The pictures below show contemporary rituality, religious and popular practices and material culture in a variety of Dutch places of pilgrimage. Click on each photo to see the photo gallery and to read the accompanying text.
These series of pilgrimage photos were taken in 2007 by the photographers Bea and Dick Hoeks-De Laat.
 The Silent Walk, Amsterdam |
 The Procession Chapel at ‘t Zand was part of the route of the Holy Blood Processions, Boxmeer |
 Holy Blood Chapel in the Saint Peter’s Basilica, Boxtel |
 Beguines Church in the beguinage, Breda |
 Relic of one of the Holy Martyrs of Gorcum |
 Stained glass window in Saint Boniface Chapel, Dokkum |
 The chapel, dedicated to Our Lady of Handel in Handel |
 Statue of Saint Gerlach in the Gerlach Chapel, Houthem-Sint Gerlach |
 Flag used during the procession of Saint Servatius, Maastricht |
 Statue of Our Lady Star of the Sea that can be seen in the chapel of the Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht |
 The chapel of Saint Anna, Molenschot |
 Memorial at the ‘Karel Hoeve’, telling that Father Charles has lived in this house from 1835-1845, Munstergeleen |
 Statue of Saint Brigid in the Parish church Saint Brigid, Noorbeek
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 Stained glass window with Sister Marie Adolphine in the Saint Gertrude church in Ossendrecht |
 Painting on the discovery of the statue of Mary, placed in a sandstone niche in the ‘Kruiswegpark The Chapel in ‘t Zand’, Roermond
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 Shield with arms on the Saint Lidwina Basilica, Schiedam |
 Detail of the Joseph Altar in the Saint Joseph Church, Smakt |
© photos: Bea and Dick Hoeks-De Laat, 2007