De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam Review

Historical church, worth the entry but not the most exciting church I have been in.

Beautiful organ, and wonderful to think it is still being used for royal functions.

Beautiful church with beautiful exhibitions. I went to the Suriname exhibition. Recommended

Nice from the outside, if you want to go in then you have to pay. Do not find this correct in a church, even if an exhibition is on display. After all, places of worship should be freely accessible to everyone.

Great exhibition about Suriname in a beautiful setting.

Nice place to view exhibitions. This time we visited the impressive Suriname exhibition. Good that there is clearly room for our slavery past.

Nice exhibition but I missed the Goslar for example.

Beautiful church. Awesome stained glass. Very detailed wood. It was 10 euro a person. There was a world press exhibition that had some interesting and very sad pictures. I think we spent like 30 minutes here

Yes what should you say about the new church. You have to experience that for yourself. The Suriname exhibition disappointed me ...

Beautiful and impressive church where many greats are buried. Interesting Suriname exhibition.

Exceptional expositions and a impressive place, full of history art, architecture just next to the Royal palace

We have been to the Great Suriname Exhibition. Very nicely set up. Go early, then it will be quiet.

The Nieuwe Kerk is now showing the Suriname exhibition #suriname #geschiedenis #storytelling

Always something going on, beautiful exhibitions, friendly staff

Visited the Suriname exhibition, quite informative and learnt something about the history and the different cultures

You get a view of the church, but also a view to the exposition, with one ticket that it is even for free with the museum card

To give an honest opinion, the church isn't that unique unless you know your Dutch history. It contains the graves of some of the most iconic Dutch admirals of the 17th century but other than that, it doesn't have any features that stand out from other churches.

I have seen several exhibitions and I am always a bit underwhelmed by the experience. It lacks depth and a certain engagement with the audience.

At the time of this review, they are showing and exhibition about the Dutch Royal family. It consists ofan audio tour with some projected images. There is a better complete experience at the Palace on Dam square.

Hey, ABBA also famous in ancient times? Watch floor at entry!

It s worth a visit as an architectural structure, and I do miss the great exhibition concerning Mandela, Gandhi, and MLK I had the pleasure of seeing on January 2018. The one regarding Suriname from my early December 2019 was interesting, but nowhere as close as seeing Nelson Mandela s handwriting from his time in prison on a Shakespeare, or Gandhi s bicycle.

Such a cool place when outside is super hot the exhibition was amazing

It remains a wonderful combination; such an important exhibition as "The Great Suriname exhibition" housed in such an important church. Two greats who do not compete for the first place. Because a space has been created for the exhibition within the building. Well and professionally resolved, but the church as a monument is being shortened.

Surinamese exhibition is large & detailed and confronting. Ordered ticket, unfortunately with extra minimum payment 2.50. Good audio and movies. Too bad toilet in nearby restaurant so not in museum. Free WIFI.

Nice ezposition at the moment from world press photo. Nice to see once

Regularly a new exhibition. Worth it. Now "The Life of Buddha". Beautiful exhibition. Several works of art, audio tour voiced by Erica Terpstra, who wrote a children's book "with a nod to Buddha" at the request of Nieuwe Kerk. You can attend a mindfullness workshop. I found the three hills painful ground most moving.

if you go with a guide, he will tell you interesting things about the past! I enjoyed as a guy that likes to know things.

Last Sunday I've visited the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) on Amsterdam's Dam Square. The church is both beautiful from the outside as from the inside. It's quite special to visit this unique building, because it's one of the oldest buildings of the city. I also went here to check out the Marylin Monroe exhibition which was okay, but not something that I'd personally recommend; the audio-tour was average and the content inside was also a bit average, imo. This is why I ranked it with 4 stars rather than 5.

"this is NOT a church, it's a museum"...This is what we heard from the guard at the entrance when we stepped inside and asked if it were possibile to visit the church. You cannot visit it unless you pay for the exhibition... A shame

Beautiful exhibition. It is a pity that there is only 1 cash register for very many visitors

Great exhibition about Buddhism (& the life of the Buddha) including extra artists whose work informed the subject, LOADS of statues, written & visual information and on the Monday we went to a(n introduction to) guided meditation given by a zen priest who, to my delight was a serene, cheerful, black womsn Angel Kyodo Williams who fell very lightly on your energy while talking race & liberation politics and her book Radical Dharma.
Really cool, very interesting & insightful exhibition

Interesting place but can become boring at some points

Visited the World Press Photo exhibition again this year in the New Church (de Nieuwe Kerk). A great venue for photo exhibitions.

