Over 120 poems can be found on the walls of Leiden, in a wide range of languages and scripts. On this website, you can read and listen to them. You can also find translations, background information, bike and walking routes and personal stories.

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Bajdary (1826)

Adam Mickiewicz

Riposte (1917)

William Carlos Williams

Polder (ca. 2004)

Wim Emmerik

Wij zullen het leven (1950)

Hans Lodeizen

Às vezes...

Álvaro de Campos

Val (1922)

Hendrik Marsman

XXIV Testamente II (1950)

Pablo Neruda

Blauw vlamt de lucht (ca. 1911)

Herman Gorter

Zonder titel (1990)

Bernlef

De regen

Danila Stoyanova

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