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North Holland · Culture & daily life

Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder behind the living quarters

Above kitchens, bedrooms and corridors, a seventeenth-century canal house hides a complete Catholic church under its roof.

Plan your visit ↗

House before church

Start downstairs and follow how living, working and storage are organised in the building. The narrow route gradually reveals the transition to the attic church.

Church in the roof

The altar, galleries and pews show how a large place of worship was fitted into existing houses. Look at the supporting structure and the access routes without mistaking concealment for complete invisibility.

Mass on the first Sunday

From September to June, a service takes place on the first Sunday and the museum opens at 11.00. The space then first fulfils a living religious function.

Before you go

Daily 10.00–18.00; on the first Sunday from September to June from 11.00, and closed on Christmas Day and King’s Day.

Sources

This first edition has been compiled from collected museum information. Not all of the information has yet been confirmed by the museum. Viewing tips are by the editorial team. The sources used are listed below.

  1. Research card 0931 — Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified reference from a supplied research card; content, authority and currency still to be checked independently.

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