Anyone who drove or walked past the Sint-Nicolaaskerk in Dwingeloo in recent months will not have had the immediate impression on the green side that the church – popularly known as the Siepelkerk – has undergone a metamorphosis. Not surprising, because all those changes almost all took place within the church walls. At the back of the church, a wooden outbuilding already reveals that some things have been modified. The church is completely prepared for multifunctional use.
Arie de Muij, chairman of the Sint Nicolaaskerk Foundation, therefore looks around the monumental church with a satisfied look. “People who know the church from earlier years can probably remember that it was packed with red benches for church visitors. But because those benches were fixed, it made it very difficult if you wanted to organize something else in the church “, he explains, referring to performances, concerts or exhibitions, for example.
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