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.
Here, right now
autumn · afternoon
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Highlights
- Historic cheese trading ritual
- Horse-drawn carts with cheese wheels
- Cheese available to buy
- Beautiful Gouda Markt square
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Contact & Info
Closed, opens Thursday at 10:00
Every Thursday 10:00-12:30 (Apr-Aug)
Nearby
Gouds Glas
Gouda
Warenmarkt Gouda Centrum
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Grote of Sint-Janskerk
The longest church in the Netherlands, filled with world-famous Goudse Glazen.
't Kaaswinkeltje
The oldest cheese shop in Gouda, stacked to the ceiling with farmhouse cheese.
Museum Gouda
Art, cheese weighing house and city stories in the historic Catharina Gasthuis.