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.
Christianity Protestant
Christianity Catholic
Christianity Other
Christianity Catholic
Christianity Other
Christianity Orthodox
Christianity Catholic
Christianity Protestant
Buddhism
Christianity Catholic
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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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.
Read more about usThe 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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