Kees' photos with the keyword: Herensteeg

37 Herensteeg, in Leiden, where my wife and I used to live when we were students, and where our daughter is living now. We have purchased another picture, taken, in the 1920ies, from about the same position, and it’s remarkable how little has changed since then. The Pieterskerk , in the background, isn’t a church anymore, but still contributes greatly to the atmosphere.

This is where we lived from October 1976 to August 1981, a small house from around 1700, in the very center of the town. A narrow business: if I remember well, it was nowhere wider than 2.75m, but we had four rooms (two of them heated), and half of the attic. A happy period. We came to Leiden to visit an old friend; it was very cold, and I had difficulty to convince my company that this detour was necessary.