Gebed zonder End

You see this small alley, on your left? Go in there and continue your walk. In the meantime, I will tell you another story.
This alley is called ‘Gebed zonder End’, which means ‘Endless Prayers’. This is the area where, in the Middle Ages, a some of the twenty monasteries in Amsterdam could be found; sixteen were populated by nuns while devoted monks practiced their faith in three priories.
In 1410, just down the road from Begijnhof, the recently established Order of St Mary Magdalene moved into the house of the devout William Roelofsz. He welcomed all women who repented their past lives as sinners and chose to become nuns. There appeared to be sinful women aplenty in Amsterdam, for the house was bursting at the seams! Within a couple of years, the improvised cloister was offering shelter to almost a hundred faithful sisters.