Zuiderkerk
The Zuiderkerk—literally the “southern church”—is Amsterdam’s first church built specifically for Protestant worship, completed in stages between 1603 and 1611. Its Renaissance design is by Hendrick de Keyser, and he is buried here as well: a memorial stone for him was placed in 1921. The church’s tower dominates the surrounding square, and it only reached completion in 1614, later adding a carillon of bells made by the brothers Hemony in 1656, with four bells rung monthly. This is also a church tied to Rembrandt’s private world. Three of his children were buried at the Zuiderkerk near his home, and his pupil Ferdinand Bol was laid to rest here in 1680. Services continued until 1929, and today the building functions as a municipal information center with exhibitions on housing and the environment—an ongoing civic role for a structure that was always meant to serve the city. …
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