Bolsward Church, Bolsward, Netherlands

The Protestant church of Bolsward was renewed and enlarged between 1446 and 1461. The tower of the church was built in the 15th century and the gabled roof was added in the 17th century.

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Hans-Friedrich Wendebaum (9 months ago)
Impressive interior! Such a building in such a small community ... Definitely worth a visit, even if it doesn't look like it from the outside (apart from the imposing size)

Bernard Visser (10 months ago)
Too fine and too beautiful to name them all here.

Josette van der Heijden (10 months ago)
SOL-SGO organ trip 2021. Warm welcome with coffee and cake followed by a wonderful concert on the Hinsz organ; organist Remy Syrian

Bert Stolker (13 months ago)
A beautiful church with a beautiful organ we were allowed to visit the church with a group of people and the church organist present with our group was allowed to play the beautiful Hinzorgel fantastically arranged with coffee and cake and an encore from one of our own organists, also the beautiful wood carvings of various biblical histories is already worth a visit. In a few words beautiful and well arranged, definitely worth a visit. We will definitely do this again.

J Kooistra (3 years ago)
Prachtige kerk, historisch orgel.

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