Trip 1: The Tallest Church Tower in the Netherlands

The Dom

From a distance...

The original, medieval design for the spiral staircase works its way upwards in a constant right turn (instead of left) so that when in a sword fight it's harder for the attacker to fight in this direction versus the guy defending the castle who has the advantage of working in a downward left position. I hope that makes sense... This picture is of me making my way up the 465 steps.

This bell weighs two tons and rings every fifteen minutes. There are fourteen bells in total.

 

The original completion of the bell tower and church was in 1382. The bell tower was attached to the church (shown here) until a storm in 1674.

We made it to the tip of the top! Cold and cloudy!