Haarlem is a must visit city! Quick train ride from Amsterdam and this church is only 2.50 euros…read moreto enter. The church is beautiful and provides many photo opportunities. We were there on Saturday before Easter and got to hear the choir practicing, wow. The organ is spectacular and both Mozart and Handel played on the organ. Frans Hals is buried here. This church is the subject of paintings by Saenredam. There was also a market in the square outside the church on Saturday! Not a far walk through town across the canals to Molen de Adriaan.

We decided to go to Haarlem for the day. Unfortunately it was Monday and there's not as much opened…read moreon Monday but we were lucky to see this beautiful church. There's lots to see and we spent quite a bit time here. The organ is massive and gorgeous and Mozart played on it at the age of 10! We recommend seeing this impressive expansive place.

Yelp Review 2023 #94:…read more Located in the Red Light District is Amsterdam's oldest building with a long history that has nothing to do with prostitution whatsoever. Starting in the 1200's when this church was built for Catholics. It became a Protestant church in the 1500's when the Dutch were no longer fans of the Catholic Church and switched teams. It became as an archive center. Under the floors of this building is a graveyard. And now, it's an art center. The tickets are about €14 for adults and cheaper for children depending on their age, and students. It's open from 10am-6pm on Mondays to Saturdays, and 1pm-5pm on Sundays. Check their website for most current information. Outside the building you'll see bronze sculptures: a breastplate sculpture, and Belle the Sex Worker. Keep your eyes on the ground and around so you don't miss them.

Huge old cathedral in Amsterdam in the red light distract. It's mostly empty but a beautiful…read morebuilding and worth a quick look at for any visitors.

We caught mass here while on holiday. Thanks God they have English mass at 1800 on Sunday. They…read morealso have masses at 1900 on Saturday and Sunday morning on 1115 and 1300. Before the English mass they have confession. It just occurred to me that I should have gone to confession because there is .01% chance I'd ever see that priest again. Even though the whole mass was in English we still fell asleep. Not because it was boring but we were still jet lagged. The community was very welcoming! We missed the potluck social dinner by one week. Darn! Before or after mass, round the corner to go to the stroopwafel museum!!! The museum is lame but they have the most delicious freshly made stroopwafels!!!! We picked up a bogo coupon from a nearby liquor store. It was awesome. Oh yeah the church is awesome too (refer to picture). It's crazy how the church is just sandwiched in between houses on the block...but you can't miss it when you walk by! Unless you're high tailing it to the stroopwafels...

So I'm in A'Dam for work and on Sunday I look for church when I'm away. Catholic for a day!…read more St. Nicks, easy to find, Across from Centraaaaal Station. All good. Mass was 10:30 for me. The place was mostly full. Crowd was mostly Dutch and in upper-class casual. Folks kept their fancy coats on but I was amazed at the population. Full church! The church is beautiful and Interesting. Classic transept catholic style. Stations of the cross, helpfully numbered. Morning light streams thru the stained glass windows above the altar and in the cupola. Cool beans. Music was tops. Familiar hymn style tunes, Rather than Sunday school hits. Organist nails it, especially during the outro. What do you call that? The Tocatta&Fuge portion? It was boss tho. Choir came to win that day. Filled the place with choral winning. Service is Dutch so don't expect to understand anything, but It is familiar as a standard mass. A program is handed out prior by friendly bilingual Dutch folks. Priest spends time twice during service talking in English to make the visitors feel welcome and explain that coffee is available après. Final: if you prefer actually visiting a church rather than nosing your fat Anglo Hilfiger into someone else's parish like a tour'eifel noob, this place is a gooder.

Coming from our hotel we had seen this marvelous cathedral, and I knew we had to stop by on our…read morereturn. Fortunately it was open, as we saw some others going in. The cathedral is gorgeous, awe inspiring. The quiet and reverence here offers a complete escape from the outside world. After soaking up the timeless architecture we were lucky stumble on the choir practicing for their Saturday 5 PM performance - amazing, beautiful voices and music. We only wish we had more time and could have stayed for the complete performance.