Ode to Oude KerkOld Church with your arms around us
By Leontine van der Goep9 maart 2025
Amsterdam Oude Kerk, photo: C Messier, source: Wikimedia
Ode to the Old Church
Mother of the city
Mother of the city
With your arms around us
We feel cherished
Protected
Your bell sound is the most beautiful and trusting I have heard for centuries a benchmark for my day cherish us, protect us, hold us Amsterdammers in your lap.
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Ode to the Old Church by Leontine van der Goep
Every year on March 9 at 8:30 in the morning, a ray of sunlight falls on Saskia van Uylenburgh's grave in the Oude Kerk. In cooperation with the Amsterdam Museum, people could write odes during the Saskia breakfast to Saskia and other Amsterdam women who mean something to them.
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