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Care center director Bert Buirma (r.) with residents Gerry Pohl and Frans Lardee. “Happy wedding scenes are fun for our mostly elderly residents.”
Ⓒ Hielco Kuipers
TO DIRECT – Of the 6900 Dutch church buildings, a fifth has been converted into a gym, home or theater in recent years. The Roman Catholic nursing home Roomburgh in Leiden goes against this current and opened the brand new St. Jozef chapel this month. In it, a retired priest from Maastricht will soon be preaching, who will receive room and board in exchange for a daily mass.