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Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic: Secret Church
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  • jo104
  • By jo104 on August 31, 2006
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  • Pulpit - Amsterdam
    Pulpit
    by jo104, 3 more photos
    This is one of several clandestine “secret” churches established after the Calvanist coup or the so-called Alteration in 1578. The Calvanists were a fanatical Protestant movement who roamed from city to city under the nickname geuzen (beggars), mudering priests, nuns & Catholic sympathisers smashing papist idolatry in churches. Catholics were forced to worship in these clandestine churches.

    Jan Hartman & his family bought 3 adjacent buildings with his family living on the ground floor of the canal side, he had the loft converted into this secret church. Much of the construction is suspended from the roof. The Baroque alter is seldom used nowdays as it is rather delicate. There is a beautiful organ in the church & its workings can be seen under the gallery floor. There is a room dedicated to the Miracle of Amsterdam which took place on the night of 15 March 1345 at a house on Klaverstreet where the vomit of a man with the sacramental last rites was thrown into the fire & it did not burn. The wafer was kept at the Oude Kerk for safekeeping & then lost only to be rediscovered at the sick mans house.

    Today it is still used for special masses, weddings & concerts. There is a tiny room halfway up the stairs which is thought to be the chaplain’s bedroom. I really enjoyed my visit here, well worth a visit & lots to see

    Adults Euro 7, Children Euro 1 free with Museumkaart

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  • Phone: +31-20-6246604
  • Website: http://www.museumamstelkring.nl
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    Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic: Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder
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  • OlafS
  • Updated By OlafS on November 9, 2004
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  • Amsterdam: Onze Lieve Heer op Solder - Amsterdam
    Amsterdam: Onze Lieve
    Heer op Solder
    by OlafS
    It looks like a house, doesn't it. Well, that's what it used to be. And when its function changed it still was supposed to look like a church. In reality this is one of several so-called hidden churches. In the 17th century the Roman Catholic church was outlawed by the protestant authorities. After a few decades of meeting in secret after 1672 situation improved a little and catholics were allowed to have churches as long as these weren't recognizable as such on the outside and as long as the catholics paid a huge yearly sum of money for this "freedom of religion". In this case the church was on the attic of this building. It's now a museum. Entrance costs 6 euro's for adults, a bit expensive, like many places in Amsterdam.

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  • Phone: 020-6246604
  • Website: http://www.museumamstelkring.nl
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    Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic: Museum Amstelkring
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  • Jarin
  • By Jarin on July 25, 2004
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  • Museum Amstelkring - Amsterdam
    Museum Amstelkring
    by Jarin
    Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder ("Our Lord in the Attic")

    Inside this, at first glance, an ordinary canal house (original house dates from 16th century), you can find this museum. The building consists from two smaller houses.
    It was bought in 1661 by Jan Hartmann and was rebuilt and used as a canal house to live in (most of that we can see now, when visiting the museum), with a catholic home church for his son, who studied for a priest. First is called this small church ‘het Hert’, but in the 19th century it is renamed to Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder ("Our Lord in the Attic"). It was a hidden church of which after the Alteration 1578 there were many in Amsterdam.

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  • Phone: +31-20-6246604
  • Directions: On the edge of the Red Light District
  • Website: http://www.museumamstelkring.nl
  • Other Contact: E-mail:info@museumamstelkring.nl
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    Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic: Our Lord in the Attic
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  • MikeySoft
  • Updated By MikeySoft on November 2, 2006
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  • Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic - Amsterdam
    by MikeySoft, 3 more photos
    This was the last thing I had time for before going to the airport.

    It looks like a house on the outside but is a Catholics church on the inside.

    This hidden church 'in the attic' was built during the Reformation, when Catholics were forbidden to hold public services.

    Please rate this and my other tips whey you find them useful.

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  • Phone: +31-20-6246604
  • Directions: Close to the red light district, near the train station.
  • Website: http://www.museumamstelkring.nl
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    Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic: The Amstelkring Museum
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  • mikelisaanna
  • By mikelisaanna on October 15, 2005
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  • The chapel in the Amstelkring Museum - Amsterdam
    The chapel in the
    Amstelkring Museum
    by mikelisaanna
    The Amstelkring Museum is a small, excellent museum located in a well-preserved canal house in the red light district. The lower floors show what the interior of a canal house looked like in the 1600s, with a number of rooms that are furnished with period furniture and art, including a kitchen. The upper floors feature one of Amsterdam's best-preserved clandestine Catholic churches (the other famous one is located in the Begijnhof). The clandestine church has three levels of seating, a pipe organ, and dozens of period paintings.

