Triceratops horridus: this giant herbivore is an icon of the dinosaur era. And extremely rare too, only a handful of skeletons can be seen worldwide.

Naturalis is working on a blockbuster exhibition about Triceratops, a herd even. After more than ten years of excavation, preparation and research, the dinosaurs will be exhibited together for the first time from Friday, October 18, 2024. Nowhere else than at Naturalis in Leiden will you come face to face with five triceratopses, the dinosaur known for its large collar and three horns. Step into the world of the enormous herbivore and get to know the herd! Admire the fantastic skeletons and then dive into all the games and interactives... Collect as much food as Triceratops ate per day, find out what a Triceratops fart sounds like (and smells!) and how many teeth they exchange in their lifetime. Climb into a triceratops egg and discover how a triceratops baby grew and, together with your flock, resist the attack of Triceratops' greatest enemy: T. rex.

Leiden International Center

Triceratops: the herd

Indoor playground, laser games, glow golf and climbing park! Come and play at BubbleJungle. An indoor park for kids, young and old! They will run out of energy exploring the entire 3000m2 indoor park.

Play city
Especially for the little ones there are toddler corners. For the older kids there are trampolines, climbing frames and the power tower as well as cool attractions such as the Penguin Race and Bubble Cars. Let your kids play in an environment where you are sheltered from rain, but still underwater. And parents can go to the play city for free, extra advantageous!

Golf in the Dark
Will you help solve the mystery of Diva Laguna together with your kids? With 18 challenging holes in a super beautiful environment, it will be fun for young and old. A fun outing for the whole family!

Climbing park
Looking for an exciting and sporty challenge? Rise to great heights in the climbing park of BubbleJungle. Come and climb at your own level and determine your own route, along 22 spectacular obstacles. Come climb and push your boundaries!

Laser gaming
The Sewer of the Bubble Jungle is deserted. Apart from the sound of a few rats and mice, it is eerily quiet. But then suddenly: Beams of light shoot through the darkness. Quickly take cover because your opponents have you in their sights. From now on it is GAME ON! Laser gaming is possible from 5 years old and 1 round is included in the play city.

Escape room
Can you escape in time from the submarine Octopoes 777? Help Captain Welvaart escape from the submarine in this room full of chests filled with puzzles and brain teasers. When the door closes, the time starts. Don't panic! There is enough time to escape. Suitable for children aged 6-12 with an adult supervisor.

Bubble Jungle Adventure City

Are you going on a city trip to Leiden and do you plan to explore the city? With an Escape the city you can turn this visit into a super fun lasting memory. Take a city walk and play this interactive puzzle game during the walk.

City walk Leiden - De Leipe Leidenaar

What? Does anyone want to blow up the University Building? Yes, you read that right. The Leipe Leiden resident, himself a former professor, believes that the IQ of the residents of Leiden is getting so bad that he threatens to blow up the university. Of course he must be stopped, but the police have not achieved any results so far. And yet he seems to have been seen at the Beestenmarkt.

He is hidden somewhere in the city and perhaps there are witnesses in the city who have seen him. We are waiting for this unique team. Those people who were already planning to visit Leiden and are good enough to help the city find this criminal.

Now that you're reading this, maybe this is something for you and your colleagues, friends or family. Make your day out in Leiden a moment you will never forget. Who are you going to play with? Order the game now and play when it suits you. You don't need any further guidance, everything will take care of itself after you order... Except for the Leipe Leiden resident, you have to do your best for that.

Make sure your phone is fully charged!

Escape the City

Join the Leiden Run Club! We run the Singelpark together every 1st and 3rd of the month.

It's a 6km easy pace social run where the goal is to connect, be active, and have fun! The kick off run will be on August 4th (10:30am) starting at the iconic Morspoort. See you there! Follow us on Instagram (@071runclub) and join the group chat or Strava club.

Leiden Run Club

Celebrating together is timeless. Parades are the perfect form for this. They provide solidarity and a shared identity. When society changes, parades change with it – for example from elitist to democratic, from divided to united or vice versa.

This makes parades a mirror of society. With the exhibition Leiden celebrates – 450 years of parades, Museum De Lakenhal, together with the city and the university, celebrates the rich tradition that Leiden has in this area – a tradition that is still very much alive. We also look ahead to the future.

Leiden as a parade city: Nowhere else in our country has the history of the Netherlands been celebrated as exuberantly for so long as in Leiden. Parades have been organized in the city ever since Leiden's Relief on October 3, 1574 and the founding of the university on February 8, 1575. With the exhibition Leiden is celebrating – 450 years of parades, we look back on this rich history.

From shooting parades to folk festival: In the exhibition you will discover the developments that these parades have undergone in Leiden over the centuries: from the military and theatrical parades by shooters and rhetoricians in the early modern period and the student masquerades in the nineteenth century to the tattoo today. We also look ahead: what will the parade of the future look like?

