Empty Churches

Recently I tried, in Amsterdam, to visit the New Church—that is, the great sixteenth-century edifice near the Royal Palace. But I found it closed altogether, for repairs long overdue. Then I made my way to the medieval Old Church; but this, too, was closed for repairs, although some portion is kept open for occasional services. In the big city of Amsterdam there are few other churches, and those do not seem to be popular.

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