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Characteristic Reformed church building with tower. In December 1925, the architect's first construction drawings were on the church council table. Initially, no one thought about a church tower, because it had to be as cheap as possible. The budget indicated approximately 34,000 guilders. Wasn't a wooden church cheaper anyway?! Moreover, the exact location had not yet been determined, because permission had not yet been obtained due to the canal that had to be dug. In the meantime, the architect simply continued calculating and thinking and came to the church council with a construction drawing of the Reformed Zuiderkerk in Emmen, which, including central heating, cost approximately 50,000 guilders, but then you also had a tower! Initially, it was decided – in order to save 6,000 guilders – to leave out the central heating and the tower, but the plans for the construction of an emergency church or a wooden church had also been thrown overboard. When the building permit was finally granted, it was decided to build a church with a tower after all, and construction company Nanning Bulthuis from Buitenpost in Friesland could start. The job was done for fl. 40,500 and the paintwork cost about fl. 2,500. In addition, a horse stable was built at the church for those who came to church by horse and cart. On either side of the main entrance of the church, a small memorial stone was bricked in: to the left of the entrance with the text 'Gebouwd' and to the right of it with '1926'.

Expansion 1983.

Reichenstein Monastery is a 12th-century Premonstratensian monastery on a rocky plateau at the mouth of the Rur River. It is only 7 km away from the resort village of Monschau.

The Reichshoffen Synagogue is a former place of worship built in the middle of the 19th century. The building was built on the site of an even older synagogue for the Jewish community that had inhabited Reichshoffen since the Thirty Years' Wars. The neo-Moorish building was damaged during the Second World War and ceased to be used in 1967.

Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral is known to have been the site of almost all the coronations of the kings of France since the 11th century. It was here that Clovis, the first king of the Franks, was baptized at the turn of the 5th and 6th centuries, an event retrospectively considered to be the foundation of the French monarchy. The current Gothic cathedral was built from the 13th to 14th centuries, on a site where cathedrals have been built since the 5th century. The building was severely damaged during the First World War, but has been rebuilt and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991.

The Rein Church is a cruciform church from 1932. After the demolition of the Rein church and the construction of the Rissa church, the old Rein church was greatly missed. The author Johan Bojer took the initiative and provided funds to set up a new church as similar as possible to the old one. He also set aside a fund so that the church building could be maintained. The church is also called "Bojerkjerka" in common parlance.

Reine church is a long timber church built in 1890. It was consecrated in 1891 and restored in 1923 and 1955. The architect for the church was Ole Scheistrøen. The church was privately owned until 1922 when the municipality took over as owner.

The Reinli Chapel is a wooden chapel built in 1965. The chapel, with a long church plan, was designed by architect Kolbjørn Sukke.

Reinli Stave Church is a single nave church (long church) from the 13th century or at the beginning of the 14th century. The church was restored in 1884–1885 and 1976–1977. During an archaeological excavation under the church floor in 1971-1972, coins from Håkon Håkonsson's reign (1250-1263) were found.

Reksteren church is a long church completed in 1937 in Tysnes. The architect of the church is T. Alvsaker.