Amsterdam Church Bells: Zuiderkerk (1)

[lievelisalive]

It's beautiful! Also -maybe even more- when you live meters away!

One of the things I miss most...

Thank you for posting this and bringing my home a little closer to me!

[whaleseeker30]

Nice video :D not nice when you live just meters away trying to sleep :(

[NorthernCanadian]

This is buzzed up my friends! I'm from North America and I tell you when you go for the first time in your life in Europe, smoke a thing and walk throught these Amsterdam churches ringing their 0'clock bell, it's pretty buzzed up!

[coolcatevan9]

beautiful!

[NymphZoic68]

The Zuiderkerk ghosts were ringing the bells to greet your curiosity..☺

[AVALONFANINVA]

awesome

[larsruben1]

In welke gevallen worden de klokken geluid ?

[mielabor]

@larsruben1 : In ieder geval elke eerste zaterdag van de maand om 5 uur, op 4 mei voor de dodenherdenking, tijdens open monumentendag en met nieuwjaar. Er zijn nog meer luidingen voor speciale gebeurtenissen, maar daarvan ken ik de details niet.

[noleyplatz]

@METH3454 I trust you will understand the origin of church bells and be saved from your vices.

[yuppiehond]

those sounds are a lot in netherland

[coastal1010]

thanks for capturing this! Very important to hear the whole thing.

[AdrienBCaldwell]

This is very beautiful, very melodic. Thank you, mielabor, for posting this video.

[mielabor]

There are guided tours:

Where: Zuiderkerkhof 72 (in the Southern Old Centrum area; reach the tower entrance via Zandstraat)

When: Tower open Monday through Saturday, April to September; tours leave every 30 minutes beginning at 12 p.m. Last tour at 3:30 p.m.

Cost: € 6

Tip: Only 15 people may climb the tower at one time; call +31 (0)20 689 25 65 to reserve a time for groups.

[biagino31]

ma che botta hai!!!

[Dorkus89Malorkus]

Lovely sound!

[11berto124]

De Zuiderkerk (hervormde kerk) is al sinds 1929 niet meer als kerk in gebruik.

Bijzonder om de klokken van deze kerk te horen!

[BloodSuicide]

hypnotizing, mesmerizing. i love Amsterdam, it's something  mysterious about this city... thx for posting this vid.

[lucialight4]

I was inspired to go looking for church bells ringing on YT as I sat reading over some mail...and hearing the church bells here, in the very near distance. Thank you for posting this as I can listen to them whenever I want, now. Beautiful scenery, too.

[GinoGenesio]

vieuws only 4800 i dont think so ik denk dat ik in mijn 1ntje al meer als 5000keer dit heb beluisterd kweet ni hoe da komt ma kvind de geluid van kerkklokken op dees manier echt zalig om te luisteren en dees duurt lekker lang,kben nog geen beter filmpje tegengekomen op youtube van klokken jammer want kwil er meer van dit soort horen echt zalig chill die geluid, die van genk in belgie zijn ook af mjah genoeg gezaagt good job man

[weeardguy]

@ GinoGenesio: ik vind het geluid van die klok bij de Beurs van Berlage in de ochtend (stipt om 9 uur) ook zo geweldig om te horen. Zeker wanneer de boel lekker op gang gekomen is die constante 'zoemtoon' je in de oren klinkt... ik heb niet snel een hekel aan kerkklokken :D

[mielabor]

Is dat 's morgens? Ik heb altijd gedacht dat dat om 12:00 of 14:00 (ik weet niet meer precies wanneer) 's middags was.

[weeardguy]

Uh ja, het moet 's morgens geweest zijn, want met m'n vakantiebaan was het steevast dat de klok begon te luiden als ik richting de Beurs van Berlage liep: dat hield dan een kwartier aan denk ik, zodat ik steevast elke dag op dezelfde tijd op m'n vakantie-werkplek was. Het zou kunnen dat de boel om 12 en 14 uur ook nog geluidt wordt, maar dat heb ik denk ik nooit gehoord, want in een kelder aan de Herengracht ontgaat zoiets je snel.

[mielabor]

Nou ik zal er eens op gaan letten. Probleem is alleen dat ik doordeweeks in een heel ander deel van de stad zit...

[GAVIOLITOM]

Fantastic, thanks for the video !

