Leiden might be the best Dutch city to visit instead of tourist Amsterdam
Leiden might be the best candidate if you want to visit a Dutch city and avoid the tourist shithole that Amsterdam is in 2026
(I am Dutch and from Amsterdam)
Leiden is in some way might be more historically significant than Amsterdam (more on that in my reply)
You'll find zero tourists and as a tourist you won't even be able to see the difference with Amsterdam (except that there's no annoying tourists!)
On Leiden's significance
Most interestingly is the Pilgrims making a stopover in Leiden before moving onto the US
They left Leiden because their kids started becoming too Dutch and were losing their Pilgrim culture apparently
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