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Vikøy church was consecrated in 1838 and replaced an old Stave church on the site. Vikøy church is a long wooden church built according to Linstow's plans. The church is a simple rectangular building with the choir included in the main building. To the west stands a square tower.

Vila Real Cathedral was built in the 15th century and is considered the best example of Gothic architecture in the Trás-os-Montes region. As its name suggests, the current cathedral comes from a Dominican convent founded by monks from Guimarães in the 15th century. The church was modified in the 16th century, and especially in the 18th century when the present choir and bell tower were built in Baroque style. In 1834, with the extinction of the religious orders, the church became a parish church. It became a cathedral in 1924 when the Diocese of Vila Real was created.

In 1972, the then chief architect íìlo Stí?í?r and the fire chief Adolf Jí?rna refused to grant permission to build a reinforced concrete ceiling in the church. The possessor did not repair the building, the roof ran through and the church began to fall apart. The builders remember that the roof was so dilapidated that the sky could be seen from inside the church. The reconstruction of the church building began with the national awakening. In order to save the church building as a medieval architectural monument, the reconstruction of the building into a concert hall was started in the 1980s.

Originally Dutch Reformed Evangelisation building, with small roof turret, which later disappeared. In 1886 in use as Reformed Church, and as such out of use in 1984. From 1984 Dutch Reformed Church (NGK). Also in use as Reformed Church (Liberated) (GKV). For a number of years, 4 church services were held in this building every Sunday: morning and afternoon services of both GKV and NGK. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Dutch Reformed Church, 1828; hard stone entrance, pointed arch windows, bell tower on the roof. Single manual organ, made in 1871 by H. Knipscheer. Mechanical tower clock on oak chair, 1870, Firma Haak, Gebr. Caminada and Dupont in Rotterdam, has been decommissioned.

The predecessor of this church was the St. Michael or St. Pancratius Church, which was built around 1200. In 1470, the English king Edward IV was locked up in the dungeon of the old church for a night. During the siege of Leiden in 1573-1574, the church was destroyed by the Spanish. In 1620, the current church was built on the same spot. The original building was rectangular with a high window in the west and east facades. That high window is now only visible in the east facade, because an organ was built in 1781. A portal was built and the bellows of the organ were placed in the attic. In 1846, a tower was built on the entrance portal and the roof turret was demolished. In 1965 this tower was demolished again, and the roof turret was rebuilt, during the major restoration that was carried out in the years 1965-1970. In the interior two pews against the facades stand out, both from the year 1687: the government pew against the north facade and the canopy pew against the east facade. During the restoration, the original pulpit was replaced by a pulpit with baptismal fence from the 17th century, originating from the church of Opmeer in North Holland. The lighting in the church has consisted successively of candlelight, kerosene lamps, gas lamps and electric lamps. In the church floor you will find gravestones from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The cemetery behind the church is no longer in use as such. Next to the church is a large building, the Trefpunt. This building served as a parsonage until 1946. It is now a building in which church and social activities take place.

Historic village church with tower from 1858. Excavations during a restoration showed that there was already a wooden predecessor to this current church. The earliest mention of a church in Sellingen dates from 1150 in a list of churches of the Corvey Abbey in the Osnabrück diocese. During the aforementioned restoration, the National Institute for Archaeological Heritage Research uncovered about 20 old graves, two of which date from around 1100. There are probably more graves present, but due to lack of money, not the entire church floor was excavated at the time. A gravestone can still be found in the churchyard. (Source [1]

Small village church with tower. The Dorpskerk Durgerdam, originally the Hervormde kerk van Durgerdam, is the Protestant church in Durgerdam in Amsterdam-Noord. The church building is not along the Durgerdammerdijk, but a little lower behind it.

Dutch Reformed Church. Village church (15th century B) with single-nave nave, extended on the north side in 19th century B with a transept, deep, narrower choir with three-sided closure and tower, the second section of which is decorated with brick tracery. Barrel vaults with tie beams. Inventory: pulpit, two gentlemen's benches and baptismal fence (17th century B). Organ with main work and secondary work, made in 1869 by P. Flaes. Mechanical tower clock, B. Eijsbouts, with automatic winding, has been decommissioned.

Original building from 1968. Major renovation and extension in 1999, with turret on roof. Municipality founded in 1953.