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‹ Home / Our Tours / Leidseplein

The square developed in the 17-th century as a wagon park for farmers and peasants to leave their carts here before entering the city centre. The name is because of Leidsepoort, which once marked the end of the main road from Amsterdam to Leiden. Nowadays, Leidseplein is a busy tram intersection and centre of night-time transport. Leidseplein is one of Amsterdam's popular centers for nightlife, with theatres, lots of cafes, restaurants, cinemas, the casino, the Lido theatre with live entertainment and music centres Paradiso and Melkweg. Street musicians, jugglers, fire-eaters and other performers make the square a lively place until the early hours, especially on warm summer evenings!

Other attractions you can go to at this busstop are

Attractions

Stadsschouwburg

The Municipal Theater, in Dutch Stadsschouwburg, dominates the Western side of the Leidseplein (Leidse Square). Entering the square the conspicuous neo-renaissance architecture of the Municipal Theater can’t be missed. Even more so because of the street musicians that take advantage of the great acoustics of the arcade in front of the building. The Municipal Theater is the home of the theater group Toneelgroep Amsterdam, one of the most influential theater companies in the Netherlands.

Boom Chicago

Every night of the week, Boom Chicago presents an English-language comedy show which is invariably hilarious. The shows are a mixture of scripted material and improvisation or 'theatre-sports' games. The actors are professional comedians, recruited from the United States and brought out to Amsterdam for a season. They are at near genius-level with their lightening quick wit and characterizations. The material is mostly topical and somewhat controversial but also includes an amusing look at the Amsterdam experience from a foreigner's perspective.