Carillons, musical instruments of

bell A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an inte ...

s in the percussion family, are found on every inhabited continent. The Netherlands, Belgium, and the United States contain more than two thirds of the world's total, and over 90 percent can be found in either Western Europe (mainly the

Low Countries The term Low Countries, also known as the Low Lands ( nl, de Lage Landen, french: les Pays-Bas, lb, déi Niddereg Lännereien) and historically called the Netherlands ( nl, de Nederlanden), Flanders, or Belgica, is a coastal lowland region in N ...

) or North America.

Criteria for inclusion

The (WCF) defines a carillon as an instrument of at least 23

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bells hung in fixed suspension, played with a traditional keyboard of batons, and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniously together. It may designate instruments of 15 to 22 bells built before 1940 as "historical carillons". Its member organizationsincluding for example

The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) is a professional association of carillonneurs in North America, dedicated to the advancement of the art, literature, and science of the carillon. It was founded in Ottawa, Canada, in 1936 by A ...

, the German Carillon Association, and the Flemish Carillon Associationalso define a carillon with those restrictions. Conversely, TowerBells.orga database of tower bells of all typesdefines a "non-traditional" carillon, which is an instrument that has had some component electrified or computerized. These instruments fail to meet the definitions of a carillon defined by the associations of

carillonneur A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmonio ...

s mentioned above. This list contains only those carillons that meet the definition outlined by an association of carillonneurs, such as the WCF and its member organizations.

Africa

Réunion

Cilaos Cilaos () is a town and commune on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. It is located centrally on the island, in a caldera of altitude 1,214 m. The caldera (usually known as the 'Cirque') is also named for the community. History ...

: 48 bells, 1996

South Africa

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

: City Hall40 bells, heaviest ,

John Taylor & Co John Taylor Bell Foundry (Loughborough) Limited, trading as John Taylor & Co and commonly known as Taylor's Bell Foundry, Taylor's of Loughborough, or simply Taylor's, is the world's largest working bell foundry. It is located in Loughborough, ...

at various dates between 1905 and 1953

Asia

Israel

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

has one carillon, located at the Jerusalem International YMCA. It was installed and dedicated along with the rest of the newly constructed building in 1933.

Gillett & Johnston Gillett & Johnston was a clockmaker and bell foundry based in Croydon, England from 1844 until 1957. Between 1844 and 1950, over 14,000 tower clocks were made at the works. The company's most successful and prominent period of activity as a be ...

cast the original 35 bells, the heaviest of which weighs . In 2018, Royal Eijsbouts cast a 36th bell, weighing , for the instrument. It is one of the only carillons in the Middle East.

Japan

Japan has been exposed to carillons through its relations with Belgium. Since the 1980s, Belgium has used a targeted cultural diplomacy program to expose Japanese artists and students to the carillon, and to encourage them to construct instruments in their country. The

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and

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and the city of Mechelen provided

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

with a mobile carillon in 1984. Hasselt donated a carillon to Itami, its

sister city A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of inter ...

, in 1990. Members of the Shinji Shumeikai religious movement, inspired by their trip to St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, purchased a carillon for

Shigaraki is a town located in Kōka District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, the town has an estimated population of 13,885 and a density of 84.92 persons per km². The total area is 163.5 km². On October 1, 2004, Shigaraki, along with the to ...

in 1990. The Japanese School of Brussels and the Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" established educational relations on playing and composing for the carillon. * Itami: The Bells of Flanders43 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1990 * Sasebo, Nagasaki: Carillon Symphonica in the 'Huis ten Bosch'37 bells *

: 'The Joy of Angels' at Misono, the international headquarters and spiritual centre of the Shinji Shumeikai organisation50 bells, heaviest unlisted, Royal Eijsbouts 1990

Philippines

Malolos Malolos, officially the City of Malolos ( fil, Lungsod ng Malolos), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 261,189 people. It is the capital city ...

Bulacan Bulacan, officially the Province of Bulacan ( tl, Lalawigan ng Bulacan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the city of Malolos. Bulacan was established on August 15, 1578, and part of the Me ...

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...

: In front of the Malolos Cathedral, a carillon tower of 23 bells was constructed in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Diocese of Malolos in 2012. * Parañaque,

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the seat of government and one of three defined metropolitan areas in ...

: In front of the

Baclaran Church The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help ( fil, Pambansáng Dambana ng Iná ng Laging Saklolo), also known as the Redemptorist Church and colloquially as Baclaran Church, is a prominent national shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Perpet ...

or National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. The Carillon belfry was built as part of the Shrine's redevelopment plan and on September 8 of the same year, Archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle blessed the newly built belfry. This is the first time the Shrine has had a bell tower in 60 years. *

Quezon City Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou ...

(

Diliman Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou ...

: 'The Bells of Diliman' in the Andrés Bonifacio Centennial Carillon Tower at the

University of the Philippines Diliman , image = University of The Philippines seal.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = Official Logo of UP Diliman , motto = Honor and Excellence , established = February 12, 194 ...

. 1952, 36 bells by

Petit & Fritsen Royal Bellfounders Petit & Fritsen, located in Aarle-Rixtel, the Netherlands, is a former foundry, one of the oldest family-owned businesses in the Netherlands, with the foundry dating back to 1660. Petit & Fritsen was a foundry that cast bells f ...

. (Originally 46 bells by Van Bergen, until 2007.)

South Korea

Daejeon Daejeon () is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of 1.5 million as of 2019. Located in the central-west region of South Korea alongside forested hills and the Geum River, the city is known both for its technology an ...

: Daejeon Institute of Science and Technology77 bells,

2001, additional 78th bell weighing is not part of the carillon and only strikes the hour

Europe

Belgium

British Isles

France

Albi Albi (; oc, Albi ) is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ''Albigensians'' (french: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), oc, albig ...

: Notre-Dame de la Drêche's church31 bells * Annecy: Couvent de la Visitation37 bells, Fonderie Paccard. * Arbois: 20 bells, heaviest unlisted, Goussel 1738, Fonderie Paccard 1913/1922, Bollée 1970 * Avranches: 30 bells, total weight , unknown 1762, Bollée 1899, Cornille-Havard 1982 *

Bergues Bergues (; nl, Sint-Winoksbergen; vls, Bergn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated to the south of Dunkirk and from the Belgian border. Locally it is referred to as "the other Bruges in Flanders". Bergues ...

: 50 bells, total weight , J. Blampain 1628, Crouzet-Hildebrand 1880, and Fonderie Paccard 1961/1973 *

Blois Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours. With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the ...

: Notre-Dame-de-la-Trinité's Basilica48 bells, Fonderie Paccard *

Bourbourg Bourbourg (; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated in the maritime plain of northern France, in the middle of a triangle formed by Dunkirk, Calais, and Saint-Omer. Population In 1945 Bourbourg absorbed the fo ...

: 50 bells, total weight , Fonderie Paccard 2009 *

Cappelle-la-Grande Cappelle-la-Grande (; nl, Kapelle) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is very close to Dunkirk. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department *Cappelle-la-Grande Open The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is ...

: Belfry of Cappelle-la-Grande48 bells, total weight , Fonderie Paccard 1985 *

Carcassonne Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Au ...

: ** Basilique Saint-Nazaire38 bells ** Église Saint-Vincent54 bells *

Castelnaudary Castelnaudary (; oc, Castèlnòu d'Arri) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France. It is located in the former province of the Lauragais and famous for cassoulet of which it claims to be the world cap ...

