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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 information has been compiled from public sources. Not everything has been confirmed by the museum itself; please check opening hours and prices on the museum's website.

  1. Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder (opsolder.nl)

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