Day trip to Haarlem 12 March 2022
We have scheduled a day trip to Haarlem on Saturday March 12, 2022. Seventeen people signed up (13 students, 4 team).
We all will travel by train. Travel schedule:
8:37 Bus station Wageningen, bus C3.
9:05 Train station Ede Wageningen
9:12 NS Intercity direction Den Helder
9:37 two-minute stop in Utrecht
10:05 Amsterdam Central, change train
10:11 Sprinter, direction Zandvoort aan Zee
10:29 Arrival Haarlem
1. Walk to Barteljorisstraat 19. Arrive there at 11:00. The Corrie ten Boom House. See https://www.corrietenboom.com/en/home. The house is pretty small. We made reservations online: at 11:00 for 11 persons and at 12:00 for 6 persons for English speaking tours. The people who are not in the museum will find a coffee bar in the neighborhood. Many places to eat lunch, on your own expense.
2. Walk to Spaarne 11A. Arrive there 14:00. 50 minutes Boat Cruise in the city center. We made a reservation for 10 through Tripadvisor and 7 through Smidtje Canal tours. Total for all of us (17).
3. Walk to the Bavo Cathedral, Grote Markt 22, North side, see https://www.bavo.nl/en/visit-the-bavo/ Ed will try to lead the tour at 16:00 h. Tickets 3 Euro per person. We (CSMN) have purchased for 15 people.
4. Walk to the Indonesian restaurant De Lachende Javaan at Frankestraat 27, see https://delachendejavaan.com/. Java style specialties. We made a reservation for 16 persons at 18:00 h. Ordered: Rice table (many different dishes, for 2 persons vegetarian). We pay for all (CSMN has funds).
5. After dinner we walk back to the train station and travel together using our group tickets.
Cost sharing will be done afterwards. Don't worry, CSMN subsidizes.
5. After dinner we walk back to the train station and travel together using our group tickets.
Cost sharing will be done afterwards. Don't worry, CSMN subsidizes.
St.-Bavo Church
The very first St. Bavo Church was mentioned yet in 1245 and was already considered prominent, among other things because of its belfry. The Church is built in basilica style: the nave is twice as broad as the side aisle. The floor plan represents the cross of Christ. The crossing pillars represent four evangelists; the twelve choir pillars stand for the twelve disciples.
The choir
The choir (east side) was built in 1370-1400. It was made in Brick Gothic with economical use of sandstone. It has a unique style.
During its construction a heavy and closed form was strived for consciously: heavy walls and columns, small light openings in the triforium, seeming heavy, rising walls up to the small windows placed high and an angular apse (3 sides of the hexagon). This is the biggest choir on the continent.
The transepts
The north transept was dedicated to Maria, the south transept dedicated to the patron saint of the church, St. Bavo. The transept was built in 1445-1455 by master Evert Spoorwater, stonecutter from Antwerpen, in the style of the classic Brabant Gothic.
The construction of the nave was performed in 2 phases:
The tower
The original design for the stone tower was made by Cornelis de Wael in 1502. Upon his death the work was taken over in 1505The stone tower seemed to be too heavy for the crossing pillars and the north-east pillar sank (still visible); some gravestones around it cracked. Between 1514 and 1517 the tower was then broken off again. Then a wooden crossing tower covered with lead was made in the years 1518-1520. Instead of two original lanterns the wooden tower received three lanterns. The stone planningstayed preserved as a foudations for the new crossing tower. The dimensions are: 35 to 40 m height; an ‘onion’ of 3m high and 3m in diameter; a cross of 550 kg, a carillon of more than 10.000 kg (47 bells). The weight of the leaden cover comprises about 85.000 – 100.000 kg.
The organ
The main eye-catcher in the Great Church is the impressive Müller organ dating from 1738, which is the most depicted instrument in the world. It covers the whole west wall of the church and measures almost 30 metres from the ground. In the towering middle part the ‘werken’ (Rugwerk, Hoofdwerk en Bovenwerk), placed above each other, are clearly distinguishable; they are flanked on both sides with two enormous “pedal towers” in which pipes of almost 11 m are placed. The organ is richly gilded and decorated with more than 25 statues. The pinnacle is crowned with two lion figures holding the coat of arms of Haarlem.
The organ was played by G.F. Händel in 1740 and in 1766 the ten-year-old Mozart was on the organ. In summer the city organ concerts attract many visitors each week. This flocking of the public is even more supported during the biennial International Organ Festival. The organ counts more than 5000 pipes (an alloy of lead and tin),, divided over 64 registers, with three manuals and a pedal.
Church denomination
The Reformation took place in 1517.
The church was used by the Roman Catholic Church 1370 to 1573. After that the church is used and owned by the Protestant Church, now called PKN (Protestant Church Netherlands).
The choir
The choir (east side) was built in 1370-1400. It was made in Brick Gothic with economical use of sandstone. It has a unique style.
During its construction a heavy and closed form was strived for consciously: heavy walls and columns, small light openings in the triforium, seeming heavy, rising walls up to the small windows placed high and an angular apse (3 sides of the hexagon). This is the biggest choir on the continent.
The transepts
The north transept was dedicated to Maria, the south transept dedicated to the patron saint of the church, St. Bavo. The transept was built in 1445-1455 by master Evert Spoorwater, stonecutter from Antwerpen, in the style of the classic Brabant Gothic.
The construction of the nave was performed in 2 phases:
- First between 1456 and 1470 the walls of the side aisle and the bottom part of the west facade around the old nave and west tower were built (between the new and old outer walls there already were graves).
- Then the church wardens received in 1471 permission of the bishop to move the altars and they let break down the old nave and the old tower. Then from 1471 to 1478 the clerestory of the nave was built in the style of classical Brabant Gothic, with richly worked chapiters (double cabbage leaf motif), no real triforium and frames in the big frame niches.
The tower
The original design for the stone tower was made by Cornelis de Wael in 1502. Upon his death the work was taken over in 1505The stone tower seemed to be too heavy for the crossing pillars and the north-east pillar sank (still visible); some gravestones around it cracked. Between 1514 and 1517 the tower was then broken off again. Then a wooden crossing tower covered with lead was made in the years 1518-1520. Instead of two original lanterns the wooden tower received three lanterns. The stone planningstayed preserved as a foudations for the new crossing tower. The dimensions are: 35 to 40 m height; an ‘onion’ of 3m high and 3m in diameter; a cross of 550 kg, a carillon of more than 10.000 kg (47 bells). The weight of the leaden cover comprises about 85.000 – 100.000 kg.
The organ
The main eye-catcher in the Great Church is the impressive Müller organ dating from 1738, which is the most depicted instrument in the world. It covers the whole west wall of the church and measures almost 30 metres from the ground. In the towering middle part the ‘werken’ (Rugwerk, Hoofdwerk en Bovenwerk), placed above each other, are clearly distinguishable; they are flanked on both sides with two enormous “pedal towers” in which pipes of almost 11 m are placed. The organ is richly gilded and decorated with more than 25 statues. The pinnacle is crowned with two lion figures holding the coat of arms of Haarlem.
The organ was played by G.F. Händel in 1740 and in 1766 the ten-year-old Mozart was on the organ. In summer the city organ concerts attract many visitors each week. This flocking of the public is even more supported during the biennial International Organ Festival. The organ counts more than 5000 pipes (an alloy of lead and tin),, divided over 64 registers, with three manuals and a pedal.
Church denomination
The Reformation took place in 1517.
The church was used by the Roman Catholic Church 1370 to 1573. After that the church is used and owned by the Protestant Church, now called PKN (Protestant Church Netherlands).