: St Michel's Collegiate Church35 bells, Fonderie Paccard *

Castres Castres (; ''Castras'' in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is the sole subprefecture of the Tarn department in the Occitanie region in Southern France. It lies in the former province of Languedoc, although not in the former region of Lan ...

: 34 bells, total weight , unknown 1650, Louison 1847, and Fonderie Paccard 1976/2016 *

Châlons-en-Champagne Châlons-en-Champagne () is a city in the Grand Est region of France. It is the capital of the department of Marne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims. Formerly called Châlons-sur-Marne, the city was officially renam ...

Notre-Dame-en-Vaux The Notre-Dame-en-Vaux is a Roman Catholic church located in Châlons-en-Champagne. The cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcop ...

56 bells, heaviest unlisted, bellfounders unlisted *

Chambéry Chambéry (, , ; Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the prefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 58,917 as of 2019, while the population of the Chamb ...

: Château des Ducs de Savoie, 70 bells, Paccard. * Châtellerault: Church of Saint-Jacques52 bells, heaviest unlisted, Bollée 1867 and Fonderie Paccard 1952 *

Cholet Cholet (, , probably from Latin language, Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a Communes of France, commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous c ...

: Sacré-Coeur's Church49 bells, Fonderie Paccard and Royal Eijsbouts *

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

: Carillon St Bénigne63 bells, Paccard *

Douai Douai (, , ,; pcd, Doï; nl, Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some from Lille and from Arras, Dou ...

: 62 bells, heaviest , Wauthy 1924 and Fonderie Paccard 1954/1974. * Dunkirk: 50 bells, total weight , Fonderie Paccard 1962 and 2009 *

Gourdon, Lot Gourdon (; oc, Gordon) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. The small town, Gourdon, close to Rocamadour, is situated in the south west region of France. Gourdon has a rich prehistoric past, and a high concentration of p ...

: 24 bells, total weight , Fonderie Paccard 1986 *

Grézieu-la-Varenne Grézieu-la-Varenne () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not inc ...

: Saint-Roch Church30 bells, total weight , Chevalier 1825 and Fonderie Paccard 1939/2020 *

Hombleux Hombleux () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Grécourt was merged into Hombleux.Church of Saint-Médard16 bells (historical carillon), total weight , Fonderie Paccard 1931 *

Hondschoote Hondschoote (; from Dutch; ''Hondschote'' in the modern Dutch spelling) is a commune of the Nord ''département'', in northern France. Heraldry Geography Hondschoote borders Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. It lies 12 km f ...

: St. Vaast Church61 bells, total weight , Fonderie Paccard 1999 *

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

: 65 bells, Bell Tower of the City Hall. *

Lisieux Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland. Name The name of the town derives from the ...

: Ste Therese' basilica51 bells, Fonderie Paccard * Magalas: Vins et Campanes's Museum40 bells, Michiels * Maubeuge: 28 bells, total weight , Causard 1965 and Fonderie Paccard 1975 * Montpellier: St François's church26 bells, Fonderie Paccard * Miribel, Ain: 50 bells, total weight , Fonderie Paccard 1938–41 *

Narbonne Narbonne (, also , ; oc, Narbona ; la, Narbo ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the ...

: St Just's Cathedral36 bells, Fonderie Paccard * Orchies: Orchies Cathedral47 bells, total weight , Metz 1994–95 *

Pamiers Pamiers (; oc, Pàmias ) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department, although i ...

Pamiers Cathedral Pamiers Cathedral ( French: ''Cathédrale Saint-Antonin de Pamiers'') is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Pamiers, France. The cathedral is a national monument. It is the ecclesiastical seat of the Bishopric of Pamiers, which was e ...

49 bells, total weight , Fonderie Paccard 1988 and 1994 * Perpignan: Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 46 bells *

Poligny, Jura Poligny () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The town stands at the foot of the first plateau of the Jura region, with limestone cliffs rising to its east and south, and a steephead valley lead ...

: 17 bells (historical carillon), heaviest unlisted, Farnier 1878–93 and Fonderie Paccard 1954 * Rouen:

Rouen Cathedral Rouen Cathedral (french: Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen) is a Roman Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. It is the see of the Archbishop of Rouen, Primate of Normandy. It is famous for its three towers, each i ...

64 bells, total weight , Fonderie Paccard at various dates between 1920 and 2016 * Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux: 48 bells, total weight , Barbieux 1784, Michiels 1931, Fonderie Paccard 1950, and Cornille-Havard 1984 *

Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne Saint-Gaudens (; oc, Sent-Gaudenç) is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Saint-Gaudens lies at an altitude of on a ledge overlooking the valley of the Garonne. It faces the Pyrenees and is ...

: Collegiate Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul36 bells, heaviest unlisted, Arnoldus Senherri 1356, Pourcel 1879, and Fonderie Paccard 1980/1981 * Saint-Quentin, Aisne: 37 bells, total weight , Cylindre Van Rie 1924 * Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Landes: 60 bells, Fonderie Paccard * Seurre: St. Martin's Church47 bells, total weight, , Fonderie Paccard 1991–94 * Taninges: The parish church's 1939 15-bell chime became in 1998 a 26-bell carillon. 40 bells since 2000, Fonderie Paccard and Royal Eijsbouts. *

Tourcoing Tourcoing (; nl, Toerkonje ; vls, Terkoeje; pcd, Tourco) is a city in northern France on the Belgian border. It is designated municipally as a commune within the department of Nord. Located to the north-northeast of Lille, adjacent to Roubai ...

: Cathedral60 bells, plus a carillon museum located in the tower. * Villefranche-de-Rouergue: 48 bells, total weight , Fonderie Paccard at various dates between 1636 and 1971, Dubois Frères 1819, and Cornille-Havard-Bergamo 2014

Germany

According to the German Carillon Association, there are 49 carillons located throughout Germany. In 4 cities

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

, and

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

there are at least two. Germany has two mobile carillons, "headquartered" in Passau and

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, ...

. The largest carillon by number of bells is located in Halle (Saale) and has 74. The association, unlike Towerbells.org, does not count carillons that have any component of its action electrified or that are not playable with a traditional baton keyboard. * Aachen:

Aachen Town Hall Aachen Town Hall (''German:'' "Rathaus") is a landmark of cultural significance located in the ''Altstadt'' of Aachen, Germany. It was built in the Gothic architecture style in the first half of the 14th century. History Aachen Town Hall was b ...

49 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1979 * Altenburg: 24 bells, heaviest , 1981 *

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the Aschaffenburg (district), district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative sea ...

: 48 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1969 *

: ** French Cathedral60 bells, heaviest , / 1987 ** St. Nicholas Church41 bells, heaviest , 1987 ** 52 bells, heaviest ,

/ Royal Eijsbouts 2016 ** Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten68 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1987 *

Bad Godesberg Bad Godesberg ( ksh, Bad Jodesbersch) is a borough ('' Stadtbezirk'') of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 to 1999, while Bonn was the capital of West Germany, most foreign embassies were in Bad Godesberg. Some buildings ar ...

city park23 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1979 ** 62 bells, heaviest , 1962 *

Buchen Buchen (South Franconian: ''Buche'') is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is situated in the Odenwald low mountain range, 23 km northeast of the regional center Mosbach. Geography Buchen is situated on the seam between the ...

