My website is desingned to show you Leiden as you should see it. My hobby is documentary photography. I'm also still the "house photographer" Industrial Heritage Foundation of theLeiden (Stiel) and one of the photographers for the Leiden Journal Church and specifically for the LBG, which is the Inner City of Leiden.
New! Leiden Almshouses in city. By the blue circles mark you will get the rest of almshouses to see. Click on the square in the right corner at the top of the mapthen the map enlarges. The image bank you will find a total overview of the almshouses.
My photo collection contains over 65.000 negatives, photo's and a large collection of movies about Leiden. Both collections are stored in the Regional Archive of Leiden.
Let me know what you think about my website and visit my guestbook
It's possible when you click on a photo that the photo does not appear or you don't see the original photo. If this is the case, please send me an email by using the contact form and let me know the name and category of the photo.
New photo's will be placed on a regular basis. There are 14 category's and if you click on a category, you can also choose to see a slide show.
NEW! The book "All Leiden Almhouses" by author Ruud Spruit, with pictures of Niek Bavelaar, is now available. By clicking on the link below to get all information. Of course the book is also available at regular bookstores.
Click here for more information about the book "All Leiden Almhouses"