𝐀𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐕𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐤 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐲 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞

The Vondelkerk was built in the 1870s, according to Stadsherstel, a local urban restoration group, and was once used for Catholic worship. It had fallen into disrepair by the late 1970s and was renovated for use in cultural events and other functions. Pierre Cuypers, the Dutch architect responsible for Amsterdam’s famed Rijksmuseum and Central Station, designed the structure.

This is not the first fire to hit the church: The original spire was lost in a 1904 blaze, according to Stadsherstel.