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  • Phone: +31-20-6246604
  • Directions: In the red light district along the west side of the Oudezijds Voorburgwal canal.
  • Website: http://www.museumamstelkring.nl
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    Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic: A church hidden in the Red Light District
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  • simonli625
  • By simonli625 on October 19, 2006
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  • Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic - Amsterdam
    by simonli625
    You would never guess there is actually a Church inside the normal looking house in the red light district. Our Lord in the Attic Museum is actually a Rich Merchant's house in the 17th century. During that period, Roman Catholic church was not allowed in Amsterdam by the Protestant. A rich merchant named Jan Hartman bought the canal house and the adjacent house and built a secret altar at the attic of both house. The altar has 3 levels and it is well perserved. It is amazing that the altar is still being used for mass, wedding and concerts right now.

    Inside the house, you can also see how a rich merchant lived during the 17th century. The museum also have special exhibitions from time to time.

  • Phone: +31-20-6246604
  • Directions: It is right at the Red light District near the China Town.
  • Website: http://www.museumamstelkring.nl
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  • By pieter_jan_v on November 10, 2008
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    Our Lord in the Attic
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    Is it a house; is it a church?

    The "Our Lord in the attic" Museum a.k.a. Museum Amstelkring Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder is one of the oldest Amsterdam museums. Behind what looks an average canal house, a hidden church is located. This church in the attic was built during the Reformation, when Catholics were forbidden to hold public services.

    Opening hours:
    Mo - Sa: 10AM - 5PM
    Su: 1PM - 5Pm

    Admittance: € 7,00 (adults)

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  • Phone: +31-20-6246604
  • Directions: North side of the Red Light District.
  • Website: http://www.museumamstelkring.nl/onslieveheeropsolder/eng/home.php
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  • Rachael71
  • By Rachael71 on August 12, 2004
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  • Our Lord in the Attic - Amsterdam
    Our Lord in the Attic
    by Rachael71
    This fascinating museum is in the heart of the Red Light Distrcit, and is a real contrast to what is happening further down the street

    During the 17th century, Catholics were not permitted to practice their faith in public. A wealthy merchant bought three town houses and knocked the attics through to make one large room, which he then converted into an ornate Catholic church - complete with organ! The authorities must have been aware of the church, as it seats quite a number of people and the organ must have created quite a noise, but I guess they turned a blind eye - another example of Dutch tolerance. The church has not been used regularly since the late nineteenth century, although weddings do occasionally take place there.

    The church is the main attraction of the house, but the museum also preserves a number of rooms as they would have been in the 17th century, such as the bedrooms, kitchens and living rooms. It's really interesting to see how the wealthy would have lived in Amsterdam at that time - I wonder what they would make of their street if they could come back and see it now?

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  • Website: http://www.museumamstelkring.nl
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    Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic: Amstelkring Museum
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  • kenbac
  • Updated By kenbac on September 27, 2003
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  • Amstelkring Museum - Amsterdam
    Amstelkring Museum
    by kenbac
    This is really something different.
    Following the Alteration when Protestantism took over from Catholicism, there followed a period when Catholic Churches were forbidden. Wealthy merchants gradually placed catholic Churches in the attics of their houses. Eventually there were many such churches throughout Amsterdam. When the restriction on catholic Churches was removed, they became obsolete and disappeared.
    This one remains as a museum.
    It is, however, still a Ctholic Chuhch and an active place of worship.
    It is a popular venue for weddings.
    It is really very interesting

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  • Directions: A few minutes walk from the dam, the Damrak, or the Central Station. Yes, it is in the middle of the Red Light District.
  • Website: http://www.museumamstelkring.nl/
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    Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic: see the Amstelkring museum
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  • By Taistealai on August 24, 2002
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  • Amstelkring Museum Our Lord in the Attic - Amsterdam
    by Taistealai
    The Amstelkring is a museum for and in the only surviving clandestine Catholic church from 17th century Amsterdam. Catholics were restricted to worshipping in private homes so some residents turned part of their homes into small churches. These were tolerated as long as they did not look like churches from the outside and people entered through side doors. This one was known as 'Our Dear Lord in the Attic' (Ons Lieve Heer Op Solder) and is in the loft of a merchant's house and those of the two houses behind it. A few of the other rooms are being restored to the time period, but most hold objects from clandestine churches around Amsterdam that have not survived. This one is still used for some private ceremonies such as weddings and baptisms (as was the case when I visited).

  • Directions: northern end of Oudezijds Voorburgwal in the red-light district
  • Other Contact: open 10-5 during the week and 1-
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