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Mosque with dome and minaret.

The Moskee El-hijra Amsterdam Foundation was founded in the early 1980s to represent the interests of the Moroccan Muslim community in the Geuzenveld-Slotermeer district.

Mosque

Moroccan mosque.

Moroccan mosque in Amsterdam-Noord. Newly built on corner of existing apartment block.

Moroccan mosque, prefabricated building.

El Tawheed is a Mosque founded in 1986, very close to the Kosverlorenvaart canal in Amsterdam.

The monastery of Eldena was founded around 1200 as a daughter house of the Danish monastery Esrom and supported by the prince of Rügen Jaromar. The oldest parts of the former monastery church date back to the beginning of the 13th century. The buildings were looted during the Thirty Years' War, fell into ruins and were used as a quarry. Their preservation only began in the 19th century.

Elgå Church is a wooden church with a tower on the west side designed by architect Simen Øyen. Construction of the church began in 1941, but due to the war the church was not completed until 1946.

Dutch Reformed Church. Gothic cruciform church, dating from the last quarter of the 14th century, consisting of a single-aisled 15th century nave and southern transept from around 1500. The building was restored in the 17th century. The northern transept was demolished in 1769 and the choir was closed off. Internal wooden vault, resting on arched frieze. The church building was thoroughly restored in 1962. Before the Reformation, the brick cruciform church from the end of the 14th century was dedicated to St. Eligius. The tower has an octagonal spire. Although the bells were confiscated during the Second World War, they could be recovered and restored to their former glory. The church tower was restored in the spring of 2002.