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DirkWi
February 6, 2026
Hiking
"SINT-VELo/auRENTIUS" reads the banner hanging above the gate.
Since 2019, you can not only get married in this church, but also cycle (and do yoga, and more...).
It has been renamed the "bicycle church." Since mid-2024, the winter chapel at the back of the church has even been converted into a "Pilgrim Chapel": three exercise bikes are available to visitors to participate in a virtual bike ride to the famous Spanish pilgrimage site of St. James, titled "Surplacen naar Compostela."
Since 2019, you can not only get married in this church, but also cycle (and do yoga, and more...).
It has been renamed the "bicycle church." Since mid-2024, the winter chapel at the back of the church has even been converted into a "Pilgrim Chapel": three exercise bikes are available to visitors to participate in a virtual bike ride to the famous Spanish pilgrimage site of St. James, titled "Surplacen naar Compostela."
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•DirkWi
February 6, 2026
Hiking
The current neo-Gothic St. Lawrence Church stands on the site of a former Romanesque church.
In 1840, the demolition of the old church began, and construction of the new one …
In 1840, the demolition of the old church began, and construction of the new one …
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