Rick Steves Pocket Amsterdam by Rick Steves & Gene Openshaw
Author:Rick Steves & Gene Openshaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Published: 2024-05-15T00:00:00+00:00
The crown of the Westerkerk
The church tower has a carillon that chimes every 15 minutes. At other times, it plays full songs. Invented by Dutch bellmakers in the 1400s, a carillon is a set of bells of different sizes and pitches. Thereâs a live musician inside the tower who plays a keyboard to make the music. Mozart, Vivaldi, and Bachâall of whom lived during the heyday of the carillonâwrote music that sounds great on this unique instrument. During World War II, the Westerkerkâs carillon played every day. This hopeful sound reminded Anne Frank that there was, indeed, an outside world.
Continue around the church and walk north along the Prinsengracht canal to #263. This doorway was the original entrance to the...
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