The Other Map of Amsterdam

The other map of Amsterdam is a result of the Religious Heritage Amsterdam research project. This interactive web environment presents the city's multi-religious heritage to a wide audience.

Discover the treasures of Amsterdam

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Welcome to the preview of The other map of Amsterdam.

For Amsterdam's 750th anniversary (2025), we are giving the city a gift: a new interactive web environment that presents the city's religious heritage. The other map of Amsterdam tells the story of all the city's religious communities past and present.

In the coming period, 1-2 new stories will be added to the map every week. In March 2025, the preview will be converted into the full version including search functions, walks, videos and podcasts. On 27 October 2025, Amsterdam's actual birthday, the map will be complete.

New on the map

Christianity Catholic

St. Barbara

Ca. 2000

Tunnel builders will not start work until there is a statue of St. Barbara in the tunnel.

Christianity Catholic

St. Catherine

ca. 1700

Once, she was one of Amsterdam's most beloved saints. However, due to tensions between Catholics and Protestants, her future in the city was no longer secure.

Christianity Protestant

Gravestone

1707

The worshippers of the Westerkerk in the seventeenth century were wealthy people. Among them was mayor Francois de Vicq. From a contemporary point of view, not all his positions are equally ...

Christianity Catholic

St. Agnes ciborium

1932

In 1932, the altar of the St. Agnes Church received a new ciborium. However, the image of St. Agnes appeared to have violated the decency norms of the time.

Christianity Orthodox

Mosaics

2012-2018

Passing through Mos Square, these multicoloured mosaics from the Coptic tradition are not to be missed.

Christianity Protestant

Duyschot-organ

1686

Without the accompaniment of an organ, people sing out of tune and intermingle.

Other

The Orange Full Moon Affair

1981

The 17-hour long Osho celebration with performances by Ramses Shaffy, amongst others, ended with Osho devotees finding a new home in a former prison.

Christianity Orthodox

First Armenian Bible

1666-1668

In the 1650s, a representative of the Armenian Apostolic Church arrived in Amsterdam with a mission: to print the first Armenian Bible.

Jewish Ashkenazi

Hanukkiah

1753

After the death of her husband, Sara Rintel donated a precious and monumental hanukkiah to the Ashkenazi Community.

Christianity Catholic

Relic of Saint Nicholas

300-400

St Nicholas is amazed! Almost 1,700 years after his death, a piece of his bones is interred in a basilica in Amsterdam.

Christianity Protestant

Lord's Supper baskets

1990-2000

The community in the Keizersgrachtkerk changed its character in the 1970s - 1980s.

Islam Turkish

Westermoskee

2016

After 15 turbulent years, the mosque for all Amsterdam residents has finally arrived

Christianity Catholic

Trestle statue

ca. 1520

An old wooden statue tells of Duke Alva and the iconoclasm and how it ended up in a museum after centuries.

Step over the threshold

For centuries, Amsterdam has been a place where people from all corners of the world have settled. They bring their culture, religion and rituals with them and change the face of the city. The city's multi-religious DNA is visible everywhere. The other map of Amsterdam allows you to enter that multicoloured world and discover the stories of all those Amsterdammers.

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About us

The other map of Amsterdam is a result of the research project Religious Heritage Amsterdam, an initiative of Our Lord in the Attic Museum and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. We work together with museums, heritage institutions, educational institutions and faith communities in the city.

Partners

The other map of Amsterdam was made possible by our partners, including: Vrije Universiteit University Library; Rijksdienst voor het cultureel erfgoed; Reinwardt Academy; Museum Catharijneconvent; Jewish Cultural Quarter; Raad van Kerken Amsterdam; Protestant Church Amsterdam; Luther Museum Amsterdam; Samen Kerk in Nederland (SKIN); Nachtzon Media; and funds, such as Katholieke Stichting ter Bevordering van Welzijnswerk; Vrienden Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder; Dioraphte; and the Municipality of Amsterdam.

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