And the sky is always nearby

 Maintenance on the Mozes and Aaron church. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Funny contrast

 If you walk out of the church in Gouda on Sunday, in the alley "achter de kerk" (behind the church) you will find right across from the exit

this cheerful display of beautiful ladies in expensive lingerie. as a counterpoint to the sermon that was heard in church.
 

A quiet Sunday morning

Around the Old Church in the Red Light district.

 

Warming up for Christmas

The Big church of Weesp.

Canal view

Tower of the Southern Church reflected in the Groenburgwal. One for Weekend Reflections here.

The St Nicolas Church.

I must admit it is a bit easy in amsterdam to make a nice reflection. One for James Weekend Reflections here.

Without scaffold

After years of restoration the Zuider Church is without scaffolds again. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Still grey

Raadhuisstraat with Wester Church in Amsterdam. One for Our World Tuesday here.

A sign in the sky.

After years of restoration at last the scaffolding around the tower of the southern church will be removed. Even the bells in the carillon were removed and when necessary replaced. Hope it is now okay for the next 400 years. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Light

Plays an very important role and not alone in photography. One for Our World Tuesday here.

Our Village

Sitting behind the computer again (yes bills have to be paid) then also using the fun of such an apparatus. I made this one just before I became ill from the church canal here in Almere-Haven. A fine one for Weekend Reflections here.

Sky + over Amsterdam

Made this picture of the southern church tower from the new bookshop on the Rokin.

On the computer at home I saw this strange phenomena in the sky. Flying saucer? One for skywatch friday here.

Architecture trip to Copenhagen(8)

Grundtvig's Church made by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint after he won a competition in 1913. In 1921 started the build and in 1926 the tower section was completed.

Further work on the interior and on adjacent buildings continued until 1940 and was completed by Klint's son Kaare Klint after his father's death in 1930.

The triple-aisled hall church is 76m (259 ft) long in total and 35m (115 ft) wide; the nave has a height of 22 m(72 ft).

The church contains lot of daring brick details and the style is called expressionist church architecture. ( All details from wikipedia here.)

Of course there is a Votive ship and it is nearly the only kind of sober decoration that I could find in this Lutheran church.

And then there was light.

Visiting the 2 yearly photo-festival in the grand church of Naarden. The theme this time was water and you can find the participating photographers here.

Reaching for the sky.

The tower of the southern church in its full glory. So much better with some sun. Really one for skywatch friday here.

Looking up

Just an unknown church in Amersfoort.

Stone building

The church of the cloister of Glendalough established in the sixth century by St. Kevin.

And it still stands after so many years.

Oops, polished again.

Due to some recent festivities of our royals in the new church in amsterdam the candelabras are polished to a blinding new look.

We went there for the world press photo exhibition but it is difficult to resist such splendor. The above one is of course a crop from this one.

For more reflections go to weekend reflections here.