Noorderkerk
The Noorderkerk—Dutch for “northern church”—was built to meet a very specific problem: Amsterdam’s population was expanding northward, and between 1620 and 1623 the city added a second church for the new Jordaan neighbourhood. Designed by Hendrick de Keyser, it began under him and, after his death in 1621, was completed under the supervision of his son, Pieter de Keyser. Architecturally, it’s baroque in spirit, but its plan is the real talking point: a symmetrical, cross-shaped Greek arrangement with an octagonal floor concept, four equal arms, annex buildings at each corner, and a small tower at the centre. Inside, large Tuscan pillars frame a space built for preaching rather than ceremony. As the church for “the common people,” it complemented the Westerkerk, which served the middle and upper classes. The Noorderkerk was awarded Rijksmonument status in 1970, later undergoing restoration in 1993–1998. …
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