Nieuwe Kerk

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Lonely Planet review

On the Dam, this 14th-century basilica is the historic stage of Dutch coronations; the stained glass over the main entrance recalls Queen Wilhelmina, who ascended the throne in 1898, aged 18. Exhibitions and organ concerts are held here, but no longer church functions.

The interior is plain, but several key furnishings - the magnificent oak chancel, the bronze choir screen and the massive gilded organ (1645) - alone justify a visit. Naval hero Admiral Michiel de Ruijter, as well as poets Joost van den Vondel and Pieter Cornelisz Hooft are among the luminaries buried here.

The building is used for exhibitions and organ concerts, but no longer as a church.