[Krukluidasfreak]

This ringing was for an old lady that was dying en she heard this bells from the last time (I heard from somebody)... She did ringing from 19.00 hour till 19.15 hour... -> ->(in the history when she was younger)

ps. NICE VIDEO

[mielabor]

Ik heb gehoord dat er wel vaker voor overleden personen geluid wordt, maar ik begrijp het luiden van 19:00 tot 19:15 niet. Werd er vroeger op die tijd geluid in plaats van 17:00 tot 17:15? Iets anders: uit jouw naam meen ik op te maken dat je klokken aan krukluidassen prefereert. Dat is interessant, want niet zo lang geleden kreeg ik van iemand de opmerking dat klokken aan rechte luidassen juist beter zouden klinken.

[princearthur1999]

Congratulations and thank you so mouch for uploading this. Beautyful sound of those bells, very soothing and calming. thanks again

[mielabor]

I am glad that you liked it. I have heard the bells several times since I made this video, but the atmosphere was never so quiet and peaceful as it was here.

[pipsheritage]

My "Sanctuary!!!"...

[Gspijkenisse]

Take a look at this vid..

You may even want to try ringing the bells ;).

watch?v=n6qZZLIvccg

[mielabor]

Wow, another video has popped up. Thanks for informing me.

Now I know where to go at New Years Eve :)

[Gspijkenisse]

ow no...

you can ring them every month;)

just ask the sacristor.

gosh: I too want to ring those bells ^^

[Gspijkenisse]

What do you know!

Another vid...

You can also ring the bells on OpenMonumentendag or the Open Monuments'Day.

Each year in Septembre I believe.

Just enjoy the vid

watch?v=B9E9IlC5Ka0&NR=1

[Gspijkenisse]

Sorry, wrong vid

That was the oudekerk.

I just discovered this after pushing the button of 'previous page' ^^

Also doable isn't it? And also four bells in a cord.

[mielabor]

I also learned that the ringing in the video is only part of the whole session. After 17:15 chimes are made, not by swinging the bells, but by pulling the clappers only.

[mielabor]

I was invited to join the bell ringing on 5 January and it was a great experience to see the internal construction of this tower and to set the historical bells in motion. The big one from 1511 takes quite an effort to ring.

[Gspijkenisse]

We Dutch-people are odd...

Sometimes churches ring for no reason...

Just for the sound of it: to make the citizens feel like they live in a city.

This saturday-ringing probably has its roots in 'ringing-in the sunday'.

It sounds amazing though, and thanks for ten minutes of joy!

[mielabor]

I also got some information about the bells. There are four bells. Two of them are cast by Hemony. Then there is the millennium bell and the fourth one is the oldest and second largest bell in Amsterdam. It dates from 1511. Thanks to FransNL47 for this information.

[mielabor]

The mystery has been solved. I have now been informed that this ringing takes place every first Saturday of the month. It surprises me that I have never heard this before although I live not so far away from this tower.

[cng07]

This is a peal ringing, it is sometimes rung for holidays or a special occasion, it may have been requested by somebody for a birth, death, etc.

[Audinos]

I believe that many Dutch churches with carillons also have separate bells for swinging peals. Hearing four bells in a major chord with octave is rather unusual, though.

[Gspijkenisse]

Not in the big churches of Holland ;)

It's called the festival-motiv I recall

[alloria]

Perhaps they were just doing a test? You mention lecture rooms, is it a university owned church? Perhaps the university has a bell-ringing club?

[mielabor]

The church is owned by the City of Amsterdam. There is an information centre for town planning and you can rent lecture rooms for meetings and presentations.

[mielabor]

We do not have a bell ringing club here in Amsterdam for as far as I know. If we did, I have no doubt that people would complain about the din :-)

[weeardguy]

@ Mielabor: dus 'het mannetje' van de westerkerk, die, als ik het me goed herinner, altijd op dinsdag een uurtje speelde was zeg maar een 'buitenstaander' die het gewoon voor zijn plezier deed?

[mielabor]

Ikke "het mannetje"? Nee hoor, ik mocht willen dat ik kon spelen.

[weeardguy]

Uh nee, ik bedoelde niet dat jij 'het mannetje' was, maar ik vroeg me af of 'dat mannetje' tot een spelersgilde behoorde, maar blijkbaar is hij dus een alleenstaande vrijwilliger.

[Jeffsterren]

there is a guild called "het utrechtse klokkenluidersgilde"

they tested ours as well

[SrWilson]

maybe not but they are clearly being swing chimed there- perhaps just for a change :).

[SrWilson]

sounds like the bells are swinging probably for a service or something and theres also a carillon attached too where they are struck by hammers to produce the tunes.

[mielabor]

This church hasn't been used for services since 1929. Furthermore, the interior has been modified during a restoration. There are now offices and lecture rooms inside. Therefore it is unlikely that the bells are ringing for a church service.