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This former Dutch Reformed Church is one of three church buildings of the Protestant Community of De Waal, De Koog and Den Hoorn on Texel. The other church buildings of this church community: De Waal and Den Hoorn .

Simple neoclassical hall church with facade tower. Internally gently curved wooden barrel vault.

Replaced the church destroyed by fire in 1961 .

Reformed Church and tower on churchyard. Single-nave church building with three-sided closure, according to the inscription above the entrance on the west side built in 1718 and provided with a tower in 1765. In the church pulpit with carved panels between fluted columns on the tub, cartouche on which coat rack knob, sounding board and stairs. all benches from the construction period with knobs. In the tower bells from 1775 and 1812. Organ by JF Wenthin 1785 on a swivelled balustrade with lectern.

Built to replace the predecessor of this church, which was demolished in 1939. There is a whale on the tower of the church. This whale is a reminder of whaling, which was an important source of income for the village in earlier centuries. The bell from 1388 - elsewhere incorrectly mentioned as originating from Krimpen aan den IJssel - was damaged in 1940 and could no longer ring. The municipal authorities wanted to melt down the bell, but historians put a stop to that. The bell ended up in the Gouda museum, the Catharina Gasthuis. It has since been decided that the bell will return to Krimpen. The current bell was made in 1962 by Van Bergen in Heiligerlee.

Dutch Reformed Church. Hall building from 1649, restored and provided with a new front facade in 1849. Above the facade a bell tower. Along the side walls buttresses, pointed arch windows with bevelled jambs and natural stone sills with drip moulding profile. Interior: flat ceiling. Bell tower with clock by J. Burgerhuys, 1652.

The older Reformed Church of Ochten was destroyed in the fall of 1944 during the Battle of the Betuwe. The current church building dates from the 1950s, and is a typical example of Protestant church building from the reconstruction period, influenced by traditionalism, and as such a very important reconstruction church. In the tower hangs a bell by Peter van Johan van Trier, 1643. At the end of 2017, the Cuypersgenootschap submitted a request for recognition as a Municipal Monument.

Charming little neo-Gothic church with tower.

The church in Sluipwijk on the 's-Gravenbroekseweg dates from 1862/1863. It replaced a 16th century church, which was so dilapidated around 1860 that it had to be demolished. The tower on the church is of a later date, from 1883.

In the churchyard stands the large mid-15th century village church with a somewhat younger tower raised in 1615. On the south side entrance gate with inscription about tower restoration 1664. Carved corbels in the choir closure. Internal wooden barrel vault, against which a stucco vault was placed in the nave in 1870. The original vault is still visible in the separated choir. Pulpit from 1659 with baptismal fence and baptismal font on arm. Organ gallery with carved panels. Organ with main work and lower positive, made around 1840 by W. van Gruisen. Under the wooden floor on gravestone by Vincent Lucas 1550 and a 17th century carved gravestone. In one of the windows small pieces of stained glass with representations of an ox. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.