Netherlands

Our Lord in the Attic: Check Out Amsterdam’s Hidden Church

Our Lord in the Attic: Check Out Amsterdam’s Hidden Church

In the upper floors of a baroque canal house in Amsterdam’s red-light district, a mere stone’s throw from the Oude Kerk, stands Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder (Our Lord in the Attic), a hidden Catholic church. Apart from a modern-day museum sign, there is nothing along the street to mark its presence – no rose windows, […]

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A Tour of the World’s Only De Stijl House

A Tour of the World’s Only De Stijl House

For years the Rietveld Schröder House seemed like a myth to me. It was like that relative you’d constantly hear about at family gatherings – no one has met him, yet they’re certain that he still walks this earth. Similarly, the house, a highlight of the Dutch De Stijl movement, is still considered radical even today. It’s important enough […]

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