De Kandelaar
Nijkerk, NL
Well-maintained modern church with tower. Replacing a former church building.
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Nijkerk, NL
Well-maintained modern church with tower. Replacing a former church building.
Amsterdam, NL
The Kandelaar is a multifunctional association building in Amsterdam - Zuidoost . The Kandelaar is located opposite the Ganzenhoef metro station and next to the Cultural and Educational Centre (CEC Amsterdam).The building houses fifteen migrant churches from Amsterdam-Zuidoost.
Arnhem, NL
Modern Protestant church without a tower in the large expansion district of Elderveld in Arnhem South.
Andijk, NL
This chapel, with dome and roof turret and surrounding annexes, was built on the site of the previously demolished, then very dilapidated, medieval Nieuwezijdskapel.
Eindhoven, NL
Modern, modest church without a tower. A few years before this church was put into use, so in the late 1960s - early 1970s, a temporary wooden church called "Morgensterkapel" stood there.
Bloemendaal, NL
In 1926, De Kapel was donated by Mr. Jacobus Nienhuijs to the Bloemendaal branch of the Dutch Protestant Association. This branch, founded in 1918, was one of 60 branches at the time. Later, the name was changed to Vrijzinnige Geloofsgemeenschap NPB.
Den Oever, NL
Wooden building without tower. Built as Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
Haskerdijken, NL
The church of Haskerdijken is wedged between the village, the railway and the motorway. The nineteenth-century church, with six tombstones from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries on the floor, is sometimes still used for (mourning) services.
Slikkerveer, NL
Built as the Reformed Church Centre Den Donck. Round church hall with ancillary rooms.
Spijkenisse, NL
Built as a Reformed church. Architecturally important modern building with tower. Also (for some time) Roman Catholic services and, on Saturdays, celebrations of the Seventh-day Adventists.
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