Beautiful location with, in addition to the church function, space for presentations, exhibitions and the other.

"nice" - we found the Oude Kerk much more impressive. Obviously not an objective opinion...

Visited an exhibition about Suriname. The church itself is also worth a visit.

As a church, it is an impressive building and worth a visit to see the windows, the carved wood and the organ but I had to pay to go round the exhibition to see them properly. On the other hand, I'm glad I went round the Suriname exhibition as I discovered how little I knew about the country. It's well presented and absorbing and again reminds us that the world is bigger and more diverse than our back gardens.

Absolutely worth the effort to go there, Suriname exhibition.

went for the marilyn monroe exhibition celebrating the 90. anniversary

The church is mainly used as an exhibition space. Anyone who expects a church in the conventional sense will be disappointed.

If you want to find out more about Suriname, this is definitely recommended

Always a great location with great and interesting exhibitions. I always check out their calendar! Definitely recommended.

i saw 'happy birthday, marilyn.' with audio guide. it is really great.

Wonderful place, full of history and imagination of old life ))

Always nice expositions!!! And a nice museum postcard collection in the museum shop

Always interesting exhibitions and handy audio guide. Bring headphones so you don't need to have the audio guide in your hand. If you don't have a Museumkaart maybe it's not good value, but if you do (or any other pass) is a good complement to the Royal Palace next to it.

Great place to visit. The audio guide gives great information not just about the building, but about Catholic traditions and why certain things were done at this church. Definitely worth the price of admission.

Have been to the Suriname exhibition was fantastic I recommend everyone to visit this exhibition it is worth the effort

I was there several years ago and it seemed to me like a typical Protestant church: cold, naked, sad and inhospitable. It does not invite faith or prayer and even less to recollection, being a simple exhibition hall. The stained glass and the organ are beautiful.

Each year the national Remembrance Day service on 4 May takes place in this 15th century church. It is also the place where royal coronations take place. In 1980, Queen Beatrix was officially inaugurated in the Nieuwe Kerk, and most More

I was pretty surprised by how many euro's it cost to get into this church... there is no place to light a candle or otherwise pray in this historic space... but there is a beautiful piece or three of art and the price comes with an audio tour that I wasn't patient enough to enjoy once I realized how commercialized the space is...

Nice, compact exhibition. Due to the extension we were able to use the last day for our visit.

Great and intriguing
Suriname exhibition in a gorgeous setting!

The church is beautiful but it s owned by private investors now that rent it out for functions. The have taken remains from the burial spaces below the floor and moved them to a different location in the city. Then the burial slabs were turned over so that the ground is more even for high heeled shoes to walk on. It s always a shame to see these historic spaces prostituted out. The entry fee was steep as well and not a good value for what is offered.

Always worth a visit for the world press photo exhibition. Bring some strong nerves for mostly depressing but interesting moments kept in picture. Worth a visit!

A very beautiful church and a beautiful exhibition of the Surinamese people, I enjoyed it!

There is no place to light a candle or otherwise pray in this historic space. but there is a beautiful piece or three of art and the price comes with an audio tour that I wasn't patient enough to enjoy once I realized how commercialized space is.

Always good exhibitions and you feel the atmosphere from the old days

Protestant Gothic church transformed into a museum-like, with payment at the entrance. The cost is justified only if you are really interested in the historical period, otherwise you should leave it alone. The automatic guide included in the admission price is interesting, with many totems to activate to make you explain the various points of interest.

Nice building but haven't been inside. On the spot it turned out that we should have booked online for the Suriname exhibition. We then went to do something else. For some older people who came from the east of the country especially for the exhibition, it was sour. No courtesy from the people at the door. Unfortunately.

Beautiful church! A must see when here at the Dam quarters....

Haven't seen much of a church itself due to some exhibition going on inside.

The Suriname exhibition was impressive and extremely instructive and carefully set up.

Always nice to be in this church. The Suriname exhibition was beautifully decorated. Good to get the whole story now. Very impressive piece of history.