Saint-John Church

Pretty huge and loved the paintings there!!! The interiors were fab!!! Worth visiting once if you visit Gouda!

Beautiful glass windows of this church. Have gift shop and toilet inside. Need to buy ticket to get in, free with museum card holder.

Very beautiful church. A calm and cozy place, nice to sit inside or walk around. The architecture is impressive, especially the stained glass. Worth a visit if you're nearby.

Great customer service, clean and cool building to tour. The beautiful stained glass windows are the best in Europe. The audio tour is included in the price. Allow 1.5 hours to tour the church. The toilet is clean and free to use during your visit. Highly recommend this place.

With its 123 metres, it is the longest church in the Netherlands. The church is also world-renowned for its Gouda glass.. Museumcard included entry with free audio self tour Toilet also available inside. Free entry for museumkart holders

It's called church however one might argue it should be catherdrall for it size. The main attraction of thie church are 72 mosaic windows that are mostly massive and kept extremely well, not to mentioned they were unlocked at the begining of 2nd war and kept safe fir the duration of war. The church is 1000 years old and so worth seeing. Be sure to take guided tour which will enrich your expirence so much with knowledge of the mosaic windows. If you do decided to visit the sweet Dutch city of Gouda for the Gouda expirence then this must be also on your list as it's stone throw away from the museum. Highly recommend!

One of the most beautiful churches I have been in! The highlight of the church is undoubtedly the incredible stained glass windows which have the most exquisite colours and details. Some of these are biblical, such as one window depicting the baptism of Jesus in Mark 1:10-11 with God proclaiming Jesus to be his Son. Others are allegorical. You could gaze for hours at each window. The audio tour was just the right length, with around 15 2 minute pieces which play automatically as you walk to various parts of the church. Whilst the windows are beautiful in their colour and detail, the simplicity of the rest of the church with the pale stone, olive green wooden roof and plain wooden pews has its own sense of beauty. Aside from the windows the only other decadent piece is the organ which is guilded. We were able to listen to an organist practicing for a concert and the acoustics in the building were fantastic. Finally, it was amazing to see the pulpit at the centre of the church. The audio guide explained this is because Christians believe that the bible is God’s word to us and that the reading and explanation of the bible is at the heart of the church service each week. I was reminded of John 6:68-69: ‘Simon Peter answered Jesus, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”’

Well curated audio tour, friendly staff… and what a building! They really focus on the stories and history of the stained glass windows—the most of any church in the Netherlands, I believe! I was lucky enough to be there while musicians practices the piano and flute, too!