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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Vruntschap (1575)

Jan van Hout

Serat Kalatidha

Radèn Ngabèhi Ranggawarsita

Mijn moeder is mijn naam vergeten (1966)

Neeltje Maria Min

Het woord is machteloos

Cees van Hoore

Avond op het land (1984)

Cees van Hoore

Met licht schrijven (1993)

Arie Visser

Nacht (1912)

Aleksandr Blok

Às vezes...

Álvaro de Campos

Na samém konci

J.H. Krchovský

Spreeuw (1970)

Judith Herzberg

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