Walking through four and a half centuries of history: The exhibition brings together striking objects and images of parades from all times. With paintings, several meters of prints, photos, films, costumes and attributes, we show how grand these celebrations were and are. Visitors can walk through four and a half centuries of Leiden parade history.

Collaboration partners: Leiden University | October 3 Association | Heritage Leiden and Surroundings | Theater Institute Netherlands.

Leiden is celebrating - 450 years of parades

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During the video call, internationals can receive free help and advice related to settling down in the Leiden region.

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Mysterious places in the cosmos, which swallow everything and from which nothing, not even light, can escape. These are perhaps the most exciting phenomena in the universe, and scientists still do not understand everything about them.

Everyone has heard of black holes and has an image of them. The exciting, extreme properties of these places have inspired numerous stories, films and games. Research has been going on for decades and the first image of a black hole is still fresh in our minds. But what exactly are black holes? Are they really dangerous? Should we fear black holes? Is a black hole even a hole? In the new exhibition at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave you will be guided step by step through this fascinating subject, so that at the end of your visit you will have come a little closer to the black hole. The exhibition features special objects and masterpieces, both from the museum's own collection and loans from, among others, Roger Penrose personally, the Rijksmuseum, Kunstmuseum The Hague and the Science Museum in London. There are prints by Escher, Escher's first letter to Penrose, personal objects from black hole pioneer Stephen Hawking, Einstein's pen, a lithograph by Jean Pierre Luminet, drawings, letters and a puzzle by Roger Penrose and couture from the Black Hole collection. from none other than Viktor & Rolf.

Became curious? After visiting the exhibition about Black Holes, you no longer have to be afraid of the apparently scary 'monster'. Discover why scientists are endlessly fascinated by black holes and learn more about the elusiveness of our universe.

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Event source:
https://www.leideninternationalcentre.nl/living-here/events/3595716237/exhibition-closer-to-the-black-hole

Exhibition: Closer to the Black Hole

There is still a lot to do around flexwork. Whether it concerns the qualification of self-employed workers, hiring on-call workers and entering into fixed-term employment agreements. Also at political level flexwork is on the agenda.

What is exactly the difference between temporary employment and payrolling? How employ personnel flexibly if it is not clear in advance how much work there will be? How to hire self-employed workers without the employment relationship being regarded as employment agreement? And what are the points of attention when concluding fixed-term employment agreements?

During this webinar, Jaouad Seghrouchni, employment lawyer at De Clercq Advocaten Notariaat, will reflect on the (legal) aspects regarding flexible work. He will also provide practical tips and recommendations.

The following matters will be covered:

- Employee versus self-employed worker
- Fixed-term employment agreements
- On-call employment agreements
- The new basic employment agreement
- Temporary employment work and payrolling

After this webinar you will be up to date on the (im)possibilities with respect to flexwork.

Are you coming? Participation is free of charge. You can register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7224440541608607327

Webinar Flexwork

With the exhibition In Brilliant Light, Wereldmuseum Leiden gives a platform to contemporary art from Africa

A dynamic dialogue between the present and the recent past, the exhibition celebrates the richness and diversity of art from Africa and the diaspora.

Immerse yourself in the diverse lifeworlds of artists and how they are influenced by the past in the present. Guest curator Azu Nwagbogu put together the exhibition by complementing masterpieces from the museum's collection with work by contemporary artists, and in doing so, tries to provide answers to the most pressing questions of our time.

The exhibition features various themes such as post-colonialism, power and spirituality. Through their work, the artists try to better understand the world around them. The route contains 8 themes within which the artists reflect through their work.

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Event source:
https://www.leideninternationalcentre.nl/living-here/events/2998142613/exhibition-in-brilliant-light-1

Exhibition 'In Brilliant Light'

Two lessons are scheduled per date: from 10:00-11:00 for children aged 4 to 7, from 11:30-12:30 for children aged 7 to 12.

Step out of the hustle and bustle of everyday life and come to yourself with your child or children under the monumental Hortus trees. We do easy-to-perform exercises that you will enjoy together, that will make you calm and relaxed, to the rhythm of the greenery around us. Help yourself and your children to find peace of mind and feel completely at ease in the greenery. One supervisor per child who also participates in the yoga.

Bring your favorite mat, there are also blankets available. Participation € 10 (for child and supervisor together) plus Hortusentree (Museum card free Hortusentree). Advance registration required.

Hortus Botanicus Leiden

Children's yoga

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Maggie

Christie

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Playing sports

Everyone can enjoy the beautiful Christmas ice skating rink on the Nieuwe Rijn again!

Daily until january 7th, 2024
from 10:00 to 21:00, come experience the beautiful floating ice rink - the perfect day out for the whole family.

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Event source:
https://www.leideninternationalcentre.nl/living-here/events/1432698427/floating-ice-rink-1

Mahmod

Sandra

Jamie

Fatemeh

Floating ice rink

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