: City tower24 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2015 * Chemnitz: New Town Hall48 bells, heaviest , 1978 *

Cologne City Hall The City Hall (german: link=no, Kölner Rathaus) is a historical building in Cologne, western Germany. It is located off Hohe Straße in the district of Innenstadt, and set between the two squares of Rathausplatz and Alter Markt. It houses part o ...

48 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1958 ** Marienkirche38 bells, heaviest unlisted, Royal Eijsbouts 2010 * Düren: St. Annakirche37 bells, heaviest ,

1964 *

Emmerich am Rhein Emmerich am Rhein ( Low Rhenish and nl, Emmerik) is a city and municipality in the northwest of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city has a harbour and a quay at the Rhine. In terms of local government organization, it i ...

: Aldegundiskirche43 bells, heaviest ,

2000 *

Eppingen Eppingen () is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The town has the second-largest population in the district. Eppingen lies in the Kraichgau, a hilly region in southwestern Germany, close to the conflu ...

: Stadtpfarrkirche49 bells, heaviest , Karlsruher Glockengießerei 1987 *

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

: Bartholomäusturm60 bells, heaviest , 1979 *

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

: Old St. Nicholas Church47 bells, heaviest , 1939, Royal Eijsbouts 1957–59 and 1997 * Geisa: Saints Philip and Jacob Church49 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2003 *

Gera Gera is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of cit ...

: Town hall37 bells, heaviest , / 1988 *

Goslar Goslar (; Eastphalian: ''Goslär'') is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines ...

: Gustav-Adolf-Stabkirche49 bells, heaviest , /Perner/Otto Buer 2002–05 * Halle (Saale): Red Tower76 bells, heaviest , /Glockengießerei Metz 1993 *

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

: ** St. Christian's Church42 bells, heaviest , 1938 ** St. Nicholas Church51 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1992 *

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

: 49 bells, heaviest , 1960 *

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

Heidelberg Town Hall Heidelberg Town Hall is a civic building located on Upper Heidelberg Road in Ivanhoe, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is now more commonly known as The Centre Ivanhoe Opened in April 1937, the building was designed by architectural firm Pe ...

26 bells, heaviest , 1961 * Herrenberg:

Collegiate church In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons: a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by ...

50 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2012 *

Illertissen Illertissen () is a town in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria. It is situated approximately 20 km south from Ulm nearby the river Iller. Coat of arms The coat of arms lent by Erhard Vöhlin in the year 1530 shows an upright standing li ...

: St. Martin's Church51 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2006 * Kaiserslautern:

47 bells, heaviest , 2009 * Kassel: Karlskirche47 bells, heaviest , 1957, Karlsruher Glockengießerei 1989, Otto Buer 1995 *

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...

: 50 bells, heaviest , /Karlsruher Glockengießerei 1999 and Otto Buer 2005 * Lößnitz:

St. John's Church St. John's Church, Church of St. John, or variants, thereof, (Saint John or St. John usually refers to John the Baptist, but also, sometimes, to John the Apostle or John the Evangelist) may refer to the following churches, former churches or other ...

23 bells, heaviest , 1939 *

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the state ...

: St. Mary's Church37 bells, heaviest , 1906 and 2019 *

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebu ...

: Town Hall47 bells, heaviest , / 1974 *

Melle Melle may refer to: People * Basil Melle (1891–1966), South African cricketer * Gil Mellé (1931–2004), American artist, jazz musician and film composer * John van Melle (1887–1953), Dutch-born South African author * Melle Mel (born 19 ...

: Town Hall37 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2010 *

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

: 65 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts/Czudnochowsky/Gloria 2012 *

Offenburg Offenburg ("open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemmanic: ''Offäburg'') is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the administrative capital ...

: Old Town Hall25 bells, heaviest , // 1989 *

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...

: 24 bells, heaviest , 1985 *

Rockenhausen Rockenhausen is a town in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Alsenz, approx. north of Kaiserslautern. Rockenhausen is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Nordpfälzer ...

: 37 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2014 *

: 32 bells, heaviest , / 1986 *

Saalfeld Saalfeld (german: Saalfeld/Saale) is a town in Germany, capital of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia. It is best known internationally as the ancestral seat of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the Saxon House of Wettin. Geography ...

: Park Keep25 bells, heaviest , 1924/1986 * Schirgiswalde: Catholic church29 bells, heaviest unlisted, / 1991 *

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It ...

: Historical Town Hall26 bells, heaviest , 1988 *

Wechselburg Wechselburg () is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is well known for its twelfth century Benedictine monastery, the Wechselburg Priory. The lordship and the castle were owned by the House of Schönburg fr ...

: Catholic

collegiate church In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons: a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by ...

36 bells, heaviest , // 1988 * Weilbach: Old Schoolyard39 bells, heaviest , Glockengießerei Metz 2006 *

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...

: Marktkirche49 bells, heaviest , 1862, 1962, and Royal Eijsbouts 1986 *

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg ...

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one of ...

51 bells, heaviest ,

2005

Netherlands

20100523 Grote Markt en Martinitoren Groningen NL

* Alkmaar: ** Waag, 47 bells by Melchior de Haze and Royal Eijsbouts ** Grote or St. Laurenskerk, 37 bells by Melchior de Haze and Royal Eijsbouts *

Almere Almere () is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, Netherlands, located about 20 km to the east of Amsterdam (as the crow flies) across the IJmeer. Bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde, the municipality of Almere comprise ...

** Haven: 47 bells by Royal Eijsbouts ** Stad: 47 bells by Royal Eijsbouts *

Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, about 20 km from the city of Utrecht and 40 km south east of Amsterdam. As of 1 December 2021, the municipality had a population of 158,531, making it the second- ...

: ** Belgian Monument housing carillon frequently used for practice by students of the Netherlands Carillon School. 48 bells. ** Onze Lieve Vrouwe Toren. Two functional carillons, the older with 35 bells, the newer with 58. Old carillon: Hemony (1659–1664), plus 3 bells by Melchior de Haze and Pieter Hemony (1674), by Jan Albert de Grave (1725), and by Royal Eijsbouts (1953). New carillon: Royal Eijsbouts 1997. *

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

: ** Carillons in the Westertoren,

Munttoren The Munttoren (; "Mint Tower") or Munt is a tower in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It stands on the busy Muntplein square, where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet, near the flower market and the eastern end of the Kalverstraat shopping street ...

, cupola of the Royal Palace, Zuidertoren, Rijksmuseum, Plein '40-'45, Jewelry Siebel in the

Kalverstraat The Kalverstraat (, ) is a busy shopping street of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The street runs roughly North-South for about 750 meters, from Dam Square to Muntplein square. The Kalverstraat is the most expensive shopping stre ...

, the

Vrije Universiteit The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...

and Oude Kerkstoren. ** Slotermeer: Freedom Carillon31 bells, heaviest , Van Bergen 1952 and

1995 *

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...

: St Eusebius' Church53 bells, heaviest ,

of various dates between 1958 and 1994 * Barneveld :

Jan van Schaffelaar Jan van Schaffelaar ( 1445 – 1482) was a cavalry officer in the duchy of Guelders (or Gelre), the Netherlands. Born in the region of Barneveld (town), Barneveld in the Veluwe Quarter about 1445, he was in the military service of David of Burgundy, ...

