The building is located on Delft Market Square (Markt), opposite to the City Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis).

[2] The church is remarkable for its fine tower and chime of bells, containing the splendid allegorical monument of William the Silent.

It was crafted by Hendrik de Keyser and his son Pieter about the year 1621, and the tomb of Hugo Grotius, born in Delft in 1583, whose statue, erected in 1886, stands in the marketplace outside the church.

[2] Grotius' wife, Maria van Reigersberch, who had helped him escape in 1621 from his imprisonment at Loevestein Castle hidden in a book chest,[3][4] is also buried there with her husband.

[8] In September 2021, archaeologists announced that the remains of around 200 people had been discovered during the expansion of the royal burial chamber at Nieuwe Kerk.