Westeinde, Zoeterwoude

Zoeterwoude-Dorp is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zoeterwoude, and lies about 3.5 km south of Leiden. It has its origins in the 13th century, and even though the whole town went up in flames in the late 16th century, it was rebuilt within a hundred years and significantly expanded over the course of the 20th century.

Zuidbuurt is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zoeterwoude, and lies about 6 km north of Zoetermeer. In 2001 Zuidbuurt had 325 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.050 km², and contained 130 residences. The statistical area "Zuidbuurt", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 410.

Zoeterwoude (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌzutərˈʋʌudə] (listen)) is a municipality in the province of South Holland, Western Netherlands. It covers 21.96 km2 (8.48 sq mi) of which 0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi) is water. It had a population of 8,450 in 2019. Located to the southeast of Leiden and north of Zoetermeer, the municipality of Zoeterwoude consists of Gelderswoude, Weipoort, Westeinde, Zoeterwoude-Dorp, Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk and Zuidbuurt.

Stompwijk is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located between the cities Leiden and Zoetermeer and is part of the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg. Stompwijk was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1938, when it merged with Veur to create the new municipality of Leidschendam.

Leiden Lammenschans is a railway station in Leiden, Netherlands. The station, designed by Koen van der Gaast, was opened on 18 May 1961. It is served by trains running between Leiden Centraal and Utrecht Centraal, and by RijnGouweLijn trains running between Leiden Centraal and Gouda at peak hours. Leiden Lammenschans was named after the nearby fortification Schans Lammen, the encampment of the Spanish troops during the Siege of Leiden in 1573 and 1574.

The Corbulotunnel is a road tunnel in the Netherlands, located near Leiden. It forms part of the N434 provincial road, connecting the A4 and A44 motorways. The tunnel opened to traffic on 5 July 2024 after several years of construction and delays. It is approximately 2.5 kilometres long and is intended to improve regional connectivity and reduce traffic congestion in and around Leiden. The tunnel is part of the RijnlandRoute, a major infrastructure project designed to improve traffic flow in the Holland Rijnland region, particularly around Leiden and Katwijk. The N434, which includes the tunnel and a section of sunken roadway, is expected to handle around 9 million vehicles annually and aims to enhance accessibility and livability in the region. The project was approved in 2014, with construction beginning in 2017. The work involved around eighty specialists from nineteen countries, including divers and tunnel experts. The tunnel consists of two tubes, each approximately 2,250 metres long and carrying two lanes of traffic. The deepest point lies more than 30 metres below sea level. Construction was carried out using a specially designed tunnel boring machine. The Corbulotunnel was built between 2017 and 2024 by a contractor consortium on behalf of the province of South Holland. The tunnel and the adjacent sunken road were designed to minimize impact on the surrounding environment. The tunnel boring machine used for construction had a diameter of nearly 11 metres and simultaneously excavated soil and installed prefabricated concrete segments to form the tunnel structure. The total cost of the project was approximately €1 billion. The tunnel was named after the Roman general Corbulo, who ordered the construction of a canal connecting the Rhine and the Meuse in the same region in ancient times. Kunstwerk 17 was named Corbulotunnel.

The siege of Leiden occurred during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War in 1573 and 1574, when the Spanish under Francisco de Valdez attempted to capture the rebellious city of Leiden, South Holland, the Netherlands. The siege failed when the city was successfully relieved in October 1574.

The Vijf Meihal (English: 5 May Hall) is a complex located in the Dutch city of Leiden. It has been used as a sports arena since 1968. In 2006 it became the home of Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden, a Dutch professional basketball team. Until 2010 the Vijf Meihal had a capacity of 700 people. This was expanded to 2,000 people in 2010. The expansion cost somewhere around 500,000 euros and did allow Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden to play in European competitions.The Dutch national basketball team played a EuroBasket qualification match in the Vijf Meihal on 16 August 2013. The Netherlands played against Portugal and won the match, 71–53. Later the Vijf Meihal became the main arena of the national team. The complex is nicknamed De Schuur (English: The Barn) by ZZ Leiden fans.

ZZ Leiden Basketball, also known as Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden, is a basketball club based in Leiden, Netherlands. The club plays in the BNXT League, the domestic first tier league. Their home games are played at Vijf Meihal, which has 2,000 seats.ZZ Leiden has won the national championship four times, the NBB Cup three times, the Dutch Basketball Supercup three times as well. Leiden was a European Club Winner's Cup semi-finalist in 1980.

Weipoort is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zoeterwoude, and lies about 6 km north of Zoetermeer. The statistical area "Weipoort", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 400.

The Ehrenfesthuis (Ehrenfest house) was the residence of physicist Paul Ehrenfest and his family in Leiden, Netherlands, remaining in family ownership until the 1980s. The family hosted many notable guests including Albert Einstein in the house. Construction began in the summer of 1913 and was completed in July 1914. The house consists of two storeys and a pitched attic, and is equipped with a cellar. It has four plastered cornice facades, a closed street façade and three more open façades with pediments on the garden sides. It was designed by Tatiana Afanassjewa-Ehrenfest and was inspired by Russian Neoclassicism. During the 1970s two plaques were installed at the house to commemorate Ehrenfest and his wife. The house is now a designated national monument.

The Zijl (formerly known as Zyl) is a short river in the Dutch province of South Holland that connects the Old Rhine (Oude Rijn) with the Kagerplassen. The Zijl flows in a south–north direction and is only 4.56 kilometers long, running from the Spanjaardsbrug in the city of Leiden to the Kager plas Zweiland. There are two islands in the Zijl: Zijleiland and Boterhuiseiland. The northern section was previously referred to as the Rechte Zijl, while the southern part was known as the Kromme Zijl. The Zijl (1204: SIle) was originally a tidal creek, with its northern part dug around 1200 for drainage into the Kagerplassen. The Middle Dutch word sīle and Old Frisian sīl both mean 'water drainage' and belong to the same root as zijgen (Old High German sīhan, meaning to sieve, to drip). It has the same origin as the word zijl (sluice gate) and is related to Old Norse sīl (slow-flowing water) and Middle Low German sīl (watercourse, sewer).