Toren. 51 bells *

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

: 26 bells, heaviest ,

1970 *

Bergen op Zoom Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the local dialect) is a municipality and a city located in the south of the Netherlands. Etymology The city was built on a place where two types of soil meet: sandy soil and marine clay. The sandy soil ...

: Stadstoren de Peperbus. 48 bells by Eijsbouts * Brunssum: ** Gemeentehuis. 38 bells. ** Bakkerij vanEeghem. 23 *

Cuijk Cuijk (; dialect: ''Kuuk'') is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13 km (8 mi) south of Nijmegen. Cuijk, which had a po ...

* Den Helder: Nationaal Monument voor het Reddingswezen, 30 bells by Van Bergen and 19 bells from a later date. *

Doesburg Doesburg () is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Gelderland. Doesburg received city rights in 1237 and had a population of in . The city is situated on the right bank of river IJssel, at the confluence of ...

: Martinikerk48 bells, heaviest , Hemony brothers 1654 and Royal Eijsbouts 1964/2015 *

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

: Grote-Kerkstoren. 67 bells, 52 t: heaviest carillon in Europe and eighth heaviest in the world. * Eindhoven: ** City Hall ** St. Catharinakerk ** Demer *

Emmeloord Emmeloord is the administrative centre of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands. In 2019, it had a population of 26,055. Overview At the heart of the Noordoostpolder, where the three main drainage canals Lemstervaart, ...

: Poldertoren. 48 bells. * Enkhuizen: ** The Zuider- St Pancrastoren. 52 bells. François and Pierre Hemony ** The Drommedaris. 39 bells. Pieter Hemony * Enschede: Carillon at the

University of Twente The University of Twente (Dutch: ''Universiteit Twente''; , abbr. ) is a public technical university located in Enschede, Netherlands. The university has been placed in the top 170 universities in the world by multiple central ranking tables. I ...

. * Garderen: Oude Kerkstoren. 44 bells. Carillon designed and built by Het Molenpad Expertise. Bells tuned to 'Bach temperament'. * Gouda: Sint Janstoren. 50 bells * Groningen: ** Academy Building,

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. Founded in 1614, the university is th ...

Martinitoren The ''Martinitoren'' (; Martini or St. Martin's Tower) is the tallest church steeple in the city of Groningen, Netherlands, and the bell tower of the Martinikerk. The tower is located at the north-eastern corner of the ''Grote Markt'' (Main Ma ...

, 52 bells. *

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

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48 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts of various dates between 1994 and 2013 *

Heerlen Heerlen (; li, Heële ) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of Limburg ...

: Sint Pancratiustoren. 49 bells * Heiligerlee: National Monument for Mobilisation Victims of the First World War49 bells, heaviest , Van Bergen 1965 and 1967–68 *

Hilvarenbeek Hilvarenbeek () is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium. The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, a ...

: Sint Petrustoren. 50 bells by Van Bergen (1949) and Rudolf Perner (2010). * Hilversum: Raadhuis

Hilversum Town Hall The Hilversum Town Hall ( Dutch: ''Raadhuis Hilversum'') was designed by Willem Marinus Dudok to serve as seat of the municipal council of Hilversum in the Netherlands. Construction was completed in 1931. It is a much-admired building that is co ...

48 bells by Klokkengieterij Eysbouts, Asten NL (1958). * Hoorn: Grote Kerk. 52 bells by Van Bergen and Eijsbouts * Kampen: Nieuwe Toren (new tower) - 48 bells by François Hemony (2011) *

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

: ** Sint Servaastoren. 59 bells ** Stadhuistoren. 43 bells. by François and Pierre Hemony 1663/1664 *

Roermond Roermond (; li, Remunj or ) is a city, municipality, and diocese in the Limburg province of the Netherlands. Roermond is a historically important town on the lower Roer on the east bank of the river Meuse. It received town rights in 1231. Ro ...

: Roermond City Hall. 49 bells, 4 octaves to be played automatic or manual. * Meppel: Meppeler Carillon47 bells, heaviest , Van Bergen 1948–49 and Eijsbouts 1973 *

Moordrecht Moordrecht () is a town and a former municipality in the province of South Holland, the Netherlands, situated along the river Hollandse IJssel. In September 2006, 93% of the population of Moordrecht chose by referendum to pursue a merger with th ...

: Dorpstoren. 43 bells by Eijsbouts (1960) and Rudolf Perner (2011) * Nijmegen: St. Stevenschurch. 47 bells by A.J vd Gheyn and Eijsbouts *

Oosterbeek Oosterbeek is a village in the eastern part of Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Renkum in the province of Gelderland, about west of Arnhem. The oldest part of Oosterbeek is the Benedendorp (Lower Village), on the northern bank ...

: Oosterbeek Town Hall37 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1966 and 1974 *

Roosendaal Roosendaal () is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Towns/villages of the municipality * Roosendaal (population: 66,760) * Wouw (4,920) * Heerle (1,900) * Nispen (1,440) * Wouwse P ...

* Schoonhoven: Stadhuis. 50 bells, largest set of bells by Andreas Joseph van den Gheyn (1767 - 1777) *

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

: Dom Tower. 50 bells. *

Venlo Venlo () is a city and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg, about 50 km east of the city of Eindhoven, 65 km north east of the provincial capital Maastricht, a ...

: Sint Martinustoren. 54 bells. *

Venray Venray or Venraij (; li, Venroj) is a municipality and a city in Limburg, the Netherlands. The municipality of Venray consists of 14 towns over an area of , with 43,494 inhabitants as of July 2016. About 30,000 of those inhabitants live in th ...

: Sint Petrus' Banden-toren. 50bells. *

Waalre Waalre () is an affluent municipality and town in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands, immediately south of the city of Eindhoven. Population centres * Aalst * Waalre Waalre is the so-called ''Groenfontein'' (Green fount ...

: Provincial Memorial Monument37 bells, heaviest ,

1950 and 2007 *

Weert Weert (; li, Wieërt ) is a municipality and city in the southeastern Netherlands located in the western part of the province of Limburg. It lies on the Eindhoven–Maastricht railway line, and is also astride the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal. Pop ...

: Sint Martinustoren. 49 bells *

Zierikzee Zierikzee () is a small city in the southwest Netherlands, 50 km southwest of Rotterdam. It is situated in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. The city hall of Schouwen-Duiveland is located in Zierikzee, its largest city. Zieri ...

: ** City Hall. 38 bells by Taylor/Eijsbouts ** Zuidhavenpoort. 12 bells 1550-1554 by Peter I van den Ghein, *

Zutphen Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some 30 km northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river Ijssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in th ...

: Wijnhuistoren, 47 bells mostly by

Eijsbouts Royal Eijsbouts ( nl, Koninklijke Eijsbouts) is a bell foundry located in Asten, Netherlands. The workshop was founded in 1872 by Bonaventura Eijsbouts as a "factory for tower clocks." In 1893 Eijsbouts was joined by his 15-year-old son, Johan ...

, but including the low octave E1 bell by

Pieter and François Hemony Pieter Hemony (born Pierre Hemony; 161920 February 1680) and his brother François Hemony (24 May 1667) were the greatest bellfounders in the history of the Low Countries. They developed the carillon, in collaboration with Jacob van Eyck, ...

, created in Zutphen (1644) for the first ever made well tuned carillon.

