The church was built in the years 1620–1623 to serve the rapidly growing population of the new Jordaan neighbourhood.
The Jordaan already had a church, the Westerkerk,
but the city government decided that a second church should be built to
serve the northern part of the neighborhood (the 'northern' part of the neighbor hood is like 8 blocks from the 'southern' part).
The Noorderkerk became
the church for the common people, while the Westerkerk was used mainly
by the middle and upper classes.
sounds kind of familiar.
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