This church is an affiliate of the church in Amsterdam where we worshiped on our last visit. Unlike the last one, which has been worshiping in the same building since the 1600's, this building only goes back to the 1950's. The original building had been destroyed during World War II (and they had a bomb fragment on display from it's destruction).
The church recently had the opportunity for a witness to their community when a park was built next door and opened the view of the church from the community. They put together this mural as a way of inviting the community and involving the community in creating it. It took 12 months of work, but it was well worth it.
After church, we visited the Maritiem Museum. They certainly have some interesting stuff related to ships and one of the world's busiest ports, but for us the big draw was the exhibit of Dutch Fisherman's Sweaters, called Ganseys.
These sweaters are reproductions of traditional Dutch fishermen's sweaters. The knitters in each fishing village developed their own patterns and you could tell where the fisherman was from based on his sweater. It's all based upon the research of Stella Ruhe and published in a book which Linda has enjoyed. The new volume just came out last week, but we'll have to wait awhile for the English version. They were pretty amazing to see!
Next on the agenda was a visit to the Markthal - a huge restaurant and shopping destination. This opened just a year ago, and features apartments on the outsides of the enclosed interior. We had a nice, relaxing lunch and then wandered through a nearby outdoor market before heading home for a walk around the neighborhood.
Here are a couple of shots from our evening walk.
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