Basilica of Saint Nicholas

The Basilica of Saint Nicholas is located in the Old Centre district of Amsterdam. It is the city’s primary Roman Catholic church. The basilica has a number of religious murals. Above the high altar is the crown of Maximilian I, which is a symbol seen throughout Amsterdam. Above the main entrance of the church, beneath the rose window, a 19th-century Sauer Organ can be found, on which concerts are given and mass is accompanied. In the 125th year of its existence, St Nicholas’ Church was elevated to a “basilica minor”.