Nordic countries

According to the Nordic Society for Campanology and Carillons, there are 56 carillons in the Nordic countries: 29 in

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

, 1 in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, 12 in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

, and 14 in Sweden.

Denmark

* Aalborg: Budolfi Church48 bells, heaviest ,

1970 and 2008 * Aarhus:

Aarhus City Hall Aarhus City Hall is the city hall of Aarhus, Denmark. The decision to build a new city hall was taken during a city hall meeting in 1937. The new building was inaugurated 2 June 1941, designed by architects Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller. On the ...

48 bells, heaviest unlisted, Sørensen 1948, 1964, 2017 Thubalka * : 27 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2011 *

Brøndby Strand Brøndby Strand (in English: 'Well Town' Beach) is a suburb in Brøndby Municipality, approximately south-west of central Copenhagen, Denmark Overview Brøndby Strand contains a large housing project, in which 8,000 of the suburb's 11,000 inhabit ...

: 48 bells, heaviest ,

1986 *

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

: ** Church of Our Saviour48 bells, heaviest , Sørensen/Smithske 1928 and

1981 ** Church of the Holy Ghost49 bells, heaviest , Thubalka 1947 and Royal Eijsbouts 2003 ** 38 bells, heaviest ,

1970 *

Faaborg Faaborg or Fåborg () is an old port town located on Faaborg Fjord in Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality on the island of Funen in Denmark. By road, Faaborg is located southwest of Odense, west-northwest of Svendborg, and roughly southeast of Midd ...

: 38 bells, heaviest ,

1960 *

Frederiksberg Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is formally an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the City of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of ...

: Frederiksberg Town Hall48 bells, heaviest , Sørensen 1953 and Thubalka 2012 *

Frederikshavn Frederikshavn () is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland, on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbor". It was originally named Fladstrand. The town ...

: 24 bells, heaviest ,

1985 *

Grenaa Grenaa (or Grenå) is a Danish town and seaport on the east coast of the Jutlandic peninsula. Tourism, education and commerce are important sectors in the economy of Grenaa. It is the only larger town on Djursland. Grenaa is the municipal seat, a ...

: 48 bells, heaviest , Fonderie Paccard 1995 and Thubalka 2012 * Herning: 48 bells, heaviest , Fonderie Paccard/Thubalka 1989 *

Hillerød Hillerød () is a Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)Frederiksborg Castle Frederiksborg Castle ( da, Frederiksborg Slot) is a palatial complex in Hillerød, Denmark. It was built as a royal residence for King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway in the early 17th century, replacing an older castle acquired by Frederick ...

28 bells, heaviest , Van Aerschodt 1887 and Thubalka 2003 * Holbæk: 48 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1979 and Thubalka 2009 *

Holstebro Holstebro is the main town in Holstebro Municipality, Denmark. The town, bisected by ''Storåen'' ("The Large Creek") and has a population of 36,489 (1 January 2022).Royal Eijsbouts 1969 and Thubalka 1999 ** Saint George's Church48 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts/Thubalka 1974 *

Holte Holte is a suburban district in Rudersdal Municipality on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. The local town centre is centred on Holte station and is surrounded by extensive areas of single-family, detached homes as well as several ...

: 27 bells, heaviest , Michiels 1929 and Thubalka 2014 * Kalundborg: Church of Our Lady48 bells, heaviest , Fonderie Paccard 2013 *

Kolding Kolding () is a Danish seaport located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companie ...

: 48 bells, heaviest ,

1973 * Løgumkloster: Carillon Park49 bells, heaviest ,

1973 *

Marstal Marstal () is a town in southern Denmark, located in Ærø Municipality on the island of Ærø. Marstal has a population of 2,120 (1 January 2022)Royal Eijsbouts 1988 and Thubalka 2012 *

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...

St. Canute's Cathedral St. Canute's Cathedral ( da, Odense Domkirke or Sankt Knuds Kirke), also known as Odense Cathedral, is named after the Danish king Canute the Saint ( da, Knud den Hellige), otherwise Canute IV. It is a fine example of Brick Gothic architecture. Th ...

48 bells, heaviest ,

1989 *

Randers Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).St Martin's Church48 bells, heaviest ,

1994 *

Silkeborg Silkeborg () is a Danish town with a population of 49,747 (1 January 2022).Petit & Fritsen Royal Bellfounders Petit & Fritsen, located in Aarle-Rixtel, the Netherlands, is a former foundry, one of the oldest family-owned businesses in the Netherlands, with the foundry dating back to 1660. Petit & Fritsen was a foundry that cast bells f ...

1966 and Thubalka 2008 * : Rohden Gods48 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2010 and Thubalka 2012 *

Svendborg Svendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,300 (1 January 2022), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city.Petit & Fritsen Royal Bellfounders Petit & Fritsen, located in Aarle-Rixtel, the Netherlands, is a former foundry, one of the oldest family-owned businesses in the Netherlands, with the foundry dating back to 1660. Petit & Fritsen was a foundry that cast bells f ...

1958, and Royal Eijsbouts 2009/2011 *

Thisted Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,461 (1 January 2022)Fonderie Paccard 2003 and Thubalka 2012 *

Varde Varde is a Danish city in southwestern Jutland and is the primary city in the municipality of Varde, in Region of Southern Denmark. In 2015 municipality changed its motto to "We in nature" to emphasize its rural atmosphere. The town has an old ma ...

: 42 bells, heaviest ,

1963 *

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and th ...

: St. Nicolai Church48 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1976 and Thubalka 1980

Finland

Vantaa Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa is the fourth most populated city in Finland ...

: Tikkurila Church31 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2020, Finland's first-ever carillon

Norway

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

: 39 bells, heaviest unlisted, Olsen Nauen 2009 *

: St John's Church48 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2014 * Bodø: Bodø Cathedral49 bells, heaviest unlisted, Royal Eijsbouts 2011 *

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konne ...

Bragernes Church Bragernes Church (''Bragernes Kirke'') is a parish church at Drammen in Viken county, Norway. It was designed by Ernst Norgrenn (1839-1880) in Neo Gothic style and built of brick. It was consecrated in 1871. The old Bragernes church (''Gamle ...

35 bells, heaviest unlisted, 1961 * Haugesund: 38 bells, heaviest unlisted, Olsen Nauen 2013 * Molde: Molde Cathedral26 bells, heaviest unlisted, Olsen Nauen 1983 *

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

: ** Oslo City Hall49 bells, heaviest unlisted, Olsen Nauen 1999 **

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48 bells, heaviest unlisted, Olsen Nauen 2003 **

Uranienborg Church Uranienborg church is a parish church in Oslo, Norway. The church is situated in the neighborhood of Uranienborg, next to Uranienborg Park behind the Royal Palace. Both the church and Uranienborg school just below were constructed in 1886. The ...

37 bells, heaviest unlisted, Olsen Nauen 2004 *

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

: 49 bells, heaviest unlisted, 1931 and Royal Eijsbouts 2016 * Stavanger: Stavanger Cathedral49 bells, heaviest unlisted, Warner 1922 and Olsen Nauen 1998/2000 *

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

: Nidaros Cathedral37 bells, heaviest unlisted, Olsen Nauen 1976

Sweden

* Gävle: Gävle Town Hall36 bells, heaviest , 1972 * Gothenburg:

German Church, Gothenburg The German Church (german: Deutsche Kirche, sv, Tyska kyrkan), also called Christinae Church (, ), is church located in the city centre of Gothenburg, Sweden. Named after Queen Christina, it was inaugurated in 1748, and used by the German and Du ...

