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Westerkerk (Amsterdam)

Netherlands / Noord-Holland / Amsterdam / Prinsengracht
 17th century construction, protestant church

Prinsengracht 281
1016 GW Amsterdam, Netherlands
+31 20 6247766
www.westerkerk.nl/index.php?page=welkom-en

Rembrandt is entombed here. Very plain, church inside, but the bells play an amazing variation of music, thanks to an eccentric bell-ringer who actually takes requests. One editor of this wiki once heard "Smoke on the water" chiming out across the Jordaan. Anne Frank mentioned the chimes of the clock in her diary.

Westerkerk view from one editor's workshop - missing the sound of middle age -Photos Lc Molnar
www.cybartv.org
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Coordinates:   52°22'28"N   4°53'2"E

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