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Visit the cheese market
We walk past horse-drawn carts with cheese wheels and buy cheese as it has been done for centuries.
Foto: X-Javier · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Buying cheese the way it was done centuries ago.
The traditional Gouda cheese market takes place every Thursday morning in summer on the Markt. Farmers arrive with wheels of cheese on horse-drawn carts, after which the weighing and trading follow a centuries-old ritual. The cheese is real and for sale, as this is at once folk theatre and genuine commerce.
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Every Thursday 10:00-12:30 (Apr-Aug)
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- Historic cheese trading ritual
- Horse-drawn carts with cheese wheels
- Cheese available to buy
- Beautiful Gouda Markt square
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