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| Way-old map of Haarlem; note star-shaped left perimeter |
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| Civic history at the top of the choir...discusses a siege when the cats and dogs of the city were called "roast game" |
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| Window--way different from Medieval, Catholic |
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| A bit of elevation and vaulting in the chancel |
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| One of several lists of the church's deacons... this one, 1805 to 1877 |
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| Many churches have tomb slabs in their flooring... |
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| The Grote Kerk in Haarlem is floored in nothing but tomb slabs |
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| Pelican lecturn near the altar |
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| Altar, choir |
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| In the choir |
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| Bust of William I of Orange |
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| Dog whipper's chapel: unruly dogs were whipped by city officials |
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| "Them Fokkers was flyin' Messerschmitts!" A Fokker monoplane flies above Haarlem in 1911; August 31, 1911, specifically, Queen Wilhemina's birthday, with aircraft designer Anthony Fokker himself piloting his "Spin"; Fokker was Dutch, although more infamously associated with the Germans in the two world wars |
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| Interesting church |
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