42 bells, heaviest , 1961 *

Härnösand Härnösand () is a locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 17,556 inhabitants in 2010. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just a few miles north of H ...

: Härnösand Cathedral37 bells, heaviest , 1981 * Karlskrona:

Fredrik Church The Fredrik Church ( sv, Fredrikskyrkan) is located in Karlskrona, Blekinge Län, southern Sweden. Situated on Stortorget, the main square in the city centre, The Fredrik Church is included within the Karlskrona UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hist ...

35 bells, heaviest , 1967 * Landskrona: Sofia Albertina Church43 bells, , 1967 *

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...

: 36 bells, heaviest , 1972 *

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

: 48 bells, heaviest ,

1970 * Norrköping: Norrköping Town Hall48 bells, heaviest , 1963 and 1983 * Stockholm: ** St. Gertrude's Church37 bells, heaviest , Hemony brothers 1665,

1875, 1888, and Royal Eijsbouts 2008 ** Hedvig Eleonora Church24 bells, heaviest , 1968 **

Klara Church The Church of Saint Clare or Klara Church ( sv, Klara kyrka) is a church in central Stockholm. Since 1989, the Swedish Evangelical Mission is responsible for its activities. The Church of Saint Clare is located on Klara Västra Kyrkogata in the ...

35 bells, heaviest , 1965 *

Västerås Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049. Västerås is the se ...

: 47 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1960 *

Växjö Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County ...

: Växjö Cathedral25 bells, heaviest , 1962 *

Visby Visby () is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants . Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. The Hanseatic city of Visby is arguably th ...

Visby Cathedral Visby Cathedral ( sv, Visby domkyrka), formally Visby Saint Mary's Cathedral (''Visby S:ta Maria domkyrka'') is a cathedral within the Church of Sweden, seat of the Bishop of Visby. It lies in the centre of Visby, the main town on the Swedish ...

45 bells, heaviest , 1960

Other regions

Austria

Heiligenkreuz Abbey, which claims to be the only Cistercian institution that owns a carillon, acknowledges that the tradition of playing carillons is not popular in Austria. *

Heiligenkreuz Heiligenkreuz, which means 'Holy Cross' in German, may refer to: In Austria: *Heiligenkreuz, Lower Austria, a municipality in Lower Austria **Heiligenkreuz Abbey in this municipality *Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal, a municipality in Burgenland * Hei ...

: Heiligenkreuz Abbey43 bells, heaviest unlisted, Royal Eijsbouts 1982–2004 * Innsbruck: Innsbruck Cathedral48 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1979 and at some point before

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Medjugorje: St. James Church47 bells, Royal Eijsbouts 1990

Czech Republic

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

: ** 30 bells, Fremy 1683–91, Lisiak 1747, Manousek 1994 ** (mobile carillon) "The Traveling Carillon of Prague"57 bells, total weight, Royal Eijsbouts 2001

Lithuania

Gelgaudiškis Gelgaudiškis () is a city in the Šakiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is located north of Šakiai. The city is just south of Neman River. Name Gelgaudiškis is the Lithuanian name of the city. Versions of the name in other language ...

: Gelgaudiškis Manor. 36 bells by Royal Eijsbouts (2015) * Kaunas: Vytautas the Great War Museum. 49 bells (1937/2006) *

Klaipėda Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuania ...

: Tower of Central Post Office. 48 bells by Royal Eijsbouts (1987/2006) * Šakiai: 24 bells by Royal Eijsbouts (2015) *

Telšiai Telšiai (; Samogitian: ''Telšē'') is a city in Lithuania with about 21,499 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on the shores of Lake Mastis. Telšiai is one of the oldest cities in Lithua ...

Cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...

Square. 23 bells by Royal Eijsbouts (2017) *

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

: Church of Sts Apostles Philip and James. 61 bells by Royal Eijsbouts (2015)

Luxembourg

Echternach Echternach ( lb, Iechternach or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in ...

: 50 bells, Reuter 2008

Poland

Annual concerts since 1999 during the Gdańsk Carillon Festival. See also ''Traveling carillons'' below. * Gdańsk: St Catherine's Church - 50 bells, 17 t, 1998 (1989-2006), Royal Eijsbouts. Previous instruments: 1738–1905, 1910-1942 *Gdańsk: Main Town Hall - 37 bells, 3.3 t, 2000, Royal Eijsbouts. Previous instrument: 1561-1945 * Częstochowa:

Jasna Góra Monastery The Jasna Góra Monastery ( pl, Jasna Góra , ''Luminous Mount'', hu, Fényes Hegy, lat, Clarus Mons) in Częstochowa, Poland, is a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary and one of the country's places of pilgrimage. The image of the Black Mad ...

- 36 bells, 1906

Portugal

* Alverca: 69 bells, heaviest unlisted, Royal Eijsbouts 2005 *

Constância Constância () is a municipality in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,056, in an area of 80.37 km². The present Mayor is António Manuel dos Santos Mendes, elected by the Unitary Democratic Coalition. The municip ...

(mobile carillon): "Lvsitanvs Carillon"63 bells, total weight , Royal Eijsbouts 2010s * Leiria: Igreja de São Pedro47 bells, heaviest unlisted,

2004, unknown bellfounder after 2004 *

Mafra Mafra is a Czech media group that publishes printed and internet media, headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. It is a subsidiary of Agrofert holding conglomerate owned by trust of Andrej Babiš, the former Prime Minister of the Czech Repu ...

: **

Palace of Mafra The Palace of Mafra ( pt, Palácio de Mafra), also known as the Palace-Convent of Mafra and the Royal Building of Mafra (), is a monumental Baroque and Neoclassical palace-monastery located in Mafra, Portugal, some 28 kilometres from Lisbon. Co ...

: *** South tower53 bells, heaviest unlisted, Witlockx/ Van Aerschodt 1730, Royal Eijsbouts 1986 *** North tower45 bells, heaviest unlisted, Levache et al. 1730, Van Aerschodt 1928 *

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

: Clérigos Church49 bells, heaviest unlisted, Royal Eijsbouts 1996

Russia

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

: ** Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral51 bells, heaviest unlisted,

2001 **

Peterhof Palace The Peterhof Palace ( rus, Петерго́ф, Petergóf, p=pʲɪtʲɪrˈɡof,) (an emulation of early modern Dutch "Pieterhof", meaning "Pieter's Court"), is a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia, commi ...

51 bells, heaviest unlisted,

2005

Serbia

* Belgrade: Church of Saint Sava45 bells, heaviest , Grassmayr 2001

Spain

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

: Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya49 bells,

1977 *

Bilbao ) , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = 275 px , map_caption = Interactive map outlining Bilbao , pushpin_map = Spain Basque Country#Spain#Europe , pushpin_map_caption ...

: Basilica of Begoña24 bells, * Córdoba: San Pablo36 bells, Fonderie Paccard 1900, unknown bellfounder 1998 *

San Lorenzo de El Escorial San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Arriba, is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located to the northwest of the region in the southeastern side of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of Moun ...

El Escorial El Escorial, or the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ( es, Monasterio y Sitio de El Escorial en Madrid), or Monasterio del Escorial (), is a historical residence of the King of Spain located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, u ...

