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Leiden in the Netherlands has been dubbed a 'mini Amsterdam' (Image: Getty) This beautiful city in the Netherlands has been compared to Amsterdam but with less crowds. Leiden is a city in South Holland, famous for being a popular university city since 1575. Described as Europe's most "prominent scientific centres", the city has a rich history and plenty to see.

One travel blogger wrote how the Dutch city was "packed with Amsterdam-esque canals but without the Amsterdam-sized crowds". And its not hard to see why the comparison is there, with canals on every street corner and beautiful townhouses. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.



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