Now Waalse Church is open to public, holds regular Sunday services and also hosts various concerts. In our menu you can find some photos of the interior of the church. Take a moment in front of the church to listen to its history.

Waalse Kerk or Walloon Church is an old French Catholic church that was ordained here, in Amsterdam in the beginning of 15th century. Later on, during the Reformation period it was turned into a Protestant one. It continued to be a rather small parish church until the end of 17th century when the large amounts of French Protestants – Huguenots – got expelled from France and took their refuge in Amsterdam. They lived nearby in an area now called Jordaan (from "jardin" - garden in French), so Waalse Kerk grew and flourished upon their arrival.

There is a peculiar and rather dramatic story that took place in this church. In 1775 French baker’s servant nearly shot a minister. The servant was in love with the daughter of a local wealthy merchant who was strongly advised against this wedding by the minister. So the guy, outraged as he was, bursted into the church during the mass and fired a bullet at the minister. The latter did not get killed, but he fell on the ground and got severely injured. After the recovery he made sure to get the unfortunate lover imprisoned.

Another important historical fact about this Waalse Kerk is that Vincent Van Gogh himself attended the services in this church in 1870.

Photo Waalse Kerk (Delft)3 by Chris06 is licensed under CC0 1.0