The Leiden Visitor Centre: Your Key to Leiden
How do I get to the Law Faculty? Is there a city tour of the Leiden almhouses? What is there to do this weekend? The Leiden Visitor Centre (VCL) has the answer to all your questions about Leiden.
Your visit to Leiden starts at the Visitor Centre. We can provide you with ideas for trips, a city plan, advice on accommodation and much more. The Visitor Centre is very easy to reach; it is ideally located, almost next door to Leiden Central Station and just opposite the bus station.
The Leiden Visitor Centre is the prestigious front office of the 17 Leiden City Partners; this is where visitors are received and provided with all the information and services needed to make their visit to Leiden as successful and enjoyable as possible.
You can be sure of a warm welcome here, whether you are a student, a tourist or a business visitor. We can help you with transport, accommodation, restaurants, tickets and much more. A visit to the VCL will smooth your path for the rest of your stay.
The VCL is the place for:
• accommodation services
• group arrangements
• gift vouchers (VVV iris cheques, vouchers for the cinema and theatre, bol.com gift vouchers and dinner vouchers)
• Leiden University promotional products
• postcards
• maps
• souvenirs
• local ticket sales
• business gifts
• folders and brochures (Leiden City Guide, Shopping in Leiden, Leiden museums and more)
• city tours
• transport information
• Rabobank information
• cycle and walking routes
• Leiden information
• the Leiden Chamber of Commerce
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