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It is not known when the Kodža Mehmet Beg Mosque was first built, but it is assumed that a building may have existed here as early as 1380. According to the stylistic features and construction methods, the present building was constructed in the so-called classical period of Ottoman construction in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The mosque is a single domed building, square-based, with a porch on the northwest side.

The former mosque is the oldest building of its kind in Sofia. The mosque with its squared plan has nine domes of equal diameter. They are supported by pointed arches and covered with leaden sheets. The middle ones are higher and ‘the entire space, through a special system of domes and arches, is an absolutely symmetrical construction, and it’s on this symmetry, harmony and equality among all its parts, that the major artistic effect is due. During the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878) the mosque was turned into a hospital. Later it was a library, museum and printing house, and since 1892 it has housed the National Archaeological Institute With Museum .

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Koekelberg or simply "Basilica of Koekelberg" was founded in 1905 as a national monument and, after the First World War, as a pilgrimage centre to the Sacred Heart. The Art Deco basilica was only officially consecrated in 1951 and was fully completed in 1970.

The church was built in 1907 and extended in 1994.

Great Church of the Reformed Church, built 1851-1853 by WA Scholten on the site of the late Gothic church that was demolished in 1850. Brick building, consisting of an octagonal central space, surrounded by a narrow ambulatory with rectangular chapels on four sides and pentagonal chapels on the four remaining sides. Round arch windows and friezes, application of terracotta and bands of coloured brick. Wooden dome tower on the tent roof. The plastered interior has a stucco decoration in late Empire forms applied in 1863 by a plasterer Hersteyn from Amsterdam. Wooden canopy with corbels and wall posts on consoles. Characteristic and early example of eclecticism as it emerged around the middle of the 19th century, with motifs from Romanesque and the early Northern Italian Renaissance. The inventory includes: Hexagonal oak pulpit from 1643; copper baptismal arch and copper precentor's lectern with city coat of arms, third quarter 17th century, which was placed on an 18th century bluster around 1963. a. Main organ: Organ with main work, breastwork, back work and free pedal, made in 1742 by R. Garrels. b. Organ with main work and side work, made in 1865 by CGF Witte for the Mennonite Church in Purmerend, transferred to the Koepelkerk in 1989. White and black marble epitaph for Frederik and Ventidius Riccen and Catharina Muylwijck, third quarter 17th century; white marble grave monument; found in the church but not yet permanently attached; carved crowning with city coat of arms, probably from a lord's pew, first quarter 18th century. The floor of the church consists largely of gravestones, originating from the church that was demolished in 1850.

Beautiful, unique, neoclassical dome church. Built as Dutch Reformed Church. Since 1961 Reformed Church (Liberated), which has belonged to the NGK since 2023

Between 1612 and 1780, the Drentse Hoofdvaart was dug from Meppel to Assen. This offered opportunities to expand the peat colonization and to establish several new peat colonies. This is how Hijkersmilde and Kloosterveen came into being during this time. Kloosterveen belonged to the bishopric of Utrecht until 1598, after that (the Reformation) to the province. Since the development of the land around Kloosterveen brought in considerable sums of money, a request from the residents of Hijkersmilde and Kloosterveen to build a church was responded to positively. In 1778, architect Abraham Martinus Sorg was chosen to build the church. The first stone was laid in 1780, the construction was not completed until 1788 after all kinds of difficulties and was consecrated on February 17 by the minister of Assen, Rev. H. Krul. The first confirmed minister in Smilde was Rev. Jan A. Erkenswijk. The church became too large in the years after the Secession (1834) due to the many believers who "defected". For some years now, however, the church has been involved in the "Samen-op-Weg" process and during joint services they are struggling with a lack of space. The church building is located in Kloosterveen. In 2007, it merged with the local Reformed Church to form the Protestant Community.

Historic, monumental dome church. In 1776, the old cruciform church, originally dedicated to St. Michael, was in such disrepair that restoration was impossible.

The current church replaced a medieval church in 1855. Dome church with roof turret.

The construction of this historic church with a dome began in 1639 and lasted until 1641. It was designed by Jacob van Campen, and commissioned by the then lord of Renswoude, Johan van Reede. It has a floor plan formed by a Greek cross with shallow arms. The crossing rises above the arms as an eight-sided dome on a square substructure. Interior: wooden architraves that carry the substructure of the crossing dome resting on Ionic pilasters against the recessed corners and Ionic columns in between. Good old furniture pulpit and benches.