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There are four cheese markets still operating in the Netherlands. These are to be found in the places Alkmaar, Gouda, Edam and Woerden, although only the latter is a true cheese market. The first three are really only demonstrations of how traditional merchant cheese markets used to be run in the Middle Ages. These shows are today surrounded by stalls selling all things traditional to the Dutch culture, including cheese of course. In the summer of 2007 there will also open a cheesemarket in the historic town of Hoorn, on the square Roode Steen. Accijnstoren, Alkmaar Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. ...
Goudas 15th Century Town Hall Flag of Gouda Goudas Cheese Market Gouda (population 71,797 in 2004) is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ...
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Woerden is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. ...
The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
For other uses, see Hoorn (disambiguation). ...
 Wheels of Gouda cheese on sale at Gouda's cheese market Image File history File links Download high resolution version (820x568, 130 KB) Goudse kaasmarkt op donderdagochtend 2004 ; Gouda cheese market in the city of Gouda ; Photo taken from nl: and cropped, Photographer nl:Gebruiker:Johi File links The following pages link to this file: Cheese ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (820x568, 130 KB) Goudse kaasmarkt op donderdagochtend 2004 ; Gouda cheese market in the city of Gouda ; Photo taken from nl: and cropped, Photographer nl:Gebruiker:Johi File links The following pages link to this file: Cheese ...
Goudas 15th Century Town Hall Flag of Gouda Goudas Cheese Market Gouda (population 71,797 in 2004) is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ...
Alkmaar
The cheese market is held every Friday morning between 10 and 12 from the first Friday in April until the first Friday in September. The goings-on are explained in Dutch, German, English and sometimes Japanese. There are fours teams (vemen) of cheese-porters (kaasdragers), who can be recognised by their differently coloured straw hat: red, blue, green and yellow. They bring the cheese on stretchers to the weighing house (Waag) for weighing. A typical stretcher weighs in around 160 kilograms and is carried by two porters. Merchants takes sample of the cheeses and decide on a price using a barter system called handjeklap, literally clapping hands. A weighing scale (usually just scale in common usage) is a device for measuring the weight of an object. ...
Edam Edam is possibly the most popular of the markets on this page, and as the name suggests, this market sells primarily Edam cheese. The cheeses are still brought to the market by horse-drawn carriages and boat. The cheese market takes place in July and August on Wednesday mornings from 10:30 until 12:30. Edam is a Dutch cheese that is traditionally sold as spheres with pale yellow interior and a coat of red or yellow paraffin. ...
External links - Tourist information about Edam and Edam cheese markets dates
Gouda From the middle of June until August, cheese has been traded on the Goudse kaasmarkt for more than three centuries. Every Thursday morning between 10 and 12:30, farmers from the region gather to have the cheese weighed, tasted and priced. The Gouda cheese market is surrounded by many exhibitions of authentic Dutch professions, from cheese production to clog making and buttermilk preparation. Country of origin The Netherlands Region, town Gouda Source of milk Cows Pasteurized Yes Texture semi-hard Aging time 4-18 months Certification ?? Gouda cheese is a yellowish Dutch cheese named after the city of Gouda. ...
Woerden The only real cheese market in existence in the Netherlands has little of the spectacle and pageantry of the three other cheese markets. For more than 100 years, every Wednesday morning starting around 9, there is an active trade between the kaasboeren (cheese farmers) and the marktmeester (market foreman), when prices are determined for the different types of cheese. The cheeses for sale are boerenkazen (farmers' cheeses) which are considered by most to be more authentic and have a much better taste than factory-made cheese.
Historic Cheese Market Woerden Once a year, in August, on the last Wednesday of the school summer holidays (for the central Netherlands), a historic cheese market is held. The farmers and farmer's wives dress up in historical costumes.
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