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Welcome to 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, new stories will be added to the map every week. On 27 October 2025, Amsterdam's actual birthday, the map will be complete.

Between March 12 and September 7, Our Lord in the Attic Museum pays special attention to one of the city's oldest religious traditions: the Miracle of Amsterdam (1345). An exhibition can be visited in the museum and this website highlights stories related to the Miracle.

Miracle of Amsterdam

Christianity Catholic
Miracle cloths
1505-1518
It remains a mystery how Jacob van Oostsanen's Miracle Cloths ended up behind the wallpaper.
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Christianity Catholic
Amstelredams eer ende opcomen
1639
One generation after the Protestant takeover of the city, the pastor of the Begijnhof writes a book that saves the Catholic tradition of the Miracle of Amsterdam from its downfall.
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Christianity Catholic
Silent Procession
1955
Anyone looking at Frans Lammers' paintings might think that the Silent Procession is primarily a religious procession for (young) men. That image is incorrect. Read here how women have walked ...
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Christianity Catholic
Monstrance
1700-1735
The turbulent history of a singing choir and its monstrance
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Christianity Catholic
The Miracle column
1988
On a winter night in 2017, a miracle takes place in Amsterdam again; the Miracle Column is back in the city centre! It stands there again, very familiar and now firmly anchored, like an exclamation ...
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Christianity Catholic
The crown
1602
About the dynamics of the crown in the Amsterdam city coat of arms.
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Christianity Catholic
Buildingfragment
1345-1908
After the demolition of the Heilige Stede on the Rokin, fragments of the church were scattered all over the country. How could this happen and where are these debris now?
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Christianity Catholic
Archive box
1500-1520
Sick children at the Civil Orphanage heal when they sit on the famous Miracle Box. Yet it turns out to be an 'ordinary' archive chest.
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Christianity Catholic
Pilgrim badge
1400-1475
On pilgrimage to the Heilige Stede
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Christianity Catholic
Four stained-glass windows
1951
The history of the Chapel of the Beguinage is depicted in four sparkling stained-glass windows.
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Miracle of Amsterdam

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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Religious Heritage Amsterdam

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.

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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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