free day of work too. Maybe nice for you 2 to check out sometime. P.s. There are videos on UA-cam about 3 oktober Leiden. Also by an American couple called T and T Go Dutch. I believe the title of their video is "Our First Leiden Ontzet 3 oktober". Is it bigger than Kingsdsay ?
We are considering going! It looks like fun. ✌️
@@nateandkatrinadotheworldI have been to the 3 Oktober liberation festival. It was fun. I picked up a cute girl in Leiden on 3 Oktober. She was a friend of my niece or so I tought. My niece said that girl was a far niece of mine I did not know about. That was a big dissapointment lol. P.s. The inhabitants of Leiden get FREE herring and white bread I believe.
Hello! Where is this? You remeber street? :) ^^ 15:33
Leiden is Holland second city with a great old history
It is gorgeous!
The stroopwafels are invented in Gouda!
We have been, but not on the vlog. Will get a video from there eventually….
A lot of wellknown people studied in Leiden. Yeah duhh... I studied there! 🙂 Leiden is fun and I spend all the hours I was expected to attend at Statistics class at the Bruine Boon 🙂 And later on when I worked in Leiden at Annie's Verjaardag we did the Vrijdag avond borrel 🙂
Statistics still gives Katrina nightmares….
It’s a great city for sure! Would be an awesome place for university!
go to roosendaal on 6th of september
So many places to visit...
@@nateandkatrinadotheworld roosendaal on september 6th is a carnival in city!
😊😊
Clicked this vdeo, I am wearing the same blue shirt right now, lmao. 😂
Great minds!
Jesus Nate, bring back Coast 2 Coast pinball podcast !!
The current pinball podcast crop are a bunch of Shills.
Except eclectic and slam tilt.
We need Coast 2 Coast !!
Bring it back, you can do it.
How on earth did you climb all those stairs after filling up on pannenkoeken?
This is a fitness channel. ;)
❤
Leiden is great
Hard agree! 👍
Leiden has the oldest university in the Netherlands, established in 1575.
At [7:59] your camera picked up the yellow letters of hotel Mayflower in the background, hint, hint.
We had planned on the Pilgrim Museum, but ran out of time! Nate has seen Plymouth Rock and the recreated Mayflower in Massachusetts…
Next time!
@@nateandkatrinadotheworld My memory was triggered by these pictures from pancakehouse Oudt Leyden, as I lived between 2005 and 2010 at the opposite of the square, overlooking both Hotel Mayflower and the pannenkoekenhuis for 5 years. Greetings from Eindhoven!
I live there
Cool!
10:52 voor alles een eerste keer Katrina!
😂
Almost all calico cats are female so you were probably right!
2:47 there is no caramel in stroopwafels, it’s stroop, not the same as caramel.
Ha, yes, we know… we eat too many of them! I think she meant it was “caramely”, as in, kind has caramel vibe and taste. Us Americans often turn nouns into verbs… 🤣
Please visit Nijmegen with the 5 hill climb run.
That sounds tiring… 🙃
@@nateandkatrinadotheworld It is but the views are great.
Fahrenheit is from Leiden but was born in the now Hungaria.
Very livable. Made for people, not for cars
We love that!
When the weather is nice, almost every place will look nice. So some windmills in The Netherlands are fake? Who knew! Only €2,- for such a gigantic stroopwafel should be verboden: they are ruining the market. I bet on the Champs-Elysées these would easily go for 16 USD. If you saw movie Oppenheimer in a Dutch bioskoop you might have heard the people laughing at the Dutch he's supposed to be speaking. Calico cats (lapjeskatten) are almost always female. That's enough wijsneuzerij for now. (oh anda pancakes are not breakfast in case you didn't know)
Pancakes are breakfast... we are still Americans after all. ;)
Three couloured cats are always female!
We now know that! Thanks!
Hi
Leiden is great for the gorgeous female students. Not for actually working.
Oh that’s a fake windmill
HOE BLIJVEN JULLIE SLANK ???
The struggle is real.
dont come back xxx
Sorry you are having a rough night. Hope whatever is getting to you clears up. We will definitely be back! 😘
@@nateandkatrinadotheworld will you eat a stroopwafel??!!?>>>??
Chances are… 😜
1743 is NOT old..
To us Americans it is!
That’s one of our favorite parts of exploring in Europe… so much history and things to learn. Thanks for checking out the video!
Siege
For an American Leiden should be the first city to visit as part of your history and yet you missed it completely 😅
“Completely”. ✌️
Please don’t come back to Leiden. We just can't handle more tourists here.
We will definitely be back. We will look you up while we are there! 👍🏻
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel
It's not caramel!!!
Ha, yes, we know… we eat too many of them! I think she meant it was “caramely”, as in, kind has caramel vibe and taste. Us Americans often turn nouns into verbs… 🤣