De Valk windmill, of 1743

De Valk (The Falcon) is a grain windmill of 1743 built on a bastion of the old city walls, and is the first thing you see on leaving the station. Inside it is a museum: you climb steep stairs through the floors where the miller's family lived and where the grain was ground, up to the gallery, from which you see the rooftops of Leiden and the sails pass very close.

Practical details

Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00; last entry at 16:30. It costs €6. It is five minutes on foot from Leiden Centraal, on the 2e Binnenvestgracht.