47 bells, de Haze 1676 and Royal Eijsbouts 1988 *

Villarreal Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's ...

: 72 bells, Royal Eijsbouts 1997

Switzerland

* Carouge: Église Sainte-Croix36 bells, heaviest unlisted, Aubry 17th century, Pitton 1787, Kervand 1839, and Rüetschi 2001 *

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

: St. Pierre Cathedral37 bells, heaviest unlisted, Fribor 1460, Paccard-Rüetschi 1931, Rüetschi 1986/1991, and Fonderie Paccard 2011 *

Lens A lens is a transmissive optical device which focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements ...

: Eglise Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens24 bells, heaviest unlisted, Rüetschi at various dates between 1958 and 1995 *

Pully Pully () is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux-Oron. It is one of the eastern suburbs of the city of Lausanne, located on the shores of Lake Geneva (''Lac Léman'') and at the foot of the vin ...

: Église de Rosiaz48 bells, heaviest unlisted, by Royal Eijsbouts 1953, Rudolf Perner 2011, and Laudy 2014. * Saint-Maurice: Abbaye49 bells, heaviest unlisted, Rüetschi 1947, Royal Eijsbouts 2004, and Fonderie Paccard 2010

Ukraine

* Hoshiv: Basilian Monastery50 bells, heaviest unlisted,

2013 *

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

: ** St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery50 bells, heaviest unlisted, krainian bellfounders1997 ** St. Nicholas Military Cathedral51 bells, heaviest unlisted, Royal Eijsbouts 2018 ** St.Theodosius Pechersky Monastery51 bells, heaviest unlisted, Royal Eijsbouts 2018 *

Kolomyia Kolomyia, formerly known as Kolomea ( ua, Коломия, Kolomyja, ; pl, Kołomyja; german: Kolomea; ro, Colomeea; yi, ), is a city located on the Prut River in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), in western Ukraine. It serves as the adm ...

: Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych51 bells, heaviest unlisted, Royal Eijsbouts 2019

North America

Bermuda

* Pembroke: St John the Evangelist Anglican Church25 bells,

1970

Canada

Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wel ...

: St. George's Church36 bells, 1926 *

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a Canada 2016 Census, population of 569,353, and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington, ...

: Cathedral of Christ the King23 bells, 1933 *

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

: Saint Joseph's Oratory56 bells, 1956 *

Niagara Falls Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Fall ...

Rainbow Tower The Rainbow Tower is a tower located at the Rainbow Plaza Canada–US border station of the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Construction on the tower was completed in 1947. The tower, part of the Canadian plaza of the bridge, ...

55 bells, 1947 * Ottawa: ** Peace Tower53 bells, heaviest ,

1927 ** St-Jean-Baptiste Church47 bells, 1940 * Simcoe: Norfolk War Memorial23 bells, 1925 *

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

: ** Soldiers' Tower (

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

)51 bells, heaviest ,

1927 and

1975 ** Exhibition Place Carillon50 bells, 1974 ** Massey/Drury Memorial Carillon at

Metropolitan United Church Metropolitan United Church is a historic Neo-Gothic style church in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest and most prominent churches of the United Church of Canada. It is located at 56 Queen Street East, between Bond and ...

. 54 bells, increased from 23 bells in 1922. *

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

: Netherlands Centennial Carillon62 bells, heaviest ,

1967 and 1971

Cuba

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

: Our Lady of Lourdes Church49 bells,

1958

Curaçao

Willemstad Willemstad ( , ; ; en, William Town, italic=yes) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles pr ...

: Curaçao Museum47 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1951

El Salvador

* San Salvador: Don Rua Church35 bells,

1963

Honduras

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...

: 42 bells,

1960

Mexico

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

, D.F.: The Banobras Carillon. 47 bells, in the world's tallest carillon tower (125m), which is part of the old headquarters of the Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood. * San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, The

San Luis Potosí Cathedral The St. Louis the King Cathedral ( es, Catedral Metropolitana de San Luis Rey) Also San Luis Potosí Cathedral Is a Catholic cathedral that functions as the seat of the archdiocese of San Luis Potosí in Mexico. It is located in the historic center ...

has a carillon installed in 2010 with 32 bells. In addition, it has an electronic device that rings the bells when the cathedral clock strikes the hour.

Nicaragua

* León: Cathedral of St. Peter25 bells,

1959

United States

Selections of notable carillons in the United States: *

Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York C ...

: Albany City Hall49 bells ,

1986 and 1989 *

Allendale, Michigan Allendale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 17,579 at the 2010 census. It is located within Allendale Charter Township, occupying approximately the northern two-thirds of th ...

: Cook Carillon Tower ( Grand Valley State University), 48 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1994 * Ann Arbor, Michigan: ** Burton Memorial Tower (

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

)55 bells, heaviest ,

1936 and 2011 **

Lurie Tower The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower, a memorial built in 1996 for Michigan alumnus Robert H. Lurie, is located on North Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It houses a 60-bell grand carillon, one of the university's two grand cari ...

(University of Michigan)60 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1996 *

Arlington, Virginia Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is situated in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from the District of Columbia, of which it was once a part. The county is ...

Netherlands Carillon The Netherlands Carillon is a 127-foot (39-m) tall campanile housing a 53-bell carillon located in Arlington County, Virginia. The instrument and tower were given in the 1950s "From the People of the Netherlands to the People of the United Stat ...

53 bells, heaviest , Van Bergen/

/ Royal Eijsbouts 1954, Royal Eijsbouts 1995 and 2020 *

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

Main Building (University of Texas at Austin) The Main Building (known colloquially as The Tower) is a structure at the center of the University of Texas at Austin campus in Downtown Austin, Texas, United States. The Main Building's tower has 27 floors and is one of the most recognizable sy ...

56 bells *

Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emer ...

: Sather Tower (

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

)61 bells, 1917, 1978, and 1983. *

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Day ...

: Deeds Carillon, Carillon Historical Park, 1942. 57 bells by Petit & Fritsen. Refurbished in 1988 from an electronic to a traditional carillon. *

Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...

: Nancy Brown Peace Carillon49-bells, 1940 and 2005 *

East Lansing, Michigan East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County, Michigan, Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County, Michigan, Clinton County. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 ...

Beaumont Tower The Beaumont Tower is a structure on the campus of Michigan State University, designed by the architectural firm of Donaldson and Meier and completed in 1928. The tower marks the site of College Hall, the first building constructed on the camp ...

(

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

)49 bells, 1928, 1935, and 19__, renovated by Royal Eijsbouts 1996 *

Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gaine ...

Century Tower (University of Florida) The Century Tower is a bell tower containing a carillon A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tu ...

61 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1979 and 2003 *

Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the List of municipalities in Mi ...

: The Beckering Family Carillon on the Pew Campus of Grand Valley State University. *

Lake Wales, Florida Lake Wales is a city in Polk County, Florida. The population was 14,225 at the 2010 census. , the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 16,759. It is part of the Lakeland– Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake Wales is ...

: Singing Tower (

Bok Tower Gardens Bok Tower Gardens is a contemplative garden and bird sanctuary located atop Iron Mountain, north of Lake Wales, Florida, United States. Formerly known as the Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower, the gardens' attractions include the ...

)60 bells, heaviest

1928 *

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Waka ...

: World War II Memorial Carillon (

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

)53 bells, heaviest ,

1949–51 *

Mercersburg, Pennsylvania Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, located near the southern border of Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital. Due to its location in a rural area, it had a relatively large percentage ...

