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The Gereformeerde Kerk Vrijgemaakt (Reformed Church Liberated) was built in 1951 and expanded in 1980 and 2003.

In 1932, the architect Albert Wiersema from Bedum was commissioned to build a new church for the Reformed congregation. From 1914 onwards the building has become too small for the rapidly growing municipality.

The architect Albert Wiersema from Bedum designed this sober hall church in 1934 in a variant of the Amsterdam School.

The German cathedral built between 1780 and 1785 by Carl von Gontard in the Baroque style. It is located opposite the French cathedral, built in the same years as part of a project to redevelop the Gendarmenmarkt commissioned by Frederick II (1440-1472). Burned down during the Second World War, the German Cathedral was rebuilt between 1983 and 1996, and since then it has housed the exhibition on the history of the German Parliament.

The German church was built in 1864 and designed by Harald von Bosse and C. J. von Heideken in the neo-gothic style. The church burnt down in 1958 and was then repaired according to the plans of architect O. Hansson. Between 1997 and 2001 the church underwent a major renovation, modification and extension of the buildings, designed by architects Juha Leiviskä and Rosemarie Schnitzler.

The German church, or St. Gertrude's Church, was donated by Swedish King Johan III to German merchants in Stockholm in the 16th century. During a fire in 1878, the bell tower of the church was set on fire and in 1886 the church received its current steeple, the highest point of the old town.

The church of Agios Mamas was built around 1800 and is situated on the northern edge of the old village centre. On the day of the survey, the church was closed.

The second parish church with the ecclesionym Panagia Evangelistria, which was built on the southern edge of the original village centre, has a longer construction history. According to Kassinis, the construction of the church was started as early as 1918, but then stopped two years later. It was not until 1954 that construction resumed and was completed five years later. After 1974, the church was converted into a mosque. This conversion continued until a new mosque was built in the early 2010s.

The construction of the Gertrude chapel dates back to the turn between the 14th and the 15th century. Originally, it was a half-timbered structure with brick masonry. The Gothic chapel was rebuilt in the 1930s.

The Gertrudis church in the Frisian town of Workum is a late Gothic brick church, founded in 1480 and resumed in 1523. The free-standing church tower was built after 1523 but remained unfinished. However, in 1613, an onion dome was applied to the second section of the tower.