Westerkerk
Guide
Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeChurchAllow 20 min–1 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A big, plain Protestant church with the city's tallest church tower, topped by a blue imperial crown; its bells were the ones Anne Frank wrote about hearing from the annexe.
A brief history
Rembrandt was buried here in 1669 in an unmarked grave; a memorial stone inside remembers him.
Tips
- Best time
- Straight after the Anne Frank House
- Cost
- Free; tower about €10 (check)
- Allow
- 20 min–1 h
- Free days
- The church is free
- Hours
- Usually open to visitors on weekdays and Saturdays; tower climbs by guided tour (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The canal ring and the Jordaan: The three grand canals, the Anne Frank House and the village-like Jordaan: the prettiest part of town, with a few hostels.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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