← City rental guides

Netherlands rental guide

Make Leiden feel like home.

A welcoming rental home that captures the feeling of starting a new chapter in Leiden
Lifestyle photography from Unsplash.

A historic university city between Amsterdam and The Hague. Leiden's compact centre, prestigious university and biotech cluster create steady international demand.

  • Oldest university in the Netherlands (founded 1575)
  • Bio Science Park is one of Europe's largest life-sciences clusters
  • Direct trains to Schiphol, Amsterdam and The Hague
  • Beautiful canal centre on a smaller scale than Amsterdam
  • Popular area: Centrum
  • Popular area: De Kooi
  • Popular area: Roodenburg
  • Popular area: Stevenshof
  • Popular area: Morsdistrict
  • Popular area: Burgemeesterswijk
  • September turnover is intense , set alerts in May
  • PhD-friendly studios cluster around the Bio Science Park
  • The Burgemeesterswijk holds family stock with gardens
  • Many homes are listed in Dutch first , translate aggressively
Start my rental search