The Noorderkerk in Amsterdam was built between 1620 and 1623 for the new Jordaan neighborhood. The city government decided a second church should serve the northern part of the Jordaan. Hendrick de Keyser designed it, and after his death in 1621 his son Pieter de Keyser oversaw its completion. J. Meurs built the bell tower in 1621.
The article describes a symmetrical, cross-shaped layout that reflects Renaissance and Protestant ideals. An octagonal floor plan combines with a Greek cross whose four arms are of equal length. Large Tuscan pillars dominate the interior, and there is a small tower in the center of the cross.
It became the church for common people, while the Westerkerk served mainly the middle and upper classes. A plaque commemorates the 1941 February Strike. It has been a Rijksmonument since 1970.
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