Built in the renaissance style, designed by the dutch architect hendrick de keyser, the westertoren (1637) is the highest church tower (85m) in amsterdam. the canal houses on the right are characteristic of the architecture of the dutch golden age.
The (reconstructed) bookcase that covered the entrance to the "secret annex" where anne frank hid from germans occupying amsterdam during world war ii.
Amsterdam aldermen at their installation in 2006 from left to right: tjeerd herrema, maarten van poelgeest, marijke vos, carolien gehrels, ahmed aboutaleb and lodewijk asscher