Mercersburg Academy Mercersburg Academy (formerly Marshall College and Mercersburg College) is an independent selective college-preparatory boarding & day high school in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. Founded in 1893, the school enrolls approximat ...

50 bells, heaviest ,

1926, Meeks & Watson 1996, and

Whitechapel Whitechapel is a district in East London and the future administrative centre of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a part of the East End of London, east of Charing Cross. Part of the historic county of Middlesex, the area formed ...

2008 *

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...

Belmont Tower and Carillon The Belmont Tower and Carillon is an iconic structure on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The Tower is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Belmont Mansion (Tennessee), Belmont Mansion registr ...

(

Belmont University Belmont University is a private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee. Descended from Belmont Women's College, founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporated in 1951 as Belmont College. It be ...

)43 bells, heaviest ,

1928 *

New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...

: The

Yale Memorial Carillon The Yale Memorial Carillon (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the ''Harkness Carillon'') is a carillon of 54 bells in Harkness Tower at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. This carillon is a transposing instrument pitched in B. It ...

Harkness Tower Harkness Tower is a masonry tower at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Part of the Collegiate Gothic Memorial Quadrangle complex completed in 1922, it is named for Charles William Harkness, brother of Yale's largest benefactor, Edward ...

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, 1922. 54 bells, by Taylor (originally a chime of 10 bells; additional 44 bells installed 1966). *

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

Riverside Church Riverside Church is an interdenominational church in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on the block bounded by Riverside Drive, Claremont Avenue, 120th Street and 122nd Street near Columbia University's Mornin ...

74 bells, heaviest ,

1925 and 1931, Van Bergen 1976, and

2003, moved from

Park Avenue Park Avenue is a wide New York City boulevard which carries north and southbound traffic in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Av ...

in 1929 * Norwood, Massachusetts: Norwood Memorial Municipal Building50 bells, heaviest ,

1928/1935 and

1983 *

Provo, Utah Provo ( ) is the fourth-largest city in Utah, United States. It is south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the largest city and county seat of Utah County and is home to Brigham Young University (BYU). Provo lies between the ...

: Brigham Young University Centennial Carillon Tower52 bells, heaviest ,

1975 *

Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most ...

: North Carolina State University Memorial Belltower55 bells, heaviest B.A. Sunderlin Bellfoundry 2021 * Rochester, Minnesota: Plummer Building (Mayo Clinic)56 bells, heaviest ,

1927–28,

1977, and

2006 * Santa Barbara, California: Storke Tower (University of California, Santa Barbara)61 bells, heaviest ,

1969 * Springfield, Illinois: Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon67 bells, heaviest

1962 and 2000

Oceania

Australia

* Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst: Carillon War Memorial47 bells, heaviest ,

1933 * Canberra: National Carillon57 bells, heaviest unlisted,

1970 and 2003 * Sydney: War Memorial Carillon (University of Sydney)54 bells, heaviest ,

1927 and

2003

New Zealand

* Wellington: National War Memorial (New Zealand), National War Memorial Carillon74 bells, heaviest ,

1928–29,

1985, and Royal Eijsbouts/

/Lips 1995

South America

Brazil

* Belo Horizonte: Exact location uncertain38 bells, Van Bergen 1959 * São Paulo: ** São Paulo Cathedral61 bells,

1959 ** Vila Formosa Catholic Church47 bells, Royal Eijsbouts 1951

Suriname

Paramaribo - Vaillantsplein 20160930 carillon

* Paramaribo: Vaillantsplein Square25 bells, Royal Eijsbouts 1978

Uruguay

* Alejandro Gallinal: 23 bells,

1962

Venezuela

* San Cristóbal, Táchira, San Cristóbal: Iglesia de Los Recolletos23 bells,

1963

Traveling carillons

Traveling or mobile carillons are those which are not housed in a tower. Instead, the bells and keyboard are installed on a frame that allow it to be transported. These carillons are often constructed by bellfounding, bellfounders for advertising purposes, though several exist solely to perform across the world. According to a count by the World Carillon Federation, there are 18 existing mobile carillons headquartered in 11 countries. *

, Spain: "Bronzen Piano 'Reverté van Assche50 bells, total weight, cast by Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry, Eijsbouts, completed in 2013, owned by Anna Maria Reverté & Koen van Assche * Béthune, France: "Carillon Christophe"48 bells, unknown total weight, cast by Petit & Fritsen, constructed in 1938 (expanded in 1998), owned by Association Polyphonia *

, Portugal: "Lvsitanvs Carillon"63 bells, total weight, cast by Royal Eijsbouts owned by the International Center for the Carillon and the Organ *

, Netherlands: "Bell Moods"50 bells, total weight, cast by Petit & Fritsen, completed in 2003, owned by Boudewijn Zwart *

, France: "The Walking Carillon of Douai"53 bells, total weight, cast by Petit & Fritsen, compleded in 2004, owned by the City of Douai * Gdańsk, Poland: "Gdańsk"48 bells, total weight, cast by Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry, Royal Eijsbouts, completed in 2009, fixed on a trailer pulled by MAN AG, MAN 11.168 firetruck * Løgumkloster, Denmark: "The Transportable Chime"50 bells, total weight (including the instrument's truck), cast by

, owned by the Løgumkloster Church Music School. Includes an additional swinging bell *

, Netherlands: "Traveling Carillon Frank Steijns"43 bells, total weight, cast by Petit & Fritsen, completed in 2006 (replaced in 2011), owned by Frank Steijns * Mechelen, Belgium: 30 bells, unknown total weight, cast by unknown bellfounder, owned by Our Lady of Hanswijk * Mons, Belgium: "Carillon Queen Fabiola"49 bells, total weight, cast by unknown bellfounder, owned by Catiau Montois and Carillons Association * Nagasaki, Japan: 50 bells, unknown total weight, cast by unknown bellfounder * Neerpelt, Belgium: The carillon of carillonneur Jan Verheyen from "Bells Lab" *

, Japan: 37 bells, unknown total weight, cast by unknown bellfounder * Passau, Germany: "The Mobile Perner-Carillon"49 bells, total weight, completed in 2009, cast and owned by Rudolf Perner GmbH & Co. * Pottstown, Pennsylvania, US ** "CariBelle"35 bells, total weight, cast by Petit & Fritsen, completed in 1980, owned by Frank DellaPenna, originally called "America's Only Traveling Carillon," part of the "Cast in Bronze" band group ** "DellaPenna Traveling Carillon"35 bells, total weight, cast by Petit & Fritsen (originals) and Eijsbouts (enlargement), completed in 1951 (enlarged in 2010), owned by Frank DellaPenns, part of "Cast in Bronze" band group *

, Czech Republic: "The Traveling Carillon of Prague"57 bells, total weight, cast by Royal Eijsbouts, completed in 2001 * Ripalta Cremasca, Italy: "Fonderia Allanconi Carillon"25 bells *

, Germany: "Concert Carillon Olaf Sandkuhl"37 bells, unknown total weight, cast by Petit & Fritsen, owned by Olaf Sandkuhl

Notes

References

External links

List of carillons worldwide
- by the World Carillon Federation

- various indexes point to individual pages giving details of each known instrument

- at TowerBells.org

article published December 2, 2004 in ''USA Today''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Carillons, List of Lists of carillons, Articles containing video clips