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This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The Noorderkerk is a 17th-century Protestant church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Noorderkerk is located along Prinsengracht canal, on Noordermarkt square. The church is used for Dutch Reformed Church services and is also used regularly for classical music concerts.

The previous wooden church became too small and was replaced in 1904 by this larger stone church designed by J. Hengeveld. A hall church with a stepped gable, gable turret and neo-renaissance diamond caps. The church served as a Reformed church until 1965 and was then sold and transferred to the Old Reformed Church in Alphen aan den Rijn. The Old Reformed Church had originated as a Free Old Reformed Church and joined the Federation of Old Reformed Churches in the Netherlands in 1946. The church met many times in a 'hall' in the centre of old Alphen. In the 1960s, the church was forced by the government to move due to the construction of a shopping centre. As a result, the former Reformed church was purchased. In the year of purchase, the new Reformed Good Shepherd Church was put into use. The church community needed a larger church building, because membership increased sharply as large new housing estates were built north of the Rhine.

Built as a Reformed Church. Interesting church building with tower. Renovated in 1924 and 1938, and extensively renovated in 1966. Despite, or perhaps because of, all the renovations, this is an interesting church with tower.

Large church with tower in neo-Romanesque forms. Built as a Reformed Church, in use 1878, architect A. Jurling. This church was assigned to the Reformed Church (Liberated) in 1945. Early 2007 this church was restored and the interior was given a more modern and light appearance. On the liturgical center there is a new pulpit, a new baptismal font and a table with communion set. The pews have been renewed and now stand on a natural stone floor. (58-07)

Built as the Reformed Northern Church. In 1966 the name was changed to the Good Shepherd Church. Important work in the oeuvre of Egbert Reitsma (1892-1976) in a transition from an expressionist style related to the Amsterdam School to a more traditionalist style (Delft School).

An exceptionally interesting wooden church building, built in 1914 to a design by the Norwegian architects A. Arneberg and M. Poulsen in the style of the Norwegian Nationalist Romantic movement. Moved in 1937, damaged in 1941 and restored in 1948. On the wooden walls and ceiling in the interior of the church are murals in warm earthy tones (red-brown, blue, brown and green in black outlines) by the Norwegian painter-restorer Domenico Erdman (1879-1940). The background of the murals is formed by stylized acanthus scrolls. In between are Christian motifs such as peacocks, bunches of grapes and the vine tree. The decorations are applied to the wall in framed areas, partly symmetrical. A frieze with eleven apostles runs along the sloping part of the roof (Judas is missing), while Christ is depicted centrally above the choir arch. Stained glass windows from 1951 made by Max Weiss. Organ (National Monument) with two manuals and free pedal from 1950 by G. van Leeuwen & Zoon (Leiderdorp).

The Park is a well-preserved abbey site. The mix of centuries-old buildings and an authentic landscape make it an oasis of peace on the Leuven outskirts.

The church of Nord-Sel dates from 1932. The church is well preserved on the outside, with the exception of extensions in the late 1950s. The church has a waiting room for baptisms and a storage room in the basement. Most of the furniture dates from the time of construction, with the exception of the 1681 altarpiece.

The church in Nord-Vågsøy, in its present form, replaces a church that burned down in 1945. It is a long concrete church that was consecrated on 24 October 1960 by Bishop Ragnvald Indrebø.